Back at it and FED UP!

Hello everyone again.  I am going to do this thing in earnest now.  I am hoping out of this chaos I will be able to publish a book based on my experiences.  Whatever retail job I have worked at, I have had co-workers tell me that they should do a soap opera based on the workplace.  Well they are right.  Every retail job I have had would make a good daytime soap.  Even a prime time drama also along with some comedy.

But anyways, back to the point of this blog.  Consumers have taken too many liberties with the way they treat a working stiff.  I don't think they realize how they treat a cashier can affect that person's state of mind for the rest of the shift and how that creates a chain reaction for the day.  Just remember when you are at a store you can change the whole lookout of the day if you take a second and smile at the cashier.  You wouldn't believe the crap we hear or have to listen to all day long.

Now mind you I know that your days can be pretty crappy and sometimes the workers in retail places don't help your day by being rude.  Turn the tables on them once in awhile and say hey, I hope your day gets better and add a smile and hopefully they will get the hint.  I know I have had that happen once to me when I was being offputting to a customer and she said that to me and I was like wow, am I that obvious.  I felt pretty crappy after that and made an effort to be more polite and cheery to the rest of the customers and I take that stand everytime I go to work now.  No matter what is going on in my day even with bad customers I take a deep breath and remind myself not to take it personally.

Some days are harder than others and customers don't help it by being complete jerks for no reason.  The worst is when they are screaming at you over something trivial and beyond your control and they know it but they are going to unleash their fury on you anyways.  If they understood how little we get paid to put up with this they may take another look at themselves before they have mouth diarrhea.  My phrase and I am going to coin it by the way.  That is when people begin to spew crap out of their mouth and it fouls up your day.

Anyways, just a note to remember that service goes both ways when shopping.  Be a courteous shopper and you will most likely have a courteous cashier.  Hello, thank you and have a good day are phrases that can go a long way in our world.