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@machenka4 жыл бұрын
FANTAVISION Video idea: Craziest excuses for not coming to work that you have heard others use, or that you yourself have used. Or perhaps things you have thought about doing in order to avoid going into work - we have heard about the car accident thing but perhaps there have been other crazy/funny thoughts going through your mind while in that period where your job made you feel miserable. Video idea 2: How does working retail change you as a person, both positively and negatively? Do you learn to handle certain things better eg. de-escalating intense situations and so on? Can you use some of the experience later in life and the opposite of course. I have many more ideas that I would find interesting but I hope the above can give you some inspiration. Sorry about my spelling - I'm not a native English speaker (I'm from Denmark).
@voltagedylan59684 жыл бұрын
You must have a shot knee to join
@louiehernadez16414 жыл бұрын
Can you talk about office depot working condition
@DVDfeverGames4 жыл бұрын
The schedule/rota was a royal pain when I worked at Little Chef many moons ago. After cleaning up, you could be there until almost 11pm at night, and then still have to come in for 7am the next day. They'd alternate the shifts so you'd finish at 3pm then, and not work again until 2pm. However, when you have that evening free, you're bloody knackered from all that time you'd spent in work! It's not ideal.
@southlondonlad9144 Жыл бұрын
I work in retail and it annoys me when people say we complain a lot. While most people get two weeks off at Christmas/new year period, we only have one or two days off. Some people seem to have such a sense of entitlement.
@madhatter50454 жыл бұрын
I worked the overnight shift at Wal-Mart for two years (2008-2010), here's my list: 1. Racism and preferential treatment 2. Customers reading my name off my badge and using it to threaten me 3. Timed tasks 4. Associates on different shifts criticizing me for doing what I was directed to do 5. Management witch hunting full time associates because of benefit eligibility
@LoganRock882 жыл бұрын
Lack or proper equipment to do the job
@TylerMBuller12 Жыл бұрын
Those are all really good ones. Always hated when a customer read my name off the badge even if they where being nice it just comes off as weird and passive aggressive to me.
@thorium3737 Жыл бұрын
@@TylerMBuller12 creeped me tf out when I was young..... I often forgot I had a name badge on. Luckily I found a badge I used for a fairly long while that said my name was Dave...... thinking got outta some jams with that little trick as I mostly avoided my managers lol
@TylerMBuller12 Жыл бұрын
@thorium3737 Haha that's a good one. Usually when customers got mad they would ask for my name even though it was on the badge and I would just verbally tell them a fake name.
@nashandra66347 ай бұрын
Number 4 had to be the biggest one that happened to me, what do you do when a supervisor says you aren’t doing your job and slacking while another one laughs about it and tells you to do it the way you’ve been doing it? Thank god I’m out of retail
@calvin67154 жыл бұрын
Worse than a terrible manager is one of your employees who think and act like they are a terrible manager
@TylerMBuller12 Жыл бұрын
Hated those people. Like why take on the stress and try to boss around others when you are not even being paid to do so it's so weird and annoying.
@CAMELOT3314 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is. My most hated thing about retail is also my favorite. Customers.
@FANTAVISION4 жыл бұрын
Completely agree. They can both make and break your day. Most Gamestop regulars were a highlight of my day.
@susangalligan18213 жыл бұрын
The new retail customer is the one where their job is shopping for other people, they come in screaming at you and hand you their phone and would want you to do their job shopping for them. You tell them that is their job, now they are asking for a manager and now you are in trouble.
@MsGenXodus3 жыл бұрын
One night after working a night shift at a bar, I was sexually assaulted at a Walmart by a group of 4 drunk, young men, and a wonderful Walmart associate came to my rescue. He got fired for helping me, so I helped get him a job as a bouncer at my bar. WalMart doesn't let their associates behave like humans! Insane!
@myacidninjatheamazing10253 ай бұрын
I did the test for walmart and answered like a good normal person. failed. went corporate "kissass" and stll only got a "poor" assessment
@slotcarpete14 жыл бұрын
My top 5, as a night worker; 1. Management 2. Lack of hours available 3. When nights off are split, you can't properly enjoy a night off 4. Unrelated training we have to do, we don't deal with customers, why do we have to do modules related to customer service? 5. Not been able to enjoy a social life properly.
@comickid054 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget clopen! The close than open shift
@shayh.35564 жыл бұрын
Joshua Onyon I used to do those all the time when I was a manager for Save a lot. The only pro about clopens are knowing the condition the store is in.
@YTChannel4204 жыл бұрын
Bro you sound like a whiny little bitch..the training is necessary cause you are a walmart employee, you deal in customer service...plus social life properly? Lmao cry me a river, tf does that even mean? Over night has it so easy...all you guys do is put items on a shelf you dont have anyone bother you all night
@slotcarpete14 жыл бұрын
@@YTChannel420 I don't even work at Walmart "bro" when I say you don't have a proper social life, I mean that you can't plan things properly because your body clock is all out of sync, if you don't like Fantas content, or what other retail workers have to say, then go watch other gaming content, Fanta does other things apart from tales from retail.
