Working at Walmart Has Made Me Hate People

I've worked a few customer service jobs before working at Walmart, and I always thought that people exaggerated about how crappy people really are. Over the last year I've learned just how much people really can suck. They're stupid, inconsiderate, and just outright rude. Below is a list of just a few things that customers have done to make me hate them:

• Parents have yelled at me because the toy they "needed" the day before their child's birthday was out of stock in every store in our market. 
• Parents have walked right by me and neglected to inform me that their child just vomited down three of my aisles. 
• Teenagers have taken displays down from high-rise shelves for the sole purpose of destroying them. 
• Kids have played kickball in my department while I was on break and knocked merchandise all over the floors of every single aisle in my department.
• Customers have yelled at me because another associate from a different store gave them inaccurate information about my on-hand quantities. 
• Parents frequently drop their kids off in my department to entertain them while they do their grocery shopping. For some kids this isn't a problem because the kids are well-mannered and respectful. However, in most cases the kids think that it's a free-for-all and throw toys at each other and make a huge mess. 

I understand that working with the public usually has its down sides, but I feel like at when you're working at Walmart these down sides and unfortunate occurrences are multiplied. I will say though, that working in retail has made me a more conscience shopper. I always make sure to put things back where they belong. 

Being a more conscience shopper has its negative sides too though. This weekend I was out shopping with my parents and in more than one store they noticed me picking merchandise up off of the floor and placing it back nicely on the shelves. I didn't even realize that I was doing it; it has become second nature to tidy aisles up a bit while I'm in them. 

I'm not your damn babysitter

Parent's often think that it's acceptable to dump their children off in the Toys department to entertain the kids while they go do their shopping. NEWS FLASH: I'm not a damn babysitter; in fact, I actually despise the children that belong to Walmart shoppers. Normal children are fine, but typically (not always, but 90% of the time) Walmart shoppers lack some serious parenting skills.

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If I were a babysitter, I'd be charging at least $12/hr rather than struggling to survive off of $8/hr. I don't get paid enough to deal with your snot-nosed little brats running through my department ruining my freshly zoned aisles.

People often think I'm exaggerating when I tell them horror stories of kids that I've had to deal with-- I'm not. The other night I had a group of 3 kids ranging in age from 5 to 9 that ran down one of my aisles throwing Barbie dolls at each other. I was up at the service desk and when I returned (I was gone a total of maybe 5 minutes) they had completely destroyed the department. There were at least 30 barbies on the floor; some of the dolls were actually broken and no longer able to be sold. I can't imagine what their home must look like if their parents let them go around throwing crap at each other there too.

That's about it for this rant. Thanks for reading!