Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: UncleBob on November 26, 2009, 09:48:21 PM
Title: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: UncleBob on November 26, 2009, 09:48:21 PM
I just want to gripe for a second.
I work retail. I have no problems working on a Holiday. In fact, I generally have it so I'm scheduled all-day in my department so my co-workers can have the day off. I understand that some people do enjoy spending the holiday with their family.
On that note, I really, really hate the people who come in to buy cheap plastic crap from China and say things like "Man, it sucks that you have to work Thanksgiving."
Don't you realize that the only reason a store is open on a Holiday is because they know you can't go 24 hours without having to buy stuff?
I don't blame the store - at all. It's a business. The goal of any business is to make money. There's money to be made, so they're open. But if there was no money to be made - if no one would shop on these holidays, then it'd be a loss for the store to stay open and the employees could actually spend the day with their family instead of helping you find shiny discs because you can't seem to figure out that those weird squiggles and lines on the front of the package makes letters and words that say what's in the package - all while you comment about how much it sucks to have to be working today.
If you're going to come in and shop, please feel free. But don't pretend for two seconds that you actually care about those who are stuck there working.
Rant over. :D
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: EasyCure on November 26, 2009, 11:14:49 PM
Man, it sucks you gotta work today.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: D_Average on November 26, 2009, 11:15:28 PM
Yeah, thats pretty sh$$$y of people to say that. I worked on those days at Toys R Us and Hasting, and I always wanted to reply, "Well, doesn't suck as bad as walking around with that fat a$$ you got there".
Other than that though, those days were usually fun, especially while at toys R us. That was back during the N64 era. I used to love walking down the aisle with the class cases and just staring at all the different color N64's. It was almost paradise. Whatever happened to displaying consoles in special cases like that?
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 27, 2009, 12:29:11 AM
I try my hardest not to go to any stores on Thanksgiving/Christmas. I do actually feel for the people working, as I've often been that person myself.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: Halbred on November 27, 2009, 12:36:49 AM
Same boat. I had to work on Thanksgiving when I was a lifeguard. People actually came in and swam.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: ShyGuy on November 27, 2009, 02:12:19 AM
I hear that's what smack dealers say.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: Mop it up on November 27, 2009, 02:17:45 AM
I know what you mean UncleBob. Customers should leave being fake nice to the employees.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: UncleBob on November 27, 2009, 03:06:52 AM
I know what you mean UncleBob. Customers should leave being fake nice to the employees.
Employees who are fake-nice try too hard. ;)
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: nickmitch on November 27, 2009, 03:14:30 AM
You know that's weird because because I always run in to the cashier that says, "Sucks to work on holidays, but that's retail for ya!" and I always reply, "Not really because I REALLY needed AAA batteries and a fire-hose."
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 27, 2009, 04:09:44 AM
I'm so curious that I have to ask, what did you do with the firehose? and were the batteries part of the equation?
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: Stratos on November 27, 2009, 04:39:41 AM
I never thought of things that way. I genuinely feel for people working those days because I've been the one working them in the past.
I do try to avoid shopping on those days though. I'd rather stay at home playing games or spending time with family.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: EasyCure on November 27, 2009, 02:25:49 PM
But if we stay home today the economy stays in the shitter folks, go out there to spend some money on **** you need and thank people like good ol Richer here that are working hard.
Even if we don't boost the economy with our spending sprees, we'll at least let guys lile UB make some money so they in turn can go out and spend it. If walmart doesn't make $X they'll cut back hours, so no OT for UB, which means less money he can give to nintendo and child support.
Please, think of the children
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: UncleBob on November 27, 2009, 02:38:45 PM
Overtime? You've never worked for Walmart, have you?
About as likely to get overtime as we are to get a union. ;)
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: EasyCure on November 27, 2009, 02:41:43 PM
No I've worked a worse retail chain tho :P
But at least I got overtime (though id get yelled at for it half the time)
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: Stratos on November 27, 2009, 03:43:08 PM
LOL, I hear Walmart will fire any workers who get caught meeting outside of work because they are so afraid of them unionizing.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: UncleBob on November 27, 2009, 03:43:59 PM
It's honestly no where near that bad. ;)
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: RABicle on November 27, 2009, 10:09:06 PM
Why don't wall mart employees just join an existing retail workers union? Surely there is one right?
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: that Baby guy on November 28, 2009, 11:33:53 AM
They get fired. That's why.
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: Mop it up on November 28, 2009, 02:23:57 PM
Wal*Mart should be worried about people who congregate inside the store, because we're plotting to take them down...
Title: Re: What I'm not thankful for...
Post by: nickmitch on November 28, 2009, 04:45:05 PM
