Spot the retail worker...

[MystyGlyttyr]

Mine was when I was at the gas station, got my change, and, after watching the lady behind the counter start laughing, realize that I had automatically started facing my bills and putting them in order.

"You've done this before, I take it."

"Way too much, ma'am."

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Seriously, that happened once. One of the Telus ( local phone/internet company ) operators told me to come down and apply. =p

Please do! I'm so sick of trying to decode what Thick Martian Accent Lady tries to tell me!

[Gravekeeper]

Please do! I'm so sick of trying to decode what Thick Martian Accent Lady tries to tell me!

The Automated Voice Lady or the actual operators to whom English is a 4th language?

[Giggle Goose]

try working at two unrelated job at the same time ie pizza place and a gas statiion and for a brief monent forget which place you are at and answer the phone for the place you are not AT

I've never made that mistake, but I was an admin assistant this summer and then when I'd go work my evening shifts at the pizza place the phone would ring and I would freeze <------ me. I knew I was supposed to answer the phone in a certain manner, I just forgot where I was at sometimes. Sometimes person on the other end would be like, "Uh, hello?" and that would usually jog my memory.

Whenever I make speeches, not to toot my own horn or anything, but people say I'm very "warm" and articulate. Someone also mentioned earlier about making eye contact in other places, but I think this is a great quality to have that I wouldn't have learned had I not been in customer service for...wow, it's almost 7 years now. Not long, but I like to think I'm still young.

[edible_hat]

My store name is a word that sounds a lot like library, twice I've answered the phone with "(suburb name) library" instead of "(company name, suburb name)".

[Becks]

Mine was when I was at the gas station, got my change, and, after watching the lady behind the counter start laughing, realize that I had automatically started facing my bills and putting them in order.

Ah, yes...facing bills.

You know, I don't go to many places that face bills anymore...and it drives me insane.

[Kogarashi]

Ah, yes...facing bills.

You know, I don't go to many places that face bills anymore...and it drives me insane.

At my more recent Wal-Mart job, we had to share tills instead of keeping track of our own tills and taking them to the lock-box during our breaks (which is how the first store did it). I can see the merit in that, and yet it also bothered me. Why?

Two reasons:

1. A different cashier on the same till as me could totally screw it up (shortchange, fall for scam, give out too much change, steal, etc.) and would get all of the cashiers who used that drawer in trouble (at least until they figured out when/how it happened).

2. None of the other cashiers in the store face the bills. I've gotten rather obsessive about having the bills in the till faced (to the point of spending free time with the drawer open facing them myself), largely because I find it easier to identify the bills at a glance and count them when they're all facing the same way and I can see the presidents. Yet most of the other cashiers just toss the bills in their respective slots willy-nilly. I also sort the last slot, where everyone keeps the $50s, $100s, and checks, so I can find the big bills quickly if I need to get paper change.

Never failed. I'd go to break, someone else would cover my till for fifteen minutes, and I'd come back to find the cash all willy-nilly again.

Why yes, I do face the bills in my wallet.

[PaRaGaS]

Why yes, I do face the bills in my wallet.

That is called OCD.
Good thing our bills have different colors and sizes Much less trouble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_coins_and_banknotes

[symposes]

I face the bills in my wallet too. Thats not ocd, its called, "How much money do i have today?"

Remember were americans. Our green money is superior to everyone elses silly monopoly money!
so what if people cut the corners off big bills, and glue them on small bills.

[Zombi]

Answering the home phone with your work greeting.

Husband did that. And it was his boss calling.

When I worked at the library, anybody calling me at home would be greeted with 'Rockingham Regional Campus - F**K IT!!' Now they get 'Bridal and wedding - SH*T!!'

[king4aday]

I guess the thing that makes me stand out as a retail worker the most is the fact that when I go to wal mart or kohls or any of those stores with my family I tend to get bored and will go into retail worker mode....making sure all hangers are facing the same way....picking up folded clothes and folding them right.......stuff like that. This will go on until I realize what Im doing or one of my family members points it out to me which is typically pretty embarassing

[edible_hat]

That is called OCD.
Good thing our bills have different colors and sizes Much less trouble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_coins_and_banknotes

It's the same in Australia. Also the transparent window in one corner makes facing the bills really easy - just line up the windows.

[Kogarashi]

That is called OCD.
Good thing our bills have different colors and sizes Much less trouble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_coins_and_banknotes

I prefer to think of it as orderliness. I like being able to identify the cash in my till quickly rather than fumble around for an extra five minutes while the more ornery customers rev up for a yelling fit.

Besides, if I had OCD, I'm sure I'd feel compelled to fix it every time, and I didn't. Only when I had the free time to.

[Nephy]

I guess the thing that makes me stand out as a retail worker the most is the fact that when I go to wal mart or kohls or any of those stores with my family I tend to get bored and will go into retail worker mode....making sure all hangers are facing the same way....picking up folded clothes and folding them right.......stuff like that. This will go on until I realize what Im doing or one of my family members points it out to me which is typically pretty embarassing

My mom does the same thing.

When I'm shopping with her, I'll look over and catch her facing products.

I usually just lean over and whisper "You don't work here"

[Zombi]

I guess the thing that makes me stand out as a retail worker the most is the fact that when I go to wal mart or kohls or any of those stores with my family I tend to get bored and will go into retail worker mode....making sure all hangers are facing the same way....picking up folded clothes and folding them right.......stuff like that. This will go on until I realize what Im doing or one of my family members points it out to me which is typically pretty embarassing

Oh god, I do that too! Messy displays drive me insane, and I can't rest until they're tidy, and everything is folded properly. There is a method for folding towels, and they look awful if they're not done right.