Has working in retail made you dislike people?

I haven't worked for exactly 10 years in retail, but I have a year of experience. And I agree, some people are just rude and irritate you... but I guess I learned how to handle such people. I wouldn't say I loved the job so much, but I can't say I hate that much neither. In fact what the experience has done to me is that I've learned how to "spell" people... like, if a lady is overly talkative,giving her attention by chatting with her all the more is likely going to make her buy whatever I'm selling. But it doesn't always happen like that of course. As for grumpy people, I find it easier to deal with them by not being too friendly yet serious enough to answer their queries. For "dumb" customers, you really have to be naturally patient so it won't be such an effort dealing with them. For managers, well, I don't like them too. But I'm lucky I didn't have to see their face and work with them closely everyday haha. And I think it helps a lot to enjoy what you do when you have friends around you in the work place. No conflicts.

I could rant for hours on this. 11 years in retail departmental management, 2 years retail security. The latter showed me how many scum bags drift through our stores unseen by the public, and how useless the judicial system is in dealing with them. As for the other 11 years. I could leave you with a few hours reading, but will summarise in no particular order..... 1. As Office manager it is my job to test the fire alarms because the Warehouse Manager is too busy. When I became Warehouse Manager, I was the only manager in at the time who could test it. 2. Your point about the customer being wrong is so correct. 3. The Warehouse is busy on a Monday, so I work on. The shop is busy on a Friday, so I should be available to help them: as the Manager is playing golf. 4. I am due to go home at 15:00, but must hand over to the Manager before leaving. Odd how he is always busy at 15:00. If I go home at 14:00 or 16:00, he is busy then too. 5. The favourite DM can't get more staff, so some of her workload goes to me:but I get no more help to deal with it. 6. Pay review is due. If you are on report during review, you get no raise. One month before review your performance is called into question. 7. I achieve my year's performance goals. As a result I get new tasks, or lose staff. Performance review therefore shows that I have missed targets. 8. I have issues with another DM about his staff use of warehouse. I get assertive, senior DM gets dissy. Solution: warehouse becomes part of his empire, problem handed back to me. 9. Emergency key holding. I live 10 miles away, and have keys. Manager and other DMs live in the same town as the shop, but do not hold keys. Only occasion that Manager has keys and there is a call out, he is lashed. I have to drive over and collect keys from him. 10. More on keys. A YEAR after I have left the store, I am still getting calls from alarm company to attend!! Does this sound familiar?

I have worked in a convenience store for 25 years an even though most of my customers were ok there were a few that would make me dread seeing them like the ones that like to repeat the customer is always right yea sure you know the type I am sure I luck out though when i worked at my brothers store though the policy was i was always right i wasn't a witch or anything like that but if someone came in all mouthy I didn't have to put up with it my brother use to say he didnt pay me enough to to put up with crap

I have worked in retail for several years. I have found just the opposite to be true. It has never made me dislike people. I think it has made me like people even more. It was one of the best experiences of my life and i am happy to have the chance to speak to people. Every once in a while, a disagreeable person would come along . That is just another challenge to accepting people for who they are. Retail should make you enjoy people, not dislike them.

I have worked in retail and customer service for quite a bit of the positions I've held in the past and I can say.. that most people are a$$hole$. The customer is definitely not always right. They sometimes act as if they don't understand that we didn't make the policies, we just enforce them. And that if we say there's nothing we can, then by damn it ain't nothing we can do!! I have worked at these places in retail and customer service Sales Associate - Shoe Carnival Customer Service Professional - local call center Customer Service Associate - JCP Consultative Sales - Sears I have worked in several healthcare facilities as well. Patients are SOOOO much more easier to deal with because they realize that it is you they have to listen to... not the other way around...

I have been working in retail since 2002, its about 8 years. I often found annoying customer who try to break the company's rules, and the other side that customer must be serviced well like a king . I know what you feel when the managers change the policy and that policy is not make you feel better. All I do now is try to enjoy the situation, if I'm at the office I only think about the job and when I came home, I always forget anything about the job. So, with that way I am not feel stress every time.

Wow.. well of cause a lot of people experience this. Well I haven´t worked for long, but there may be a chance that happens.. expect if I work the right places. If your really isn´t suited for this treatment, speak with your boss about it. M.S.A

Retail takes a lot of patience to do