I've worked in retail but never the food service industry. Retail just has to THE worst job, EVER, being bombarded with unbelievably stupid questions, jackasses who think you can move mountains just for a 2 dollar sale, belligerent attitudes, the I'm better then you looks, violent outbursts over ridiculous issues, stupid bosses who have no business being in charge of anything and about a million other problems all for minimum wage, shit benefits and no vaction time. (I actually worked in a place that only hired people part time, 39 hours a week, so they didn't have to give any benefits at all).
Since that time I've developed a pretty sympathetic stance towards people in retail (or customer service in general) I know how stupid, difficult, thankless and sometimes dangerous the job can be you don't always have time to please everybody or fulfill every little request (especially at 5.75 an hour or whatever min wage is these days). I've learned that I'm really nobody special in the grand scheme of the retail world and the person I'm dealing with has already dealt with a hundred people just like me and probably has little to no interest in who I am or what I need. Why would they? Ringing up another sale means nothing, you still get paid the same. As long as the person is at least polite and takes the time to help me out with reasonable questions or requests I don't really care what they do or how they act.
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