I grew to really hate my job at the grocery store. The people I worked with were nice & the actual job was easy, but dealing with the public was not!! People who had no one else to argue with always wanted to argue with the cashier (it didn't really matter about what). I worked at a discount store, so our prices weren't too bad to begin with, but when we had a really good sale, say on toilet paper, people went mental! If we had to put a limit on something, like 2 packages of 30 rolls of toilet paper, people would pick up 6 & argue with you until you had to call the manager! I mean did they really need that much toilet paper all at once!?! Our sales generally lasted 2 weeks, so they could come back every day & pick up more, but it always had to be all at once! Another thing that super pissed me off was when the manager would come along & let the friggin customer do whatever they wanted, making us cashiers look stupid! Anyway, I quit that job last October after getting hired at the steel factory (where I make more than 2x what I did there & I don't have to deal with the public). The bookstore where I continue to work is a much nicer retail environment, it's not nearly as stressful as the grocery store.
