Working Retail in Australia

This is what every Aussie retail worker experiences on the daily.
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[@yeewww8670]

Can u pin I watch all ur vids it would mean a lot. Keep it up

[@potater6163]

"can you pin me aswell please liam downling i watch all your videos every single night and i love your mullet and it would mean alot"** 😳😍😍👀👀✨✨✨✨

[@lila9657]

@@potater6163 tbh he has a good mullet compared to other aussies

[@liamhutchison1882]

My mullets better

[@60zoneoneway]

@@liamhutchison1882 debatable

[@sachiyo9102]

Hello my friend

[@lukejpurdie]

The guy rambling on about his life story and not buying anything is beyond accurate

[@crypticutopia7228]

As someone who works at a petrol station I can confirm.

[@Nath-P]

Tell me about it, I worked at Target for 5yrs🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dinobrojaceandalex5372]

Sounds like my dad

[@Plututo]

@@crypticutopia7228 the amount of people that come in for fuel and end up chatting to you for a good 10 minutes is insane

[@crypticutopia7228]

@@Plututo Facts my guy.

[@Sylviahno]

I am now convinced that every suburb has a self-appointed rambly old man who turns minimum wage teenagers into their therapists

[@nikolaus9487]

definitely saves a buck aye

[@mickb1470]

actually can't believe how bloody accurate the old man rambling on and then just leaving, fuqin laughing my ass off!

[@LiamDowling69]

Always coming in for a bloody chat

[@jameswalker68]

@@LiamDowling69 It actually gave me a little bit of anxiety, it was so accurate. Only someone who has been on the receiving end of those stories could act them so well. Liam, you have my sympathies. If I was ever having a day where I was a bit down on myself, I only had to hear one of these stories to think "Ok James, maybe you aren't quite as bad as you thought"!! LOL

[@sachiyo9102]

Hello my friend

[@sachiyo9102]

@@jameswalker68 hii sir

[@BellumCarroll]

So accurate, working with ‘the public’ does your head in.

[@sachiyo9102]

Hii friend

[@jschaefer89]

I used to work at toyworld and had a man come in one day and asked if we sold cigarettes. He was confused when I said no 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@FrancisFabricates]

Horrifyingly relatable. Working at dymocks we got guys who came in carrying rare second hand books to flex and try to pick up girls (who were often underage). Which meant we would suss out their bullshit then have to change the staff layout so the girls could escape the creepy dudes and we would just stand around looking mad at them till they fucked off. I did end up teaching a lot of old ladies how to pirate movies on our free wifi for a bit though. That was fun.

[@LiamDowling69]

Wtf hahahhah

[@oiinahgiiusadurrybrahchuck7209]

I never imagined Dymocks stores could get so devious

[@CornettoMcLovin]

I am Australian. I work in Retail. I laughed.

[@asterion4727]

I am Brazilian I live in favela I died

[@yungpk1370]

@@asterion4727 TANGO SUKA

[@SevenHunnid]

I’m just a young mexican stoner that smokes weed on my KZbin channel, tryna me it out the hood One Day👌 When i look at the top where all the successful people are… there isn’t NO mexicans bro!!

[@sachiyo9102]

@@SevenHunnid 😉👍👍

[@zaccooper5904]

As somebody who works in the shoes department at Rebel. The amount of times a mum has given me a outline of their kids foot is making me question existence

[@carlsvic1266]

happened to me the other day, like fmd just get a size

[@richiesworld1]

You mean this is an actual thing?

[@zaccooper5904]

@@richiesworld1 unfortunately

[@charlietheb897]

As a retail worker who has worked in Retail for 2 years this is accurate. The amount of dumb witted people that come in my store is amazing 😂

[@chickenjoe9832]

Wow you are a real veteran of the work force

[@charlietheb897]

@@chickenjoe9832 Thankyou.

