This the other day, When a customer was told they couldn’t return pillows and they got mad, said they’d spent thousands of dollars at our store but now they’ll never be back. It’s like, cool, we already got thousands of dollars from you anyway
Ahhh yes, you nailed the Mariah Carey Christmas songs realisation. So glad I’m not in retail anymore! I hate listening to that even as a customer so do all my Christmas shopping by September to limit my exposure 😂😂
I work in retail...not clothing...but you are spot on Jimmy! The best thing we get is someone wanting a discount, because they have spent soooooo much money there🙄
When we had to start charging for bags some lady lost her shit because she spent soooooo much (not really) at the book shop and why couldnt we give it to her for free.
What about when you do your job by being firm with customers who want to bend the rules, only to have them ask for a manager who then DOESN'T back you up and bends the rules. Glare at manager with teeth!!!!
In the long run you may have been trained to follow specific policies but part of the managers job is to ensure customers don’t put in complaints and leave happy weather we like it or not sometimes the customer wins
Omg. This one really hit me. Have you worked retail Jimmy? The amount of times I said to co-workers “I want to say ‘I didn’t ask if you needed help, I asked how you are’” but I never did have the guts to say that to a customer. 😂
😂 Oh wow I used to get so snarky if I said Hello to a customer and they didn’t even acknowledge me. This video is triggering me 😂😂😂 The only time I’d really be pushed over the edge was when they would DIVE under the door as I’d be closing after being on my own for a 7 hour shift and they’d say, “I’ll just be a minute.” Omg I need to stop remembering, this is traumatising 😂 We always used to say about the customers who would push us about (or try to) that they’d never act like that if they’d actually worked in retail.
@@Amyduckie I used to give them minute by minute countdowns to when I was locking the doors 😂. They’d STILL even go and try things on and I’d be saying 30 seconds til I close (smiling almost hysterical all the while). Or I’d just shut the door and say no we’re closed now but we’d love to see you tomorrow 😂
My favourite part of working retail for 8 years was when I became the store manager and having customers ask me to "speak to the manager" and then their face when I pointed to my badge and said "sorry, that's me" 😅 Also, I didn't work in a clothing store, but for sure a lot of this was 100% on point lol. The KPIs bit and the "all prices going up / your wages going up oh nah..." made me laugh out loud. Also toilet time for 10-20 minutes was unofficial break time 🤣 we didn't get rostered breaks as managers so that's what we did instead
Those customers that come in 10 minutes before closing time oblivious to the fact that you’re desperate for a toilet break and a chance to get off your feet…
The customer that comes in at 5.29.59 and expecting full service when you’ve already finished balancing ,, no, I DONT have a life too !!! (multi scan!)🤬
Yep, then return the electronic gaming equipment the next day having taken a part out of it and you don't realise as you aren't familiar with what the insides of one look like. So it has to get written off. You couldn't refuse the dodgy bloke service and had to reopen because it was just before closing.
Perfection! I am relishing this series. Shout out to those who always make an effort to put things back where they belong. Other observations from retail jobs worked many years ago: - Customers jumbling through stacks of neatly folded tops that you've just neatly re-folded because customers keep jumbling through them like they're at a desperate jumble sale. - The irate deli customer who keeps returning the roast pork they've bought because it's slimy and grey and gone off...but they keep buying it every week. Seriously, don't shop here. The word 'fresh' in our name is ironic. - (Less relevant nowadays with the proliferation of Paywave) Scraping up the handful of cash a customer has dumped on the counter ignoring your hand that you politely held out to receive said cash. - Taking an especially long time to scrape up every. single. coin. one. at. a. time. to spite the customer who dumped their cash on the counter for you to pick up. - Having a customer throw an apple at your face for failing to read their mind and realise they didn't want you to touch it to put it on the weigh-scale. You do know lots of people have touched that apple already? And you can wash it. I recommend you always wash produce. - People stealing stuff. - People stealing pointless, weird stuff. - People putting things down their pants to steal stuff. - Seeing yourself on the instore security camera feed and feeling confronted by how you look from a bird's-eye perspective. - (Less relevant nowadays since the internet revolution) Cringing, but trying to look like you're not cringing, when an older gentleman buys his monthly 'Just 18' glossy. Especially when you've just turned 18. "Would you like that in a paper bag?" - Feeling awful for the Lotto addicts that come in multiple times a week to check their winnings and get excited about the $4.70 they've won on a $50 entry. - Lamenting the throb in your legs while you elevate them after an eleven-hour checkout shift. I'll see your rubber mat and raise you a stool. Respect to all the retail workers who serve us at the shops!
