Fuck Yeah Retail Robin

May 19

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right. Top Text: “’AND I’M GOING TO GET $100 CASH BACK.’” Bottom Text: “IT’S SO CUTE HOW YOU THINK THAT, BUT NO.”] We have a limit for a reason. There are several ATMs nearby if you need more than twenty bucks.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “’AND I’M GOING TO GET $100 CASH BACK.’”

Bottom Text: “IT’S SO CUTE HOW YOU THINK THAT, BUT NO.”]

We have a limit for a reason. There are several ATMs nearby if you need more than twenty bucks.

Top Text: “Coworker from another department” Bottom Text: “Messier than actual customers“ THIS I DON’T UNDERSTAND. I work in the apparel department of a “one stop shopping center” and I swear the people that work in in the home department, grocery, or the checkstands are messier than the actual customers we get in the store. Seriously?! You need to leave all your stuff in the fitting room? You need to mess up all the racks and laugh and refuse to pick anything up you drop? You’re being the customer that you always complain about in the break room.

Top Text: “Coworker from another department”

Bottom Text: “Messier than actual customers“

THIS I DON’T UNDERSTAND. I work in the apparel department of a “one stop shopping center” and I swear the people that work in in the home department, grocery, or the checkstands are messier than the actual customers we get in the store. Seriously?! You need to leave all your stuff in the fitting room? You need to mess up all the racks and laugh and refuse to pick anything up you drop? You’re being the customer that you always complain about in the break room.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right. Top Text: Regular Price mistakenly written on “special” tag Bottom Text: “Do you think that’s ethical?”]This was a now-regular customer. The first time I met him, while checking out his purchases, he commented about a $4 roll of baking paper being on sale, which confused me, since it wasn’t. He showed me the errant tag, and then asked   that question in the most condescending tone I’ve ever heard from a customer, as if I had personally attempted to deceive him into thinking he got a deal on a roll of paper. I explained to him how it was just a perfectly innocent mix-up (small store; lots of handwritten tags, limited/eclectic supply of blank tags, etc.), but I have to wonder whether that possibility had even crossed his mind before he saw fit to lecture a cashier on ethics!

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: Regular Price mistakenly written on “special” tag

Bottom Text: “Do you think that’s ethical?”]

This was a now-regular customer. The first time I met him, while checking out his purchases, he commented about a $4 roll of baking paper being on sale, which confused me, since it wasn’t. He showed me the errant tag, and then asked   that question in the most condescending tone I’ve ever heard from a customer, as if I had personally attempted to deceive him into thinking he got a deal on a roll of paper. I explained to him how it was just a perfectly innocent mix-up (small store; lots of handwritten tags, limited/eclectic supply of blank tags, etc.), but I have to wonder whether that possibility had even crossed his mind before he saw fit to lecture a cashier on ethics!

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right. Top Text: “LITTLE GIRL ‘HELPING’ HER MOTHER WITH CREDIT CARD MACHINE” Bottom Text: “’JUST LET ME DO MY JOB MOM!!’”] This girl was seriously adorable. She was probably two or three, and I wasn’t really worried about her breaking the machine because seriously? I’ve seen people older than her mother attack that thing harder than she could have and THEY haven’t broken our pin pads yet. Her mother was trying to get her to stop though (which I appreciated even if it wasn’t necessary) and the girl just gave her the most exasperated look and let out this ridiculously put-upon sigh and was like, “MOM JUST LET ME DO MY JOB OKAY? JUST LET ME DO MY JOB, MOM.” I couldn’t stop laughing. Cute kids are the best.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “LITTLE GIRL ‘HELPING’ HER MOTHER WITH CREDIT CARD MACHINE”

Bottom Text: “’JUST LET ME DO MY JOB MOM!!’”]

This girl was seriously adorable. She was probably two or three, and I wasn’t really worried about her breaking the machine because seriously? I’ve seen people older than her mother attack that thing harder than she could have and THEY haven’t broken our pin pads yet. Her mother was trying to get her to stop though (which I appreciated even if it wasn’t necessary) and the girl just gave her the most exasperated look and let out this ridiculously put-upon sigh and was like, “MOM JUST LET ME DO MY JOB OKAY? JUST LET ME DO MY JOB, MOM.”

I couldn’t stop laughing. Cute kids are the best.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right. Top Text: “GREAT SONG COMES ON RADIO.” Bottom Text: “GET BUSTED JAMMING TO IT BY CUSTOMER.”] I’m probably the worst offender for unauthorized rocking out in the workplace.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “GREAT SONG COMES ON RADIO.”

Bottom Text: “GET BUSTED JAMMING TO IT BY CUSTOMER.”]

I’m probably the worst offender for unauthorized rocking out in the workplace.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “WALK WITHIN 3 FEET OF UNLIT REGISTER”Bottom Text: “ “ARE YOU OPEN THERE?!” ”]

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “WALK WITHIN 3 FEET OF UNLIT REGISTER”

Bottom Text: “ “ARE YOU OPEN THERE?!” ”]

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “Attention Parents!”Bottom Text: “Playland is a privilege, not a right!”] And yes, I do have the right to refuse to force your screaming, crying, obviously frantic child.  I do have the right to tell you you can no longer use Playland when your child has gouged a hole in another’s cheek, then kicked me when I handed him to you.  I can tell you you’ll lose Playland when you don’t respond to me paging for you and your child wets/craps him/herself because you were too lazy to come back.  I love most of my parents, I truly do, but some of them should take lessons or something.  

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “Attention Parents!”

Bottom Text: “Playland is a privilege, not a right!”]



And yes, I do have the right to refuse to force your screaming, crying, obviously frantic child.  I do have the right to tell you you can no longer use Playland when your child has gouged a hole in another’s cheek, then kicked me when I handed him to you.  I can tell you you’ll lose Playland when you don’t respond to me paging for you and your child wets/craps him/herself because you were too lazy to come back. 

I love most of my parents, I truly do, but some of them should take lessons or something.  

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “During pretend picnic, hand child the soda from the play food.”Bottom Text: Child says, “Why yes, I will have a beer.”] So the story behind this one is the family doesn’t drink soda at all, but dad occasionally has a beer.  So, to the little boy, a can is beer.  Logical, and the family and I had a great laugh about it. :)

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “During pretend picnic, hand child the soda from the play food.”

Bottom Text: Child says, “Why yes, I will have a beer.”]

So the story behind this one is the family doesn’t drink soda at all, but dad occasionally has a beer.  So, to the little boy, a can is beer.  Logical, and the family and I had a great laugh about it. :)

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right. Top Text: “JUST LET ME” Bottom Text: “GET MY GLASSES”] I mean seriously. If you know you’re paying with a card and have to read something, you should already have your glasses on your face.


[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “JUST LET ME”

Bottom Text: “GET MY GLASSES”]

I mean seriously. If you know you’re paying with a card and have to read something, you should already have your glasses on your face.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.Top Text: “ “DO YOU SELL BOOZE HERE?” ”Bottom Text: “ “SIR, THIS IS A COMIC SHOP.” ”] Feel free to prove me wrong, but I don’t know of any comic places that double as a liquor store. Interesting idea, though.

[Image Description: Background is several triangles in a circle like a pie alternating from true red, scarlet and black. A robin is sitting on his perch looking to the right.

Top Text: “ “DO YOU SELL BOOZE HERE?” ”

Bottom Text: “ “SIR, THIS IS A COMIC SHOP.” ”]

Feel free to prove me wrong, but I don’t know of any comic places that double as a liquor store. Interesting idea, though.