Reply #109: I've been asked a variation

[druidity33]

of that question for nearly every retail job application i've ever filled out. I can only gather you've never worked retail. Whether what you're saying is true or not, and it is, you still can't say it out loud or in front of management.

Also the, "If an employee uses a stamp from the register or some office paper from the back, is that stealing?" question.

As an "at will" worker (read: peon) you can get fired for just about anything. Not "helping" a customer is reason #1. You think that customer is going to leave the store and never be heard from again? Nope, they'll complain to somebody higher up the first chance they get...

I don't work in retail anymore (and don't want to), but i tell ya, there are shitty people everywhere who will try to make your life miserable, trick is not to let 'em.

:shrug