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A WORKER’S tendency to give a fuck plummets to public servant levels during the festive period, it can be revealed.
National Productivity Institute chairman Shane Smith said businesses don’t give a rat’s arse about profit between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, placing them in line with a government agency.
Mr Smith said employees became “fuckrupt”, shelving menial tasks to undertake more interesting pursuits such as trimming their nostril hair or watching mobile phone porn in the dunnies.
“During the festive season private employees get sweet fuck all work done, effectively becoming public servants,” Mr Smith said.
“The good news is they invariably kick back into work mode in January.
“Public servants on the other hand continue to whinge about trivial matters – such as the colour of a pen holder or someone using their favourite knife – while your passport application sits under a fucking photo of their pet cat for two months.”
WORKING IN RETAIL can be really tough. Yes, there are days when your co-workers are sound and your customers are lovely, but all too often that is not the case.
Sometimes people are jerks, sometimes your boss needs to get stuffed and sometimes the job is a pain.
Here are 16 infuriating things about working in retail.
People trying things on just for a laugh
Oh yeah. Go ahead, have your gas craic trying on loads of stuff.
It doesn’t matter that I’ll have to tidy it all up, put it on hangers and put it out on the floor again. As long as you have your fun!
People carelessly pulling apart your carefully folded piles of clothing
Jerks.
Shoplifters
No matter what shop you work in, no matter what kind of security you have, you will know the shoplifters, and they will be a pain in the ass.
Customers shouting at you over things that have nothing to do with you
I’m sorry that the article of clothing you purchased in an entirely different shop didn’t work out for you, but kindly stop spitting in my face!
Power hungry managers
They should never have been allowed to be in charge of anything, let alone you.
Being forced to do pointless things by your boss
Purely so they can wield the aforementioned power.
People trying to return things that had clearly been worn
It’s covered in makeup and it stinks of cigarettes. Do they think you’re stupid or something?
Sizing
Every day, you are forced to spend ages arranging clothing in order of size, only for it to be immediately messed up when customers got involved.
Christmas
Not only do you have to work, but you have to work the busiest, most panicked, hectic days of the year.
Customers who ignore the fact that it’s past closing time
They don’t care that the shop just closed, they want to try on 17 items.
Staff meetings
Pointless.
Not being allowed to use certain lifts/escalators/entrances
God forbid that a customer should see you using the same doors as them. They might forget for a moment that they’re better than you.
People leaving their rubbish in the changing rooms
People are gross.
Having to watch people buy lovely things while you scramble together pennies to buy a sandwich
It’s tough. It just is.
Pointless tasks foisted on you simply because you’re not allowed to stand still
People who shout at you about consumer law when they clearly haven’t a notion
Do you work in retail? Do you need to vent? Tell us about your pain in the comments.
The card that appeared on Clinton Cards website but has now been removed
Clinton Cards has apologised over a card listing 10 reasons why Santa Claus “must live on a council estate”.
Available online, it featured a picture of a tower block and Father Christmas and reasons including: “He has a serial record for breaking and entering” and “he only works once a year”.
Following criticism on social media the firm said the card had been withdrawn.
“It is in no way reflective of our views and we apologise without reservation,” it said.
Other alleged “reasons included, “He’s never actually been seen doing any work in his whole life” and “He drinks alcohol during working hours”.
In a statement on its website, Clinton Cards said: “We are investigating how this offensive card got through our quality control procedures, which we will review and tighten as a result of this incident. This was a mistake and we deeply regret the upset that this has clearly caused.”
When it originally put it online, the £2.00 card came with a description that said: “This funny card is great for sending at Christmas time.”
Funny definitely was not the reaction they got from many people.
There has been lots of anger on the company’s Facebook page too, with many demanding apologies.
Some have accused Clintons of ‘prejudice’ and ‘stereotyping’
We’ve been trying to get in touch with Clintons but they have not yet responded.
However, the card has been removed from the company’s website and instead now links to an apology.
Clintons Cards has apologised for the card
The Labour MP Kerry McCarthy Bristol East said it was in poor taste.
“What really struck me was how people I know, family, friends, and of course many of my constituents, who live in council houses and how they would feel if they went into the shop and saw that they were being portrayed as work-shy drunkards and thieving layabouts.”
Suzy Stride, Harlow Labour Candidate for MP, said she was disgusted and insulted.
“Clintons cards should be embarrassed with themselves for thinking such a card was acceptable – there is a clear disconnect from reality if anyone believes that people that live on council estates behave like that.
“Some of the greatest gifting talent and potential is to be found on council estates,” she adds.
But not everyone on social media was offended by the card.
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