r/IDontWorkHereLady -I'm a SOLDIER not a Worker

what's up guys welcome to daily dose of Reddit this is your host Zach and today's celebrities are slash I don't work your lady all right this story is called Popular retail chain does a complete 180 on their dress code necessary backstory otherwise I look like the butthole who goes grocery shopping half an hour before they close on Christmas Eve my work day started yesterday at 6am and ended a little after 7 P.M the day before I worked from 5am until sometime around 9pm I don't remember off the top of my head what time or how long I worked during the days before that it all just kind of runs together at this point today was my first day off in nine days being off today has nothing to do with Christmas that wasn't planned I hadn't really thought about it being Christmas Eve until about half an hour after I got to work when I wrote the date down I knew it was Christmas Eve but I guess that was when it fully registered anyway that made me realize that I should probably stop somewhere after work and get some food since everything will be closed tonight and tomorrow yes I have food at my house but not much and it's mostly just random staple food I've spent an excessive amount of time at work this year and I've learned that it's usually just easier and cheaper to either eat from the cafeteria or to restaurant pickup from somewhere any other year this really wouldn't matter because I'd spent almost all of Christmas day off with family where there's plenty of holiday food but time was limited and I obviously didn't plan well I didn't want to go to a grocery store that late on Christmas Eve but I also really didn't want to wake up this morning and eat noodles and mustard for breakfast so that's the backstory in a nutshell I've just been working a lot and Christmas sort of slipped my mind so I leave work drive to the nearest department store park my car and head toward the entrance literally as I'm walking into the store I hear someone on the intercom asking customers to please make their final selections as the store would be closing in 30 30 minutes I feel like such a butthole I spent a good second or two entertaining the idea of leaving but I was already there and I was only grabbing a handful of items there was no way this would take me more than 10 minutes I grabbed one of those little baskets and head toward the grocery section I hadn't been inside the building for more than 30 seconds and suddenly this very obviously irritated 30-something-year-old man with three young kids in tow steps in front of me and yells excuse me obviously this took me by surprise I was on a mission and hadn't planned for anything confrontational I being the quiet kinda shyish introvert that I am didn't really know how to respond so I just stood there I'm pretty sure my lack of a response made the guy even more angry and he proceeds to yell at me again this time asking does this place not have a bathroom for my kid to use I am so confused because at that point it hasn't occurred to me that he might think I'm an employee because well why would he I'm carrying an empty shopping basket and I'm wearing freaking scrubs now I'm a super laid-back person it's not very often that people legitimately yell at me out of personal anger so when that does happen I have this tendency to throw all common sense out the window and either totally freeze or devolve into a toddler that's just starting to form three word sentences so naturally my response was a very long and drawn out um the I am I don't know maybe I really want to emphasize how long in drawn out that first um was so he gets louder you don't know I am so far beyond uncomfortable at this point not to mention hungry and tired I just need to leave I say something like no yeah no I don't know sorry I don't know and just take off walking really fast I'm not even walking in the right direction anymore I just need this guy to go away I turned down the nearest random aisle to find an alternate route I can still hear the guy cussing at me calling me names Etc just a plethora of obscenities as long as he's not following me I don't care that guy was a weirdo I just want to get my stuff and leave my unexpected detour made me realize that I really really needed new socks and there they were right in front of me so I grab a bag of socks turn to head back toward the grocery part of the store and I hear the voice of an older woman asking are the dressing room room's not open I turn around and she's definitely talking to me ah is she just making random conversation with a stranger or does she think I work here that's when I realized that the crazy bathroom guy with the anger issues must have thought I worked there too but I wasn't really sure yet who this woman thought I was so I just answered politely I think they've been keeping the dressing rooms closed since the pandemic I guess my use of the word they've let the woman know that I wasn't an employee she says oh you don't work here I'm so sorry I told her it was fine and that she was the second person to thank that tonight it was awkward but she was super sweet so we just shared a quick laugh and I began walking toward the groceries again as I'm walking all I can think about is the fact that two different people just confused me for an employee at this department store in addition to the scrubs I'm also wearing a matching jacket that that everyone in our department received a few days ago as a Christmas present from management the jacket wasn't zipped so it wasn't hiding the scrub top but even if it was zipped up the back of the jacket has the name of the hospital along with the logo and it's a pretty well-known hospital as I'm filling my basket I'm looking around at other employees and our clothing has absolutely zero in common so weird anyway I spent another minute or two grabbing what I need and start heading to checkout still thinking about the old woman in the crazy bathroom guy with the anger issues I'm about 30 feet from the checkout and I'm looking at all the cashiers they're all wearing khaki pants and red shirts I'm wearing faded slate gray scrubs I pass a middle-aged guy on my way and he stops me and says excuse me ma'am may I ask you a question nothing makes any sense at this point so I just politely respond you can but I don't work here he apologized taste and I got in line paid for my items and left I don't think I've ever been more confused in my life this has to be one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced over the course of 10 minutes three different people thought I worked there my only logical conclusion is that everyone is just stressed around Christmas time and they just weren't paying any attention still really weird though um I think it's not that they um thought that you worked for the store it's just that you know people just assume nurses are always on duty when they're in their scrubs and nurses are always always looking to help people out you know they're just always always there for you and so it's kind of like um you know how if you see a Sikh person that turban is supposed to represent that you can go to them for help no matter where you are if you see a turban and that turbine is on a Sikh person you're in good hands all right it's kind of like that with nurses if you see someone with scrubs you can just tell them what to do and they have to do it nurses verify I'm joking all right this story's called I'm a soldier not a store employee inspired by the U.S Navy sailor story here is one of my stories on mobile so please excuse any weird format for this particular story