Gold! (all three). I used to get numbness, pins & needles in my legs after a long shift. Also remember eyes hurt for a few seconds whilst adjusting to daylight after all day under fluorescent lighting! "- (Less relevant nowadays since the internet revolution) Cringing, but trying to look like you're not cringing, when an older gentleman buys his monthly 'Just 18' glossy. Especially when you've just turned 18. "Would you like that in a paper bag?" - Feeling awful for the Lotto addicts that come in multiple times a week to check their winnings and get excited about the $4.70 they've won on a $50 entry. - Lamenting the throb in your legs while you elevate them after an eleven-hour checkout shift. I'll see your rubber mat and raise you a stool."
Manager: you're being too lenient with customers. Different manager next week when you're trying to be more strict because of first manager: you're not being friendly enough.
I've gotten whiplash bwteen watching Jimmy hold a cup labelled "wanker coffee" whilst wearing the karen-esque shop owner get up and then releasing he's the same man who made up 78% of my childhood entertainment. Icon.
My parents taught me to always put things back where I found them if I wasn’t going to buy them. Having worked in retail it genuinely concerns me how few people have the basic decency to put stuff back. They put it literally three metres to the right of where it actually goes
How about a customer opening the door - which isn’t lock and has a trading hours sign on it - then walking in and asking “are you open?”. Then later when the same door is locked wondering why it doesn’t open.
I worked in retail for over ten years (clothing only 2). Truth for ALL of these. Also, retail has its great moments too. But the not-so-great moments... these are here.
I have never worked retail, and I refuse to. I've heard the horror stories, which is why I always do my best to be kind, polite and treat them like the HUMANS they are. Believe it or not, retail workers aren't servants, Karen
Believe me, we appreciated customers like you! 🤗💞 We’d get lovely ladies just after a horror one who would make it all worthwhile again. It can be such a beautiful experience meeting and getting to know your lovely regular customers, but the horror ones can really upset you.
@@starlightshimmery I used to be a house cleaner, and their kid was a special kind of evil (I hope she has changed now, but she caused havoc everywhere she went). She once talked down to me because I was "just the cleaner" so I didn't clean her room that day 😂
Spot on😂 a favorite of mine from working at a retail outlet is the being asked in 99 different ways if the already discounted price of an item has a further discount despite explaining it does not as it's already significantly reduced from the retail price.
Trying to refold and return items to hangers outside the change rooms, but you get caught behind a pile of clothes that are taller than you are because it's post Xmas sales and customers don't return things back to the rack themselves. And my favourite response from working in DVD rental stores when I asked for name and password 'Don't you know who I am????".
I worked in a small supermarket and our "radio" was just a mixed CD, so we had about 20 songs, in the same order..... EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!!!! Was great when they switched out the "normal" one for the Christmas one...... oh god not again!!!!
1927's "ish" album has scarred me for life. A manager played it continuously for weeks in Big W Bathurst when it first came out. I was only casual, working Thursday nights, Sat/Sun. Imagine how the permanent staff members felt!
@@Lana-Moran right?! I know I would always groan when it got to the end of the song that was just before Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You......
@@MrBenHaynes ohh god, at least we got different artists! Though after a few months it was probably just as bad as listening to the same artist for a few weeks 😅
After leaving a 20yr retail career... i was so triggered watching this 😳 the only one you missed was being rudely told "how hard is it to press a few buttons?!" by an angry twat who gave the wrong details for their reciept and now want it fixed (after the transaction is completed) 🙄 Thanks for reminding me why i will never go back!
Spot on! Before starting any JOB, I think every person in this world should work in retail and the hospitality industry to be more mindful and respectful to other people. I have worked in both and it's fascinating to see the true colors of humanity. LOVE YOU JIMMY GIGGLES
Being rostered on, despite asking 3 weeks ago to NOT be rostered on so you can attend family gathering/sporting event/concert....then being told "Sorry, I'll make it up to you." Sure Doc Brown, you do that.....
