/ck/ workforce stories

[Anonymous No.5248825]

>work at small grocery
>be stocking merchandise
>a customer wants to buy a bottle of soda (we stock really old school sodas with nostalgia as a selling point)
>is so amazed that we stock it, starts up a conversation with a coworker and I about it
>her husband comes up, "we cant buy that"
>she asks why
>"its not gluten free"
>feel the euphoria well up inside me
>coworker calmly states that it doesn't matter in this case
>the guy spends like 5 minutes lecturing her on health and the importance of gluten free
>cant take it anymore
>brandish my fedora
>"Actually, sir...."
>proceed to tell him what gluten actually is
>whatever, bullshit jews trying to take my money
>she buys the soda anyway
>mfw

[Anonymous No.5248859]

The only thing I learned from this thread is you stock shelves, eavesdrop on customers, and have an inferiority complex.

[Anonymous No.5248894]

>>5248859
Correct! :^ )

But how can I be eavesdropping if he is right in front of me anon

[Anonymous No.5248903]

>>5248825
so what is gluten?
Please give us the exact same lecture. I have a feeling you're no where near as capable as you think.

[Anonymous No.5248906]

>>5248903
Okay.

[Anonymous No.5248907]

>>5248903
He's googling what it is now.

[Anonymous No.5248908]

>>5248907
Nope.

[Anonymous No.5248910]

>>5248859
>>5248903
>>5248907
Wow you guys really aren't tainted by /v/ or any other board. I can never leave

[Anonymous No.5248915]

>>5248910
can't tell if sarcasm.
We're pretty much the /v/ with food. Rage posting, poorfag domination, fast food, shit article+ "what do you think?" threads it's all here just in a little different incarnation.

[Anonymous No.5248919]

>customer swipes thier credit/debit card
>I wait a few seconds
>I wait a bit more
>The customer looks at the pinpad, then back up at me
"What the hell does this thing want now?"
>I lean over the register
>Its asking if they'd like cash back, yes or no
"Its asking you if you'd like cash back."
>customer looks at me with another puzzled look
"No, I don't."
>they continue to stand there
>they look at the pinpad in confusion, then back up at me
"Just.. hit the button that says 'no', sir."
>customer stabs the pinpad screen with the little pin as hard as he can
"Why didn't you say that in the first place?!"

I'm not a drinking man, but I swear.. retail work will make you want to.

[Anonymous No.5248928]

>-please place item in bagging area-
>-please place item in bagging area-
>customer is holding the item in their fucking hand
>-please place item in bagging area-
>they stare at the machine
>they give me a shitty look
WHY WON'T THIS THING WORK, I HATE THESE FUCKING THINGS SO MUCH
>the screen is showing a little animation of a hand dropping the item into the sack
>I gently take the item from their hand
>place it in the bag
>-please scan your next item-

This is why we'll never have flying cars and all that fancy computer shit from the future.
The general public is fucking retarded when it comes to technology

[Anonymous No.5248941]

>>5248928
To be fair most of those fuckers would be 25+, right?

[Anonymous No.5248953]

>>5248903

You sound like an insufferable prick.

[Anonymous No.5248955]

>>5248941
Mostly, yea.
Younger customers just zip in and out and hardly ever have problems at all.

I'm guessing location has a lot to do with it too.
People from New York or Shitcago or other more developed/larger cities would probably be used to new tech shit around them.

But in bumfuck nowheresville hicktown, USA, our local community is so fucking backwards and senile that the churches around town have more say than the mayor.

[Anonymous No.5248961]

>>5248919
kek

[Anonymous No.5248965]

>>5248953
I am, congratulations you got the prick. Let me inform the village they can no longer live in fear.

[Anonymous No.5248967]

>>5248903

[Anonymous No.5248974]

>>5248941
>25+
why did this number pop up on my scrolling light newspaper what is a captcha

[Anonymous No.5248994]

>>5248928
These fucking things annoy the crap out of me. Most are horribly calibrated or fed incorrect data. The loose vegetables and baked goods thing DOES NOT FUCKING LET YOU SELECT ALL AT ONCE
YOU HAVE TO UNPACK YOUR FUCKING CARROTS AND TAP THEM IN ONE BY ONE THEN PUT THEM ON THE BAGGING AREA
WHAT THE FUCK

[Anonymous No.5249023]

>>5248994
there's a quantity indicator.... you just enter the number with them all on the scale.

Although most of the machines have bad catalogs. By that I mean they have so many extra items the store does not carry at the season or may have never carried. Making it too easy to get the wrong price for something.

[Anonymous No.5249030]

>>5248928
>woman, and her family approach me
>she is visibly frustrated, asks where the hand soap is
>take her over the soap aisle and point to the section
>"no its not there I've already looked"
>take her into the aisle and point out all of the handsoaps on the shelf
>"no I'm telling you its not here"
>...
> "ma'm what kind of soap are you looking for"
>"I am looking for the foaming handsoap"
>point out all of the foaming handsoaps which are directly in front of us at eye level
>"NO ITS NOT HERE I'VE ALREADY CHECKED!"
>at this point I am getting pissed off
>"okay ma'm again what are you looking for SPECIFICALLY"
>"The foaming handsoap REFILLS"
>I point to the large foam refill bottles on the same shelf next to them
>"oh..."
>....
>exchange looks with her husband and walk away

She shut me down every step of the way because apparently an item doesn't exist unless it is waved in front of her face.
I have no clue how someone like that can function in their daily life.

