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Skittles

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30. I admire you folk

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 06:14 PM

Feb 2022

because I know I could not do the work you do, I don't have the skills for it....lack of patience being # 1

same with waitstaff

you all deserve MUCH more pay

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I'm a part time cashier at a big food emporium. [View all] no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 OP

You do difficult and important work, and I admire cashiers who can deal with it Walleye Feb 2022 #1

Same here! True Blue American Feb 2022 #13

Worked Retail Grocery for 43 years. Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #2

No it is not an easy job. mgardener Feb 2022 #3

My first job out of high school - it was rough... Native Feb 2022 #4

Oh. You are Local Retail TV Psychologist bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #5

I hear you Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #6

I just hate self check out. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #7

This tells me that , , , Dem_in_Nebr. Feb 2022 #8

If customers feel that you are not giving enough, that would be like allowing them to be the cashier Donkees Feb 2022 #9

My son and my wife (now retired) have been supermarket cashiers ... ificandream Feb 2022 #10

Our store requires monthly "produce tests" no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #12

LOL True Blue American Feb 2022 #15

I hope the pictures are very, very accurate Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #18

I still can't tell the difference between Bibb or Boston lettuce dhol82 Feb 2022 #27

I know Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #28

Most have bar codes now!:) True Blue American Feb 2022 #14

That's the truth!! 2naSalit Feb 2022 #11

Thanks for telling it like it is. Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #16

Most ( not all) of the time I thank them for what they do. blueinredohio Feb 2022 #17

You are a one person show. And your "act" morphs with each customer (critic). Are you... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #19

High fidelity cameras focused on the cash drawer. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #21

You are a treasure to have dealt with so much over the past two years, yet you still spooky3 Feb 2022 #20

"Emotional labor". Excellent description. niyad Feb 2022 #24

You, like all other front line workers, servers, etc., do some of the hardest jobs niyad Feb 2022 #22

I never worked as a cashier, but justgamma Feb 2022 #23

In these days and time llashram Feb 2022 #25

That's why I do self check out. TrogL Feb 2022 #26

As an Aspie Tink41 Feb 2022 #29

pretty cool Skittles Feb 2022 #31

I admire you folk Skittles Feb 2022 #30

Retail hell. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #32

Thank you for your service.......♥️ ♥️ ♥️ a kennedy Feb 2022 #33