Nearly 30 years of Supermarket and Hospitality experience here. 90% of the general public I served were dicks. Coming into store with minutes spare, by the time they got round to the butchery it was 15-20 minutes after store closing time, expecting one of us to open up a primal of meat only to dirty our block again and having to cut it and weight it, again, dirtying another piece of equipment. Then onto wrapping it up in film and a tray. Had to do a full block clean down again, scales sanitised along with washing tools, taking out a rubbish sack with literally packaging from one bit of meat. Mop the floor again.
ONLY TO FIND THE JOINT/STEAK DUMPED IN A FREEZER literally minutes later.
**** you general public.
Had this happen many a time. Glad I am out of it, really I am. I feel for staff now. From my time served, it only got worse as people generally became more 'entitled'.
Having been in that business for many years I never go into a store/shop later than an hour before closing only because I know what it does to the staff. I wait patiently, I tell rude customers to shut up and stop being a rude to the staff, and if it's busy and I want something thats off sale I will never ask as it's a burden on them. They will either say its sold out or will 'take a look in the back' which means 'I'll go out back and **** around for 5 minutes just to come to you and say, nah, all gone mate'.
Hell, I even take dumped food stuff thats been dumped on a ambient shelf back to staff or if I see it dumped by a customer I would probably but it back in a fridge or freezer if I deem it cool enough.
Customers are really ****** people sometimes. It's even worse in Hospitality.