[Anonymous No.5249084]

>>5248919
>Why didn't you say that in the first place
Lold

[Anonymous No.5249115]

>>5248903
wow, you must be the funny guy at work.

Not OP, but people are essentially retarded when it comes to health fads, and gluten free is the newest one. Gluten occurs when two specific proteins commonly found in certain types of flour are exposed to water. It essentially causes any sort of bread to be chewy.

Contrary to autists everywhere, the only reason not to eat gluten is if you have Celiac's disease. This is a disease where your small intestine cannot properly absorb gluten and you essentially have an eruption soon after consumption.

Whether or not OP's answer was this in depth or not, this is as much as anyone needs to know.

Source: I took a food chem class as an elective for my chem degree.

Also, dont be a fagget

[Anonymous No.5249154]

>>5248941

http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/

Kids these days never experienced a time when you had to think about shit worked. If you're one of them, I think you'll find that you know less about these things than you think.

n.b. knowing how to sext with your classmates with the NSA-pchat app you gave up your contact list for != "use a computer"

[Anonymous No.5249198]

>>5249154
>when you had to think about shit worked
dude what
Not bashing your post or anything I just don't understand what you're saying here

[Anonymous No.5249202]

>>5249154
also what about snapchat ? ;_:

[Bouillabaisse No.5249211]

>Work at fancy fish restaurant in northern Norway.
>One hour after opening, suddenly 9 indian women drop in unannounced.
>They don't have a reservation. They get mad when we try to explain we can't get them the the tables next to a window because they're booked for half an hour later.
>"In all the other restaurants we always get to sit where we want!"
>In the end they decide to sit where we're able to make space.
>The second they sit down they order bread.
>"And we want it for free! Don't be stingy!"
>"... Its free of charge"
>My station support brings bread.
>"HOLLA HOLLA We want bread straight from the oven!"
>"... We just took it out of the oven."
>They glare at us and try the bread. Doesn't say a thing even though its clearly hot, can see the butter melting.
>Try to present todays menu, we change it every day so its not written in the menu.
>"JUST GIVE US THE MENU, YOU DON*T HAVE TO WASTE OUR TIME!"
>"... Its not written in the menu"
>"Then we don't want it!"
>"..."

cont

[Anonymous No.5249219]

>>5249211

ugh, upper caste Indians who haven't spent much time out of India can be the most backwards and awful people ever

[Anonymous No.5249226]

Just started a job at the seafood area of a grocery store. Yesterday was my second day. My training has me doing all the basic stuff with another worker, but next week I'll be doing it alone.

>yesterday
>meet manager again
>"you'll be working with Jim, he's been around for a long time. He's a good guy"
>Jim walks in
>everything is cool
>opens mouth
>speaks
>oh god no, he's disabled.
>it'll be okay, he knows what he's doing and I'm sure we have enough work to do that I won't have to talk with him for too long.
>was VERY wrong
>spent the 5 hour shift expanding my knowledge on Skyrim and Star Wars lore.

I'll admit though, he definitely knew what he was doing. As far as the job functions went, he kicked my ass with service, wrapping the fish, and generally knowing what the fuck he was doing.

[Bouillabaisse No.5249231]

>>5249211
>They ask about our Skreimolja, a traditional Norwegian cod dish bound by season.
>"I'm sorry but the season is between january to february, we sold our last skreimolja one hour ago."
>"Then why is it in the menu, that is very sloppy!"
>7 of them decide on the baked halibut.
>One wants the reindeer dish well cooked.
>And the last one can't decide if she wants the reindeer or not. She asks me about it.
>"Today we serve our reindeer dish with reindeer steak and rille from the leg. It comes with some raw and baked pumpkin, a lingonberry cream and red-wine sauce with honey."
>"Reindeer with honey, but thats sweet! And berries? NO, I dont like it!"
>"I want you to ask the chef if I can get the reindeer without any of that and something else."
>Go to ask our chef. Everything has already been prepared and they're too busy to make something else for her. I have to tell her no to ease the load on the kitchen.
>Tell her, she stands up and rushes to our open kitchen and gets up to the counter.
>HEY CHEF! My name is Sonya and when I was in Aalesund I was served the most AMAZING reindeer dish. Can you please make something special for me?."
>My chef gives me the death stare.
>"Yes, ofc. If you're willing to wait we can make you a pepper-sauce."
>"YES THANK YOU, I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!"
>She gives me the death stare.
cont

[Anonymous No.5249246]

>>5248928
why doesn't it just say "YO CUSTOMAH, PUT THAT THING IN THIS BASKET HOLE"

it would be more direct, and clear. = more understanding and less trouble. I think it would work.

