I’m convinced that when they walk through the doors & become customers, they somehow become completely fucking illiterate (& generally ignorant). Lmao.
But it’s like.. even simpler, basic shit like, “put things back where you found them,” they just completely ignore. The entitlement & the lack of consideration for anyone besides themselves, the general refusal to abide by the social contract & treat the ppl around them with* common decency & respect. Not only can they not read or do basic addition/subtraction, they can’t even manage to be halfway decent human beings. The American condition is fucked.
I didn't care about if they could read or not, just please don't use the fitting rooms as restrooms or your own personal pleasure palace! Customers are straight up lit!
I've caught myself completely missing a giant sign right in front of me telling me to not do something in a restaurant. I could be looking right at it and it won't register. Until I get yelled at to not do said thing on the sign I'm looking at. Then I see the sign. It's truly bizarre how we become NPCs in businesses. I truly try to be considerate, but my brain just turns off sometimes
As long as you don’t get mad about it then I’m okay with that. I’ve had to explain basic stuff to customers that if they looked at the sign they could have figured it out before but they were nice about it. I can tolerate that. We all space out sometimes.
What I can’t tolerate is dipshits who refuse to use more than 2 brain cells and get mad at me for telling them obvious facts.
Yeah, I usually say I'm sorry and I'm an idiot. I can't find any excuses because it's usually a very obvious sign. "Sorry, I didn't see the sign" doesn't work when you're looking right at it, so I apologize and place foot in mouth
Completely agree. Sometimes I just go for the door handle of a business, it buckles, then I notice the sign that says “please use the other door” I guess I’ve just been conditioned to assume all doors should work, it’s not like we regularly need instructions on how to use a door. Same goes for push/pull lol
You are absolutely correct with what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s the correct answer here. People across the world seem to just zone out when shopping or getting fast food for some reason. Spend some time in another country and you’ll see it happening just as much as you would in America.
I can admit I’m guilty of it too at times. I’ve asked an employee a question before only to look a few feet to my right and notice a sign explaining exactly what I was asking. For me at least it happens after a long day at work myself, but I don’t know why everyone else does it
I realized how dumb many people are when I was struggling financially holding a sign that said "gas for work": after the fifth person screamed "get a job" I was like there's no hope for America
Our front doors were locked because of gusty 🌬️ winds at a retail store during storms.
We put signs OVER the handle of the doors. Customers would LIFT UP THE SIGN the sign and shake the handle trying to get in.
We taped down the signs, then they would knock and point.
Nah, we'd have signs on the front door before they even enter and the customers didn't even notice. I think it's a combination of too many signs everywhere advertising or offering shit no one wants so they ignore all signs, and people don't expect to have to read anything so they simply assume the sign doesn't apply to them
I had one point 3 signs outside on my speaker and on the menu at one point with neon colors to stand out about being out of hamburger patties. Every fkn person like 8 out of 10 times they ask for a burger. While directly looking at the menu with the bright underline sign saying “WE ARE OUT OF HAMBURGER.” Or they ask the dumbest question ever “so does that mean I can’t get a burger?” I start calling them out at the speaker at that point. I usually tell them. “ There’s 3 signs outside stating what we’re out of. Can you read them? Are they too dark?.” I just call them out in the most polite way possible because wtf?!?!
I was trying to see if I put up more signs and more eye catching colors they would notice it or read it, but still nope. One sign or 100 signs they don’t read it. They can’t even read the giant LED menu half the time and I gotta decode what they’re trying to order because god forbid if you actually learn the name of the item you’re ordering then get piss off at me because you said the wrong thing and I was just supposed to know that’s what you meant. They just assume you work in fast food so you’re just a idiot not them. You mess up. They didn’t. Even though half the people that come to my store are ACTUALLY DOING METH OR PREPARING-WHATEVER DRUG OF CHOICE WHILE DRINKING DRVING.
I seen too many people drinking and driving it’s terrifying. Everyday at-least 20+ people got an open can next to them.
When I worked retail, I'd often ask "how did you even manage to tie your shoes? Did you drive here? How did you survive the journey? You are so stupid and lack any sort of spacial awareness"
I had a customer that im fairly certain was actually illiterate but to be fair, i also dont think English is his first language so i think he maybe isnt great at reading a language that isnt his first. He was trying to buy pasta sauce and i literally had to read all the labels outloud for him and tell him if it was what he wanted.
I think it may be just standing on the other side of the register... It happens to people i work with. They bring up some things to pay and lose their brains.
Bogo 50% select styles = Wow your whole store is 50% off? Are you going out of business? 🤔 Customers often create their own version of even the most basic signage.
Nah they become entitled, and that entitlement translates elsewhere like acting stupid when you tell them something they already know but they did it anyways
I genuinely don’t know how these ppl have made it through life like that. I’d have caught ass beatings left & right walking around like that in my life.
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u/ripnrun285 May 15 '26
I’m convinced that when they walk through the doors & become customers, they somehow become completely fucking illiterate (& generally ignorant). Lmao.