Retail shenanigans...

I would like to start with this....Consumers need to understand that in retail it isn't the sales clerk that makes the rules it is the corporation. Most of the time we have limited control over the rules. Here is a list, in no particular order of my most favorite retail shenanigans, some are from personal experience and some are not....

1. Shoplifters who return the merchandise they lifted to the same store they stole from and expect to get cash back with no receipt of payment.

2. People who come back the next day for price adjustments, without realizing that half the time the adjustment isn't even worth the gas they wasted driving all the way back to the store for.

3. People who throw a toddler sized fit because the store can't honor a 2 month old expired coupon...really!

4. People who bring ALL their piles of merchandise to the counter then make their final decisions as to what they want and what they don't.

5. Paying for their purchase and THEN giving you their coupon!

6. Leaving their purse wide open on the counter and walking away, do I look like the purse check girl??

7. Shoppers thinking that the store clerks are their own personal babysitters.

8. Thinking it is cute letting the child run behind the counter and pressing the silent alarm button.

9. Listening to parents reason with their toddlers, and then they wonder why their child is a terror.

10. Shoplifters who get mad at the sales clerk for catching them in the act of shoving merchandise down their pants.

11. Shoppers who come to the register while talking on their cell phones and giving attitude to the cashier for needing their information.

12. Shoppers getting mad at cashiers because they are making a return without a receipt and the cashier can't take their word for it as far as how much the item cost the day of purchase. 

13. Pulling on the door when the store is closed, then pulling on the door again because you know the more you pull on the door the quicker it opens. 

14. Shoppers who expect sales clerks to remember who they are and what they purchased in the past.

15. When shoppers are looking for a specific size and when asked what size, they point to their child and say "That size" (insert blank stare)

So please, I ask that you be kind to your sales clerk, they are just trying to make a living like everyone else, they don't get paid enough for the abuse they are exposed to on a sometimes daily basis. 

Can't wait to see what Black Friday brings.....