points at random new hire who has been allowed to work unsupervised for like three days
Well she did it for me last week!
Sir, you need to go to the customer service desk for refunds. This is the self checkout.
“Unexpected item in the bagging area!”
“Dont take that tone with me, young lady!”
Sir, this is a Walmart. Your receipt says Circuit City.
Guess it depends on what it is, but 90day warranties are still a thing. Everything is just meant to be disposable now though so I guess the idea of refunds is an older person thing.
Also depends on the country, in Australia warranties are defined by law as essentially infinite and only constrained by the “expectations of a reasonable person.”
Australia, back at it again with “things that just make sense and should just be things everywhere.”
“… except internet prices”
And animals
“Essentially infinite” is a bit of a stretch. The minimum warranty period is 12 months but it is true that there’s no defined maximum period. The reasonably expected lifespan of a consumer good generally increases with its value. Manufacturers and retailers are free to offer further warranties in addition to the guaranteed warranty period under the consumer law but this does not reduce or replace your rights under the law.
I will add that change of mind refunds are not covered by Australian consumer law and it is uncommon for retailers to accept them compared to the US. You can usually exchange something for another item of equivalent value or store credit, but you usually can’t buy a phone to try out and return it after 30 days for example.
Your 2nd paragraph is similar in the EU: when buying directly in a physical store, there’s no law requiring they accept returns, and only 14-days when purchased online. But because so many physical stores allow returns (at least in Sweden), sooo many people actually believe it’s something coded the law.
I believe McConnell is too old to be a boomer, and is from the Silent generation.
Incidentally, Biden is the only silent generation US president.
They had to get one in before they die off.
Isn’t the orange monkey like only 1 year “younger”? Like 49% Silent, 51% Boomer.
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So it’s not that silent anymore
Yeah, my dad was born in 49, and is at the beginning of the boomer gen. This guy makes my dad look young.
Whoosh
Damn I know about the silent generation, but I figured it was a joke with him freezing up haha. I was wrong
Honestly so did I at first!
I actually had an old man insist I give him his money back, for an empty can of beets that he said were bad, I asked him when he bought them so I could look up the receipt. “Oh, I think about this time last year.”
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Horrible advice. In many POS systems, the system enforces the refund policy. You have to input the receipt number, and once you do, the system tells you that a refund isn’t possible if it’s too old. And if the system allows it but protocol does not, it’s going to be real easy for management to find out who broke the rules and fire you for cause.
Nah just play it straight-faced and be smart. Lay your groundwork, cover your tracks, and do your follow-ups. I scammed employers (the big ones) out of tens of thousands over the years using whatever leeway afforded to me to reward the nice customers.
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I can’t believe there are people out there just doing their job straight, while the excess value of their labour just goes into the pockets of some investor whose biggest contribution to society is, like, a blog from 2018 on the best altitude to take a power nap.
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I might not be stealing money from work, but I am definitely a proud time thief.
It’s not theft really. It’s going above and beyond
You had nice customers?
Occasionally. My retail experience was brief. I’m speaking mostly from experience on the phones. For some reason I was given more discretionary power there than in person
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Camera’s everywhere have put a damper on things.
Exactly. Pocketing the customer’s receipt, then feeding out blank paper in order to lie to a manager would be so easy to determine with cameras. Anyone that’s half-competent in loss prevention would catch that.
Eesh. More horrible advice 😬
Seriously. Flip to another thread and it will be cashiers/servers/customer service workers complaining that cusotmers are such assholes because they are entitled to shit that they aren’t. This advice was just encouraging that.
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Tell me you’ve never actually worked retail without telling me.
I’m not rushing my job or even putting in the effort to help some mush brain boomer. They need to be told NO more often.
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I have a decent job with a union, pension and benefits. I’d be an idiot and a piece of shit for stealing here. And sure if I worked at Walmart I wouldn’t care, but I still wouldn’t do it for some random person I don’t know
That’s not even the remotely the same situation
So you’ve never worked retail then huh?
Soundly accurate.
“I’d like to speak to the manager!!!” - idiots
“HAHAHA, AHAHAAHAAHAHAHA YOU FOOL, I AM THE MANAGER! WEEP MORTAL FOR YOU HAVE BROUGHT MY WRATH UPON YOURSELF.”
But I read the book already, I don’t need it anymore!
Then give it to the Library ya doof
Costco: “Sure, here’s your money back. We’ll just find the receipt in our system. Have a nice day!”
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Was surprised two months retour policy is common online, makes more sense online but still that’s quite the try out time.
Eh? At least in german speaking parts it’s usually 6.
6 months? In Germany itself 2 weeks of returns is granted by law and most shops do one month, more than that is pretty special here.
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Looks like you double posted.
Real Boomer-energy from them… (sorry)
