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Trolleys - Best Supermarket Task!
Probably the best job you can get put on in a supermarket is Trolleys. Not in a large out of town place where they have specialist teams hauling the carts...
Trolleys - Best Supermarket Task!
Trolleys - Best Supermarket Task!
Stop Thinking About That One Bad Customer
Your shift is going well. Great, even. You’ve put out stock, cleared the queue, had a decent laugh with a colleague over a lukewarm cup of tea, and breezed through...
Stop Thinking About That One Bad Customer
Stop Thinking About That One Bad Customer
Looking Forward to the Weekend? Not if You Work in a Shop
Modern society operates on the unspoken cultural agreement that Saturday and Sunday belong to everyone. Not for shop workers, though!
Looking Forward to the Weekend? Not if You Work in a Shop
Looking Forward to the Weekend? Not if You Work in a Shop
Do you work in a shop and wear a uniform? You might be owed £60!
Did you know that if you pay UK income tax and are obligated to wear a uniform while at work, you are entitled to tax relief?
Do you work in a shop and wear a uniform? You might be owed £60!
Do you work in a shop and wear a uniform? You might be owed £60!
Do You Have Any With A Longer Date?
There is something about the simple act of writing a date on an item of food that causes perfectly normal people to lose all semblance of perspective and common sense.
Do You Have Any With A Longer Date?
Do You Have Any With A Longer Date?
How To Cope With The Shop Handset
The handset. The PDA. The scanner. The Zebra. The Symbol. The Telexon. The gun. Whatever your company calls it, it’s that small electrical device that is essential for the running...
How To Cope With The Shop Handset
How To Cope With The Shop Handset
‘Do You Have Any Out Back?’
You get asked it all day long, even though you know you don't have any. But what is out the back anyway?
‘Do You Have Any Out Back?’
‘Do You Have Any Out Back?’
Quick, we're getting a visit!
The big boss is coming!
Maybe we shouldn't get extra staff in and tidy everything within an inch of its life so they can see what it's really like... nah
Quick, we're getting a visit!
Quick, we're getting a visit!
Customers: The Good, the Bad and the other Regulars
It doesn't matter which branch of retail you work in, you encounter the same tropes of members of the public on a regular basis.
Customers: The Good, the Bad and the other Regulars
Customers: The Good, the Bad and the other Regulars
Bored at work? Here’s a fun game to play
Sneak things into customers’ shopping without being noticed! It’s a long day, you and your colleagues need something to keep you going, so how about a bit of reverse shoplifting...
Bored at work? Here’s a fun game to play
Bored at work? Here’s a fun game to play
Do You Know Where The Thing You’re Stood In Front Of Is?
What is it that that renders the usually fully sighted completely oblivious to the thing in front of them once they cross the threshold of a shop?
Do You Know Where The Thing You’re Stood In Front Of Is?
Do You Know Where The Thing You’re Stood In Front Of Is?
Is The Customer Really Always Right? Nope. Not even the saying is.
You might be signed off on all your training after sitting through countless videos and workshops, but surely you must be in the wrong. The customer is always right. Right?
Is The Customer Really Always Right? Nope. Not even the saying is.
Is The Customer Really Always Right? Nope. Not even the saying is.
How About A Game Of Customer Quote Bingo?
Get out on the shop floor and tick ‘em off until you get the full set.
How About A Game Of Customer Quote Bingo?
How About A Game Of Customer Quote Bingo?
How to Deal With That Annoying Customer Who Came In 5 Minutes Before Closing
It's almost time to close. You're done. You want to go home. And then that one customer comes in. What do you do?