That's how I left retail. A loyal employee of many years, after telling the manager in the morning that I had to leave after closing to travel for holiday (to which he agreed) then said "stay back and put up next weeks specials signage". I reminded him of his agreement to which he replied "If you leave, don't come back", so I did. You're just a number to them. Nothings changed. As managers, they're on a salary and don't receive extra for staying after closing but expect wage earners to do so!
Hearing: "Racheal, is that you?" "OMG Kathy, I haven't seen you in ages" as the beginning of a 10 minute conversation in the middle of a main thoroughfare in the store
"Managers telling you to leave the register and clean but getting shitty when there are two customers lining up". "People wanting to return and item when it clearly has another stores price ticket on it and you don't sell it".
Me too, I’ll add ‘watching customers deface products in front of you only to ask you “can this be marked down?”because they were too busy being a munted tight arse to see you standing there the whole time’ beeeeeeeeep! 😂
@@Wazzaozzyskier or just shove it up their jumper, down their pants or in a cheap light fitting box they emptied minites earlier, before exiting the store
As someone who has worked in the same retail chain for nearly 14years i found alot of this very accurate. The amount of times people have walked into our fitting room thinking it’s a toilet is insane. More insane is the few customers that used them as a toilet anyway
Your going home, the store is till open with a hoodie over your uniform, bag on, sunnies on, headphones on, and the customer still comes up to ask if you have something, all the while 3 other staff that are still working, 3 meters away from you, but the customer asks you 😫
actually we do have a staff toilet out back, usually theres queues at the public ones n busy days and the manager is "not paying you to stand in a queue when its busy in store"
Retail pharmacy worker here but I've worked many retail jobs. A few to add: when a customer doesn't know where to tap their card on the eftpos terminal "oh they're all different". Yes they are Sharon, well done! Also when you're clearly working on something at the register and a customer comes up with their purchase and says "here you go, I'll give you something to do". Mate, you have no idea that I'm drowning with my work load right now! That is so patronising. When I'm ringing up a customer's purchase and they say "I suppose you want some money, don't you". 🙄🙄🙄 And my favourite... "I've been coming here for years. I should own shares in this place" 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
And your comment 'yes Sharon, they are' isn't patronizing at all is it? Customers can be tiresome,but you need to get some patience or find another job. None of the the things you complain about are worth complaining about.
@@lastjellyontheplate8828 I bet you've said all these things to retail staff & it's hit a nerve 😄 Customer's are unoriginal- it gets tiresome responding to the same thing. I use to work in a deli where I'd have to spoon feed 10 questions that if the idiot customers used their brain could have avoided by forming one sentence. Jimmy was pretty polite about working in retail.
@@lynettepettitt655 no I haven't because I've been in retail myself and have related to many things Jimmy said, and have rolled my eyes behind a customer's back for saying or doing annoying things. This person is just plain patronizing and condescending and needs to get another job if someone saying ' they're all different' when they really are all different offends her.
OMG people not listening to the store closing announcements thats my mother in law I have had to drag her out while the girl has been waiting at the door trying to lock it. My mother in law didnt think that there are other things that need attending to after closing a store she thought people just shut the store and went home.
Omg I "I only came in for one thing!" I get that at least twice a day. "Do you work here?" - I feel like replying, "No, I just like dressing up in a weird uniform and loitering around here."
My gf send me one of your vids recently. I am now hooked. It's hypnotically funny with the speed of the pace. It reminds me of Ryan George's sketches in some odd way. It's snarky, but with well intend. Intent? Anyway, fricking briliiant.
You could do a whole one on toy dept/stores/babysitting dump spots. Johnny's such a good boy. Johnny's around the corner ripping heads off dolls. Customers returning "Tickle me Elmos" whose batteries have flattened quicker than they should because everyone has gone along rows on displays setting them all off till they fall off the shelves - very funny (once), Adults asking what a doll does- everything must 'do something now' - kids can't use imaginations! And what's with baby dolls who have baby bottle accessories and a potty. Never have I come across a baby that can do this....kids running rampant with balls, bikes, carrying around and playing with a toy they have grabbed themselves while a parent (usually a Mum- sorry ladies) talks on a phone and ignores them, they eventually purchase something, ask the child where they got that from. Put it on the counter and leave. Child has ruined said toy and it can't be sold. And you are not allowed to speak to the children really. Hiding from regular customers who come at busy time, yell, complain etc until a Manager comes. You know there are two managers on duty. One for Bourke St, one for Lonsdale (now you can guess store), you have Buckley's (no not that store -long gone), getting one, so ask you because have a first-aid mark on badge from working in another state unlike every other staff member and you act as a 'ring in' Manager where possible.
