--- title: "GIFs That Describe the Stressful Life of a Retail Worker ..." description: "The 'do You Work Here?' Question?; All the Effing Coupons; When You Have to Go to the Dark and Scary Back Room; When You Find That Random Package of Frozen Meat in the Clothing Section; When You Get 'the Call' on Your Day off; More ..." url: "https://funny.allwomenstalk.com/gifs-that-describe-the-stressful-life-of-a-retail-worker/" category: "funny" last_updated: "2026-05-30" --- # GIFs That Describe the Stressful Life of a Retail Worker ... Once upon a time, I worked in retail. It was the worst three months of my life. That's how long I made it. I worked in a very well-known, baby-oriented store with a high turnover rate, so I got to work all sorts of positions during that three month span. It was awful. It was so awful that years later, I still stand in solidarity with all the stressed, exhausted retail workers in the world. I dedicate this post and all the feels it contains to those brave workers. ## 1. The 'do You Work Here?' Question? ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/m1/uq/vjsomxhv5705bd137ae49710265741_500x268.gif) No. Absolutely not. I just like wearing brightly colored, oversized polo shirts that smell like burning polyester and death. ## 2. All the Effing Coupons ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/xi/vf/cot2pd2q5705bd14ae56b272124267_500x272.gif) Oh god, when the coupons don't work. Or when they're expired. Or when the customer can't use more than one. ## 3. When You Have to Go to the Dark and Scary Back Room ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/jb/b8/y6zezgd25705bd18ead7a321002823_500x207.gif) You can never find anything, especially if you're looking for something in particular. However, the warehouse employees are always the best. ## 4. When You Find That Random Package of Frozen Meat in the Clothing Section ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/t0/ie/hydkycyz5705bd163043c195975999_500x297.gif) This … never happened to me, but I can imagine how confusing, horrifying, and annoying it would be. ## 5. When You Get 'the Call' on Your Day off ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/fg/mu/o19an7zq5705bd15837ca929843554_500x226.gif) I lied. Every time. I always lied. ## 6. Black Friday – Need I Say More? ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/kh/i9/zkw3r8ee5705bd165a7f2989931024_500x250.gif) No one ever needs to say more than Black Friday. It is the blackest of all days. ## 7. #TheStruggleIsReal when It Comes to Rude Customers and Your Patience ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/qp/up/vnht2env5705bd1652702308722608_500x269.gif) Why? Why do you want to be rude to your cashier or the person helping you? Who hurt you? ## 8. The Music ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/nd/dp/r6q5zzyr5705bd167bee7323889274_499x269.gif) Granted, some places have really awesome music. Other places, however, make you actively long for elevator music because it is so heinous and repetitive and just generally awful. ## 9. The People Who Come Right at Closing Time ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/wh/wt/y153een75705bd18c738f431641546_500x243.gif) STOP. ## 10. All the Register Problems ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/z5/ni/vpjlcdkt5705bd199d47b778389078_500x280.gif) Your manager could install the latest, greatest high tech junk on Tuesday. By Wednesday, everything will be broken again. ## 11. When You Get a Closing Shift Right after an Opening Shift ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/ex/ms/a5z284iy5705bd1ae719d789518063_400x225.gif) You might as well sleep in the big, scary back room, tbh. ## 12. Delivery Day ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/z0/ja/z94ybilo5705bd1b96091543000826_500x300.gif) NOT DELIVERY DAY! ## 13. The Way the Time Just Draaags ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/oz/if/yf3giv4g5705bd1c34c9e626605713_500x227.gif) It's like being in school again. Each second is a minute. Each minute is an hour. Each hour is seven days. ## 14. When Someone's Credit Card is Declined and They Insist They Have Money ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/lm/r8/y0gohbpb5705bd1d3dbb4218633749_444x262.gif) Sure you do. Sure. But it's not on this card and I am SO SORRY. ## 15. The Got-danged Sales ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/kx/e9/z77yjp4g5705bd1ee946e812512474_500x276.gif) Sales make everyone crazy. Crazy and mean. Crazy and mean and vicious. ## 16. When Someone Tries to Return Something without a Receipt … and It's Been Used ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/gn/i1/m1m1u6wb5705bd22b7e52563501902_500x281.gif) One time a lady tried to do this with a breast pump. She was not happy with me at all. ## 17. You Don't Make Enough and the Discount Isn't Worth It to Work Here ![](https://img.allw.mn/content/gh/e1/iu0e7yz45705bd22cac06399458326_500x282.gif) That has to suck. I wouldn't know because the only time I needed my discount was when friends had baby showers, so. Who among you knows the reality of retail hell? 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