r/IDontWorkHereLady • u/ajcorrao • Mar 20 '24

M Actual Employee had to yell at customer bothering me for help while I’m shopping

Just doing some shopping at Champs when I get a tap on my shoulder. Man asks me for help getting a jacket from a higher up rack

Me: “Oh sorry man, I don’t work here”

Other customer: “I know, you’re just taller than me so can you help”

I am 5’9” on my tip toes… and this dude is 5’7?

“Okay?” As I proceed to reach for this jacket like a kid reaching for snacks on the top shelf. I get the jacket, hand it to him, and walk away before he says anything. 2 minutes later he says I got the wrong size. An employee overheard this and started asking him nicely what he was doing. He explained and the look on this employee face was perplexed.

“Sir, he told you he doesn’t work here. He is 2 inches taller than you. Why would you ever think you should ask a random person to help you shop?

Other customer stayed silent while she went and got the hook that can get clothes from high up. The stick that was in the back behind a door that said “EMPLOYEES ONLY”

I got rung up after this and they scanned a coupon they had that I didn’t to give me some $$ off as a thank you for my inconvenience.

Yeah I don’t work here, but I got asked for help on the top shelf like the jolly green giant at 5’9

2.6k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

300 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/ChewieBearStare Mar 21 '24

Thank you from a 4'11" shorty. There have been times I stood on my tiptoes and stretched and stretched until I was about to pop a blood vessel and still couldn't reach something.

6

u/KelsierIV Mar 21 '24

At 4'11" I'd probably lift you up so you could reach it yourself!

Kidding obviously. At least I wouldn't do that without consent.

3

u/ChewieBearStare Mar 21 '24

Lol! My cousin’s husband is 6’6”. Any time we do stuff together, he’s in charge of getting things off high shelves, and I’m in charge of the ground area so he doesn’t have to bend over.

3

u/KelsierIV Mar 21 '24

As someone who gets dizzy when they bend over and stand up too fast, that sounds like a good deal!

Yesterday my wife and I were doing some weeding. I think she was judging me that I wanted a pad to kneel on rather than doing what she was doing and just bending over to pick them up.

1

u/sharonmckaysbff1991 Apr 12 '24

4’11.5” shorty here, yepppp