Toddlers that's what you call the customers who abandon stock wherever when they find something else they like... just like toddler's do - drop one thing to pick something else up. Adults put things back where they got it from. I've seen plenty of toddler tantrums from customers too!
Jimmy's definitely done a stint in retail - all of it is too spot on for him to not have.
PEOPLE NOT LISTENING TO THE STORE CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS 😂😂😂😂😂
And yesss the bloopers!!!
Oh Thank you Jimmy, that was fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"I'm NEVER shopping here again" ......OH, and what's the BAD NEWS ?
…”okay” 😂
don't let the door hit your arse on the way out....
okay bye bye then 😂😂
This the other day, When a customer was told they couldn’t return pillows and they got mad, said they’d spent thousands of dollars at our store but now they’ll never be back.
It’s like, cool, we already got thousands of dollars from you anyway
Having a bad day are we?
Ahhh yes, you nailed the Mariah Carey Christmas songs realisation. So glad I’m not in retail anymore! I hate listening to that even as a customer so do all my Christmas shopping by September to limit my exposure 😂😂
I work in retail...not clothing...but you are spot on Jimmy!
The best thing we get is someone wanting a discount, because they have spent soooooo much money there🙄
When we had to start charging for bags some lady lost her shit because she spent soooooo much (not really) at the book shop and why couldnt we give it to her for free.
Haha omg the retail voice (and the retail face 😁) and the unhealthy amount of sass 💯😂👍🏻
add on
"self important customers on their phones while expecting me to serve them"
drives me bat sh*t crazy!!
does your comment also expose your own self importance?
I’m always polite to people working. No one needs any more crap to deal with and manners cost nothing.
What about when you do your job by being firm with customers who want to bend the rules, only to have them ask for a manager who then DOESN'T back you up and bends the rules. Glare at manager with teeth!!!!
I actually quit my last job in retail due to this... one too many times and i snapped. 😂
Was going to write the same thing, grrrrrr
Pretty standard in sales in general
In the long run you may have been trained to follow specific policies but part of the managers job is to ensure customers don’t put in complaints and leave happy weather we like it or not sometimes the customer wins
Or you’re just doing a bad job
Omg this made me realise I am guilty of so many of these. Profuse apologies to every retailer who's ever had the misfortune to serve me!
Omg. This one really hit me. Have you worked retail Jimmy? The amount of times I said to co-workers “I want to say ‘I didn’t ask if you needed help, I asked how you are’” but I never did have the guts to say that to a customer. 😂
😂 Oh wow I used to get so snarky if I said Hello to a customer and they didn’t even acknowledge me. This video is triggering me 😂😂😂 The only time I’d really be pushed over the edge was when they would DIVE under the door as I’d be closing after being on my own for a 7 hour shift and they’d say, “I’ll just be a minute.” Omg I need to stop remembering, this is traumatising 😂 We always used to say about the customers who would push us about (or try to) that they’d never act like that if they’d actually worked in retail.
@@starlightshimmery oh GOD, that’s the worst! I hate when customers do that! It’s like “I’m going home, get out!”
@@Amyduckie I used to give them minute by minute countdowns to when I was locking the doors 😂. They’d STILL even go and try things on and I’d be saying 30 seconds til I close (smiling almost hysterical all the while). Or I’d just shut the door and say no we’re closed now but we’d love to see you tomorrow 😂
@@starlightshimmery diabolical, I love it. 😂😂
Former retail worker here and good gravy it hits right on the nail. Hilarious and slightly traumatizing. 😁
Everything you said is so true! You’ve reminded me why I left retail!!! Womens fashion is the worst kind of retail to work in, so toxic!