[@TheRhysG]

And the “do you work here”whilst in the company shirt a big fucking name badge and stacking shelves

[@LiamDowling69]

Hahahaha

[@joshlakin2844]

The guy ranting about his life was way too true, I was actually struggling to watch it because it’s so accurate and it’s my biggest pet peeve

[@princepariah6615]

As someone who worked at rebel for a year, this way TOO accurate

[@shoe777]

As an Australian I can confirm, retail workers exist.

[@boota2798]

You forgot the customer that gets mistakenly overcharged 5 bucks on an item/sale and only realities it when the get home to see the receipt. They come in the next day to see a completely unrelated worker and screams bloody murder at them, like that worker on minimum wage is directly ripping food from their child's starving mouth. Great times.....

[@DCR_RANG]

Been working in retail for 6 years since I was 16, made lots of friends. Lots of people have also blown me away with their stupidity. This video from the customers side happens at least twice a week for all the scenarios

[@sachiyo9102]

Hii friend 😉💓

[@nolesy34]

The quickie: comes in, selects item, leaves, sometimes a polite nod is exchanged The rambler: goes on for a while sometimes changes tangents often confused with method man The clinger: (buys something but hangs around... weird just hang around first THEN buy and go! The method man: very quick furtive glances, story is often told often uninvited about bloody traffic or weather but can quickly escalate to slightly racist or sexual remark very easy to spot because of jittery nature often confused for shoplifter Shoplifter: may make several "visits" to asses item usually most expensive item in shop Brancher: most annoying. Comes in with story of how same store is selling same stocked item for less.. like why didnt you buy it then idiot

[@grey1185]

Bruh. I worked at jaycar for 3 years. This has given me PTSD lol. Im having flashbacks as literally most of this happened to me, except some were more violent and stupid. Tech and retail do not mix. Especially in Darwin. Some people coming in, asking for a product that isnt in stock. But still asking us to check the backroom, then call up the other branches, then call the warehouse. Then they get pissed off at me and start shouting when i literally made like 10 phone calls to get their 30 year old answering machine that was sold in the 90s. Or some people try to show me up thinking they are smarter, when they are dumb as nails and still try to act like they are right. "Aw. I heard you can push the switch above 15 Amps no probs. My mum is on life support and needed to fix the machine" Me: "Uh No. That switch is rated for 5 Amps, it has a fuse that blows at 10 Amps. And we cannot sell you that as its a dangerous risk" "Aw cmon man. Just give it to me, i now my stuff. You are just a kid. Switches are just Switches, they are all the same" Me: *dies a little* "No, also do you even know how to fix the machine, what is the 'machine'?" "Uh it goes Beeep Beep every few seconds, i dunno the name. Look just gimme the f**king switch or i start getting angry" Me: "Im not selling it, this is a DC 12V switch meant for cars, yet you are trying to use it in a heart monitor as a 240VAC on switch. No" "f***K you idiot." Me: *stands back as manager steps in and huge argument ensures. Customer leaves shortly afterwards and makes several complaints to head office*

[@grey1185]

Or the infamous Karen. Buying a product but thinking its broken since they didnt put the batteries in it. Or forgot to charge it. "This camera doesnt work. *scoff*" Me: *plugs it in, the blue LED lights up and the camera turns on shortly afterwards* "WHAT You had to plug it in??? I thought it was solar. Give me a refund" Me: *Looks at the bullet camera that is solid white, how TF did she think it was solar?* "No sorry, you bought it a couple of months ago, way past our return date. Im sorry but we cant refund the 40 dollar wifi cam" "NONSENSE WHERE IS THE MANAGER?! YOU HAEV STOLEN MY MONEY AND ARE TRYING TO ACT SMART" Me: *dies more and just waits for the manager to step in and sort this mess. 6 more hours of my shit to go*

[@grey1185]