@YTChannel4204 жыл бұрын
@@slotcarpete1 I don't give a shit about him or his gaming bullshit, Im just telling you you're a whiny ass bastard.
@melodyconte4 жыл бұрын
7:43 I was part of the Sephora cult for 8 years. We called them "clients," which I always found amusing because it implies a level of class that Sephora customers do not have.
@mirraco3234 жыл бұрын
I like how you mentioned cult because that’s what these stores are. They force feed this idea of “were all family!” and all that corny shit because they want people to feel bad if they leave, and want them to be so loyal to the brand, they will suffer through bullshit and being screwed. It is in fact very “culty.” So many of my coworkers only personality trait is that they work for our company, and it’s pretty pathetic and embarrassing.
@ZephyrusAsmodeus4 жыл бұрын
I quit as soon as I got a five year pin, I wouldn't wish retail on anyone, feel like I wasted all five of those years Just yet another drop in the bucket of completely unaddressed causes of mental issues in America
@Thepringler14 жыл бұрын
Eight years and the depression is real. Don't know if I can ever escape.
@FANTAVISION4 жыл бұрын
Just gotta keep looking, keep applying, and widen your view of the types of jobs you're looking for
@leebassett96232 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the only way out is suicide 😥
@Thepringler12 жыл бұрын
@@leebassett9623 hey Lee, just wanted to give an update. Shortly after I posted in this thread, I got a corporate job doing tech support. You have to listen to Fanta and just keep trying! It took me 9 years but I am finally free from retail.
@Thepringler1 Жыл бұрын
@Turnips wow this is an old post. I actually got a new job making almost twice my retail salary working for a software company. They actually paid me a retention bonus to not leave the company. I'm feeling great BTW 😃 Good luck to everyone out there!
@Thepringler1 Жыл бұрын
@Turnips Thanks! @FANTAVISION is right, just got to keep looking. The IT field is amazing, just look for entry level and the promotions come quick.
@TheInfamousTRC4 жыл бұрын
I got a GameStop ad while watching this video... I feel violated.
@FEEAR10004 жыл бұрын
Adblock my dude..they'll never get me hee hee
@Pauldjreadman4 жыл бұрын
lol.
@TheInfamousTRC4 жыл бұрын
DogDude 121 Sadly I don’t believe people can get on their phones.
@mikelane28664 жыл бұрын
The Rant Channel I’m surprised they had the money for the ad
@BradyPartain4 жыл бұрын
Worked at walmart for 3 years and all of your points are spot on. Most miserable time of my life. Got a much better job and happier now
@lizmore39154 жыл бұрын
Brady Partain amen I just started three weeks ago as day time maintenance worker and it’s Terrible the Managers that. Work there talk to u like a kid and they Quick to tell you that u don’t do ur job when u did I don’t appreciate the work hard workers smh
@Speedstreak3 жыл бұрын
I've been working at Walmart for 2 years and originally when i was doing the early shift I liked it, but after a bad experience with another worker, i switched to the late afternoon shift, but now I have less time for my own hobbies, the organization is a mess, I work really hard, but it's stressful and other workers are not working as hard, and I hate the atmosphere.
@MrPete19854 жыл бұрын
When I worked at WalMart there were multiple times my name was just missing from the schedule even though I was full time. Not even that I had no hours just missing all together. I'd have to find a manager to correct it, then also had to have them manually override it when I clocked in because I technically wasn't scheduled One week it happened I took Friday, Saturday and Sunday off just because "Why not?" Managers asked what happened and I explained it to them. That was the last time it happened
@AK-47ISTHEWAY3 жыл бұрын
I had the same thing happen to me multiple times. There were entire weeks where I would not be on the schedule so I would just not come in. Management was pissed, but it really wasn't my fault and there's nothing they could do about it lol. They then made sure to double-check to see if I was on the schedule to make sure they had coverage.
@JeffersonRedeyes4 жыл бұрын
When I worked for Mobil Oil as a gas station attendant I had to wear a tie. Why would a gas station cashier wear a tie? It's about image and respect. Everyone from the lowest starting level employee to the store manager wore a tie and it was impossible to tell who was in charge without looking at the name tag. The psychological impact is that customers treated us the same way they would treat a manager because we were dressed in a way that commanded respect and it also prompted employees to try a little harder because they were dressed nicely and it put them into a mindset to think of their job a little more seriously.
@412StepUp4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, what you are saying makes too much sense and is too mature for most people.
@yanksrulemetssuck272 жыл бұрын
Wear a tie while working at a gas station??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@JeffersonRedeyes2 жыл бұрын
@@yanksrulemetssuck27 I was making 40k a year with full benefits, tuition assistance, monthly bonuses. You're damn right- I wore a tie and liked it.
@commandersharp65864 жыл бұрын
Things I hate about retail(No Particular order) 1. Inventory (My Worse) 2. Clueless customers 3. That one guy you don't like 4. sweeping floors
@AK-47ISTHEWAY3 жыл бұрын
How come you don't have a number 5? Management should be in that spot.