[Bouillabaisse No.5249250]

>>5249231
>Meanwhile my support is running back and forward with bread to them after they all figured out it was free.
>After 5 minutes of waiting they ask me if we can bring their food asap because they want to go for a walk.
>Tell them its soon done.
>"OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS TAKING SO MUCH TIME"
>Food arrives 10 minutes later.
>"If this halibut is baked how do you know its not raw?!?"
>"... We use a cooking thermometer."
>They ask for salt and pepper before trying it.
>They then ask for tabasco.
>MORE BREAD PLEASE.
>Later on give them the bill.
>"OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS PRICE, IT IS INSANE!!"
>Thinking to myself "Welcome to Norway bitch"
>"Can't we settle for less? We have been good customers! NINE PEOPLE!"
>"No"
>"OH MY GOD AT THIS OTHER RESTAURANT..."
>"Afraid not"

No tip ofc, didn't care whatsoever. Just glad to see them gone.
Fuck indians. They're incredibly rude and nice at the same time. Fuck their culture.

[Anonymous No.5249255]

>>5249246
the biggest issue is the boring equal unhuman tone of the machine and the very technical way its asking it over and over, its kind of an autism overload that can happen to anyone, before you can think about "what does putting the item in the bagging area even meaann?" it says it again and interrupts your thought process and makes you just blank out and go hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr what dooooooooo?

if it said "hey bro put that thing here please" and said it once, waited 10 seconds, not 1 = success I think.

[Anonymous No.5249259]

>>5249231
i will never understand why some think it's just okay for them to walk onto our line.

like haven't you demeaned us enough making us be your servants for a while, can't you just back the fuck off and eat your food.

[Bouillabaisse No.5249271]

>>5249259
You think working as a line-chef is demeaning just because you work to serve others? Is being a lawyer demeaning or a doctor? Not hating, I know how hard your work is compared to mine, but would be sad if you don't hold any pride about your job.

[Anonymous No.5249292]

>>5248994
your grocery store must suck

at mine, it's just

>enter item code
>PLEASE ENTER # OF ITEM
or
>PLACE YOUR ____ ON THE SCANNER AND WAIT
>PLEASE PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAG

shit is not difficult. although if i'm buying a lot of produce i generally just let a cashier punch in all the item codes and weigh the shit for me.

[Anonymous No.5249295]

>>5249250
Your restaurant needs a sign that says "Warning, prices on menu will match the bill"

[Anonymous No.5249297]

>Be a specialist in the army
>This is food related
>Butter bar is trying to open his fucking mre with his teeth
>take my cracker and make a sawwing motion at the mre
>he nods, then stabs the Mre with his knife
>Tears open hole with his teeth
This fucking guy...
>Puts too much water in heatinf element, black shit everywhere
>mixes his cookies with his apple sauce
>pours both the sweet tea and fruit punch in his camel back
>cuts main meal pouch down the middle so it looks like he gutted the fucking thing
> eats powdered butter right from packet
>squirts jelly all over his uniform

Fucking officers man...

[Anonymous No.5249300]

>>5249023
>catalogs
i obviously can't speak for all stores, but i know for sure that publix and winn dixie put stickers on almost all their produce, and you can also look it up by name (complete with pictures for the extra retarded)

[Anonymous No.5249301]

>>5248825
>(we stock really old school sodas with nostalgia as a selling point)

like what? sounds neat

[Anonymous No.5249309]

>>5249198
that poster is probably referring to the fact that technology these days is so heavily reliant on extremely simplified user interfaces, that the first time something even remotely complicated pops up, people go full retard.

for example, imagine a 10 year old kid today trying to use a computer from the 80s. sure they could do a lot more (and more useful) shit on a new computer, but it wouldn't make them understand the actual device at all, and if the device had a problem, they'd be double fucked.

[Anonymous No.5249310]

>>5249250

now imagine 50% of your town was indian people. then you know what it's like to live in the US or Britain.

[Anonymous No.5249317]

>be working delivery in the ancient era before smartphones and GPS
>receive order from literally 2 towns away
>faggot boss refuses to decline the order because the guy was an occasional customer and a friend of the boss back when he actually lived within 10 miles of the store
>forced to spend over an hour delivering a single order for no extra compensation
>faggot boss also refuses to let me use the computer for mapquest
>head out with shitty directions scribbled down by his pothead 14-year-old illegally-employed son

>get lost along the way, unsurprisingly
>call restaurant, boss just calls me a fucking idiot and hangs up on me mid-sentence
>forced to call the customer for directions
>he's just as big of an entitled asshole as his order implied
>repeatedly bitches about the wait, references how he's friends with the boss, and apparently can't tell left from right
>politely ask for a clarification, he says "are you fucking stupid?" before answering
>oh fuck no you did not just insult the guy who handles your food
>open container
>eat some of his food
>spit and snot-rocket all over the rest
>mix, reseal, and return to bag
>finally arrive, fake-friendly customer service mode engaged
>his wife apologizes for his behavior and tips me like 15 bucks cash

[Anonymous No.5249324]

>>5249271
have you met some of the people doctors or lawyers have to deal with? protip- they can be a hundred times worse than anyone you've ever dealt with at your job, because their line is work can often involve the scum of society.

you ever met a public defender? plenty would probably be suicidal if it weren't for cocaine and alcohol.

[This is buttrock. No.5249401]

>>5249317
If dats real you dun some justice. I just hope his wife didn't eat the snot son.

[Anonymous No.5249464]

>>5249401

doubt it, it was a cheap individual-sized order that would normally feed only one person

The tip was like 80%

[Anonymous No.5249503]

>>5249226
>that face when I have a speech impediment so everyone thinks I'm disabled too.
Shit sucks when you change jobs a lot.

