You always hear people complaining about bad customer service...but what about bad customers???
-----The customer whose child runs into you with a very sharp,heavy object in their cart,taking off skin...with no parent in sight. You later discover that the child is lost...the parent never notices until you return the child...being nice enough not to mention how you got the blood & scrapes on your arm.
-----The customer who bangs their child against the counter because the child is almost pulling a display down on her head. This prompts several other customers to almost call the police....but how would they catch her?
-----The children who make it so an employee has what must be at least a few hours of putting back tiny items that their parents let them take off every shelf while they shop. The customer who gives a child sentimental jewelry to play with & then expects employees to find it....like looking for a needle in a haystack. The customer who lets their child teeth on merchandise & then hands it to you covered in drool. The customer who hands you something that they have bled upon.
-----The customer who does a combination of sneezing & blowing their nose on your hand. Then goes on about their transaction after saying "oh, sorry" as you stare at your hand which is covered in spit & white stuff (which you can only assume is dead skin).
-----Customers who are rude when you could not possibly have done anything to upset them.
-----The customer who waits outside the store in an effort to beat you up....after they are refused service due to having the police called on them. This customer had the nerve to think that they would get further service after the police were called on them.
-----The customer who tells you that major health problems (that they were listening in on) are insignificant. Obviously, you did not ask their opinion but they are going to share it. And the reason why they are an expert.....they don't think this problem bothers their DOG much.
-----The customer who fakes a heart attack.
-----The customer who does not ask you not to wrap their glass item. Then makes a big show of ripping the bag & paper away in the name of the environment. This customer was actually seeking out the most visible position to make this "protest" in. Perhaps he should realize that the checkout clerks don't order the bags nor issue the instructions to wrap breakables.
-----The customers who were having a gang standoff. Couldn't they at least do their posturing without me stuck in between the two opposing factions?
-----The customer who was wearing a girls hat with some deodorant tucked underneath...both of which he was trying to steal.
-----The customer who almost kills you in the parking lot twice while driving, talking on cell phone and looking the opposite way they are driving. You of course then have to serve them graciously. They, of course, are not aware of the fact that they drive in diagonal lines.
-----The customer who brought condiments up to the checkout. Used them on his food & then just dropped the condiments straight down. The trash was by where he came from . This was just to show his superiority because he could.
-----The customer who flushes their underwear down the toilet on a routine basis...reason unknown.
-----The bathroom that is turned into a turf war amongst many gangs.
Obviously, I have seen and/or experienced customers in many different varieties over the years. The above kind of customers make me really sad. I put my every effort into every job I have ever had...to the point where my husband has asked me to save some energy for the things we need to get done when I get home so that I don't spend the evening being sick. One can only get a new job so many times. I am sure there are other good employees out their who feel the sting of this undeserved cruelty.