Please be nice to retail workers in stores for the holidays.

Thanks for posting this Cindi - sometimes we all need a little reminder - from BOTH sides of the coin...

And on that same token, be nice to the tellers at your bank or credit union too. It's not our fault you overdrew your account. We can't make the money appear in your hands just because it's the holidays. We can't give you a loan or open a checking account for you if you don't qualify for one. We can't open an account for you or withdraw funds for you if you don't have proper identification. There are rules and federal regulations we HAVE to follow and abide by.

If you have a lot to do, we'll be happy to help you, but PLEASE be patient, try to make it to our office BEFORE 1 minute to closing when you have a stack of 50 checks to cash or 100's of ones for us to count. We don't live at the office - we have homes, families, classes, and lives outside the office and we can't be as efficient or helpful as we could if you would only help us out a little by being a little better prepared.

The credit union I work for is exceptional in member service. We pride ourselves on treating our members as honored guests. But it gets tedious when, no matter how far we bend over backwards, someone gets impatiant, rude, or otherwise difficult.

Am I on a soap box? Probably - and I'll get off in a minute - promise! But I'm not venting at the moment. I've been pretty lucky this last week and haven't had to deal with any rudeness. But I know many others have. We are from all walks of life and ALL our lives might be a little better/friendlier if we could just take a moment and put ourselves in the other person's shoes - on either side of the counter.

We can't change what others choose to do, but we CAN change our own attitudes. If you wake up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely be disappointed. Don't be ducks who quack and complain - be an eagle and soar above the crowd! ;)

Please also remember to be kind to your local technical support people we really do want to help you, but some things just can not be fixed right away!

Its ok to be super nice to your moderators too....:P:P:P:P

You guys seem to have this pretty well covered, but I just want to add one thing. If you decide to completely ignore everything else on this thread, and you go out and ruin a WalMart employee's day, do it when you aren't with your kids. It sucks to be shopping with a parent when they go off on someone. But that shouldn't be a problem in the first place, right?

I work retail.. I have for many years now..

I have seen the best and the worst in people..

We even have one lady, who brings us gifts, and bakes us a christmas cake each year :D

We also have the ones that scream at us, because we won't clearly break the rules for them.. (and I don't mean little ones that can be bent, I mean straight up bustin' the rules)



Like we don't already know, that retail is one of the lowest rungs of the "ladder".. People don't need to remind us.. lol


And that does go both ways.. If a customer is rude to us, it is our job to just take it, with a smile.. it sucks.. but it is what it is..

I USUALLY enjoy working with the public.. but when the holidays come up, or the weather is bad. you really do see the nastiness in some people. *sigh*

I even remember.. on another site (a few of you might recall this).. one dude even said to yell/be rude to retail workers.. basically implied, who cares, they're just retail workers..

let's just say, many many words were "shared".. LOL

My girlfriend works at Zellers for money on the side and people there especially during the holiday season are so rude! they blame her and the other employees when they are out of stock on something....like its their fault....people need to be nicer just in general =\

There are always to side of the coin... We behind the counter are tired because of that whole Christmas Crazie... but we need to remember that other peoples have the jobs to and not every one of them have plenty time for shopping now.. everybody is running try to find gifts for they family and friend... and We help like always as clerk salesmen counter persons waiters... and Guys and girls .. just one more day... ;).. and for other ones of ya buing stuff.. We great full that even in this economy You still buying...(some of us gonna have better paycheck than usually because of that this month) saving ours job ... but remember this... nothing make our day in retail like nice and smiling customer :)

To All of Ya...

Zdrowych Spokojnych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia....
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday...
Feliz Navidad
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Feliz Natal
...С Рождеством
...З Різдвом
З Калядамі

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