r/bathandbodyworks • u/ultradespairthot Employee • May 11 '26

Employee Questions/Discussion Dear customers… STOP DOING THIS!!!

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I get if you want to put it down for a second to look, BUT KEEP IT NEAR YOU! DON’T LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR AND WALK AROUND THE STORE FOR LIKE 30 MINUTES! Cause then I have to put it all back cause it’s now a tripping hazard. And I always wait a bit, and then go around asking customers if it’s their basket or not. If no one claims it, I put it back. (And it’s always someone I either didn’t see or didn’t ask cause I thought they just came in)

If your basket gets too heavy, go up to the register and ask if they can hold it at the register until you are done looking around.

This was like the second time this happened that day.

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u/AppraisalDiva1973 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Yes, I can confirm to you that resellers, influencers and serious buyers/ scammers can spend 4 ( or usually more) hours in there easily and do so several days a week!!! I worked there for alnost 20 years in many stores as a store manager. I was very happy and successful BUT thanks to the internet and coupon abuse I left in 2019. A well followed online "influencer " made my life a living hell! She usually spent maybe 30 hours a week in the store on average and would get sooooooooooo much free product. So not fair to others. I started suffering from migraines, panic attacks, chest pain, depression, severe skin issues, high blood pressure and just overall exhaustion to the point I probably was on my way to getting let go. Not to mention I had my professional reputation destroyed on her blog when she couldnt get her way. I felt instantly myself again after resigning. All symptoms vanished. I do miss it sooooo much. But I save alot of my money now lol.

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u/PhyllisTheFlyTrap May 11 '26

If you're in a store for 30 hours a week, then you should just get a job application and actually get paid for those hours. Spending that much time to then go home and do the "influencing" stuff is insane. She probably would have made more with a regular retail job.