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    and it feels so weird. I've been at this store for 13 years this month, the longest I've ever been at a job in my life. I have so many memories--emotional traumas--that I feel tied to it. I gave my notice and the form I filled out asked for my reasons. There wouldn't have been enough paper. Those soul-crushing, autonomy-hating, character-disparaging sucktomers did so much damage that it will forever stay with me. And the managers who sided with them did not help. I was told by the Kool-Aid-drinking managers I was wrong for being offended. I had EVERY RIGHT to be offended.

    And then there were the injuries. I know I've filled out at least 5 incident reports over the years. All accidents were the direct result of either too much junk all over the place or us being in too much of a hurry due to the customers boring holes into our heads because they were impatient. Well, the most recent one was last night and it wasn't due to either of those reasons: http://www.customerssuck.com/board/s...d.php?t=118308 I'm not mad at my coworker--it was without malice--but it was the last straw. I will miss the extra income, but I won't miss anything else. I actually put as my reason for quitting that I "don't feel mentally nor physically safe at this location." I was covering my bases if I ever wanted to work there again, but at a non-mall store. It's a remote possibility.

    This holiday season I will have free weekends, paid holidays, Thanksgiving completely off, and my sanity because I won't have to be anywhere near that mall.

    I'd finally state what company but I am still technically employed for the next two weeks. But I only have to work one of them; I wasn't scheduled the second week because they do try to give me a break once in a while. That makes me sad; I do love most of my managers. I think I'll write out a long letter to my store manager thanking her for all she's done for me. I want her to know it's not the management team; it's the sucktomers and the crush of humanity we have to endure.
    "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

  • #2
    congrats on your escape from retail hell

    Last edited by Dave1982; 09-01-2017, 12:25 AM. Reason: Changed to WIMG tag
    AkaiKitsune
    Sarcasm dear, sarcasm. I’m well aware that dealing with civilians in any capacity will skin your faith in humanity alive, then pickle anything that remains so as to watch it shrivel up into an immortal husk thus reminding you of how dead inside you now are.

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    • #3
      Quoth Food Lady View Post
      Those soul-crushing, autonomy-hating, character-disparaging sucktomers did so much damage that it will forever stay with me. And the managers who sided with them did not help. I was told by the Kool-Aid-drinking managers I was wrong for being offended. I had EVERY RIGHT to be offended.
      This would have been very tempting to write...but it was smart of you not to.

      This holiday season I will have free weekends, paid holidays, Thanksgiving completely off, and my sanity because I won't have to be anywhere near that mall.


      When I resigned from King of Burgers, I hand-wrote a three or four page resignation letter. They knew I was leaving, but there were some things I felt I needed to get off my chest. Yeah, I know I burned a bridge, but that was almost 20 years ago.
      Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.

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      • #4
        Another one set free. /wipes tear from eye
        Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

        "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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        • #5
          This would have been very tempting to write...but it was smart of you not to.
          You can always do what I did, yeeeeeears ago (on a different topic) -- Write it all out on paper. Get everything you wanna say out, curse up a storm if need be, put it all down in black & white. Call out all o' them bastards, each and every one. Let them know what you think of them. Then, once you're sure it's all there and out of your system, find a fireplace (a lit firepit or barbecue grill with no food on it will do in a pinch), and, when you're alone there, feed in every single piece, one at a time, and watch them burn into tiny little cinders, with profound satis-............


          [SAY IT!!!]


          ........faction.
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          "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
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          "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
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          • #6
            Quoth EricKei View Post
            You can always do what I did, yeeeeeears ago (on a different topic) -- Write it all out on paper. Get everything you wanna say out, curse up a storm if need be, put it all down in black & white. Call out all o' them bastards, each and every one. Let them know what you think of them. Then, once you're sure it's all there and out of your system, find a fireplace (a lit firepit or barbecue grill with no food on it will do in a pinch), and, when you're alone there, feed in every single piece, one at a time, and watch them burn into tiny little cinders, with profound satis-............


            [SAY IT!!!]


            ........faction.
            Will that remove the cause...



            ...or just the symptom?

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            • #7
              Quoth greyblade23 View Post
              Will that remove the cause...



              ...or just the symptom?
              But what about Homer, Marge. Maggie, Lisa, and Bart?
              I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
              -- Life Sucks Then You Die.


              "I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."

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              • #8
                Oh my goodness how did I not notice this?! Congratulations!



                I can only hope you'll be as happy as I was to get out of retail.
                Replace anger management with stupidity management.

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                • #9
                  Things I won't miss:

                  --Not being able to sleep Sunday night because my legs hurt so bad from standing on the hard floor all weekend.
                  --Dealing with the nice but annoying mentally challenged people that make that store their second home.
                  --Black Friday in a mall store. In fact, I scheduled myself off from the office job, knowing I'd have to work the retail either Thanksgiving or Friday or both. Now I can have a 4-day weekend. Also I won't miss working on holidays in general. Nor holiday weekends.
                  --Being forced to be suspicious of SCO customers. I'm not walking up and searching people's stuff. That's security's job.
                  --Customers trying to control how I feel or demand my medical info. I will be angry about that for a long time. It never happens with my finance clients at my office job. It would be utterly bizarre. I don't try to control how they feel, either. I let them be upset because they're you know, human.
                  --Being asked by customers to work off the clock. (Although I might have those moments when longtime customers do it anyway because they know me. At least I'll be able to say I don't work there.)
                  "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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                  • #10


                    What are your plans for the future/employment? Or are you now magically an independently wealthy person like all the SC's out there, with nothing to do to fill their time but waste ours?

                    But seriously, CONGRATULATIONS!
                    Note to self: Hot glass looks like Cold glass.

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                    • #11
                      GOOD FOR YOU!!! APPLAUSE, CHEERS, BALLOONS, CONFETTI!!
                      When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth apocolypse101 View Post

                        What are your plans for the future/employment?
                        I got a full-time job about a year ago and was working the retail on the side. I deal with lease and credit line billing problems over the phone.
                        Last edited by MadMike; 08-31-2017, 04:49 AM. Reason: Did you have to quote the image???
                        "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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