If you're every at a store and you're looking for something and can't find it but spot a employee, do yourself a favor and look around. Do a 360, take in your surroundings before asking that employee where the product is.
Why? Because I kid you not 95 percent of the time, it's very scientific and accurate math I've used to come up with this, it is behind you. Or right in front of you. Or right next to you.
You might think I'm kidding but I'm not. All it takes to show a customer where a product is a little point and a "Oh, it's right there." Or a "Right behind you ma'am." Which is always followed by some witty retort of "Oooh, maybe I should open my eyes!"
Yeah. A perk to the new department is I get to learn all sorts of new things about people that I missed when I was on the front. What are they you ask? Well besides the people not finding things right in front of their face the people who think it's a big deal or really great to take something from the box you're stocking from. "Oh I'll just take one of these.ahehehehe!" Ok then! That's what they are there for. Or when they say something like "Oh now I'm messing up your pretty display!" That's ok since if no one did I wouldn't be selling stuff. If you're one of those people just....stop. For the love of whatever is holy, just don't. If you think what you're about to say is really funny or witty take a moment and think 'how long did it take me to come up with this? Three seconds? Ok it's probably already been said a million times before.' Another thing I find interesting, people who like to play chicken with a pallet. They must be the same people who drive their cars in front of a line of carts. Hey man I'll try to stop but if I mow you over it's kind of you're own fault since this bitch is a little heavy, I'm a lot weak and when it gets rolling watch out! I don't have anti lock breaks or anything.
Here's another observation. A fair few of the people I work with now can have pissy streaks and it's a little fun to hear them complain to each other about the others pissyness. And then when one is pissy to me I think they are just a little bit disappointed I don't react. What they all seem to fail to realize is I've dealt with pissy people-customers, employees, managers-day in day out for 10 months when I was running the front. It is going to take a whole lot to get a reaction from me. Yeah I'll be pissed on the inside but on the outside? Oh no. Cool as a cucumber. I think a lot of people in my current locale need some tips on how to deal with people better. They can be quite the unhelpful bunch. And rude. And pissy. But then they can be great. ...Sometimes.
