Why I hate working retail during the holidays...

Strangler Lewis · 12-22-2006, 08:02 AM

My most annoying experience as a waiter at Hamburger Hamlet was not with any of the mindblowing customers but with a district manager who was in the restaurant as I set up for brunch one Sunday. The restaurant proudly served cornbread, and I grabbed a piece to eat as I worked. The district manager asked if I had paid for it. "No," I said. "The register's not open yet." "Well," he said, "that's kind of like stealing, isn't it."

The cornbread was one of our employee half price items. Some were full price. The lobster bisque was forbidden to us to keep it special. That rule had a strangely brain washing effect.

Snowflake · 12-22-2006, 08:28 AM

Retail, always the closer you get to the actual holiday, gets worse and worse as the late shoppers converge all looking for the hottest item of the year.

This is why I am so grateful for online shopping, no muss no fuss. I find I go into the stores less and less every year.

Xmas at Tower was always maddening and fun. Fun behind the register and maddening when you could not even walk through the crowds in the aisle.

12-22-2006, 08:02 AM	#1
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	My most annoying experience as a waiter at Hamburger Hamlet was not with any of the mindblowing customers but with a district manager who was in the restaurant as I set up for brunch one Sunday. The restaurant proudly served cornbread, and I grabbed a piece to eat as I worked. The district manager asked if I had paid for it. "No," I said. "The register's not open yet." "Well," he said, "that's kind of like stealing, isn't it." The cornbread was one of our employee half price items. Some were full price. The lobster bisque was forbidden to us to keep it special. That rule had a strangely brain washing effect. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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12-22-2006, 08:28 AM	#2
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Retail, always the closer you get to the actual holiday, gets worse and worse as the late shoppers converge all looking for the hottest item of the year. This is why I am so grateful for online shopping, no muss no fuss. I find I go into the stores less and less every year. Xmas at Tower was always maddening and fun. Fun behind the register and maddening when you could not even walk through the crowds in the aisle.
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