[Anonymous No.5249508]

>>5249115
I didn't want the answer from you. I'm also not an advocate of a "gluten-free diet". I just wanted to hear what baseless rhetoric Op slung at them in attempt to ingratiate himself. Also that answer is far from scholastic it's like you skimmed the wikipedia article. Furthermore none of what you said is related to chemistry.

[Anonymous No.5249516]

>>5249246
if the machines said that i would use them more often.
>YO SIR, ARE YA PAYIN IN BILLS O CREDIT

[Anonymous No.5249524]

>>5248994
Lol you're dumb.

[Anonymous No.5249530]

>>5249508

No one fucking cares, dude.

[Anonymous No.5249532]

>mfw work in retail
>mfw i just get a different brand of stupidity in my store than a grocery store
>mfw i don't have a good mfw pic to describe this

[Anonymous No.5249534]

>>5248825
Please refrain from posting pictures of niggers on the worksafe boards. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.5249538]

>>5249211
>>5249231
>>5249250

Hey Norwegian fish restaurant guy, how's it going? Enjoyed your shitty customer stories last time.

[Anonymous No.5249542]

>>5249530
I obviously do. I want the mysteries of gluten laid bare or are you are as unequivocally full of shit as people who say gluten free is better.

[Anonymous No.5249568]

>>5249250
nice? what's nice about those shitstains?

[Anonymous No.5249573]

>>5249534
epic

[Anonymous No.5249601]

>>5249573
>at costco
>go to foodcourt
>Hello, I would like a vanilla chocolate squirrel
>I'm sorry what *pftf hue hue*
>I said a vanilla chocolat... swirlhAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5249633]

Since this thread doesn't seem to be limited to negative stories

>Be a bar manager that caters to students
>Young people can't hold their alcohol
>They lose their wallets, phones and valubles all over the place
>On average, I pick up one phone per week
>Paid minimum wage
>Is a guy, don't get tips
>Return every single phone and wallet that's ever crossed my hands.

>Still bar manager
>Staff are all stoners or just lazy
>Bathroom, both male and female needs cleaning
>It hasn't been cleaned in weeks
>Clean male bathroom
>Nobody knows how to flush
>Toilet paper all over the place
>Shot glass in urinal
> Used condoms on the floor
> Old Fashioned glass in the toilet bowl
>There's a used syringe stuck to the ceiling
> Go to female bathroom
>Picking out crusty as tampons out of waste basket because some fucker super glued the trash bin onto the ground
> Nobody knows what a bin liner is
> Work overtime without pay cleaning the entire place until it's spotless
> Just in time for the place to open
> It's Friday
> Place goes back to 'normal' in one night

[Anonymous No.5249662]

>work in the fruit and veg section of a supermarket
>our items have clear pricetags, with a smaller price below informing you of the price per kilogram or price per unit if it's in a pack
>some fancy garlic corn cob 4pk is $6, $1.50 per unit inside the pack
>tall, dark and ugly calls to me for attention, i come over
>"hey this is a dollar fifty, yeah?"
>"no sir, the price is right there, $6"
>"NO IT SAYS ONE DOLLAR, FIFTY RIGHT HERE"
>i look at the label, it's pretty clearly laid out
>i tell him how our label layout works
>"NO, IT SAYS THE PRICE DOWN HERE IS ONE DOLLAR FIFTY."
>he angrily takes the pack and tells me he's "fucking getting it for one dollar fifty"
>keep working, no calls from the front, no stock returns
It's almost certain he got it for a quarter of the price for being an asshole on purpose

[Anonymous No.5249720]

>>5249255
I will directly tell customers things and they still don't understand. I will look them right in the eye and they just look as clueless as before.

[Anonymous No.5249746]

Some common shit that happens.

>grapes are priced per pound
>customers constantly think they're $2.99 for a whole bag of grapes

>people at the self checkout accidentally upcharge themselves by selecting the organic option on the screen when they have just normal produce

>3 day sales in general

The oddest thing happened the other day though
>customer comes in
>have never seen this customer
>they pull out a rain check
>"Can you still honor this?"
>raincheck is literally from 2006 and in relatively good condition and is a sale for red peppers 99 cents per pound
>rain-checks expire 60 days from when they're issued
>call up manager
>she allows it

Who the fuck keeps 8 year old rain checks in their wallet? This man was very adamant about getting his 99 cents per pound peppers. Oh, whatever.

[Anonymous No.5249758]

>be working at local ice cream place
>busy as fuck on a friday night and we're short staffed
>one guy comes in and orders a cup of hot fudge
>just hot fudge
>cashier comes back saying he smells like weed
>we hand him his hot fudge and he takes it to his seat and starts tonguing it
>5 minutes later he's back for another, this time he wants hot fudge+caramel
>starts tonguing it at his seat again
>he literally just sits there and tongues the cup even after all the substance is gone

[Anonymous No.5249759]

>>5249662
It took me a couple retail jobs to realize that a customer can throw the biggest fit, but in the end will almost always pay the real price of an item. Fuck your bullshit attitude, you're not special. You will pay the regular price.
It's amazing how much customers and toddlers have in common.