@KD-nk3ht3 ай бұрын
Sweep off the flo! An make up the bet! Cau mammy's little 'ninny love shotenin breat! Mammy's little ninny love shotenin shotenin Mammy's little ninny love shotenin breat!
@Faceplay24 жыл бұрын
That’s how I felt at my first job when I was barely out of high school working at Papa John’s. I remember one of my managers had this like 10 year pin and I said damn if I had that I would blow my brains out.
@aisuchama4 жыл бұрын
hey fanta! ive never worked in retail but your videos have really opened my eyes to the hell that is working retail. your stories are entertaining and i love listening to your rants. im glad that you got out of there. as for video ideas, maybe you can talk more about work in non-retail environments? i remember you making a video about the chinese restaurant and i would like to hear more about it. or talk more about specific terrible customers/managers youve had. keep up the good work :)
@michelleelks481611 ай бұрын
I have to tell you, I am listening to you, nodding my head, realizing that I’m not the only one dealing with this stuff. Thank you for posting this.
@stoicjedi4 жыл бұрын
I’ve wasted enough years of my life working in a supermarket with an idiot for a boss. It’s literally hell now, having to go to work dealing with potential virus carriers 8-9 hours a day. And even now they don’t pay more when we risk our lives going to work.
@violetburr49844 жыл бұрын
New video idea: Working at Walmart while in highschool/college. I remember getting out of school at 3 and going straight to Walmart until 11 pm only to get home and remember I have homework for the next day. This happened to so many people at my highschool who needed a job. I remember telling the managers that I can't work 8 hour shifts on weekdays and they wouldn't listen at all. The worst slap on the face was when I learned that working Black Friday was not only mandatory, but they give a discount on some items instead of extra pay (Black Friday started on Thanksgiving, so you'd think extra pay would be the default but nope). I quit shortly after this and it was the best decision I ever made.
@thefilmdirector14 жыл бұрын
1- the people 2- the people 3- the people 4-the people 5- the holier than thou managers
@mikesbarrowproject82834 жыл бұрын
I can understand lots of irritating things with retail work!
@yanksrulemetssuck272 жыл бұрын
I hate retail!
@carlisle68314 жыл бұрын
If anything good comes out of this quarantine, I don’t have to go to my work 😖
@thenegroswan4 жыл бұрын
video idea: weird things you've seen in the breakroom ridiculous rumors you've heard among the employees
@knottheory792204 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I am an accountant. I do some borrrrring, dry, really mind numbing work, but sometimes I still have fun with it because my managers don't suck.
@Kohana074 жыл бұрын
This video touch home so hard. And the things that you mentioned above, are worst when you work for fast food. Places like Walmart are suppose to be a set up but their more like a baby step towards better.
@jonnyeaton4 жыл бұрын
I once had a customer flip out at me because the debit card machine stopped working. They then accused me of deliberately trying to ruin their day!
@dzhonnikihirin4006 Жыл бұрын
These people sound like their insane
@aidanyoshida18404 жыл бұрын
At the store I used to work at, we were constantly understaffed. That was my biggest problem with working there. Constantly understaffed, constant theft, randomly cutting hours (had several shifts where they told me to go home an hour after starting), and when we did have employees, most of them quit. I don’t blame them but it circles back to the understaffed problem. Which then led to dread. Honestly the best part about the store was one of my coworkers and some of the vendors who were awesome guys. Other than that, the store was just a pachinko machine of stress for me lol
@jaysouthmusic82307 ай бұрын
I use to deal with that hours cutting at fedex. Even at walmart at one point while working part time, I was scheduled only for 2 days around the holidays and everyone's schedule was being messed up too where hours were getting cut and from that point I knew it was a sign that it was not gonna be good going forward
@Matty2726 ай бұрын
Only worked unloading/ random tasks around the store . Didn’t really dislike most of the managers, but most of them had no clue how to unload a truck. So sweating, tired and dirty after a stressful truck load where nothing seemed to go right and having a manager coming out back and giving us shit for not unloading fast enough, wearing their clean shirts with a tie, was frustrating. I once snapped at one of the more reasonable managers and they de-escalated the situation, I apologized for my attitude and they were very understanding. There was one manager I actually respected , he came off a bit angry at times, but he talked to us like people, not just managers. And he learned how to adjust his demeanour when talking to me, and made two sincere apologies for getting angry at us, because he was frustrated with managers giving him shit. Dude is now regional manager for Walmart in Nova Scotia.
@ryuiichikune62504 жыл бұрын
For me working at Walmart there was always these: Management favoritism where they would stand around and talk no matter how busy we were and would get mad at us for not working faster. My managers were racist and the last straw for me was when they yelled at me in front of a bunch of employees and laughed in my face. It hurt me so much that i was in the parking lot crying for an hour and was afraid to go home cuz i thought my parents would be mad
@Shane-bz1sy4 жыл бұрын
Fanta is the Garfield of millenial youtubers. "Sundays! I hate Sundays especially when they are Sundays!"
