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Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too.
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This wholeheartedly why I believe a person should work retail for at least 6mo to a year at some point in their life.
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Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. View Quote REAL MVP. Same goes for me. |
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Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. View Quote |
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Sounds like the lady that walked up while I was waiting in line to get into Walmart yesterday. She announces to the guy manning the door and everyone within earshot, “I’m not standing in this line! These people should all be 6 feet apart according to the CDC!”
The guy said, “In that case you can stand 6 feet behind the last person in line.” We all laughed, she left. |
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If you will please give me your telephone number, I can arrange for my manager to call you.
Unfortunately, there might be a 24 to 48 hour delay on the callback. That's because of all of the other managerial complaints recently. Then she goes thermonuclear. |
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I have some disinfecting wipes and Karen can suck my dick for them,but she will need to toss in a doughnut to seal the deal
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There's only one thing worse than a Karen, and that's a wife that wants you to Karen on her behalf.
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Quoted: Sounds like the lady that walked up while I was waiting in line to get into Walmart yesterday. She announces to the guy manning the door and everyone within earshot, “I’m not standing in this line! These people should all be 6 feet apart according to the CDC!” The guy said, “In that case you can stand 6 feet behind the last person in line.” We all laughed, she left. View Quote Air 5 to that guy! |
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Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. View Quote FPNI As up until this year I was still a teenager this memory is fresher to me... |
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My first job was a grocery store, I always walked to the back and came back because if I just told the people there wasn't any in the back even though I knew it they would be bitchy and often get someone else to check and complain about me.
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Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. View Quote Karen's are going to have a rough go of it. Especially the single, bitter and angry ones. |
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Quoted: My first job was a grocery store, I always walked to the back and came back because if I just told the people there wasn't any in the back even though I knew it they would be bitchy and often get someone else to check and complain about me. View Quote Yeah with the way modern grocery stores run their shipping, if it’s not stocked it’s almost guaranteed not in the back. Unless the truck just came in. I would always run back and look, and find nothing (duh), and then say there wasn’t any. |
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Butcher in a retail store here.
I see it daily. Yeah, I'm hiding the ground beef in the back until you leave. |
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I'd suggest a front kick to her front butt, followed by yanking on her fun bags then a foot sweep and finish with a tea bag.
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A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office.
The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" |
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After the 2nd time I would have just turned around and walked off.
Karen's of the country are gonna be in for a rude awakening if this goes on much longer. Wife went to wally world yesterday morning and said it was like black friday on steroids. We went this morning and it was not bad, about 20 standing at the door for the opening. TP was rationed at 1 per customer but we did not get any, we are good on that. Got 3 one lb bags of pintos they did not blink when ringing them up even though there were not many left after I got them, and walked by later and think they were gone. |
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Quoted: My first job was a grocery store, I always walked to the back and came back because if I just told the people there wasn't any in the back even though I knew it they would be bitchy and often get someone else to check and complain about me. View Quote I did this any number of times when I was a kid and worked at the local supermarket. A couple time I found what they were looking for but told her we were out anyway. |
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Quoted: A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office. The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" View Quote Seeing eye cat rides again !! |
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Quoted: Yeah with the way modern grocery stores run their shipping, if it’s not stocked it’s almost guaranteed not in the back. Unless the truck just came in. I would always run back and look, and find nothing (duh), and then say there wasn’t any. View Quote Or run to the back to check and find something else to do till Karen vacates the premises. |
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Quoted: Yeah with the way modern grocery stores run their shipping, if it’s not stocked it’s almost guaranteed not in the back. Unless the truck just came in. I would always run back and look, and find nothing (duh), and then say there wasn’t any. View Quote I worked in a grocery store for about 6 years. This is the only correct answer. I’d take my sweet time “looking” in the back. |
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Quoted: It will ruin your Christmas spirit and possibly Halloween and Thanksgiving for decades if you work retail during the holidays. View Quote It depends... on a few things.. district manager, store manager, and what you have as door busters. My favorite day is when the sporting goods store I worked for had $39 Uggs for black Friday. I felt so bad for the shoe people.. but all they did was stack everything and just stand back and watch. It was epic. It was like WWF with MILFS. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. Same here. |
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Quoted: A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office. The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" View Quote That was pretty good...………...next time, tell them to ask for Hugh Jass |
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12 years in retail and the worst of the American consumer was the Middle aged white female.
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Quoted: If you encounter Karen in the wild, give Karen wide berth and leave the area. Or she WILL speak to your manager. View Quote As a customer.. this is also the perfect time to assert your dominance on Karen with some snarky humorous remark or comment.. or a simple "I was here earlier, they did have some, but it was gone in minutes" Save the kid.. he will become your personal retail servant for that trip. |
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Quoted: A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office. The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" View Quote lol |
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Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. View Quote You guys wanna know why I’m so fucked up? 10 years of retail. |
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Quoted: Try working at Staples during back to school. View Quote I worked retail when I was in High School during the 1980s, back when people were more polite, considerate and disciplined (and it sucked). I don't want to imagine the hell retail is now with how our society behaves these days. |
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Yes Karen is bad but at dealerships the worst is the “I’m friends with the owner” guy or the retired boomer types who have nothing better to do than camp out in the waiting room, consume free donuts and coffee and complain about everything then slam the surveys.
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Many store employees will set aside stuff in the back to purchase when their shift is over. It was supposedly a no no but was mostly over looked. Hence it will still be showing as in stock online until the employee pays for it.
Starter wife worked at Target and told me all secrets. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Like most people I worked a retail job when I was a teenager. It forever shaped how I interact with anybody in a retail setting, I remember the feeling of relief to this day when you got to interact with the 1 out of 10 customers who weren't rude and/or functionally retarded. I always did whatever I could to go above and beyond for them too. |
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Quoted: They are all alike, too. Is there something out there that turns normal women into Karen? Karenovirus? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: 12 years in retail and the worst of the American consumer was the Middle aged white female. They are all alike, too. Is there something out there that turns normal women into Karen? Karenovirus? Maybe age? If I was in still in high school and an early 20s babe came and made some requests I’d try and accommodate it if I could chat her up a bit more. Once they balloon out and their tits flop they may still expect that same service...I’m not so happy to oblige when I know the answer. Who know. |
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Quoted: A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office. The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" View Quote OK, you win the ARFnet. LOL |
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Quoted: A couple of months ago I had a Karen in front of me in line play the I want to speak to the manager. I interrupted her and told her the manager was Ray Charleston and I had his cell number and said he was most likely not in the office. The I turned to the cashier and said I had forgotten an item and would be right back I gave Karen MY cell number and took off. Of course she called it and from maybe 50 feet away I answered it on the 3rd ring. "Ray Charleston," I answered. After she was done with her spiel I asked her to turn her head to the left which she did. "Good. Now we have your face on our facial recognition software. You are at register 4 and we have recorded the entire conversation you had with the cashier, who happens to be my aunt by the way. Pay for your stuff and leave. You have 5 minutes. If the software picks your face up again I will have you arrested for trespassing." She looked shocked, paid and fled like the devil was chasing her. When I got back to the register the cashier looked at me and said, "The manager's name isn't Ray Charleston." She rang up my stuff and when I paid her she looked at me wide eyed and said, "That was your cell phone you gave her, wasn't it?" View Quote |
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