[Anonymous No.5249769]

>work on campus in dining
>why the fuck did I think it would be easy to work with hungry college kids

>happy friendly blond chick comes to my station
>asks if the vanilla soft serve is gluten free
>"Umm.. no. It's milk and sugar"
>she asks for a cone

And what is it with customers who don't read?
>"I want a toasted sub"
>"Which kind would you like?"
>"what do you have?"
>"We have these" points to sign right in front of customer that lists 4 sandwiches in big font

Then I was promoted to cashier. Goddamn I hate people so much. I literally just press buttons and swipe cards and people will try to argue with me.

>why

[Anonymous No.5249782]

>>5249662
>It's almost certain he got it for a quarter of the price
doubt it, do you live in the south or something?

[Anonymous No.5249823]

>>5249769
>It's milk and sugar
>milk and sugar
>not gluten free

[Bouillabaisse No.5250072]

>>5249568
They're somehow very grateful and appreciative after you've helped them. But they never ask nicely about anything.

[Anonymous No.5250111]

>in airport cafeteria
>A woman and 3 children, including one baby sitting at a table, no order
>woman starts changing diaper right there
yes, changing diaper
>get politely told by waitress there are bathrooms just next for that
>mother complains loudly, bitching at how she has the right to do what she wants, almost accuses waitress of being racist
>asks to talk to the director
>shut up and leave when waitress is about to call him
>mfw seing this

[Anonymous No.5250125]

>>5249769
I think you got "gluten-free" and "vegan" mixed up there, champ.
>Gelato's not vegan?
>MILK AND EGGS BITCH

[Anonymous No.5250149]

> scan item
>"excuse me, that item ia on sale"
>"okay, are you 100% postive it is this specific item?"
>answer is always yes
> it's always something near the item that is actually on sale

A small microcosm for humanity.

[Anonymous No.5250153]

>>5250072
What type/caste of Indian are they usually?

[Anonymous No.5250156]

> customer inserts their debit card incorrectly
> beep
> "it says remove card?"

I used to explain it all to them but now all I say is "oh...", they are adults they can figure out how to use a debit card.

[Anonymous No.5250171]

> customer personally angry towards me for some reason totally out of my control
> I don't apologize unless things are my fault
>"Well they never asked me if I thought we should charhe for bags with handles"
>"I don't set the prices"
>'I don't do the ordering, I don't write the flyer or have any input in how much of a sale item we have in"
>"I don't know if whatever vague product you fan barely describe is in the store"

I scan groceries for minimum wage and don't care that you "came all this way for X" and now x is out of stock; I had no say in that asshole.

[Anonymous No.5250221]

>Customers who ram their debit cards in before the machine is ready making you start over
I had a guy do that for literally 10 mins before i was like "stop, please just stop" (in a much nicer way of course)
The guy was only like 30 tops

[Anonymous No.5250226]

>go to supermarket
>packing my stuff
>can't for the life of me open the bags

It's like the opening is fused together. I always make a tit of myself for 15 seconds before laughing and having the person behind the counter do it.

[Anonymous No.5250231]

>>5250149
I'm always in line behind the dickbag Indian with this issue
And it's always a case of the item being misplaced on a rack that's on sale & they either can't get it through their thick curry stenched head or think they're being clever

[Anonymous No.5250291]

>>5249759
>but in the end will almost always pay the real price of an item

This is not my experience. If anything, managers usually just want to appease people and cave at the first sign of anger.

[Anonymous No.5251946]

>>5249746
>raincheck is literally from 2006
Hah reminds me of something that happened somewhat recently

>termporarily transferred to a very out of the way store
>customer comes to register to buy light bulbs
>packages have coupons so I take one off and scan it
>coupon expired 2007
>customer shows me the other, it's even older

In the same place I volunteered to re-organize their clearance and found boxes of floppy discs

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5252006]

>be 20, weighing in at 115lbs and 5 foot 8 - literally a qt Asian twink
>be a waiter in country with no minimum wage but they paid a little above 'accepted industry standard'
>bar at night, eatery for lunch and dinner
> They've managed to fit 2 dart machines and 50 tables and 140 seats into an area that's 40 yards by 40 yards
>show up at work early everyday, sweeping the entire place to remove fallen bar snacks, cig ashs and butts
>Rearrange all these heavy ass tables that weigh more than I do. Move the chairs too.
>They've somehow managed to turn the place into a 70 table place that seats 180.
>Move the heavy ass bar tables by going underneath them and haul them around like Jesus bearing the cross.
>Set up salad bar by lowering the table in the bar area
>Have Have to drag the dart machines up a flight of stairs every day - they weigh twice as much as I do.
>Set up 2 server stations, everything has to be in the exact position, every day.
>Some tables are wobbly and can only be placed in particular areas where they can lean against something so we can still use them.
>Lay out place mats, napkins, utensils. Clean and inspect all condiment salt and pepper shakers + other condiments. Refill as necessary.
>Prep and turn on steam tray
>Help kitchen move the stuff out for the salad bar (food, plates, spare napkins, tongs..etc.)
>Get changed, look presentable, have a glass of water
So concludes the first 90 minutes of my job.

