20 Problems Only People Who Work In A Department Store Will Understand

18. Getting Lost Behind The Scenes

Everything on the shop floor is helpfully signposted to make absolutely sure no customers get lost. No such luck for the employees. Grabbing a quick bite from the staff cafe can turn into an absolute nightmare as you traverse the bowels of the building. Every corridor and flight of stairs looks the same, odd bits of leftover stock block the corridors, and every wall seems to have the same junior school cork noticeboard on it.

17. Till Training

Tills seem fairly straightforward when you're on the other side of the desk, but it's only when you're tasked with operating one you see what a fiendish beast they are to operate. Straightforward cash transactions are simple enough, but life suddenly gets more difficult when a forgetful pensioner wants to pay for a discount item with half a gift card and a handful of coppers.