#retailworkers

[gotshowtunes]

So it was like 10 o'clock at night, I was off at 10:45, I'm deliriously tired. When I scan this pack of High Noons (alcohol) and go to ask for her birthday, what comes out is,

"Could I get your phone number? NO, that's a pick-up line. What I MEANT WAS-"

So then she, myself, and Friend A who's bagging for me all start fucking dying. Then her boyfriend walks up and starts laughing with us, and she goes,

"Honestly, I was about to give it to you! The confidence alone!"

And we all laugh about this for the next three minutes while I finish ringing her up. Turns out she was nine years older than me, and for context, I turn nineteen next month, so I must be smoother than I thought. I hand her her receipt and I start laughing again before I can finish the sentence, cause like I said, I was exhausted, but what I said was,

"Sorry I tried to pick up your girl."

We all laugh again and they left. My line was then empty. Friend B's line was empty ahead of us, and he turned around and starts laughing cause he heard the whole thing. Friend A calls me the Rizzard of Oz and says that girl will have to get a rizzstraining order. Then like three minutes later, after Friend A has had time to go tell her, my manager turns to me, makes the phone gesture with her hand, and says

"Phone number?"

So we all start dying again. I say to the group, with no customers around,

"For exactly three minutes, I had rizz."

And my 27 year-old manager, who's a bisexual mother of five, goes,

"In your defense, I would've asked for her number too."

[musicpixie118]

Getting sick and tired of this. I work retail and while MANY things have ground me down, something that keeps popping up is the schedule. I am set to max. 20 hours a week. This is what I can handle working at that store. I have given them my permission to go up to 23 just so I can have three nice 7-3:30 shifts a week.

Sometimes I'll have some wackadoo shifts, like 7-11 or 8:15 - 2:45. Not too bad but odd.

But something keeps happening that I KEEP HAVING to discuss with my managers. They keep increasing my hours without asking. For example, two weeks out (week after next) I am at 36 hours. Could I use the money? Absoluetle but I wasn't asked to increase hours, I didn't give permission to increase hours and I am losing it.

I flat out told them that this is strike two. One more time and I'm out. I will quit on the spot.

I need the money, I need to get my life in gear but I feel like I'm losing my sanity. My parents (old school gen X, I love them so much and they've done so much for me) advise me to stick to it and I'm split.

But also altering hours without permission is illegal so there's that.

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Retail Worker!Phan Masterlist

A Day In The Life Of A Fast Food Employee - nebulous-frog

Summary: Phil works at McDonald's and just wants to go home when a huge family comes in and orders obnoxiously, but it's okay because Uncle Dan is incredibly attractive.

A Perfect Pair (ao3) - husbants

Summary: Dan, a struggling actor who works retail by day, and Phil, an ex-YouTuber-turned-porn-star, end up matched together on the new reality show, Perfect Pair.

beginning (ao3) - irrationalqueer

Summary: Phil’s brow is furrowed in concentration as he carefully directs the books to the correct shelves with a sweep of his hand. He usually doesn’t have to try so hard, but Dan’s here, making it impossible to focus on anything.

Buying Chocolate At 3:00 AM (ao3) - shallowlives

Summary: It’s just another late night working at Walgreens, until Phil walks in asking for chocolate recommendations.

Charcoal (ao3) - starboydjh

Summary: Dan gets lost in the art store, Cute Employee With Glasses (ie Phil) comes to his rescue.

every second with you, I want another (ao3) - t_hens

Summary: Dan is a night cashier at a grocery store who is bored with his life and Phil is new to town and doesn't believe in making a grocery list

Flower Boy - phanerys

Summary: punk!phil meets pastel/lushemployee!dan.

give this thing a try (ao3) - pasteldanhowells

Summary: Dan is a cashier at a grocery store, and Phil is his supervisor. One evening at work, Phil surprises Dan by asking him out on a date, and of course Dan, who's had a crush on Phil since forever, says yes. Cue, the freaking out and comfort ensues.

Late Night Shifts - dxnhowell

Summary: Dan works at a late shift at McDonalds and is growing bored of how empty the place is, and then AmazingPhil walks in and suddenly the night is a little better.

Milkshakes And Window Art (ao3) - luckysam78

Summary: Dan works at a diner and there’s one boy who always is at the diner who he can’t get his mind off.

Miss Annie's Flowers (ao3) - theoreoqueen

Summary: Dan hates sunflowers, but he really likes the cute guy at the flower shop.

Night People - daniactuallysnuffledthatpopcorn

Summary: Dan is put on the night shift at McDonalds with the new kid.

Rebirth to Rebloom (ao3) - Yiffandquiff (paradisobound)

Summary: Dan Howell met Phil Lester while they were still in high school when Phil was helping him out. But as time went on, they lost touch when Phil graduated, and they never speak. Dan thought of him often and hung onto his crush all these years until Phil shows up at the flower shop he works and asks for Dan’s help arranging flowers for his daughters birthday.

