(BG: cashier at grocery store)
So a woman comes to my register the other day, and as I am ringing her out, she leans in and asks conspiratorily "When you start off as a cashier, how much do they pay you?"
I answered "Oh, minumum wage" in a friendly "wouldn't you know it?" kind of way, with a smile, and continued ringing.
She goes on to tell me "Well, I work in the <totally unrelated to retail> industry, and I only make <many more dollars than I> per hour, and I'll tell ya, it's just so stressful, I figured maybe I'd try a place like this. I mean, how stressful can THIS job be?"
I just chuckled and said "Oh, there are some days...har har"
but she went on, "No, really, I mean, you get to just stand here all day and ring people out. How hard can THAT be?"
I just smiled and finished her transaction. But REALLY? I just stand there all day?
And get yelled at, barked at, ordered around, talked down to, blamed for every issue in the store, insulted, hit-on by scuzzballs, I've had people throw things at me, hand me drippy, snotty tissues to throw away...all with a smile on my face, and "have a nice day!"
Yeah, lady, this job is a breeze. You'd be wise to take a huge pay-cut to come stand here with me all day, no stress at all in the retail world! *smh*
So a woman comes to my register the other day, and as I am ringing her out, she leans in and asks conspiratorily "When you start off as a cashier, how much do they pay you?"
I answered "Oh, minumum wage" in a friendly "wouldn't you know it?" kind of way, with a smile, and continued ringing.
She goes on to tell me "Well, I work in the <totally unrelated to retail> industry, and I only make <many more dollars than I> per hour, and I'll tell ya, it's just so stressful, I figured maybe I'd try a place like this. I mean, how stressful can THIS job be?"
I just chuckled and said "Oh, there are some days...har har"
but she went on, "No, really, I mean, you get to just stand here all day and ring people out. How hard can THAT be?"
I just smiled and finished her transaction. But REALLY? I just stand there all day?
And get yelled at, barked at, ordered around, talked down to, blamed for every issue in the store, insulted, hit-on by scuzzballs, I've had people throw things at me, hand me drippy, snotty tissues to throw away...all with a smile on my face, and "have a nice day!"
Yeah, lady, this job is a breeze. You'd be wise to take a huge pay-cut to come stand here with me all day, no stress at all in the retail world! *smh*
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