@johnpenguinthe3rd133 жыл бұрын
At 5:17 , that's the reason a lot of people don't want to get a job anymore and would rather stay home and play video games and watch TV all day and try to collect money in "other ways". After the 100th customer in a row that comes in and looks down upon workers, some workers can't take that crap anymore and would rather quit and never work at a job like that ever again and do something else for their own personal sanity.
@agentsmith23994 жыл бұрын
You're right Fanta. The managers of the number one thing I also hate. They we're incompetent and lacked leadership skills. I even had a store manager that didn't speak English well and couldn't text at all. Can you imagine that??
@ronniemckinney68084 жыл бұрын
My top 5 things I hate about retail: 1. hour cuts 2. management pulls your help to do something else that's not near as necessary as putting out freight 3. lazy customers who won't even try to look for something first before they ask an associate where something is 4. customers that will ask another associate after they have already been truthfully told that the item(s) they need are out of stock 5. district/regional managers who are not qualified to be in charge of their respective areas
@CosmosGatito4 жыл бұрын
fanta, your retail rants are so cathartic coming from a former retail employee. never stop doing these. :^)
@jcj93414 жыл бұрын
A lot of points really resonated with me, especially the mental health parts. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure I'd still be here if I truly had no way out of retail, especially with what's going on now. I'm just grateful that my current job came when it did, and I've been happier than I've been in a long time.
@shalawndudley20944 жыл бұрын
You're the best ranter in the world! I thought I was. Nope! Love your videos😍
@cz17547 ай бұрын
I work at a clothes store and we had some girl who looked to be 19 or something come in with her mum. The whole time we’d be friendly, ask if they need a hand or anything, and this girl just scowled at us or openly ignored us. The mum said no when the girl asked to by some stupid accessory along with the other clothes, and she literally flared at her mother like she was evil incarnate. It pissed me off how she was so rude to us just for working in retail, meanwhile her own mother was still paying for her clothes. Like sorry I have a job and have to pay my own bills.
@roomofcybertron6380 Жыл бұрын
i hate retail store, I thought I had faith in it that is is a lighter job that it is a lighter job compared to a trade job like engineering. But I was wrong!.. I am getting old, and my trade job that is so physical is leading me into health issues that my body cannot handle it someday, so I decided to do retail.. BUT NEVER I KNEW IT WAS WORST THAN I THOUGHT BASED ON THE TOP TWO THINGS YOU MENTION, 1) THE MANAGERS AND ABOVE MANAGERS WHO MAKES DUMB RULES JUST FOR THE SAKE TO REACH THEIR SALES TARGET, AND SECOND THE RANDOM VARIABLE-A-HOWLES CUSTOMERS WHO ALWAYS THINK "CUSTOMERS IS ALWAYS RIGHT"... i HATE RETAIL.. I AM PLANNING TO GET THE ** OUT OF THERE! BY FINDING A JOB THAT WILL NOT DAMAGE MY MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS.
@west200874 жыл бұрын
I work for good Will and for the most part I like working there great managers and a real sense of family with with my coworkers but I would have to say is the days when we get slammed with donations and people make common about how busy we are it's still drop off their Trailer Load full of junk. Keep in mind we got four stores that are not that far away from me and it never crosses their mind drop a little bit off here and there sis so the workload wouldn't be that bad
@jamessherman65984 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. I worked as a donation attendant and it was horrible getting slammed by donations then having upper management go off on you because all the excess crap that gets dumped on us gets put on the sidewalk. I worked a full shift and it was bumper to bumper the whole day. Entitled customers were the worst if you wouldn't take their stuff even though it should go to the dump. Then you have people trying to dump their shit on us as we're about to close.
@Rootsradical8084 жыл бұрын
I work at a thrift store and agree to every single comment you guys made here lol. People dropping off truck loads when your closing, ppl getting pissed when you don't take there garbage, comments from customers "oh your busy?" . ppl seeing my busting my ass and no room for more donations but want to drop off truck loads of crap still. People trying to get donations as there coming in. Sorting through stuff and your like wtf why did you donate these, why are you dropping off 6 used dildos , etc, lol
@ProfessorFaceless2 жыл бұрын
Shout out to my fellow retail slav..I mean hard workers. Also yes with these points, my gods they hit home hard! Especially with #4 and it is so true...it is near impossible to get full tome these days because hardly any if NO corporate retail company is going FT hours. Everyone even mid level workers are PT, at my work unless you're a manager you're stuck with PT. And the hours are all..over the place. Additional note...corporate is a huge pain that doesn't get how people are people...
