Maybe he just came from the golf course?
Often Shoppers will make odd requests which, for whatever reason, sound perfectly acceptable within the confines of their own minds, but when they release those requests verbally into the world, they sound like foolishness. Now, it is understandable to have a receipt broken up into two. What is not understandable is requesting that the shopkeeper do more work to accommodate the Shopper’s unusual needs, needs that could be easily met with a pair of transactions instead of a meandering path towards his goal. The Shopper thinks, though, only of itself and its own ends, and it never believes that it is out of line in any way, shape, or form. Often, they are mistaken. A computer can only do so much.
-The Retail Explorer
You will never have an uninterrupted lunch.
In retail, you will never have an undisturbed break, lunch or otherwise. The Shopper has some kind of almost-magical ability to know when a shopkeeper is taking a break and a natural drive to interrupt it. I have not a clue how it came about or what drives it, but this is a remarkable ability. An annoying ability, to be sure, but a remarkable one no less.
-The Retail Explorer
Yeah, smile. That’ll help…
I will not acknowledge what today is, because in retail, there are no holidays, really. Christmas and a half day on Thanksgiving, depending on where you work. To everyone else, enjoy the holiday, and if you do go shopping, please do not act like an ass. Seriously, be extra kind to your retail counterparts. They deserve a little more kindness on these days.
Moving on. If you have worked in retail for more than five minutes, you have heard a Shopper utter this unoriginal, painfully unfunny “joke”. It was not funny, I am certain, the first time it was told, and it remains that way to this day. But the Shopper, considering itself to be a hilarious individual, will continue to tell this joke, and others like it, for generations to come. Be prepared, comrades!
-The Retail Explorer
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