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So here is a story. I started a job at Walmart, not the most ideal but it put food on the table for me and my kids. I worked in the craft department and was pretty good at it. One shift 3 people called in sick and I had to cover 3 other departments that I was not familiar with, since I had only been working there for about a month. In a store with about 100,000 products it is difficult to know where and what every single one of those things are, even though customers expect you to. Anyways during this busy shift I hear the manager page me to pick up a call. The closest phone was at the hardware desk a department I was covering. I was stopped twice by two customers demanding help and assured them I would be right there after I grabbed the call. I make my way to the desk and before I can get to the phone a man standing in front of the paint brushes looked at me and barked "CORNER BRUSHES!" I said “are you looking for corner brushes?" he rolled his eyes at me like a douche bag and said "yes do you have any" ok. So at the time I had no idea wtf one was. I assumed it was a paint brush that you used for corners? I said “I am not to sure what a corner brush is but I would think if we carried them they would be with the paint brushes. I have to grab this call and help 2 waiting customers but I will find someone to help you as soon as I can" I grabbed the call and wrote something down the customer on the phone wanted me to look for and rushed back to the other waiting customers and helped them, then I found a manager to come back with me to help the corner brush dude. When we got there he was gone but a corner brush along with this lovely note was waiting for me.
The note says "very sorry to have woken you up from your apparent slumber but I was in a hurry to find a corner brush, and was hopping to be pointed into the right direction. This is what a corner brush looks like. And there is an abundance of them on the 4 foot, with the rest of the brushes, $5.98. Stop dreaming of a better life, with a better job, and wake up. Do a better job of what you are doing now! Thanks
People, please do not do this to strangers you do not know. To take the time to humiliate and belittle someone you do not know for something very minor is a real shitty thing to do and says more about you then it does me. And for the fact that I actually did tell him where they would be, and when I spoke to him he was standing directly in front of them seemed to have left his brain while writing this lovely letter. I carried this note in my wallet for 5 years. I have never told anyone about it. I don't know why I carried it with me so long. But today I decided to share
TL:DR I work at Walmart and some man was mean to me
konananok
Ahhhh customer service, it makes you realize that most people are dicks and there are the occasional decent human beings out there.
InfernoTerra
That's when you track him down and using an ice pick - No no. Inferno, you and the therapist you don't have told you to stop thinking about
InfernoTerra
- Take the ice pick and persuade him to change his life........Nicely.
daisyfrankenstein
Wait, so what the hell is a corner brush if it isn't a paint brush to paint corners?
daisyfrankenstein
And, fuck him. Douche.
pesticidefree
It's very upsetting but don't let him affect you more by carrying that note for 5 years!
Scratch777
Change departments to truck unloading. Worst job at walmart did it for 3 years, loved it. You also learn instantly where everything is.
poorwhitetrash
WTF is a corner brush?
Dengaar
Welcome to the wonderful world of screaming kids, angry moms, and people who think you are the smallest piece of poop.
IntrepidFraidyCat
I learned long ago...people suck. You're right, it says more about him than you. It's hard to blow it off, I know.
Learnedtocryinternally
I hope that grouchy fuck passed out behind the wheel and crashed into a ravine so he could paddle his sorry ass back with that corner brush.
daisyfrankenstein
That was oddly specific. Very amusing.
StooperDave
retail sucks. Just remember that you are better than all the morons that dont know how to read a sign and reason out where something is.
CrimsonBlaze
TIL that OP is a better person than me. I'd have ripped that guy a new asshole and fucked it
AllCommentNoPost
Find him. Kill him.
GolFoehammer
Yeah, the only reason that guy would ever need to wear a tie, would be to keep the foreskin from rolling up over his face.
Hekinsieden
Welcome to Retail, won't be long before you wish the roof would collapse and kill everyone in the store.
MightySumo117
Worked retail. Can confirm..
aShogunNamedMarcus
Wish? Stop dreaming and JUST DO IT
XFMR
Do you want to be on a watch list?! Because this is how you get put on a watch list!
ChrisTheGopher
As a retail worker that took me a solid 4 days in. The rest of my 6 months spent in retail was just different ways every day
SpendifferousLeo
Fuck that guy. I honestly don't hire anyone unless they work retail or food service at some time in their lives. Hard skills are nice but I
punkroxy
thinking of writing a book called the good the bad and the ugly, the real story of the people of walmart full with stories from the workers
T3hi84n2g
If so, hit me up.. recently lost employment and have a few good stories.
jbilly90
Ya retail fucking sucks. People fucking suck. I hate retail. Sorry op not all people are jerk faces like this douche. Hope ur day was well
RenaiNoUmi",
I hear you OP, i hear you! The shit people say...
squintish
Have yourself a little ceremony. Burn the goddamn note. All the nasty feelings this guy, and others, burden you with turn into smoke.
burknoe
I got $4.99 that says he's got a Trump sticker on his pickup truck.
spainlikethecountrylavenderlikethecolor
Burn it. It still bothers you. That guy was a total tool and clearly didn't need anyone's help. Let that ish go.
MyPerception
People actually expect help at Walmart? I've pretty much accepted this will never happen and if I can't find on my own I must give up...
punkroxy
usually people forget if they tilt their head upwards there are giant signs with pictures and words to guide you to what you want
MyPerception
Well it's more than finding things. Once I needed a heavy bball goal off a top shelf and no one ever came to help when they were paged.