@Chowderchef4 жыл бұрын
I didn't work walmart but I did work at one of the main grocery chains near me so fairly similar customer base and way things worked, everything said in this video brings me back to the misery of that job. I'm kinda glad I had left back in september and got new jobs (especially now, s/o to all the grocery workers rn and all my old coworkers still there during this pandemic) but everyday I'd just leave crying after awhile, and what finally made me quit was my brother being in the hospital for 4 months and nearly dying several times and being completely isolated from my family during that, my managers would scream at me for not doing enough when I was barely functioning as is and when I told them I needed to take another day off my avaliability (if I didn't have the two days I had set they would've made me work 7 days a week) due to both of my brothers having a liver transplant and I needed to be around, the managers again screamed at me and considered me lazy and that was the final nail in the coffin, I left as soon as I secured another job
@keracancook2 жыл бұрын
1. Interaction 2. Minimum wage/ Employees acting like managers 3. The Inconvenience of Scheduling/Using me to work more bc of lack of staff 4. Customers 5. Credit Card Promotion
@AshhMarrPutt4 жыл бұрын
Me, an essential retail worker: *subscribed last night* FANTAVISION: *Posts* Me *seeing the title* : HERE WE FUCKING GOOOOOO
@connorxx71804 жыл бұрын
I've always made jokes that if you work at a job that gives you milestone badges, you're just in the girlscouts.
@sarahneels43312 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@willowfalls75284 жыл бұрын
These past few days have been my days off from my job in retail. I have to go back to work in the morning, and the level of dread I feel over this is so far off the charts it's unreal.
@robo-slut4 жыл бұрын
Video Idea: If you do another video on GameStop, you should put GameStop plastic bags on your hands and do the entire video with those plastic bags on your hands
@mcamman61932 жыл бұрын
As someone who worked at Walmart and now at a gas station, both are hell. Customers and scheduling are by far the worst. I've done every shift. I work both 2nd shift (2-10pm) and 3rd shift (10pm-6am) every week back to back alongside being in college and those schedules do a number to your brain and your sleep schedule to where you never get that relaxation period, or even when you do they guilt trip you into working a double shift or coming in because so and so called out. You never know what your schedule will look like the next week because they will change it endlessly to fill in wherever void is needed, or how many hours. And Customers are a special type of brutal, the one's who destroy a store by making a mess, lottery junkies, shoplifters, or someone screaming at you because some product is out or that went off sale. Another thing about gas stations is there's no breaks for the 8 hours you work. You never feel happiness for wanting to come into work. Everything you say applies to both my time's at Walmart and at my job. At least the two advantages were that at Walmart I always had a set time(2-11pm) and Lunch.
@corvus80004 жыл бұрын
Holy $%#^ man, I totally know where you're coming from about Sundays. I can usually hold that feeling off until about noon (usually by going out for a jog at a nearby nature preserve or otherwise going out and doing something in a distracting environment) but by the time I finish lunch the feeling of dread is always creeping in.
@AUTISTICLYCAN3 жыл бұрын
Dude I SOOOOOOO understand you about hating Sundays because you work the next day. Lacking a 2 day weekend would kill my soul. I actually have a three day weekend. I work 4 days 10 hours a day. FROM HOME!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday is my Friday. I don't work again till Monday. When a holiday is on a Friday or a Monday I have a 4 Day Weekend. You can't find that in retail you can in the Medical and IT Professions!
@colincraigo57934 жыл бұрын
That Oblivion music hit differently
@ragingwolf6774 жыл бұрын
I have been working at Wal-Mart for 3 months going on 4 and I am a Cap 2 associate and they were thinking of letting me go because I wasn't going the pase of what they needed. Thanks to my supervisor she backed me up stating that I follow instructions and that I work hard and we can't let go of hardworkers like that. They're switching me to lawn and garden hopefully it's not a toxic experience I had with Cap 2. One time this manager that nobody likes told everyone to go stock pallets while I and I alone zone for the rest of the 2 hours left. I only did my aisles alone even though she wanted me to do everyone else's aisles which is not my responsibility but theirs. For some who don't know it's a rule for us to start zoning our aisles at 9. That's why I only did my aisles
@shawnkucinski24674 жыл бұрын
Being treated like garbage for not having an item in stock irritated me to no avail when working at Walmart
@412StepUp3 жыл бұрын
When I worked at Target I became depressed within a month.
@thatwasprettyneat3 жыл бұрын
It's hard for me to watch these videos because I still work in retail and I actually like my job. The customers definitely suck sometimes but the people I work with are pretty cool and we all basically respect each other.
@galaxionart93384 жыл бұрын
I’ve never been able to work a regular job. I have too much anxiety around people and will have constant panic attacks, etc. That’s why I try to treat people in retail with human decency (like everyone should treat other people). THEY have a job to do and being mean to them doesn’t help fix anything or get stuff done quicker. Hearing in these videos how unemployed people are being dicks to retail workers for working in retail is embarrassing!
@leebassett96232 жыл бұрын
I work retail and i have to admit my anxiety is so bad i sometimes feel sick when working in the doors
"This job would be great if it weren't for the customers."