[Anonymous No.5252009]

>>5249758
protip: he was a female skinwalker

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5252017]

>>5252006
Part 2
We serve an average of 200 customers during the lunch hour on a slow day over 2 hours - it's usually around 300 but we've maxed it at 600 one day.
> Take orders, serve food for 2 hours
> Literally swamped everyday so badly the line-cooks have cover as busboys.
> Run out of plates and cutlery occasionally, double as the dishwasher because we're using plates faster than we can clean them
> Have to turn it back into the bar - undo and clean EVERYTHING
> Polish utensils and glassware
> Prep 200 ash trays by placing a wet napkin on saucers
> Find head cook doing lines of cocaine in the walk in fridge
> Ask them where they kept today's lunch left overs
> Eat leftovers
> Take 45 minute bus ride home
> Earn 27 dollars a day
> no tips

[Anonymous No.5252022]

>>5252006
>>5252017
You sure like to exaggerate, don't you?

(no don't reply claiming otherwise, we all know you're verging on hyperbole)

[Anonymous No.5252030]

>>5249508
I don't see why giving you structural details of giliadin would be pertinent to the conversation. I gave you the essentials of what we learned, which is probably about the same as what a wiki article would read.

Want to know why? Because one can skim a wiki article and know about as much as someone who vaguely remembers it from class. I'm not an expert, and I bet you aren't either dude.

[Anonymous No.5252058]

>>5252006
>>5252017
ugh get a new fucking job. i had a similar job toiling away and doing everything short of owning the place for minimum wage and got off to bitching about it as much as i can to garner sympathy. its martyrdom and youre being taken advantage of.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5252086]

>>5252058
Well, I only worked 5 hours (6 if you count unpaid overtime, 7 if you factor in travelling to/from work) but my god, that place left me fucking exhausted every single day.

The boss of that particular joint dragged me to the side one day and asked if I would like to work full time for them and if I was going anywhere in life.
I told him I was going to Uni in a year or two, I never planned for my job at that point to be anything long term. He gave me this look, said I worked hard and to just tell him a week or two in advance before I leave so that he has time to hire somebody else, then added that being a waiter is not something anyone with better options should make a career out of.

[Anonymous No.5252112]

>>5252086
He knew you were going better places, but respected you as a worker.

[Anonymous No.5252119]

>>5252086
>unpaid overtime

[Anonymous No.5252169]

>>5249310
>live in US
>never see an Indian until I go to Dubai

[Anonymous No.5252183]

>>5252086
>6 hours
>overtime
I work 10 hour shifts that turn into 12 hours at the drop of a hat. Cry more.
>>5252058
>got off to bitching about it as much as i can to garner sympathy. its martyrdom
This.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5252202]

>>5252183
I used to have an office job that was supposed to be 10 to 6. But it usually turns into 10 to 8/10 on most days.

Damn Asian work ethics, there was this pretty much unwritten rule that you don't leave until your superiors leave. It did not help that my manager back then lived 10 minutes from home and can drive home and I lived 2 hours away.

[Anonymous No.5252211]

i work in a small cheese, salami, and bread shop.

therefore we rarely have to deal with vegans, vegetarians, or gluten free idiots. plus all our customers are quite wealthy. its bretty good

[Anonymous No.5252300]

>>5252211

How fat is your average customer?

[Anonymous No.5252740]

>>5252300
not fat at all

[Anonymous No.5252755]

>>5249633
>>It hasn't been cleaned in weeks

What the sodding fuck where the hell is this place so I never inadvertently go there?

Take the wallet next time. Blame me if you like, you deserve it more than those nasty cunts.

Off topic, but

>uni student
>go in bathroom
>two toilets, one handicap one regular
>go in regular
>full of a hot fresh load of shit
>girl at sink is frantically scrubbing her hands like she has OCD
>go to other stall, toilet full of shredded paper
>have to piss like hell, just use it and hope it doesn't back up
>on way out, yell at the girl because I know she's the one who left that shitload and didn't flush
>looked like a polished normalfag, passes socially every day
>they don't know

What the fuck is wrong with people?

And sometimes they leave tampons or pads in the toilet, you're supposed to put them in the bin but they just toss it in the toilet and don't flush. The cotton puffs and bloats and the blood seeps out everywhere.

Nasty. This world needs the purging power of fire.

[Anonymous No.5252758]

>>5250221

I honestly love some of the machines that let you swipe whenever, because it lets me set the pace of the check-out and not the cashier.

I want to get in and out, I don't want to wait for you to press buttons.

[Anonymous No.5252762]

>>5252755
On the one hand I want to chide you because
>btw i'm a grill

On the other hand, I have IBS so every time I have a "when you see it" moment and I find a dirty stall, I want to murder those motherfuckers 1000 times. People like that should not be allowed to live.

[Anonymous No.5252778]

>>5252762

>muh secrut club

I was here before you were, kid. Not my fault I was born with an innie.

I don't know what goes through the mind of these animals. Like, I've seen shit literally smeared on the walls like they were fingerpainting. PIss and shit on the floor, tampons on the floor, piss and blood on the seat, somehow piss up the wall, paper everywhere, just tons of shredded paper all over. The best is when there's one sink and they stand there grooming their hair after just having destroyed a toilet. Or cunts using stalls to change in when there are no other stalls open and I have to piss. I don't even know why you would change in a stall to begin with, it's dirty and no elbow room.

[Anonymous No.5252784]

>>5252778
>I was here before you were, kid

[Anonymous No.5252809]

>>5252755

>british female on /ck/

p-please be my wife

[Anonymous No.5252854]

>>5249532
I was a computer repair technician masquerading as a retailer in my day. People are stupid about technology nowadays, but 12 years ago? Sweet Jesus have mercy.

