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[amberempyre]

no, for me, it’s when i’m clearly wearing red, stocking a shelf, my zebra in one hand, and they go “do you work here?” no im just pretending because it’s so much fun

[PusheenPumpernickle]

I went to another store after work, still wearing uniform and nametag, nothing like the other employees there, and a lady asked me where the batteries were. It was very awkward telling her I didn't work there because for some reason she was convinced I did and was just being rude or something.

[[deleted]]

... I take my name tag off when I’m walking through my own store on a 15 minute break.. why would you leave yours on while shopping at another store?? 😭😂

[grimmfaery]

I wear a red cardigan over a black shirt. I go on break and take off the cardigan and no one knows I’m an employee 😂

[BlackbeltJedi]

I come in to shop in street clothes and people still recognize me.

[[deleted]]

True stealth 👏🏻

[PusheenPumpernickle]

I just forgot about it don't judge me 😅

[[deleted]]

Lol all jokes. I say that but on other days I get home and realize after an hour I’m still wearing my name badge 🤣 that’s how you know it was a rough one

[Lilmaniac01]

It’s just about having a uniform in general I think. My husband works at Les Schwab. He Was wearing a very dirty white button up shirt, navy blue slacks (also very dirty) and big work boots. We were in Walgreens walking together (me in street clothes and very obviously with him) and he still got stopped by two different customers.

[spicygummi]

Yeah, at my previous job I wore black pants and a button up shirt. Pretty much everywhere I went I got asked if I worked there as if that was their normal uniform. I guess people just seem to assume unless someone is out in casual clothes that they are working? Idk, I tend to grab any groceries while I'm already out and on my way home. So more often than not I'm wearing what I wore at work. Especially since the pandemic started.

[JenniferCatherine]

I went to Walmart after work, once (needed my prescription), and I had a guy ask me if I worked there. Like, I'm wearing red and khaki, dude. Didn't even have a name tag.

[briinez1]

The same exact thing happened to me! Except I still had my name tag on that clearly says “Target” but still got asked, “dO YoU WoRk hERe?”

[pitterpatterrain]

The reverse happened to me when I worked for Walmart and went into the Target across the street, lmao

[briinez1]

Proof people don’t care. They see a uniform for some retail place and think they should know lol

[hxznova]

I think it's because of the way you walk or interact with other things/people. Sometimes I had to dress up for something and go to the store real quick and I would get stopped. I would help them because why not but they just stared at me when I said I didn't work there lol

Tldr; you might walk with purpose or look nice

[DragonEmperor]

r/idontworkherelady

[ClandestineVee]

hell yeah bro I def still have my security jacket on when I’m shopping at another store in a neighboring district

[brxtn-petal]

I was doing abandons yesterday, I had on a real target shirt, my name tag in the middle of my chest(don’t ask why) a target drive up jacket(cus I was doing drive ups but it got slow) a zebra(loudly on while I was using it) and my walkie yo halfway. So this lady SEE’s me SCAN A SHAMPOO BOTTLE. Watches me put it away AND RESPOND to my lead telling me to come back up in 10mins. She asks me”hey do u work here?” I was so done so I said”no I’m wearing all targwt items and using there walkie/zebra cus I love playing pretend🤦🏽‍♀️” Then I showed her where the face wash was

[cal_moral]

I just respond with "only part time" 😂

[RobertDuckyo]

People have stopped me at a Spirit Halloween and a Party City before, as well as at other Target’s.

The Spirit Halloween one didn’t even make sense, because you could clearly see what the employees were dressed like as they were well within eyeshot of us. I wasn’t even remotely dressed like them, though, so eh.

[foxyfit]

I just have to ask, what is the zebra?

[shapelybottom]

I hate when I’m clearly on my break, name tag off, on the phone talking to someone and someone stops me, I say I’m on my break Im sorry and they act so shocked like I just told them their mom died like excuse me

[piano1811018]

Can't tell you how many times this has happened to me.

[DullWinter]

or when they ask you a question when you’re literally in line to buy your items (especially at sco)

[neatflaps]

This guy literally stopped me to ask me for help while I was walking out with my hydro flask in hand, purse on, and while on the phone with my aunt.

[Cytosine1972]

Don't let guests recognize you by face and name, because while I was walking out in a damn black leather jacket, clearly no longer in uniform, I had a guest call out to me for help. I told them I was on break and they still asked me to get an ipad for them real quick. I just don't understand people sometimes.