Me: *standing at register with mask on since Covid. There is hand sanitiser behind the monitors and POS machines, basically hidden away, that is only meant for the staff. At the front door there is a big yellow sign saying "USE HAND SANITISER HERE" with an arrow pointing to a jumbo bottle of sanitiser* "Uh oh, Karen 4 O'clock" *Everyone sighs as the 'usual' walks in, walking straight past the sanitiser and no mask on* Me: "Ma'am. You need to wear a mask or we are not allowed to serve you" *she looks at me with a stern look and fumbles in her handbag and produces a shaggy mask that looks like it is crumpeld paper and wears it* Me: "Thank you-" *She walks straight through the counters, right in the staff area* Me: "ma'am you cant-" *she snakes her arm around the monitor and squirts 5 pumps of the sanitiser and walks off without saying a word* *Then 5 other customers walk through the door adn they all go for the staff sanitiser, completely ignoring the huge yellow sign at teh entrance telling them to use that one. By 10AM no staff has sanitiser so we all have to wear gloves for the rest of the day and not allowed to eat*

[@grey1185]

Honestly, if you want depression. Work retail. Some of the people you meet in retail make you loose faith in humanity.

[@grey1185]

*is sealing clip bags as the door opens to the store* Me: "G'day mate. How can i help you?" *There is a large man and women shifting through the door. The man is so overweight, his gut is nearly toching the floor and is stained with urine and feaces. His wife is heaving, breathless just trying to fit through the door* Me: "uhh..H-how may i help you sir?" *The man is wheezing, face is red and his shirt is brown with marks. He stinks like he hasnt showered in weeks and clearly has just soiled himself* "Mmmrr? Urhm. Laptop charger" *slurps up saliva and wheezes just by the speech* *The employees around me try not to look as the man turns around and stumbles to the charger section. His pants have bulges where it looks liek he literally has a bucket between his legs and behind him.* Me: *turns to my manager* "Sir. Um-" "Just uh, make sure he is ok while here. Erm, go with some sanitiser and cleanex with whatever he touches. He doesnt use toilet paper it seems" Me: *looks back at the man, struggling to reach up to his head height to grab a 90W charger* "s-sure.." *clears throat and walks to the back room to get away from the sweaty, fecal smell that those two have made* This was the most unpleasant day. The store smelt horrible afterwards and some customers left because of it. These people were grossly huge, like, not dad bod. Like, impossibly big. The man had grey and sweat pants that were dark silver. Those were soaked with sweat and bulging. They barely it through the door and looked like they were about to both pass out from just walking 5 meters from tthe shelf to the counter.

[@wididididididi8693]

I can feel liams rage when the customer wanted to come in one minute before closing in my SOUL. I worked in a Pak n Save as a checkout person, and the amount of times we'd have to serve BIG TROLLIES right before and after 9pm was infuriating.

[@roryslaine7896]

"Surely you guys can do these Gucci slides for 20 bucks." 😂😂

[@rileyknox]

As an ex-Rebel Sport employee from NZ I can confirm retail is exactly the same over the ditch. Fuckin horrific hahah.

[@The_GTA_bois]

Bro the eshay was so accurate lol Good vid 👍 keep it up

[@ryanpahos4629]

Not old men coming into give you their life story 💀💀

[@ManCatCheese]

One night at the pizza shop I work at, there were two people in line holding their pizzas they just picked up about 2 minutes ago. First Lady complains hers is too hot, second lady complains hers was cold… they both came off the oven at the same time, and were fine. Idk if people are just stupid or entitled, or both?

[@gazzarafalemozzy4766]

stop making excuses next time just swap the damn pizzas!

[@ManCatCheese]

@@gazzarafalemozzy4766 they were both Karens with their custom made gluten free pizzas, which is annoyingly common

[@srlkiller]

Been at David Jones for almost 10 years………… so imagine these people but with a huge sense of entitlement and a platinum amex card. Help me.