[Anonymous No.5252888]

>>5250226
baddie

[Anonymous No.5252949]

>>5252755
>>5252762
Girl's bathrooms are the worst.

[Anonymous No.5252959]

I worked as a bakery clerk and had to work morning (4am) shifts icing donuts and packaging products. It was me and a baker.

People at 6am-7am constantly ask me where's the "FRESH FRENCH BREAD" and I nicely say they aren't ready yet and that I usually put it out around 9-10am. I get yelled at and they argue saying something like "IT'S USUALLY OUT BY NOW." No... It's not, lol.

Then on my last day of work (turned in my 2 weeks notice. fuck you king soopers), some Moraccon piece of shit asked where the french bread was and I told him it wasn't ready yet.

>"oh, you didn't bake it yet? you slow."
>nice tone of voice: "No, I do the packaging and there's a baker who does the baking."

He got offended and tried to go inside the bakery to take a look. I told him that customers weren't allowed and he threw a bitch fit. Started cussing at me, threw a loaf of bread in an aisle. I called the store manager, but I wish I called security to escort his stupid ass out.

[Anonymous No.5252963]

>>5248919

Why wouldn't he want cash back?

[Anonymous No.5253251]

>>5252762
M-M-M-MONSTER FAG.

[Borneo No.5253505]

>>5252949
>studying late at uni library
>go to use bathroom
>there is a layer of gummi bears resting beneath the water in the toilet bowl
i cant pee like this

[Anonymous No.5253529]

>>5248953
So in other words you don't know? Wow op is a massive retard.

[Anonymous No.5253530]

>>5248928
You're exaggerating. I've used those machines and it'll yell out those instructions when my bags are clearing in the fucking bagging area.

[Anonymous No.5253557]

>>5253530
http://youtu.be/Z4EGHOrSC4o

[Anonymous No.5253583]

>>5253557
>>5248928

Imaging being with the woman behind that voice.
You're in bed, making out heavily, your hands between your legs, you can feel how wet she is for you, you position yourself to enter her and she moans into your ear
>PLEASE PLACE ITEM IN BAGGING AREA

[Anonymous No.5253613]

>>5253583
>You then hesitate for just a moment
>PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE

[Anonymous No.5253623]

>>5249508
Except the whole part about gluten being a starch bound protein.
Which is pretty much all about chemistry.

Additionally, corn, and corn syrup are both gluten-free.
Unless the soda in question was a wheat or grass soda, chewy, or bound to a starch, it's pretty much 100% certain it had no gluten.

[Anonymous No.5253641]

>>5249226
if you want him to never talk to you about video game lore again, tell him to read the 36 Lessons of Vivec.

It's TES related, and if he's slow, he'll never wrap his mind around it and get frustrated and stop obsessing over it.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5254039]

>>5252755
It's a place in Hong Kong, the place is now closed. Bit of a sad story, that place.
Did I tell you that the bar has a kitchen?

Oh lordy, let me tell you guys about why the place got so fucked up
> American husband and gold-digger (GD) South East-Asian waifu open bar
> Prices everything fairly at a pub district, not raking in money like gold digger waifu thought it would be
> Disagreement over how bar is managed turns into marriage problem
> GD one day literally just picks up the kids from school, grabs all the cash, maxes all the credit card she has, clears the bank account and flies back to her home country - back to her OTHER husband
> Kitchen and bar staff were all hired by GD - they all up and leave
> Literally go from "It was fine yesterday" to "Wife left with kid, in massive debt and the staff has collectively fucked off"

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5254044]

>>5254039
Fast forward a little bit
>Kitchen is a shit hole, nobody has walked in there since the day things went to shit
> I decide to see what I can salvage
> Place is dark as fuck, reminded of the time I played Silent Hill
> A rat the size of a chihuahua scurries past me.
> Dishes from 'that day' still in the sink, uncleaned.
> The water in the sink is the color of rust, bits of dead bugs are floating in there
> Walk a few more steps - 'crunch, crunch', 'smoosh'
>Shine light onto the floor. The crunch was literally a living carpet of cockroaches, bugs and trash.
> The smoosh was a 3 inch thick layer of what seems to be moss but turned out to be mold growing on what I presumed to be the rotting corpse of a rat...or a very, very large roach.
> Did a 360 and moonwalk by way out of the kitchen.
> Notice the walk in fridge
> "Might as well check it out"
> Open the door
> Ihavemadeahugemistake.png
> The walk in fridge has been turned off since that fateful day - it was fully stocked with perishable items.
> Perishable goods are now perished bads.
> The sickly smell of rotting organic matter, both meat and veg overwhelm my senses.
> Roaches both big and small, maggots and a a cloud of flies literally starts pouring out.
> Close the walk in fridge door
> Exit kitchen
> Go back to work.

In hindsight, the sight of the kitchen does explain why no matter how much I clean everything from top to bottom, we still had a constant roach infestation.

