I’ve always gone with “no thank you” and keep walking. No need to comply but no need to be a dick either.
Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 21 March 2025
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I very much dislike being the door person where I work. It’s company policy to check receipts, so of course I’m going to ask to see yours.
People have the freedom to say no, but to be rude is another thing.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Interesting. I always just show my receipt because if I say no, they’ll probably think I’m stealing. But props to you for not complying.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Back in the day, the register was the exit for the store. There wasn’t a buy and keep wandering around option, you got your stuff paid and left. I’ve never appreciated adding the extra stage of a bag/receipt checker.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It should go back to being that way. I think most stores have the door person just to be a first point of call for finding things on the shop floor, but checking receipts is a bit of a waste of money and time. Could be saving lives ffs.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t give a fuck what they think about me personally.
It’s the attrition of an important societal ethos that I dislike intensely, the attrition of presumption of innocence.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Customer service sucks ass. C-suite corpo asslickers making up rules that min-wage workers have to abide by or they lose their slave-wage. Rules that piss customers off, and because the customers don’t see or know the c-suite they take their frustrations out on the slave-wage earner, as if they had any say in it.
It’s demoralising, and shows how utterly unempathetic and uncaring the common customer is, that they think being rude and angry is appropriate behaviour, when they should be writing in a complaint to c-suite cocksuckers instead.
I’m mad on your behalf lol
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Exactly! The C-suite people are SO far removed from what it’s like to be a min wage slave. I hope that if I ever work my way up into a leadership position, I’m not so out-of-touch.
But then again, what can they do to prevent theft?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
in the old days there were many more shop workers and there was very little self serve, it was all customer assistance. So they can employ more staff.
But the money the owners don’t pay in wages by having very few staff is far less than what they ever lose in theft.
Therefore I do not care. I don’t steal but I do not care.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
That’s very true. They’re still making millions in profit, so they’ll make up for what people steal anyway.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I want to know how many people door-workers stop from stealing tbh. People are gonna steal and that should be accounted for at a company level. Do door-workers really stop people from stealing? I’d be interested to see unbiased studies lol.
Isnt this what security guards are for?
But yes, the c-suite are so far removed, so out of touch, and don’t get any flak for poor decisions. It’s always the slave wager who cops it which is disgusting.
I think it takes a special kind of person to be successful at the c-suite level, and I think a prerequisite for those roles is either putting on an amazing mask, or lacking any traits that make them human lol
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I did security, there’s very little legal power to actually address shop theft.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
From what I’ve been told, the company has insurance for losses, and I don’t think many reports go to the police.
We never had a door person until we got a new manager who makes sure we are in view of the cameras when standing at the door. Apparently it was because there was too much theft going on. Maybe having a door person does deter people from stealing, and the company seems to think that it drives sales to have someone greet you. Hmm…
I think personally, I’d be more likely to steal if someone wasn’t standing at the door, but who knows about other people.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
That job would suck balls, man. I swear I’m that person who’s got their bags open and receipt handy 3 metre from you to save the hassle from you asking. I always add in “have a great day mate”.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Amen, more people should be like you :)
I can’t wait to quit even though I’m hardly ever the door person these days.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Don’t worry. I’ve got shit stuffed down my undies. Not in my bags.
Just joking.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
This is the way.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
not me
I dislike the presumption of guilt. It’s insulting.
Tho of course I would never be rude to a shop assistant. I just politely refuse.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s insulting if you give a shit. I don’t. It’s not personal. It’s the poor bastard’s job. I like to make it easier for them.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s the owners , not the staff, who have the bad attitude.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t like the presumption of guilt either, but what about places like Costco where they go through all the items on the receipt? Would you stop then?
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Be angry at c-suite corpos for making the rules then, not the min-wage workers at the door. Min-wage workers have no say in the rules of the store/company.