The fake laugh when a customer says sorry for mucking up your display
My favourite part of working retail for 8 years was when I became the store manager and having customers ask me to "speak to the manager" and then their face when I pointed to my badge and said "sorry, that's me" 😅
Also, I didn't work in a clothing store, but for sure a lot of this was 100% on point lol. The KPIs bit and the "all prices going up / your wages going up oh nah..." made me laugh out loud.
Also toilet time for 10-20 minutes was unofficial break time 🤣 we didn't get rostered breaks as managers so that's what we did instead
Omg I would just do a 360 and say: Hello I'm the manager. How can I help you?
Customers calling the store 5mins before closing and asking if we can stay open for another 15mins coz they’re on their way and it’s an emergency
Yeah, nah.
Nailed it! 🤣Pls add doctor's receptionist to your list of videos to do next!!
I feel so sorry for the amount of crap that doctors receptionists have to put up with. They are saints.
Those customers that come in 10 minutes before closing time oblivious to the fact that you’re desperate for a toilet break and a chance to get off your feet…
Best time to shop. :D
That's why you refuse entry @ ten to closing, so you can close on closing. Sorry, the tills are shut 😛
BAHAHA!!! Anyone who has ever worked in retail will 100% relate... 🤣
Another "spot-on" description!
Kudos, Jimmy !🏆
The customer that comes in at 5.29.59 and expecting full service when you’ve already finished balancing ,, no, I DONT have a life too !!! (multi scan!)🤬
Omg THIS!!!! 🤯
Yep, then return the electronic gaming equipment the next day having taken a part out of it and you don't realise as you aren't familiar with what the insides of one look like. So it has to get written off. You couldn't refuse the dodgy bloke service and had to reopen because it was just before closing.
I work in retail and this script should be mandatory to read and sign before a job start 😉
Or laughing at every customer who pushes a door that says pull and vice versa even though you have the largest push/pull signs available.
Perfection! I am relishing this series.
Shout out to those who always make an effort to put things back where they belong.
Other observations from retail jobs worked many years ago:
- Customers jumbling through stacks of neatly folded tops that you've just neatly re-folded because customers keep jumbling through them like they're at a desperate jumble sale.
- The irate deli customer who keeps returning the roast pork they've bought because it's slimy and grey and gone off...but they keep buying it every week. Seriously, don't shop here. The word 'fresh' in our name is ironic.
- (Less relevant nowadays with the proliferation of Paywave) Scraping up the handful of cash a customer has dumped on the counter ignoring your hand that you politely held out to receive said cash.
- Taking an especially long time to scrape up every. single. coin. one. at. a. time. to spite the customer who dumped their cash on the counter for you to pick up.
- Having a customer throw an apple at your face for failing to read their mind and realise they didn't want you to touch it to put it on the weigh-scale. You do know lots of people have touched that apple already? And you can wash it. I recommend you always wash produce.
- People stealing stuff.
- People stealing pointless, weird stuff.
- People putting things down their pants to steal stuff.
- Seeing yourself on the instore security camera feed and feeling confronted by how you look from a bird's-eye perspective.
- (Less relevant nowadays since the internet revolution) Cringing, but trying to look like you're not cringing, when an older gentleman buys his monthly 'Just 18' glossy. Especially when you've just turned 18. "Would you like that in a paper bag?"
- Feeling awful for the Lotto addicts that come in multiple times a week to check their winnings and get excited about the $4.70 they've won on a $50 entry.
- Lamenting the throb in your legs while you elevate them after an eleven-hour checkout shift. I'll see your rubber mat and raise you a stool.
Respect to all the retail workers who serve us at the shops!
Gold! (all three). I used to get numbness, pins & needles in my legs after a long shift. Also remember eyes hurt for a few seconds whilst adjusting to daylight after all day under fluorescent lighting!
"- (Less relevant nowadays since the internet revolution) Cringing, but trying to look like you're not cringing, when an older gentleman buys his monthly 'Just 18' glossy. Especially when you've just turned 18. "Would you like that in a paper bag?"
- Feeling awful for the Lotto addicts that come in multiple times a week to check their winnings and get excited about the $4.70 they've won on a $50 entry.
- Lamenting the throb in your legs while you elevate them after an eleven-hour checkout shift. I'll see your rubber mat and raise you a stool."
Got the synchronised shiver at the mere mention of MC and I don't even work retail.
