Work Boredness

[Cheesevixen]

Well I had way to much time at my work 3 weeks ago to think. No one really goes to the mall during the week so I was almost always by myself with no customers. Seriously, Stocking was the highlight of my day until Thursday. So I thought.....why not share my ramblings? I sat an analized everything when I worked. Espeacially customers. I have single handedly put the samplers into group. I am now in training for a manager, but I still remember:

Diet Samplers: These are the ones that take a sample, but somehow find it nessacary to tell you that they shouldn't because of their health. Are they trying to get me to talk them out of it? Do I look like a Dr? More importantly do I look like I care if you are on a diet or are diabetic? I am just there doing my part in the world, and that is one thing. Throwing food in your face. Take it or leave it....no excuses.

Two-faced Samps: These are the ones that come up to you really close. Pear in onto your tray like they want to inhale it through there nose, and when they can't; they turn it down. The ones I hate the most say things like,"I hate chocolate" or"There is too much sugar". Seriously I was not put in the bakery to read your mind. Either you like it or you walk away. Simple as that.

Gabber Samp!: These are the ones that sing for their dinner. They think that on this plane of exsistance they need to have a full on conversation with me inorder to take a sample. I have news for you. I have to say the same thing to every single customer. No real time to care about what your little Suzy or Michael did with his carrots. A Simple,"Thanks" is enough an actually preferable.

Excuse Bearing Samps: Most of us in this world don't want to admit to being broke. In fact most of us would like to cover it up. Which is why I don't get these ones most of all. They take a sample an somehow need to tell me that they are too broke to buy one. What the hell? Am I supposed to give them the whole try to feed their children? I work in a mall....usually you go to the mall when you have money, and if you dont....why would you sit there explaining it to a 20 year old employee whose only concern is when her next smoking break is?

Boomerangs: Called so for the way they always seem to boomerang around. Sometimes they take the sample an sometimes not, but what these kinds are mostly good at is lying. The fact you would try to make me feel better by saying you will come back to buy won't "make my day" you know. Come on, I deal with bitchy customers everyday. At least be honest. The only ones that can compare is when they keep coming back for a sample an never buy. Two per person.....sorry .

Invisibles: The ones that either won't look or talk to you when they take a sample, or just walk by without even acknowledging my exsistance. Some even go as far as to switch lanes, but I can understand that. Personally the ones that avoid me are the ones I like the most. Makes my job a whole lot easier.

Loitering: An last but not least you have the ones that think if they stare at my product long enough after taking a sample...that it will magicly put money in my register. Won't happen no matter who many time they stop while muching on the fattening sweets an say things like,"Looks good". Uhm.....well....I had to make it this way, and I don't get how we could really expect to sell anything looking ...bad. Ya got the sample an when you stare it creeps me out. Just go ...please.

What do you do at your job, and do you over analyse anything at it? What do you do when it gets really dull?

[DragonHeart]

At my job I do...pretty much everything. x-x I managed to sneak out early tonight though, yay! At this point I'm generally the extra person who runs around and does all the work on the sales floor so when we run out of things to do, I'm the one who gets to leave. That and I have seniority, bwaha.

As far as analyzing...there isn't much to analyze here heh. It's a retail pharmacy so...yeah. It's a mostly mindless job.

When things get boring I either go home or read magazines. Yep, I get paid to stand there and literally do nothing. I hate being bored but the alternative is usually worse so I don't complain.

It's not a bad job, but it is a high stress one, and you have to have a thick skin to take the shit we deal with every day. The customers are by far the worst part of it, some of the stupidity we deal with is unimaginable. I wonder how some of these people even function.

~DragonHeart~

[TimonMeera]

Unfortunately at my job I dont have time to be bored really I work at a restaraunt so its like im always waiting on people but bank hard core. Hate it when its slow though them my damn boss make me actually work....No socializing that bastard.

[rJ floW]

Well, i might have a more boring job than you do...

im a bouncer at a really boring bar HAHA which i like cause i dont have to do **** all, but i hate cause....well, i do **** all hahaha a catch 22 if you will...

my night usually consists of ID'ing a bunch of idiots and everyone saying "HEY I KNOW YOU!" and me saying "oh yeah....." then they walk away disappointed and drunk ahhaa

then i stand by the danceflloor (which no one dances on) and make sure people dont create havoc...so im a professional stander for 3 hours...while drunk ladies come up to me and think they're sexy while they're eyes are all ****ed up, they're messed up on the yey's, and they try to hit on me LOL THATS the most exciting part of my night, besides the obligatory blunt goin home after work with my buddy.

But i hear ya on the boring jobs, but i dont mind it too much asue im busy as hell every other minute of my day.

[Maridia]

Well I stock beer pretty much. I get into work, drain a small cooler, then I do soda, then stock the 40's. After that I just go and stock the face of the cooler...which is the part you see where beer slides down from behind. So I do that and yeah it's kinda cold but as long you wear a jacket it's fine. Well after that I get redemption done and take the bins to the trailer. But besides that when I have time to kill which amazingly I have alot during everytime except summer I get to have alot of free time.

but overall in my free time this is all I do at work. I sit behind the register and pending on who's at the register with me I either watch the tv ahead of us, and we can make fun of something that's on or enjoy it...like Seinfeld and Married With Children. And if we have nothing to truly do we'll just sit there talking and it can be tons of fun especially if it's a slow night like Monday.