[@arvacado3540]

so fucking accurate especially with the guy that keeps gambling on about his life story then leaves and ends up coming back the net day with another story

[@melonholy1664]

Customer facing jobs are so unhinged. There’s a regular who comes in and always tells me about how he used to have a “luxurious life” and would drive expensive cars in different countries and now he’s depressed and keeps telling me that violence calms him down. Another roped me into praying with them.

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

Haha love this guy How much for this one it literally says it on the shirt LMFAO

[@sachiyo9102]

💓💓

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@sachiyo9102 k

[@sachiyo9102]

@@nathansoutbackfishing thnks

[@nathansoutbackfishing]

@@sachiyo9102 😁

[@reighost8399]

Used to work at maccas, one time we ran out of coca cola. "We have Fanta, Sprite or Orange Juice because our coca cola isn't working. What would you like?" Customer's: ... Coca cola. Me: ... Fuck's sake.

[@werewolfgirl1995]

God I hate when a customer gives you their whole life story

[@hesha108]

I work at rebel sport nz, and last week I dead ass had someone give me a traced foot to find the fkn size

[@jetpackdino5703]

I was stocking shelves the other day and an old lady came up to me and asked "Do you know how to make a sausage roll?" "You poke it" She refused to elaborate then walked off.

[@potbasher6854]

Cuz you poke the sausage to make it roll

[@sachiyo9102]

@@potbasher6854 hii

[@sapphrose]

The traced foot was hilarious. I died 💀💀💀💀

[@werewolfgirl1995]

It's good to know that working retail in Australia isnt much different from working retail in America

[@nateromanowski793]

2 fuckin accurate, always someone wanting to talk for ever and then not buying anything always someone racking / failing to rack L0L. ALWAYS ALWAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@jacobgower5148]

If I had a dollar everytime a mum had a drawing of her kids foot id have like 8 bucks, which is still far to much. seriously pull your head in mums

[@ZawZaw-yb3nf]

*Store Closes* "Hey are you guys still open? I only need a few things, I'll be really quick..."

[@isiahgreen5429]

holy shit this is so accurate. keep up the good work mate!

[@ljac_1314]

looking forward to see you in hollywood comedy films haha

[@patrikrodley595]

he summed Australian retail up pretty good

[@kanelowrey5172]

Wish I could make skits like yours. Put the Viagra back into my day, sick with covid.

[@LiamDowling69]

You can make vids like me, just start writting now :)

[@hughfroggatt6831]

eshay impersonation on point

[@Slim.Swainy]

Dude asking for socks is the same dude who sold me steaks down the local butcher. Asked for steaks not an hour back story on his family

[@toriwatson6010]

The "How much is this" without them even attempting to look for the tag really gets me haha

[@felixbakker5571]

that was funnier than I expected :P thnx

[@Rotmg4lyf]

The amount of times you have to clarify that you’re working at Rebel Sport is hilarious and dead on 😂

[@xLolAvA]

Worked at rebel for 3 years, can confirm this is spot on

[@sezniteowl5398]

Rebel sells the best sports fangear and equipment

[@redcow1945]

you are honestly my favourite yt of all time, keep up the great work

[@nicholasleah840]

Most accurate part is the old man in the flanno or a crackhead coming up to you and telling you their whole life story for no reason. You could literally be doing anything just sitting at the traino minding your own business and you see this bloke walk up to you and you just know you’re in for a story.

[@sachiyo9102]

Hii my friend

[@goaway9450]

'a little bit' of exaggeration

[@aorty6649]

hospitality has to be worse for sure

[@Hoboslayer1988]

Work in retail in Aus. Pretty much none of this video is an exaggeration.

[@Danstarr13]

I frequently want to crash tackle customers over the counter after they do/say some dumb shit is that normal?

[@Goldenblitzer]

Machine: Says 'CARD ONLY' in huge writing Old people: Does this take cash?