Manager: you're being too lenient with customers. Different manager next week when you're trying to be more strict because of first manager: you're not being friendly enough.
Thank you for reminding me that we only have 5 months until those Mariah Carey songs return.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Toys in every store 🎶
Memories of my retail days - turning up to work hungover, customers interrupting juicy conversations with co-workers. 😜
Dearest Jimmy, just your laugh is enough to lift the rest of us up 😊 thank you for your awesome humour
I've gotten whiplash bwteen watching Jimmy hold a cup labelled "wanker coffee" whilst wearing the karen-esque shop owner get up and then releasing he's the same man who made up 78% of my childhood entertainment.
Icon.
"Too bad. So sad." I haven't heard that since I was at school! Brilliant as always Jimmy.
I love these POV, please keep them coming 👍👍👍👍
Please do a bloopers reel from all of these. One marvellous big fat bloopers reel. Many LOLs await.
The healthy amount of sass to unhealthy amount of sass..... That got me
The customer's opening line "I don't know what I need but....." or "I don't know what you call them..."
“But I saw it on your website!!!” Then ten minutes later they realise it was from a different store 🤦🏼♀️
Heard it everyday working the Hardware/Motoring/Gardening Dept. @ Big Dub.
@@MrBenHaynes Yep.
Hilarious. Can relate to every bit of this one.
My parents taught me to always put things back where I found them if I wasn’t going to buy them. Having worked in retail it genuinely concerns me how few people have the basic decency to put stuff back. They put it literally three metres to the right of where it actually goes
I loved your act at the Aussie Logies it was the best part 👌🤣
That look at 2.08! Love your POVs Jimmy!
Jimmy you are the best.Spot on.
I love how you laughed at your own improv at the end there. 🤣🤣🤣
How about a customer opening the door - which isn’t lock and has a trading hours sign on it - then walking in and asking “are you open?”. Then later when the same door is locked wondering why it doesn’t open.
Eating lunch under the counter!!!! ME!!! Had me in tears. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The sense of humour is too much🤣🤣🤣
As a Gen Z who has worked in retail, I am thankful that I moved to coaching and tutoring during uni and I am ready to be roasted.
Remembering working till 3am one Chistmas Eve for Boxing Day sale prep and falling asleep at Christmas lunch.
"Savings, more like spendings" - bahahaha Omg yes!! 😆😆
The same customer coming in right on closing time. BEEEEEEEP.
All of the above, in each and every day! So spot on.
"You've lost a good customer" 😒 "oh no ... please don't go ... wait ..."
I worked in retail for over ten years (clothing only 2). Truth for ALL of these.
Also, retail has its great moments too. But the not-so-great moments... these are here.
I have never worked retail, and I refuse to. I've heard the horror stories, which is why I always do my best to be kind, polite and treat them like the HUMANS they are. Believe it or not, retail workers aren't servants, Karen
Believe me, we appreciated customers like you! 🤗💞 We’d get lovely ladies just after a horror one who would make it all worthwhile again. It can be such a beautiful experience meeting and getting to know your lovely regular customers, but the horror ones can really upset you.
@@starlightshimmery I used to be a house cleaner, and their kid was a special kind of evil (I hope she has changed now, but she caused havoc everywhere she went). She once talked down to me because I was "just the cleaner" so I didn't clean her room that day 😂
amen sista.
Loved it. Just like all the others. Thanks Heaps Jimmy :)
Oh the clothes rack sound still haunts me today, that's one of many things I hate when I go into a store
Spot on😂 a favorite of mine from working at a retail outlet is the being asked in 99 different ways if the already discounted price of an item has a further discount despite explaining it does not as it's already significantly reduced from the retail price.
Thank you for yet again another great laugh! Keep them coming....
Just respect that he’s so funny😂
Oops …. I always need to transfer funds 😱
Trying to refold and return items to hangers outside the change rooms, but you get caught behind a pile of clothes that are taller than you are because it's post Xmas sales and customers don't return things back to the rack themselves.
And my favourite response from working in DVD rental stores when I asked for name and password 'Don't you know who I am????".
I worked in a small supermarket and our "radio" was just a mixed CD, so we had about 20 songs, in the same order..... EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!!!! Was great when they switched out the "normal" one for the Christmas one...... oh god not again!!!!
