A staff member at Morrisons has shared some of the deepest and darkest secrets with regards to how certain staff operate, and their confessions have left people completely shocked. So what goes on behind closed doors?
Well, apparently it's far more stressful that shoppers would assume, with the anonymous worker unearthing some of the hidden truths about their store in Bradford. They claim that there are rules pertaining to helping customers, as well as sharing things that people should avoid buying altogether in conversation with Kent Live.
For example, if a staff member tells you: "We have to take you to the thing you're looking for," it really translates to: "I don't want to accompany you to the right aisle to help find the exact item you're looking for, but I have to. Sometimes I don't even know where things are - especially the obscure stuff."
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The Mirror reports meanwhile, that if you ask someone at the shop to look for something, staff allegedly sometimes take a little break in the back before returning. The retail assistant added: "Or if we do we also take a little break in the back. It's deserved."
The worker also admitted that they hide in the warehouse when the store is 'dead', explaining: "Working the graveyard shift comes with certain perks. One of them being hiding in the warehouse with your other colleagues."
They also admitted that they'll sometimes 'eat the food', adding: "A box of Celebrations has broken and exploded all over the shop floor? Oh no... guess that's going somewhere discreet in the warehouse for snacktime later..." and that customers are 'messy'.
The staff member added: "No, please, don't worry as I clear up this smashed bottle of red wine from the shop floor. Oh, and you dropped a dog food tin in the next aisle? Cool, don't worry about helping."
According to the retail assistant, the 'worst' customers are the ones who eat while they shop, adding: "The ones that pick at French sticks and eating half a bag of cookies before they get to the till are absolutely shameless. Then you have to touch the grubby packaging when you put it through the till. Great."
And mentioning tills, they admitted that 'everyone' apparently 'hates being on the tills' as 'you have to interact with people more and there is nowhere to hide'. Stock rotation is the 'worst job known to man' though, said the worker, complaining: "It's so much easier just to stuff all of the new stuff at the front. Who cares if it goes out of date before you buy it..."
With regards to the challenge 25 policy, the worker explained: "I don't care how old you are. We have to ID you if you look under 25 - because if we don't and you actually are underage, we get fined. I don't care when your birthday is or how many years you've been on the planet, this is purely self-preservation and admin."
Meanwhile, the anonymous staff added that people should 'stay away from the salad' because they claim 'it's not as fresh as you think'. Finally, the staff member said that they will 'go slower' when people hover as they reduce food prices, adding: "Hopefully that 11p off will be worth the extra five minutes of waiting, Sharon."
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