Workers Share Helpful Tactics For Staying Calm With Aggressive Customers

Working retail is not a fun gig. In fact, most customer-facing positions are actually incredibly challenging. It’s not just about making people happy. It’s about managing the people who aren’t happy – and that includes people who, based on their personalities and how they treat others, will probably never be happy. While my favorite job …
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‘So it begins’: Mariah Carey’s ‘All I want for Christmas is You’ is back, and so are the memes

Every year, without fail, it happens. Sometimes it’s after Halloween, but the phenomenon follows Thanksgiving more predictably. We’re not talking about Black Friday or Cyber Monday and we’re not talking about the weight we gain from Halloween candy or our Thanksgiving feasts and leftovers. We’re talking about the sudden burst of radio and streaming air …
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People Debate Whether Food Service Or Retail is the More Toxic Gig

As someone who has worked in both retail and the food service industry, there’s no way around it: Both worlds can be massively demoralizing, bad for your health, or even straight up toxic. After all, neither industry is safe from the wrath of manager-seeking Karens. While working at a restaurant may paid better than my …
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Guy Shares Experiences From His First Five Days Working At Target

We all know working in retail can be an absolute hell, but this account of a dude’s first five days at Target proves there actually are decent days working in customer service. In just five days of tending to paying customers, he met a lot of…active…older people, some seriously funny weirdos, and a whole lot …
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