I liked Frank Sinatra. Then I worked at a shop where we had two Frank Sinatra cds on repeat all day every day. I feel your pain.
Yep definitely, the same songs, so much so you know what’s coming back.
1927's "ish" album has scarred me for life.
A manager played it continuously for weeks in Big W Bathurst when it first came out.
I was only casual, working Thursday nights, Sat/Sun.
Imagine how the permanent staff members felt!
@@Lana-Moran right?! I know I would always groan when it got to the end of the song that was just before Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You......
@@MrBenHaynes ohh god, at least we got different artists! Though after a few months it was probably just as bad as listening to the same artist for a few weeks 😅
After leaving a 20yr retail career... i was so triggered watching this 😳 the only one you missed was being rudely told "how hard is it to press a few buttons?!" by an angry twat who gave the wrong details for their reciept and now want it fixed (after the transaction is completed) 🙄
Thanks for reminding me why i will never go back!
Spot on! Before starting any JOB, I think every person in this world should work in retail and the hospitality industry to be more mindful and respectful to other people. I have worked in both and it's fascinating to see the true colors of humanity. LOVE YOU JIMMY GIGGLES
Alternatively, parents could just put in the effort to not raise shitbags instead of people.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Exactly ☺️
being hungover 75% of the time 😂😂😂
If there's no tag, I say "I'll take it at the marked price."
Obviously Jimmy is much more funny than I am!
Being rostered on, despite asking 3 weeks ago to NOT be rostered on so you can attend family gathering/sporting event/concert....then being told "Sorry, I'll make it up to you." Sure Doc Brown, you do that.....
That's how I left retail. A loyal employee of many years, after telling the manager in the morning that I had to leave after closing to travel for holiday (to which he agreed)
then said "stay back and put up next weeks specials signage". I reminded him of his agreement to which he replied "If you leave, don't come back", so I did.
You're just a number to them. Nothings changed. As managers, they're on a salary and don't receive extra for staying after closing but expect wage earners to do so!
Hearing:
"Racheal, is that you?" "OMG Kathy, I haven't seen you in ages" as the beginning of a 10 minute conversation in the middle of a main thoroughfare in the store
You need to do fast food workers soon 😂
Omg yes definitely
Every single one of then have I experienced working in retail 😂
"Managers telling you to leave the register and clean but getting shitty when there are two customers lining up". "People wanting to return and item when it clearly has another stores price ticket on it and you don't sell it".
Yesssssss. Bunnings worker here!
He should totally do Bunnings!!! 😆
@@lisasmith4296 I know right! National icon
Me too, I’ll add ‘watching customers deface products in front of you only to ask you “can this be marked down?”because they were too busy being a munted tight arse to see you standing there the whole time’ beeeeeeeeep! 😂
@@Wazzaozzyskier or just shove it up their jumper, down their pants or in a cheap light fitting box they emptied minites earlier, before exiting the store
@@Wazzaozzyskier For real? They must be on some good cake!
Jimmy spot on! 😂
Lol I’ve only now noticed the ‘Wanker Coffee’
Worked in all kinds of retail, and all of it true.
Guilty for asking
Been busy😂
As a cab driver, I'd hear this fumfty times a shift....
As someone who has worked in the same retail chain for nearly 14years i found alot of this very accurate. The amount of times people have walked into our fitting room thinking it’s a toilet is insane. More insane is the few customers that used them as a toilet anyway
I've never worked in retail, so instead of saying have you been busy, I'll change it up and ask "Anything weird shit happened today?"
Your going home, the store is till open with a hoodie over your uniform, bag on, sunnies on, headphones on, and the customer still comes up to ask if you have something, all the while 3 other staff that are still working, 3 meters away from you, but the customer asks you 😫
Headphones on, can't hear. Talk to the hand. Open palm gesture to your co-workers.
15 years and, fashion specifics aside, this has been all of them.
Sneak eating under the counter, ah the memories.
actually we do have a staff toilet out back, usually theres queues at the public ones n busy days and the manager is "not paying you to stand in a queue when its busy in store"
You on fire with this, best one yet!