[@WillD3laney]

Bro the shoe one is so relatable

[@lila9657]

First yayy Edit: the eshay bit is so true broo

[@AltisFrost]

The first guy sounds like Clarence from The Big Lez Show

[@picklestheomnipotent4535]

Ok but yeezys kid is LITERALLY my younger brother

[@leeharrison7068]

Cheers for the video geezer. Hope everyone has a mad week. Bless 🦓

[@LiamDowling69]

Bless lee

[@oliversmith6215]

friday coment

[@callum6184]

good game spawn poinr

[@Celeste-in-Oz]

This is gold… reminds me of Chris Lilley, reckon Liam will go far!

[@kakapants]

oml these videos are the funniest shit ever keep em going mate

[@brubrulani]

Still mad that you need to be 18 to buy spray paint in Australia

[@Caleb2n]

I work at footlocker, this is accurate

[@EVERGLOW_GIRLS]

Bro got rebel t shirt and the plus fitness lanyard 😂

[@killzbouncy4894]

Love ya

[@lordnihilus4845]

That’s all I hear from my work hey mate where can I find this item hey mate this items off hey mate your doing a rocking job hey mate I’m gonna be late hurry up hey mate hey mate hey mate what a true Aussies we are lol

[@thomasfreeman2001]

Is that like your sisters or Mothers black rebel shirt

[@nekomancer9157]

i've literally had kids come in with school id's showing their 18th birthday is like 6months away and they think that somehow it counts as being 18. like 18 this year is somehow 18 when theyre 17 for 6 more months

[@brix4968]

office works employees represent

[@nabz099]

Bro you're actual Gillon McLachlan look a-like 100%

[@darcycutler3031]

I had a guy come into Repco named magic Mike (he showed me his credit card) and he said he was Billy Joel’s keyboard player.

[@STppNGMTN]

Exaggerated my arse. This is just the casual sh*t. Btw awesome vid man you rock

[@constantly_screaming4496]

One time all the eftpos machines were down, so we're trying to fix them while this woman talks about her whole extended family. Also have people beg us to come in while the doors are shut, the lights are off and we're counting the tills

[@motomoto7202]

bruh he looks like bogan john krasinski

[@user-by4ko9tr9d]

Very true

[@Finalph]

Its not even eshays that pop up to the stores i work at anymore its just old middle aged blokes who asks about tech products at a sports shop

[@zipasaurus]

Second time asking for Dowling to be back in my name after it got stolen

[@theaussie123]

Less go I’m early

[@MTB_Jimbo]

the eshay guy looked like a golfer hah

[@rezzob]

spot on! bigger the purchase be ready to get more involved with more family stories/issues

[@shanedcc4334]

Classic!!! Absolute gold Dowlo.

[@sachiyo9102]

😉😉😉

[@ethanandregos6806]

Melbourne gang 🇦🇺

[@jiahthehuman1853]

Bruh I work at liquorland and all i get is people like old mate rambling on

[@christianstojgtr]

ok

[@gazzarafalemozzy4766]

i guess youve just got to take it in your stride..it dosnt seem that bad tbh

[@williampearce3687]

try working at bunnings where it is only oldies and veggies

[@dani83red]

🤣🤣 The oversharer

[@E3zxm]

Fucking amazing work mate. Hilarious stuff

[@buddycider3670]

First video of yours I’ve seen. Not bad, keep at it mate!

[@Australienxo]

i work in a smoke shop. you can imagine the customers we get lol

[@cohenphillips2459]

Bra I work at bcf and this is what it’s like every day 😂

[@zozzoz7866]

When the kid was like " I don't know " so accurate

[@olivermortimer9100]

what song is in the outro

[@RyderForsyth]

lol i work at the rebel that is in the thumbnail

[@user-by4ko9tr9d]

Why’s it so true

[@60zoneoneway]

accurate

[@kdburner7356]

atleast you look jacked in that rebel top x

[@emilyzoe6079]

Australia in nutshell