One thing about the Walmart customers
I genuinely think every customer who comes to Walmart becomes an ungrateful granny. No matter how old they are or which stage of their lives they're in, after seconds of coming to this place, they all become ungrateful grannies, and you know there is no way that you can make them feel satisfied. It's so frustrating as an associate who works his a^s off for these guys and no matter what you do, they always find the one thing that you didn't do and they make you feel like nothing that you did for them matters, just because you didn't do that one thing. Also, they think you're a magician. They expect you to create items that are not left in the stock. When you can't do it, you're just guilty and it's your fault that every other customer bought that item and there is nothing left of it. You should have kept one for one specific customer. You are so careless!! And the kindness have you been showing the whole time during the conversation? Well, means nothing. It doesn't matter if you answered kindly to their question and tried your best to help them even if you were in the middle of something else, you didn't get the job done, you didn't deliver the item that they were asking for, so you su^k. The stuff that I'm telling you right now might feel like a fairy tale or some guy complaining online about his job but this is literally what I experience every other week, at least once. Last week, for example, I was zoning the he^l out of someplace and this lady walked up to me asking for some brand of cereal that I didn't know existed before. Anyway, I wasn't sure if we even sell that brand of cereal but I didn't want to give her no as an answer immediately, so as you can guess I went back there and asked some associates whether we sell the cereal or not and it turns out we do, but we have none left. I came back to tell her that actually there was nothing left of the cereal that she was asking about. You should have seen the look on her face. She just looked at me like I was a waste of life. Believe it or not, I started laughing my a^s off. I never felt like these types of situations were funny, but I just realized how silly she looked. The look on her face was so funny that it almost changed my view on life. That's how insane it was. Like ma'am, I didn't hurt you or one of yours. We just don't have the cereal and it's not my or your fault that we don't have it. It's nobody's fault. We just don't have the damn cereal. It feels like being kind becomes harder and harder every day. I don't think I will give up on being kind anytime soon because that's who I am. I am fundamentally a kind person no matter the circumstance. As you can imagine, it doesn't feel good to not have some kindness back. I'm not even asking for the same level of kindness, like even a small amount would be fine. Anyway, I don't know if I'm being sensitive or not but this is just how I feel and I wanted to share. Thank you.
Thank you very much for this very kind comment. It really means a lot and I also wish you all the best as well.
I swear to God some of these people think that we are responsible for every problem in their life.
I know right!!
It's cool to act co^^y and show your power by putting others down. Especially putting down the ones that you know they will not match your bad energy because they have a lot to lose.
It feels like a su^^^r punch. The associates of Walmart or any other retail business shouldn't be a stress ball for miserable fu^^s who never take responsibility for their own problems in their miserable lives.
I hate the most when the managers take sides with the customer in these situations. Ummm, we are in this together sir? The customer will leave in a minute and your job will depend on my hard work in this store. So it's not a good idea for you to kick me when I'm down.
You're not in this together with them. They are your superior being.
Okay, assistant to the regional manager.
😂😂😂😂😂 bro I was being sarcastic. I didn't even notice I sound like Dwight 😂😂😂
Oh I see
I wish more managers were smart enough to understand that we actually are dependent on each other as associates and managers. Because one part doesn't do its job properly, the other part gets affected drastically.
I'm sorry to say this but kindness is not a good quality to have these days. I mean it's good to others, you're showing that you're ready to cooperate & serve or help etc. But you have to know that it's not good for you. What you just told us is one side of the story, yes people can be mean to you no matter how kind you are to them, but people also can match your kindness just like you asked. That doesn't mean it's a good thing unfortunately. In my experience, whenever someone started to act overly kind to me all of a sudden, a favor for them or some kind of ridiculous request followed up. See it would be nice if we were to trade favors, that would be called cooperation or even a partnership, but unfortunately this kind of people always try to take everything for themselves and leave nothing to you. They would ask for everything but whenever you ask something from them they would act like they just met you on the spot. So in conclusion, being kind is great, but not to you. I know it's harsh to hear it but it's the reality and reality can be harsh sometimes.
I feel what you saying, but I don't wanna think like that. If everybody was thinking like that there would be no kindness left in this world.
There is almost no kindness left in this world so most people probably think like this. I don't know if it's ok or not, but it's definitely smart.
You can't be sure that it's smart because, at the end of the day, not everyone around you will take advantage of you. There might be people who you can 'trade favors' with as you call it. Maybe the favors that you will receive will change your life for the better in a way you couldn't imagine. We are human beings, we are social animals and it's no secret that we actually do need each other and the best way to approach someone is to be kind.
It's good that you can still think or feel like that, but I never came across people who didn't want to make the best of my kindness.
Bro what u on???? Are u in the mob or something???
Think positively, you get to take a break from the zoning you were doing to go back and ask for a cereal. If you change the story slightly by not asking for anything back there and just saying what's up to your homies back there, those customers would become GOLD in your eyes. So I love stupid customers. Keep 'em coming.
That's one way to look at it 😂😂
This attitude is the reason why you still work for wm and probably will work here for a loooong time
Relax unc. Everybody doing it
It doesn't make it right does it?
Bro, you don't even know what people have experienced to do something like this. I think he is well fu^^ing aware of the fact that what he's doing is not right but he still does it. So why would someone do something wrong while knowing it's wrong?
Probably he experienced endless retards who ask the most retarded questions.
Yup that's right.
All I'm saying is, if you are acting professionally in your current job, what makes you think that you will act professionally in your next? And if you're not acting professionally in your next job, what makes you think that the outcome will be different?
Hey Mr or Mrs. Guest account, do you set the rules? You seem so confident that people who act this way are total losers and they gonna stay like this for a loooooong time. So what have you achieved by being professional at your job? Did they give you your little pay raise? An award maybe? Or some thank you note that will not matter in 3 days. So stop judging people and focus on your professionalism since you are so fu^^ing obsessed with it.
I ain't gone lie he got cooked
What's hypocritical about these mf's is that once you tell them no about something they really want, they want to see your manager and complain about you to them. bi^^h you should complain to him more 😭😭 Because it's his job to make sure that we are not short on any items yet, you are complaining about someone who doesn't have any authority to someone who has the authority. People are really stupid. If I wasn't disgusted by them I would also laugh as you did.
I mean if I'm not gonna get in trouble, I want to ask what's wrong with being disappointed by not finding some product that you really wish that you would be going home with today.
I mean it's okay to feel disappointed but it's not okay to look at some poor associate that has nothing to do with not having your desired item in store like a waste of life.
We just want a little respect man that's all.
I feel like both parties (customers and associates) should have some empathy for each other. For instance, I don't think that going back to just saying what's up to the homies is okay. You really should look for the product that you've been asked to look for and it's also not okay to look at someone with a disgusted look on your face after they tell you they couldn't find the product that you were asking for. We need a balance for Christ's sake.
Finally a reasonable comment
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You have every right to demand kindness from people as a kind person. It would look weird if you were mean as he^l and expect everyone around you to be kind to you but that's not your case. I think you are not being sensitive and it's fair for you to think like that. It's unfortunate that we live in a world like this where kindness looks like a weakness but the kind people of this world should never ever give up on being kind, no matter the circumstance just like you said. Thank you for sharing with us how you feel and I just want to wish you all the best.