Hits the nail on the head Jimmy I
Your Fake smile should be an emoji 😐😑 very funny spot on as always
MORE BLOOPERS 🤣🤣🤣
lol that bloody mariah carey song
All I want for Christmas is to never hear that motherfking song ever again thanks very much 👍🏻
Is there a chef one? My husband is a chef and they truly are interesting characters 🤪
oh pleassseeee do one for food service/fast food!
Retail pharmacy worker here but I've worked many retail jobs. A few to add: when a customer doesn't know where to tap their card on the eftpos terminal "oh they're all different". Yes they are Sharon, well done!
Also when you're clearly working on something at the register and a customer comes up with their purchase and says "here you go, I'll give you something to do". Mate, you have no idea that I'm drowning with my work load right now! That is so patronising.
When I'm ringing up a customer's purchase and they say "I suppose you want some money, don't you". 🙄🙄🙄
And my favourite... "I've been coming here for years. I should own shares in this place" 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
And your comment 'yes Sharon, they are' isn't patronizing at all is it? Customers can be tiresome,but you need to get some patience or find another job. None of the the things you complain about are worth complaining about.
@@lastjellyontheplate8828 I bet you've said all these things to retail staff & it's hit a nerve 😄
Customer's are unoriginal- it gets tiresome responding to the same thing.
I use to work in a deli where I'd have to spoon feed 10 questions that if the idiot customers used their brain could have avoided by forming one sentence. Jimmy was pretty polite about working in retail.
@@lynettepettitt655 no I haven't because I've been in retail myself and have related to many things Jimmy said, and have rolled my eyes behind a customer's back for saying or doing annoying things. This person is just plain patronizing and condescending and needs to get another job if someone saying ' they're all different' when they really are all different offends her.
OMG people not listening to the store closing announcements thats my mother in law I have had to drag her out while the girl has been waiting at the door trying to lock it. My mother in law didnt think that there are other things that need attending to after closing a store she thought people just shut the store and went home.
Omg I
"I only came in for one thing!" I get that at least twice a day.
"Do you work here?" - I feel like replying, "No, I just like dressing up in a weird uniform and loitering around here."
I've never been asked "if I work here" AT work
Please please please do a food retail version 🤞🏼
My new pet hate. People who hold up the cashier line while transfering funds.
DO IT BEFORE YOU GET INSIDE THE DAMN STORE PEOPLE. GEEZE!🤪
This is literally my life….😫🤣
me transferring funds 🤦♀️😄😄
My gf send me one of your vids recently. I am now hooked. It's hypnotically funny with the speed of the pace. It reminds me of Ryan George's sketches in some odd way. It's snarky, but with well intend. Intent? Anyway, fricking briliiant.
Finger spacing the hangers - only people who’ve done retail understands this ✨
I hated stocktake in a dept. store. Oh my, the tedium.
You could do a whole one on toy dept/stores/babysitting dump spots. Johnny's such a good boy. Johnny's around the corner ripping heads off dolls. Customers returning "Tickle me Elmos" whose batteries have flattened quicker than they should because everyone has gone along rows on displays setting them all off till they fall off the shelves - very funny (once), Adults asking what a doll does- everything must 'do something now' - kids can't use imaginations! And what's with baby dolls who have baby bottle accessories and a potty. Never have I come across a baby that can do this....kids running rampant with balls, bikes, carrying around and playing with a toy they have grabbed themselves while a parent (usually a Mum- sorry ladies) talks on a phone and ignores them, they eventually purchase something, ask the child where they got that from. Put it on the counter and leave. Child has ruined said toy and it can't be sold. And you are not allowed to speak to the children really. Hiding from regular customers who come at busy time, yell, complain etc until a Manager comes. You know there are two managers on duty. One for Bourke St, one for Lonsdale (now you can guess store), you have Buckley's (no not that store -long gone), getting one, so ask you because have a first-aid mark on badge from working in another state unlike every other staff member and you act as a 'ring in' Manager where possible.
Went into shops this weekend and have been desperately trying to be a good customer 😄😄😄😄
Toddlers that's what you call the customers who abandon stock wherever when they find something else they like... just like toddler's do - drop one thing to pick something else up. Adults put things back where they got it from. I've seen plenty of toddler tantrums from customers too!
Haven’t worked in retail for 30-40 years but it seems a lot hasn’t changed.