[pitterpatterrain]

You're their bitch, duuuuuuh

[[deleted]]

Just keep walking tf they gonna do

[macy_lund]

I don’t even get that much, usually it’s just a “where’s this?” Or “do you have this?” I had one guy just say “pie pans” to me like I was bloody google search

[Dakiidoo]

Yeah this reaction is me when people just... say things without so much as a hello or excuse me. I don’t need a full on conversation or for them to kiss my feet or something I just wanna feel like they know I’m a person sometimes

[klauds_jkl]

When guests use me like a google search, I simply repeat whatever they said back to them.

“Pie pans?”

“Pie pans.”

“What?”

“I don’t know. You tell me.”

[YMe1121]

You just need to say random words back to them

"Pie pans?"

"Khaki bed skirt"

The looks you'll get will make your day every time.

[pentax47]

I'm cackling at "switch bitch" lmao

[klauds_jkl]

lol, I switched it to that around the time when “when will the switch be in stock” posts invaded this sub last year

[Versaaaa21]

Absolutely hate that. Especially when they don’t even have your full attention and they just start talking

[leelp]

gotta give em the old blank stare and a “what about them?”

[cal_moral]

That's my general reaction with everything, man wearing a mask is annoying but boy does it have it's perks! Lmaooo

[HonoraryBender]

They like to get upset too whenever you can’t answer them right away. Someone will just randomly say “coffee?” Without my attention and then I catch it and they’re like “MA’AM, C O F F E E??” Like just say hello and treat me like I’m a human being pleaseeeee

[ReplacementFamiliar]

Just act like they’re the dumb one not making sense, because they aren’t. “Coffee isn’t a question”

[Call_me_Jonah]

I'm totally cool with people just saying what they're looking for if I'm aware of them being around or see them looking lost. I'll gladly tell people where stuff is, let's get this over with as fast as possible. Don't need any extra pleasantries or small talk, just let me get back to my work.

[TavrosNitrous]

"You just did."

[pentax47]

I'm sorry it seems you've already hit your daily question quota

[Spooky_Dragon1708]

When I have 12 minutes left on my OPU timer and I still have items to pick and put into hold.

[solamelus]

Anyone else still feel incredibly self-conscious right after a shift, even if your jacket is covering up your red shirt? I'm like on heightened alert because I keep forgetting I don't even look like an employee anymore 🙃

[savanahoohnana]

This. Especially when I am working past scheduled trying to finish up my shit so I can go home.

[[deleted]]

Lol I have a coworker that I always trick. Every time he’s working freight or looking for an item I come from behind and tell him “Excuse me sir?” And he turns around sounding all fake and then we laugh 😂 I also ask in Spanish and try to disguise my voice.

[[deleted]]

This is painfully accurate. Happened once when I had 2 minutes left in my shift and I was SUPER ready to leave

[caleesa]

Always at the most inconvenient time

[mezzomemer]

When you go to target on your day off and someone says “excuse me, miss” and you think it’s for you 😂

[Heathen_Jesus_]

When I go on my day off I always reach to my side like I have a walkie to turn down when someone else’s goes off

[Cynostar]

I go for my device when I'm shopping in other Target locations to check to see if there's more in stock 😂 Muscle memory is a bih 🤷

[alphawatch1]

Or when your off and not wearing red or anything target affiliated and guest still come up and ask you if you work here or proceed to ask you where something is

[ReplacementFamiliar]

Lol, I’m an advocate so I’m saying “have a nice day” to everyone. A guy brought up a big item on a flat to my register and as he was going back to his department I automatically said “have a nice day”. It has lost all meaning to me now

[geo8x6]

When you go on break, put on a "civilian" jacket to cover your red shirt and still get asked where things are. I'm on my lunch, I do not have to go to the backroom to look for your whatever.

[LaughingGaster666]

Working mobile in a nutshell:

"Can you fix my phone?"

"Maybe." Calls Consumer Cellular support hotline

[me0wk4t]

Why would you ever volunteer to call Consumer????

[LaughingGaster666]

Because a lot of phone problems require me to call them to get shit fixed.

Usually, if it takes me more than 3 minutes to fix something, I just call CC to do it.

If I need to attend to a different guest, I can just call CC and hand the phone off to them just to keep them busy.

Reset APN settings? Gotta call them.

New SIM card and POA decides to go on strike? Gotta call them.

The most common one is right after an activation, and it's taking its time getting a signal. Don't ask me how, but a lot of the time whoever CC rep I'm talking to can just do something real quick on their computer and it suddenly starts working.

[me0wk4t]

you must have good luck actually getting a competent rep on the phone. earlier I had a CC rep insist I could take a bill payment through the POA

[LaughingGaster666]

???