@rickydosrealitys4 жыл бұрын
3 weeks since I spoke here, right now the quarantine is a shit show where I work at, here in South Portugal, I mean people get into arguments while waiting in line at the supermarket where I'm working, arguments over whether you should or should not use a damn mask, arguments over who was the first standing in line and so on. This is the 2nd week I'm working 2 shifts straight every day while half of my colleagues are in Quarantine, so next week it's my turn, 15 days at home, this is a system so that half of us are in Quarantine and half working
@ItsFate2 жыл бұрын
Completely agree about the managers and customers portion of the video. I remember when I first worked at Walmart, there were a few managers that i could tell “this person is not friendly” - what I mean by this is I made the mistake of offering to do overtime, but when I came on my day off, the managers lied that they didn’t need anyone. (Keep in mind I’m still new and I’m just trying to be a good worker) - I found out they lied because of my coworkers. 🙄 And I also noticed they didn’t like me from the moment I walked in the door. Constantly accusing me of talking to customers too much about work related problems. Everytime these particular managers worked, I felt terrified. Like these guys had a threatening aura around them constantly.
@garywilliams61244 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sensitive to noises, so annoying music and machines would be something high on my list.
@vikingreflections28244 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I have me a Security License. I couldn't keep working at Walmart anymore and dropped a lot of money, putting me in bad debt for a bit, but now I have a job I love, even if I do make a little over what Walmart pays.
@CraftyArts4 жыл бұрын
God damn I felt the same way. Working midnights at wallmart doing stock just to avoid customer interaction. And the call center job, customer service is something that needs to just be phased out. Everything sucks, just give me an online store and a delivery boy.
@lazygamer454 жыл бұрын
Right now working at Best Buy is very stressful. I’ve been volunteering to work during the virus because I worry I will lose my job if I don’t “volunteer”. I’m expected to call customers on my personal phone to help people buy stuff because they can’t come in. I deal with customers swearing at me for not having an item multiple times a day. The worst is computers because we sold out due to school shutting down and going online in New Hampshire. I’ve had 4 different customers swear at me and make me feel horrible because I don’t have any copy’s of FF7 remake at my store. If you do curbside pickup at a store please be patient we usually have over 50 items to grab at a time so yours probably won’t be ready in an hour. Also don’t wait till 5:30 to come pick it up when we close at 6. The other day I was forced to work till 7:30 due to this.
@aarongreenfield90384 жыл бұрын
Anybody should hate working in retail perod!
@michaelmachung72333 жыл бұрын
That's right. It's a place that's not meant to be loved.
@MaccDaKnife4 жыл бұрын
I worked for Walmart for about 6 months. One day the store manager came to me and told me to push carts. I told him My job description didn't have cart pusher in it. He lowered my hours from the 40 to 16. I left and never went back. I drive a c300 Mercedes now. Bad management.
@greattwigo-sama1474 жыл бұрын
I work in a retail store that attracts a unusual amount of upper middle class customers. Karen's favorite shop... the customers are beyond ridiculous. The more you do, the more they expect, so you could almost never impress them, nor get any appreciation. As the best constantly becomes the bear minimum, all while being treated on par with walmart employees. And who are the nicest? Generally the rich customers, particularly first generation wealth. Some of them worked similar jobs, and they understand how most start at the bottom first. Usually good tips for exceptional service.
@wickedclown06364 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I wasn’t subscribed. Your videos always pop up I thought I was
@CraftyArts4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to share my ups and downs. I took a risk taking a sales job and left wallmart with little notice, call center work, network marketing. What a nightmare.
@xJoeyScoops4 жыл бұрын
That Oblivion reference made me wanna go play Oblivion again. One of my favorite games ever made
@QManagerin2 жыл бұрын
So true! I had luck with managers but OMG the terrible costumers (I work in high-end cosmetics so they can be something) and the corporate is getting worse and worse. Now I finally had enough - going back to school at almost 40 so I can leave retail...so sad.
@amarchhabra21754 жыл бұрын
Surprised about the KZbin revenue plummeting. Thought with everyone having to stay home, and watching KZbin, it would be going through the roof these days. Keep the great content coming!
@FANTAVISION4 жыл бұрын
Same here but since companies are losing money, they aren't spending as much on ads I guess
@KD-nk3ht3 ай бұрын
Could be he jest stedy lyin hopin the viewerzull take mercy on him an send him fo or fi dolla by way of mail.
@frank-b61694 жыл бұрын
Good work trooper, keep up the fire. FOR THE REPUBLIC
@arceusalmighty12764 жыл бұрын
Video idea: positive experiences with customers. To you Fanta and everyone in the comments I say stay safe and healthy during this difficult time, and I hope that brighter days are ahead.