[Anonymous No.5255073]

>>5254039
> GD one day literally just picks up the kids from school, grabs all the cash, maxes all the credit card she has, clears the bank account and flies back to her home country - back to her OTHER husband

Jesus

>>5254044
JESUS

I'd have gagged/thrown up the moment I'd seen the mold. And you even opened the fridge, oh man

[Anonymous No.5255081]

>stocking shelves
>standing right in front of a big display of instant mashed potatoes that are on sale
>excuse me where are the instant mashed potatoes?
>... point at the display

>stocking shelves
>putting bags of rice on the shelf
>excuse me where is the rice?
>we both awkwardly look down at the 15 pound bag of rice I have in my hands for a few moments before I just hand it over

>stocking shelves
>a man comes walking up to me in the canned food section holding a gallon of milk in each hand
>excuse me what aisle is the milk on?
>where the hell did you even...

[Anonymous No.5255093]

>>5255081

>that feelerino when I'm the guy asking

>go to store
>look for specific thing
>can't find it after looking for quite some time
>"Better find a dude to point out where thing might be!"
>now looking for dude and only a dude to help me
>find dude
>ask him where thing is, I can't find it in the whole store
>he stops
>looks down at his hands
>he's holding thing
>hands me one
>"Oh."

[Anonymous No.5255103]

>>5254044
What's a cam whore from /hm doing here?

[Anonymous No.5255113]

>>5250221
>Customers who ram their debit cards in before the machine is ready making you start over
Is that even a thing?

Here in Sweden all machines allow you to stick your card in whenever you want. It saves a lot of time, particularly in a country where 90%+ of purchases are done using a debit card

[Anonymous No.5255117]

>>5249297
Butter bar?

[Anonymous No.5255402]

>work at saltgrass (landry's steak house)
>be working as busboy
>people ask me about their food almost constantly because bussers wear double breasted shirts
>guy waves for me to come over
>"my steak was cold"
>look at the sliver of steak remaining on his plate
>"okay let me get a manager"
>tell the manager that his last bite of steak was cold
>manager comps him
>he leaves 5 tip on 90 dollar tab

[Anonymous No.5255445]

>>5249115
my mom believes she's gluten intolerant, every time I'm home it turns into an argument. I suspect its just an excuse for her to eat potato products without guilt.

[Anonymous No.5255462]

>>5255445
similar things happen with my mother. just let her eat unhealthily and die. you want to die prematurely and give me your 1mil inheritance? go for it retard.

im your son not your fucking personal nutritionist

[Anonymous No.5255480]

>>5250226
Lock your fingertips next time before you try to open the bag. It will open properly no problem.

[Anonymous No.5255481]

>>5255480
**lick not lock

[Anonymous No.5255484]

>>5255081
>stocking shelves
>putting bags of rice on the shelf
>excuse me where is the rice?
>we both awkwardly look down at the 15 pound bag of rice I have in my hands for a few moments before I just hand it over
was great

>stocking shelves
>a man comes walking up to me in the canned food section holding a gallon of milk in each hand
>excuse me what aisle is the milk on?
>where the hell did you even...
Made me laugh in my class

[Anonymous No.5255486]

>>5255462
well short of my parents, I don't really have any family to speak of, my brother died when I was much younger. Sadly I haven't gone full sociopath yet, its nice to see you are comfortable with that part of yourself though.

[Anonymous No.5255490]

>>5249508

You seem like an insufferable cunt.

You asked for the definition, and he gave you an acceptable, non-tl;dr definition, and then you proceeded to take an autistic shit.

Get the fuck out, really.

[Anonymous No.5255543]

>>5255402

Jesus Christ that picture fucking hell

[Anonymous No.5255574]

>>5249633
>Return every single phone and wallet that's ever crossed my hands.
Why? I found a phone at a concert once and after the show I tossed it in lake Ontario (was at the sound academy in Toronto). If I was regularly finding wallets I'd take the money out and do the same.

[Anonymous No.5255576]

>>5255574
You sound like an absolute cretin.

[Anonymous No.5255591]

>>5249297
My butter bar asked what an mos was
I'm fucking dying inside

[Anonymous No.5255601]

>>5255574
>Why? I found a phone at a concert once and after the show I tossed it in lake Ontario (was at the sound academy in Toronto).
Nice.

Several years ago I found a Blackberry phone. It was not password protected and I felt like doing a good deed, so I figured out who the owner was and emailed him. He was a small-time government official and did not seem to care in the least that I found it.

I even mailed the phone to him and never heard anything. If I ever find a phone again I will drive a couple hours southwest and throw it in Lake Ontario in honour of you and in memory of that asshole.

[Anonymous No.5255630]

>>5252006
>>5252009
you're a fucking faggot. every post you make is some woe is me bullshit.

[Anonymous No.5255685]

>>5252755
Sometimes I just want to assume it was a child that didn't flush because I had that problem as a kid till my dad called me a 'piss ant" for not flushing. Public toilets are loud and I didn't like loud noises as a kid. Not autistic btw

[Anonymous No.5255706]

>>5252762
>chide
Mentioning that you're female shouldn't mean you get shit from people. Fuck off. It's not like you get to decide what your genitals are.

[Anonymous No.5255707]

>>5255706
>not choosing your genitals
cis scum

[Smith the CIA Agent No.5256204]

>>5255103
Camwhores need to eat too and I'm just as much fun in bed as out of bed.

>>5255081
Maybe he got the milk, probably didn't want the milk anymore and wanted to put it back where he found it but didn't remember where it was

>>5255574
Because it is the right thing to do
>I once got tipped a hundred dollars by a drunk guy
>He loses his wallet
>Give him the 100 dollars back