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I don’t have to work in retail to know the stories enough to know how shit it is. I know how to treat people with respect.
Honestly it baffles me how many people can’t imagine what’s it like for a moment to live in someone else’s shoes.
Retail or food service, once. I agree with that. >

same thing in general, different specifics, but same outcome >

I'd rather work retail tbh >

As someone who has worked both, I agree. Don't get me wrong retail sucks balls, but food. Holy shit people are dumb and fucking cruel. Regardless I have stories from both that are almost unbelievable because even living it I'm like, "can people really be that fucking dumb?"
Small example. 
"OMG you have turkey burgers now?! That is so cool, they are like still beef though right?"
 It took me a good 30 seconds to realize she wasn't joking. >

How big is a 12 inch pizza? >

Working in the general public hurts lol >

I’ve never worked in retail, but I’ve worked in restaurants. People are just insane when they’re hungry. >

I've worked fast food and retail. I think diners are less reasonable than shoppers. Thinking back on it now it blows my mind that people can be that nasty to what are essentially kids.
But I worked at Home Depot, and I think that attracts a more laid back customer. Not that there weren't exceptions. >

Although i agree that we should treat everyone with respect, retail or not, but people with no emphathy will continue to be an ass, no matter what you enforce them to do >

Yeah, scientist are debating where empathy comes from, some people are just born evil. >

Not neccessarily. You always have that one asshat who claims they've 'worked here before' and 'you're doing it wrong'. >

That is the person I'm speaking of.. You think they worked in customer service? >

Yes, thank God I’m a CNA and I’m nursing school now, but most bitching customers during my food service in high school always broke out the “I’ve worked in food service for xx years and I would never tolerate this at my restaurant!” >

A mandatory year of retail service, sort of like Korea and their military >

I've actually considered this thought. 
What if EVERYONE had to either join the militarty or be placed into a public service job like the post office or city clerk, construction for the city or other ideas. >

No better way to get the most uncaring, uninterested work force imaginable. >

I imagine teenagers with no regard for anything who cause absolute pandemonium for shop owners lol >

Teenagers are usually the better people to work with, actually. They're usually very quiet and kind compared to 20-40 crowd ive had the displeasure of being around. 
In my 15 years in retail I've never had a teenager try to manipulate or gaslight me into giving in to work place bullying. It's always people who have been adults for a while. >

I know people who once worked in retail who are still rude to retail workers. Now that they’re out of the game they don’t care. Some people just don’t learn. >

sounds like you have shit friends sorry >

People don't learn. If anything experience makes them worse. >

Bro not even retail workers want to be retail workers. 👍🏼
But I guess the real problem is that... retail work usually requires to deal with people and that can be painful.
But hey here's another "unpopular opinion" 
Don't like your job? Get a better one
(If you can) >

And, this is the important part once you have that job, don’t move up, just live relatively frugal. >

Just for more context:
I don't work in retail at the moment. I used to work at Fry's Electronics. I was at the returns counter one day and someone was trying to return a 3 year old Cotton Candy Machine. It was clearly used many times.
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I told the person I could return the item and then he proceeded to threaten to give me aids  and I should be careful who I "talk to like that"
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Please tell me any other minimum wage profession that has that kind of interaction..... >

The care sector >

Kind people will be kind and shitty people will be shitty… regardless of their previous work experience. >

No. You don’t have to work a retail job to know how to treat retail workers. >

You'd think this was what everyone thought until you've worked in retail
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Let me make it clear. YOU ARE RIGHT. but this isn't the reality we exist in >

I don't think those people are assholes because they didn't work retail. Some people just suck. FWIW the only thing that sucked about retail was the pay. The hours being off of the regular 9-5 made it easy as a student and the work itself was relatively easy. Hell as a best buy associate it was a terribly paying job with a bunch other horny people in their 20’s. >

I’ve never worked in retail and I 100% never will. I know how poorly they’re treated. I know how much it sucks to be yelled at. It’s the exact reason I’m never going to do it. >

well then, spread the gospel >

Or simply, “everyone should be kind to one another”. I’ve never worked retail, but why is that needed, just be a human being. >

Grocery store cashier in high school and then a little bit when I came home from college for breaks….
That job made me hate people, and made me realize the extent of human stupidity. 
Yes, me, the 17 year old was in charge of pricing and logistics of ordering. Oh and yes I was hoarding more of the ketchup in the back. And I too was really heartbroken when you told me that you’d never shop in my store again. And I was extra sad when you chastised me because the other store in town had that one item for 10 cents cheaper…. >

I work at a high-end grocery store, and people try to tell me how our store has gone downhill because we can't get certain things in right now blah blah blah. I reminded a woman that it's not just our store that can't get things in right now. It's EVERY store you go to!
My hubby got told in the dairy department that he ruined this lady's Easter because we ran out of Lamb shaped butter! He said yes ma'am,  because Easter has NOTHING to do with Jesus dying on the cross and being resurrected.  It has everything to do with LAMB SHAPED BUTTER!! What a twat! >

You don’t need to work i retail to get the same experience. You can work in customer facing role to understand how hard the role can be.
I work in hotel reception and I’ve sorta reached that point where I’m not worried about taking back to people. Because you catch on fast that sometime is they’re only there to cause you issues - and you have to the courage to say “hell no”
Retail worker or any customer facing roles are the back bone of todays business work. >

Why would anyone want to waste their time on a job that sucks when they have better choices? >

I was a bagger at publix and there was a dude that came in regularly that would always ask me to bag his groceries in paper bags and then put those bags in plastic. Spoiler alert, paper bags don't fit very well in plastic bags so this would always lead to him getting incredibly frustrated as my 15 year old self struggled with the impossible task and leaving in a huff to go speak to my manager after he was done checking out. Fuck that dude. 
Had multiple people put hands on me because they didn't like they way I'd bagged their eggs, had people yell at me in the parking lot as I tried to move carts back to the store... God I hated that job and what it did to solidify my contempt for humanity