@krookedboyz2 жыл бұрын
one of the realest videos i ever seen, every point was spot on
@zenoxiong34342 жыл бұрын
I just seen your channel this year. I can relate. The best part is that you opened a beer in the beginning of this video. Im not gonna lie i always needed a beer after work lol
@frogking46884 жыл бұрын
1. The Pay 2. The Customers 3. The Customers!!! 4. THE CUSTOMERES!!!!!!!!! 5. THE F*CKING CUSTOMERS!!!!!!!!
Successful employees are intrinsically motivated to do their jobs. It might not be "fun" to rebuild a display or try to finish doing inventory as quickly as possible or whatever, but it can be satisfying work. Or...management can make every minute in the store a slog. This sounds stupid, but I used to LOVE getting the most dreaded job in Ross Dress for Less: Dressing room duty. Everyone hated it because it was super active, physically challenging and no real down time between customers. I loved it because I got to see merchandise that I never would have otherwise. I built and entire designer wardrobe by setting aside merchandise to purchase on my break/end of shift (I usually worked openings, rarely closed the store). Most of those designer clothes were less than $5 too! Talk about being motivated to do your job (especially if you love to dress in fancy clothes on the cheap!) Otherwise, the job was pretty miserable. The store assumed all the employees were stealing from them all the time. It was ridiculous, but I got some really nice clothes out of the deal. LOL!
@adyingshadow4 жыл бұрын
See, me, I don't mind if a work is fun or not. Gotta put food on the table. The only time I'll change jobs is when a company screws with my pay. Like my previous job, one day that my check didn't go through (they didn't wanna do direct deposit) I refused to show up. And if that company could've gotten away without sick hours, they would've. They even started to refuse to pay us if we wanna take time off because "sick hours are only if you're sick or have an emergency" and when I was sick with a flu in December, they said no when I called in sick.. So I quit and moved on to a better paying job.
@joshverdoorn73754 ай бұрын
The schedule, the pay, favoritism, lack of communication, and short breaks
@michaelmachung72333 жыл бұрын
Retail is a specially designed environment that benefits only one person: the CEO. Everyone else is immaterial. The employees are looked down on by both upper corporate and the customers, it's a constant mistreatment that works on your mind until you finally walk off the job.
@debbiekillewald8384 Жыл бұрын
Damn you nailed it. 100% It's like being in some form of imprisonment. No wonder I check out at work and can't emphasize much with customes when they talk about their own personal bs. Yep good luck getting a full time job with it especially when you're older.
@Tridd6664 жыл бұрын
I gotta figure it what's wrong with the people who hate working at Walmart. It's like, what crazy universe do I love in where my store was great Oh yeah my top five, in no particular order 1. Boomer customers. Whiny, entitled, hateful 2. Zoning. So boring 3. Getting called to the front and being ignored by CSMs. Every time without fail us non cashiers were refused breaks, lunches, etc. The only times I hit my five were because of CSMs. I got literally screamed at for turning my light off by a CSM. 4. Kayaks. Somehow it always ended up being me and one particular ASM in charge of building the kayak Corral's with pallets 5. Southeast asians in the break room microwaving fish and having loud video calls
@idontcare97974 жыл бұрын
5. Had the same experience working in a factory how do they not understand that having phone calls in a break room is rude.
@kurosbelmont23554 жыл бұрын
I worked for Walmart for 11 years. Worked for gamestop as a seasonal. Now work at home depot. I feel that existential dread every day. And idk how I can get out of this perpetual nightmare. 😑
@gerrinanthony51263 жыл бұрын
9:40 At least you get Saturday and Sunday off. At Lowes, it’s been going on 8 weeks that I haven’t had a Saturday off. I call out just to “give” myself the day off
@DVDfeverGames4 жыл бұрын
The schedule/rota was a royal pain when I worked at Little Chef many moons ago. After cleaning up, you could be there until almost 11pm at night, and then still have to come in for 7am the next day. They'd alternate the shifts so you'd finish at 3pm then, and not work again until 2pm. However, when you have that evening free, you're bloody knackered from all that time you'd spent in work! It's not ideal.
@j-man41323 жыл бұрын
Take it from me I work seasonal at Target and I got to say it’s really annoying also especially when they assign you closing shifts they do not care about what time you end you will stay there until all customers are gone also I got to say I hate these back to back closing shifts when I know they have morning shifts available and also I will never be working 5 am shifts again that is not happening.
@danloyer624111 ай бұрын
Wow, I watched this Video and totally agree what he is saying regarding retail in general, its NOT an easy job, yes the tasks may seem easy but your dealing with other crap at the same time, bad customers, managers, and other stuff. I have worked more than 30+ years in Retail, Customer Service, Help Desk related jobs, and Merchandising. I agree with this guy, DON"T get into retail unless your goal is to become a Manager of some kind.
@nikkimarin2234 жыл бұрын
I've totally & completely understand you about doing a closing & opening shift back to back & every thing in this video
@Kid_Charlemagne763 жыл бұрын
I worked at big 5 for 6 months. Hands down the most boring and emotionally draining job I had. No benefits, false promises made by management, entitled customers, very little hours and the GM wouldn't even let us have our phones in our pockets while we were working. Like dude, what if there was an emergency or what if we're expecting an important call/email? Don't ever work in retail unless you plan to move up to management. There's always a better job that you can find. I work in a warehouse now and it's honestly great. The pay is good, no customers to deal with, the environment is supportive and I finally have benefits. Retail is a complete waste of time and a total insult to your skills
@GeneralGorillaSonicOC4 жыл бұрын
I even hate bad customers and the corporate office.