I was actually in uniform which makes the whole situation all the more weird Canadian working uniform for the Army is a digital camouflage pattern called CAD Pat pretty unique and identifiable the store I was in wears black pants with tannish colored colored shirts in the story we have me old lady the lady and store manager I had just gotten off from work and was on my way home and stopped for groceries our commands lets us stop in uniform on the way home to do this they see it as a visual recruiting tactic and let people know that we are in the community I'm a reservist artillery Soldier as I was looking at milk trying to decide what to buy a little old lady came up to me and asked for help what threw me off initially was the fact that she used my rank Gunner artillery for private she explained that her grandson was a bombardier artillery for Corporal and a regular Force artillery regiment she was struggling with lifting the milk bags I decided I would help her shop and get her groceries at least into a ride for her I spent a good 45 minutes with her helping her shop around the interaction with the dumb lady came as the old lady was checking out now that you're done you can get my things for me sorry ma'am but I don't work here and I have my own shopping to do I'm sure one of the bag boys or stalkers can help you out you clearly work here you got all that old bad stuff for her now I demand you help me he really isn't an employee he's just a soldier helping an old woman with some shopping I don't care what he says he is he clearly knows the store so he must work here you're done shopping so he can help me now she was getting louder now and attracting attention ma'am I really don't work here if you could lower your voice I could help you find an employee if you really need some assistance don't tell me what to do boy boy a manager has shown up due to the commotion good afternoon is there anything I can help you out with yes yes this boy is refusing to help me after he helped some other customer this is terrible customer service and he should be fired it clearly doesn't work here he's a gunner in the Canadian Armed Forces he's wearing a military uniform and everything he definitely doesn't work here we don't have any soldiers that work in the store even reservists which I assume he is you all have a terrible customer service haven't you ever heard of that customer is always right I'm calling corporate I will never stop here again that is perfectly fine the door is right this way he then escorted the dumb lady outside with her yelling the whole way well that's enough excitement for this old woman hopefully the rest of your day is much more peaceful I'll have my son come pick me up go do your shopping and thanks for helping me anytime ma'am and tell your grandson thanks from Gunner Op with the redacted regiment I then went and finished my shopping and wanted to get the hell out of there the store manager was waiting for me at the front once and open to register for me to check out he gave the store employee discount too saying you clearly work here after all with an accompanying wink and laugh he then told me he was a reservist while going through University and thanked me for what I did that was pretty cool of UOP to help that lady out and also pretty cool of you to not smash the other lady's face in obviously don't just assault people for being jerks I wish it was that easy then there'd be less jerks or just more jerks because I think acting like a jerk is being less of a jerk than just hitting someone so difficult world we live in alright this story's called the confused the Karen and the mama bear okay so I 21 female was shopping out with my mom 44 female near the start of the pandemic I was wearing a Christmas jumper a sparkly skirt a blue coat and light up shoes and a mask that I dig it a lot my mom was also wearing a mask because she has to be X extra careful because she suffers from asthma anyway I went to get some pasta and sauce for dinner that night while my mom went to grab milk and ice cream I grabbed some pasta and was choosing some sauce when I noticed a little girl having trouble getting some sauce and helped her out by getting the sauce she wanted and handing it to her she thanked me and went on her way I spotted some sauce that looked good and grabbed a couple of jars I was about to go find my mom when someone started speaking to me I turned around and found a man who looked like he wasn't much older than me asking if I could help him grab something I was caught off guard to say the least I am five feet exactly and this guy was clearly taller than me and I had my arms full I calmly told Tim that I need to give my pasta And the sauce to my mom and I'll find an employee to help the man who I will call confused man looked very puzzled and said but don't you work here I sighed and then just left the aisle and spotted my mom who had the milk and was getting the ice cream I walked over to her and carefully placed the pasta and sauce into the cart and wheat chose the ice cream then we just needed some bread and fruit I went to grab the fruit while my mom grabbed the bread while I was getting some fruit I noticed a lady staring at me and felt very creeped out but decided to just grab the bananas and the berries and go back to my mom but then I was just about to go back to my mom with the bananas and the other fruit when the lady bumped into me with her cart hitting the back of my legs I stepped to the side thinking I was just in her way but then she said after you finish helping that lady with her shopping I want you to help me with mine it's nice to see an employee who knows their place I felt shocked by this lady no wait Karen and her attitude and while I wanted to yell at this Karen I don't want to make a scene because my mom was there so I just said nothing and started to walk back to my mom when the Karen realized that I I had dared to not worship the ground that she walks on and she started following me hitting me with her cart which hurt she kept demanding that I pay attention to her some people looked like they wanted to step in but then what are you doing my mom had come to where the fruit was because I had been taken a while the Karen somehow not realizing that she was talking to my mom who I bear a striking resemblance to and smiled smugly at me and said I was just trying to teach this road employee a lesson because she wasn't listening to me my mom death glared at the Karen and colds but calmly stated that is not an employee that is my daughter and I would prefer if you would stay away from her the Karen looked super surprised that my mom wasn't agreeing and tried to argue with her but my mom just shot her a look that would have killed her five times over if it could and the Karen promptly shut up my mom pulled me away from the Karen and we paid for the groceries and then left while the Karen was complaining about us at it we didn't think to call the cops because we just wanted to pay for our stuff and leave my mom has 12 kids all from the same dad and is very protective of us my parents are divorced and it too the only reason why my mom didn't attack the Karen was because we were in public and she didn't want to risk getting kicked out good job keeping your cool op a lot of people need to learn that skill um and Opie's Mom good on you for sticking up for her and all that jazz don't forget to like subscribe and hit that Bell to never miss an episode [Music]

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Length: 15min 45sec (945 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 23 2023