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The Experience Of Retail Workers On Black Friday As Told By "The Office"

These guys get it.

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The Experience Of Retail Workers On Black Friday As Told By "The Office"

Black Friday is a scary term for retailers everywhere. It is a full day of horror, where customers stampede into the building and proceed to tear apart the hours of hard work put into the displays days before the event. You are forced to watch as human beings display almost animal-like behavior as they aggressively shove each other out of the way to get to the product of ultimate desire first. It is chaos. Although the characters of "The Office" never have to experience this day from the retail side of things, they sure seem to get it. Here is a retail worker's Black Friday experience as explained by Dunder Mifflin employees.

1. There is always that one customer who wants in early.


Seriously, you're not. Wait an extra two minutes.

2. This is what the store is like right before the doors open.

Everybody takes their places, and usually that place is hiding behind a counter to avoid the stampede that is about to occur.

3. Your thoughts when you see them coming.

There is no way I can survive this shift.

4. When a customer tries to ask you something over the roar of a thousand footsteps.

I'm not even sure I could hear you if you were yelling.

5. Your thoughts when trying to make a path through a maze of shoppers.

It's either that, or we need a bigger store. Maybe it's both.

6. How you handle all the displays you worked so hard on getting destroyed.

Why did I even try?

7. When customers come to the checkout and the item has no price tag.

Even though this is not the customer's fault, I still feel this way.

8. How you feel about ten minutes into your shift.

I wish I could just go home.

9. When you have been asked one too many stupid questions.


A customer once asked me how we got the Christmas trees to grow with glitter on them. I am 100 percent serious. If you ask yourself the same question, just think about it very carefully and get back to me.

10. When a customer complains about the store being out of a product.

If you wanted it so bad, you should have been here earlier.

11. How you feel at the end of your shift.

I have seen enough of them in one day to last me more than a year.

12. And in summary...



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