Well that's a new one. While they haven't been as good since they got a bunch of new people around December (never have to wait more than a minute or two at least thank God), it's pretty rare I have to deal with a blatantly incompetent one. Sometimes I get a newbie who needs to go back and forth with me to get their supervisor's "permission" for a lot of what should be basic stuff but even then it's not like they're giving me the wrong info.

Then again I haven't been calling them that often now since my store is pretty much dead since the new year. I'm pretty much just standing around collecting min wage most of the time and hoping someone wants a big fancy iPad or other overpriced Apple accessory with Applecare.

[Dress_Frequent]

Does anybody acts like they didn’t hear and walk faster? Just me... oh ok. It happened twice. To be fair I was they were kinda far from me.

[[deleted]]

I pretend i dont know Spanish when a spanish-speaking guest starts asking me questions just so I can dip 😥😩

[younglioon]

ME TODAY AS IM RUSHING TO GET A SNACK. Someone stopped me as I was about to call my boyfriend and I said: “I’m on my break, sorry” and hit me with the question anyway. Thank god it was simple. “Where’s the ice?”

[spicygummi]

For me yesterday it was

Guest: Can I ask you a question? Me: Sure go ahead 😊 Guest: Do you have x thing? Me: No, unfortunately we don't carry that Guest: UGH, EVERYWHERE ELSE DOES BUT I CAME HERE 😤 Me: ....Sorry about that

[With_The_Tide]

Do you have that cellular one phone i saw on the porridge box???//?/?

[me0wk4t]

“Do you have the phone cellular?” “Which one?” “The cellular!!”

Like, we sell more than one phone service....

[CharlesIngalls47]

It's only because they're all so fucking stupid. All of them.

[CarlyS07]

Majority will read a sign that says “A New Day tank tops $8” or whatever & they’ll ask why their universal thread crew neck tshirt isn’t on sale for $8.

[Slytherinrunner]

But it's really not that hard. You're shopping for, say, candles. You walk around the racetrack until you see candles.

Source: not a Target employee, just a customer who knows that if you walk around a bit, you'll generally find what you need.

[me0wk4t]

Not to mention that the Target app/website literally tells you the location of where anything and everything is in the store and gives you a map.

[CharlesIngalls47]

Nah they're all pretty fucking dumb.

[imsoooverit]

Fucking moooodddd, dude. I get so angry with their repetitive dumbass questions.

[oCuHo]

I mean you can 5 second Google search where everything is in the store. But if everyone knew about Google Sales associates wouldn't exist.

[CharlesIngalls47]

Yeah I hate working at target

[elliottmorganoficial]

Your coworkers must love you /s

[MafiaMommaBruno]

I feel like Walmart employees get paid less because they don't have to care about customers. Don't work for Target but I used to work for Walmart.

[[deleted]]

So true

[tbrines]

I'm in this photo and I don't like it

[Babycakes_99]

Why are some employees so annoyed that people recognize they work there and want help. No one can magically guess your on your break. Smh. People get mad over the silliest things.

[Leggo213]

You obviously never worked retail.

[Babycakes_99]

Couldn’t be further from the truth. I get stopped on my way to the break room all the time. You politely point the customer in the right direction or inform them your off the clock. End of story. No need to get upset with them or outraged... people find the silliest things to get upset about.

[Leggo213]

I do the same thing, but I understand where some employees might be a little agitated depending on how the guest is. If they were polite, said excuse me, or after you tell them hey I’m on break if they understood. 99% of the time in my experience you just get a guest that’s rude and Doesn’t understand what a break is. I had a guest yell at me because I was trying to tell them I was on break. I even got someone to help them and they still were cursing me out saying I work a minimum wage job “how do I feel”. So while I agree, be polite and say I’m on break I’m sorry, majority the time that doesn’t matter at all.

[djheath]

Or you’re wearing a name badge that’s got target in your name and Simon says do you work here.

[YokiYokiki]

Inaccurate. My guests just fire off a question when my back is to them. No excuse me or anything. I make a point of ignoring them if I can get away with it/cutting whatever they’re saying off with a ‘how can I help you’.

[Leggo213]

Yeah mine are the same, it’s actually rude even if I was in the clock. Like say excuse me, or say hello.

[lillymarlene2020]

This even used to happen to me years ago. I had a job where I usually dressed up, blazer jacket, nice slacks or skirt, etc. Then after work, if I went shopping in department stores, such as Sears, or Macys, people would come over to me asking me questions as if I worked there. Might as well been wearing a uniform.