Rude Customers - dxnhowell

Summary: Phil is on a date with his boyfriend and waiter!dan is serving them at the restaurant that he works at. Unfortunately, Phil’s date turns sour when his boyfriend starts being rude to Dan.

Shift (ao3) - yikesola

Summary: Dan has wanted to quit his shitty job at Asda a million times. Sometimes over something ridiculously small, like today, where he’s off work in 30 minutes but wants to quit because it’s been three days since he saw Phil and he’s sick and tired of waiting. A fic about retail and small joys.

step into the light (ao3) - dayevsphil

Summary: Dan works the night shift at a corner store and Phil needs a sugar fix.

Sweet Nothings (ao3) - Allthephils

Summary: Dan needs a sugar fix so Phil helps him out.

The Chef - fiction-phan

Summary: “You’re a highly known critic and I own a restaurant but you’re the kid I used to tease in high school and oh sweet rosemary, you’re reviewing my restaurant?”

The Evening Glow (ao3) - Phanarchy

Summary: Dan hasn’t had the best luck when it comes to blind dates, so when Louise recommends he date her friend Phil, he’s skeptical. But even when he begins to fall for Phil, he can’t shake his crush for the attractive cashier at ASDA who he knows only as Lester.

wrapped up in books (ao3) - plinth_of_life

Summary: a rainy day at his family's bookstore turns out to be more eventful than phil could have ever anticipated.

[silentblog997]

oh well she's takEn for. So my quest continues. Still a great colleague to talk with

[purplemonki]

That time I overestimated myself.

[neenah61]

January 4/365 These #desksigndcertainly resonated with me - even though I don't have a actual desk at work. 😁😂 #retailworker #officeworks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-__pSLrlZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sleepyheadkl]

🦤 🦤 🚙 ⛽️ 🦨 Wildlife Fuel - Episode 4: Oh No Dodo. #wildlifefuel #webtoon #comics #comicstrip #webcomics #parttimejob #womenincomics #funny #gasstation #retailworkers

[lawain-dimensional-heroes]

"Ohey, my former retailwork place."

[shadowsif]

I remember seeing once a post in this blog about a comic/webtoon you were working with as a collaboration.Would you mind if I asked for the link where to read it?

There's actually two!

Am I Still the Villain? An urban fantasy with dragons, main (gay) couple dealing with after effects of war and all dramatic sideplots about falling in love/kids/retailwork. And what it means to be a good person. But it’s not that dark! (Except when it is)

Scaled is a steampunk fantasy thing. Much darker, starts with a continent wide pandemic and Stevan who's the pnly elf who survived from his village. He gets rescued by a group of soldiers and stuff happens. The second main character is Thales, half-elf "not a doctor" that has suspiciously many tricks up his sleeves. It starts as hand drawn and then gets digital after a while.

Please go give either, or both, some love because the artist has suffered from art block. 💞

[brushbuddys]

i have this post in my queue about ppl treating retailworks like theyre not even human and put my experience in the tags. but hoo boy i got a new experience today

gonna put this one down next to the woman who attacked me during covid over masks

[mymetric360]

Did I lie about my family having Covid to avoid working Christmas Eve? #WorkLifeBalance #MentalHealth #RetailWork #HolidayStress #SelfCareTips 🎄 The Struggle of Retail Work During the Holidays 🛍️ Working in retail during the holiday season can be an incredibly stressful experience. Long hours, demanding customers, and the pressure to meet sales goals can take a toll on both your physical and mental well-being. In the midst of this chaos, finding a balance between ... Read more: https://mymetric360.com/question/did-i-lie-about-my-family-having-covid-to-avoid-working-christmas-eve/?feed_id=44085

[princemyra]

Im going to put ducks around my school 😈 time to cause chaos

[iomontecillo]

They “believe in protecting retailworkers”, unless they’re darkies/migrants.

Those they’ll allow any violation towards without expulsion, without consequnces, just as they Will with that type of customer, if the harassing one is the employee, behaving irrationally sexualizing in the workplace.

But they won’t mention that.

[freeusemuses]

Felt this in my soul

[silentblog997]

as we draw near to the day at last, I look upon the shelves of nearly empty cards. the empty spots of sold gifts and that one bloody water featue that dosent work. many ask for certain christmas cards. last minute dot com they are, the flies have already picked at the remaining carcas on the walls, and the draws are bare. driving home for christmas has played the 50th time and michael buble's velvet voice still rings in my hear. its raining and not snowing which is a shame, but i wouldnt change a thing, ive enjoyed the december month working thus far

[ghostlyturtlewhispers]

Watch "When Straight Guys ACCIDENTALLY Shop at MAC!? 😳 (Part 7) #comedy #makeup" on YouTube