@BlackfireProductions4 жыл бұрын
Huge one for me is the store radio. The same playlist day in day out with the false enthusiasm about empty topics from the insufferable presenters, with shout outs to employees that have been there for 20, 30+ years. Like you mentioned, that absolutely terrifies me. The radio coupled with cameras all over the place just makes me feel like I'm living in 1984 and it's inescapable. The sheer monotony is also crushing, after a year of working for the same company, there has been zero development, it's mind numbing monotony, but without the consistent schedule that allows you to at least build a routine around work.
@silentagony1019 Жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this videos a long time ago but it wasn’t until now that I’ve gone back to watch the tales from retail to realize how bad Walmart was for me when I got hired 2 months ago and was let off like 2 weeks ago. It was scheduling issues because I had another job that was already set but they put me on weird schedules that even made me miss a few work days from my other job for Walmart. The management was complete dog water and literally yelled at you saying “what are we doing?“ all the time when we are literally doing our jobs. Not to mention i was also threatened my position in the first two weeks of not meeting standard metrics when I was still learning. I hated the way the team leads talked to the associates because it made it seem very demeaning. Everyone there just took the heat of it because they didn’t wanna risk their job for talking back to team leads.
@dustinw1154 жыл бұрын
Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club: “Proud Associate/ Happy to help” Me: *Screaming Internally* These point sum up almost everything that I hated when I worked for Wal-Mart. Also, I would added a sixth point of the god damn COS or Supervisors that had a hard on for you and treating you like absolute dog-sh*t. For me, the two COS’ that we had were actively going after me for the dumbest sh*t. We were supposed to switch door after every two hours or breaks, but they would just keep me on the exit door, which we had to use these god damn handhelds to scan receipts, that never worked. Not only that, but the management wouldn’t do anything about it after I told them about it. To add onto it was that they’d start b*tching at me for when I would have a line of people because of handheld not working. It got to the point where the stress of the management being useless, the COS’ constant borderline harassment towards me, customers being absolute jack*sses, and policy changes on an almost weekly basis, that I would end up blasting music so I could rant about it on my way home, in my car, on a nightly basis. I would end up thinking about buying alcohol, or buying a pack of smokes, every night before I got home, just calm my nerves down. Ironically, the last day I worked there, I was getting ready to quit when I was left go. Probably the best thing to have happened to me when I was there, in my opinion. Also, I was thinking about writing a book based on my personal experiences of working for that company.
@iamgoat58634 жыл бұрын
Same goes for BJ'S Wholesale. They all think alike.
@danielatilano96884 жыл бұрын
I thought i should work at Walmart but now i seen your videos on retail now i am not
@Eburon4 жыл бұрын
Haha I was putting dairy products on the shelves today, and suddenly a woman walks up to me and ask if we have a specific type of Italian wine. Now, I'm a student worker and I don't even work in the wine department, so I tell her I don't know and she should ask someone else at the wine aisle. She told me students are useless and walked away. Another fun thing: there has been a huuuuuge delivery of toilet paper. Takes up around 15 square feet of the stockroom in the back
@MacGuffinExMachina4 жыл бұрын
Seems like Walmart used to be better back in the 90's. My dad started working there when the first Supercenter here opened. Lots of full time positions. We could afford vacations. They'd have company picnics and none of the annoying chants. Just outings to the park where employees' families would play softball, eat, drink beer, etc. Seems like a better way to boost morale than that chant. It was a slow descent into what it is today. My dad's lucky in that he never experienced any really bad changed, but anyone who started working there in recent times can't get full time. They have a hard time getting hours too. I wonder and hope my dad's happy. He went to college, but never finished because he was about to be drafted for Vietnam, so he joined the AF reserves to avoid being on the front lines. He got married to some abusive woman and had kids with her. They divorced, and he never had time for college, raising my half siblings by himself. He eventually met my mom, and they have the healthiest, happiest relationship, but I wonder if he's happy with his job. He doesn't really complain, but he's kind of reserved and doesn't always express how he feels.
@MacGuffinExMachina4 жыл бұрын
Also, that's odd about the masks. My dad's store is requiring them to wear masks. Maybe it depends on the store.
@Zeivusgaming4 жыл бұрын
18:35 - I was hired as a full time position at a local grocery store under the explicit orders that only Sundays are off the table because the bus stopped running on that day. After I was hired, all of the children who were there decided they didn't want to work Sundays. Hell, even the managers of the department were taking weekends off and refused to come in on those days. I lost full time because of that.
@devinpeirce71524 жыл бұрын
I never ever want to work retail 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@yanksrulemetssuck272 жыл бұрын
I can't stand Corporate. They are NEVER satisfied with the hard work of the employees and management kisses their butts. Ugggghh.....
@yanksrulemetssuck272 жыл бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY HATE corporate visits as well. They all are snobs walking around the store while the associates break their back working hard to make their managers look good and the managers just kiss their butts and lick their shoes. All the weird rules and regulations come from our friends at corporate. Don't they understand it is THE ASSOCIATES who work hard and take abuse from customers. I hate corporate!