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    'You thought you’d get $3k worth of stuff for like $200?': 11+ Dimwitted Customers That Left Customer Service Employees Internally Screaming

    Retail is an industry that weeds the wit out of the dunces. If you've ever wanted to feel intellectually superior to any incoming customer, perhaps a cashier's job in retail is for you! However, be mindful that retail is a place where common sense goes to perish, but it's also a place of dwindling patience, 30-day refund rebuttals, and feral Karens. 

    Back when I worked in retail, I worked as a salesperson, cashier, and stock girl–you know, general low-level employee stuff. We made commission on sales, but oftentimes, I found myself struggling to sell middle-class college kids a $3,000 suit for their cousin's wedding, and it didn't sit right to take advantage of customers in their most vulnerable state. So, instead, I fielded Karens at the customer service desk and avoided the sales floor; I noticed that the most insane customers flocked right to the cash register. Eyes red with rage and often shaking 2-year-old receipts in their hand for a well-worn return, I realized there were far worse fates in the retail world than leveraging your commission on unwitting customers.

    You could instead be stuck shackled to the register…

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