Apologies to people who work in craft stores

[RecoveringKinkoid]

But here in my town, nearly every single person (note I said "nearly", not "all" ) who works in any kind of craft store are a bunch of sullen, don't give a damning, gasbags.

I swear, I don't know what is going on. But it's near-universal here. I've encountered extremely nice, cheerful, helpful people, but it's like all the others, the vast majority, are one step away from having a lethal meltdown.

It's gotten so I almost walk on eggs when I go into a place, just so I can be absolutely certain I don't piss anyone off and then have to walk around embarassed that I made someone's day harder or something. It doesnt' help. I mean, I don't have to have my butt kissed, but jeez! Acting like I am wearing a hat of turds just for walking in makes me a little paranoid.

And before you ask, no, I haven't had any bad encounters with anyone in a craft store. None. I say please and thank you and excuse me, ma'am. I put things back the way I found them if I touch them. I don't try to get discounts. I pay my bill, thank the clerk, and leave without incident.

I dont' think it's any suprise to me that out of the maybe 25 people in the store I was in today, only 4 of them were customers. Probably all the other customers fled from the sheer weight of the combined stink eye of 99% of the employees.

[Retail Associate]

Sounds like the employees at my store. Everyone there is so miserable and many have become quite good at avoiding customers. I hear complaints from customers nearly everyday that this co-worker or that co-worker was rude or 'not very nice.'

That's what happens when the company treats you like shit. You work your butt off, get paid minimum wage to take all their abuse and the abuse of SCs, then hope and pray you make it through the day without killing anyone.

Yep. It's really that bad!

We have 'team meetings' everyday now and everyone has voiced their displeasure with the way things are being done at the store. One thing that really makes our job much more difficult is the fact that those of us with cashier experience get called up front to run a lane several times a day because they refuse to schedule enough cashiers. This makes it impossible for us to get our work done and all we get is grief from our managers because the dept is a mess. We are also supposed to get paid at a higher rate when running a lane and they are not doing that.

We were told the other day that this practice will continue and that eventually all employees will be register trained whether we like it or not. (With Christmas just around the corner, this gives me nightmares.) Anyway, the person telling us this also begged us not to take it out on the customers.

Yeah, good luck with that.

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[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

We were told the other day that this practice will continue and that eventually all employees will be register trained whether we like it or not. (With Christmas just around the corner, this gives me nightmares.)

This was supposed to happen at my store several years ago. All employees except for cash office, LP and third shift were to be register-trained, so the responsibility for backup cashiering could be shared equally among departments. This never came to pass.

[Andara Bledin]

We are also supposed to get paid at a higher rate when running a lane and they are not doing that.

If they're really that sucky, and not paying you the proper wage, maybe it's time to have a little chat with the labor board...

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