When you go into a store, remember the cashier is not your personal friend and leave the comments about their schedule inside your nosy brain. Thinking about saying, “Do you ever get a day off?” Here’s the life hack: just don’t. Chances are if they work a lot they don’t want to hear it, there may be a reason they need or want to work that much, and it’s generally just a none-of-your-business thing to say. Say hello, how are you, thank you, etc.. Keep any thoughts and opinions on a strangers personal schedule and work life to yourself! Pretty simple. —No I don’t get days off they keep me chained here thank god you asked
This article appears in Aug 6-12, 2015.
You need a day off. Bitchy!
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“Ah, must be free eh?”
I totally agree with OB, because I go through the same thing.
Hello! How are you?
Have some fun with it, OB.
Tell the next one who asks that you love your job so much you work 12 hour days 7 days a week and refuse to take vacations. And you live in a room in the back so that you are never late.
Plenty of people would like to have your problem these days. Perhaps you should quit your job to let another person have a chance to answer silly questions that you do not wish to deal with at all.
Ouch, come on that’s so mean, The customer is recognizing your hard work for little pay and may even comment to your boss about your great work ethic, You sound like a Introvert, and perhaps not a friendly one, I suggest you find a job in cleaning, Don’t have to talk to anyone and the pay can be quite decent! I’m a cashier and I like the customer your talking about here, he or she is a caring person, and chances are maybe their just a old world person from Cape Breton or Antigonish where people were friendly and warm!
In most cases, when people ask things like “Where are you from?” or “How many hours do you work?” they have no malicious intent. They are simply trying to start a friendly conversation or treat you like a human being rather than a transaction processing machine. Take it as a compliment that they see you as a person that might be worth getting to know – even just a tiny bit.