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I did a few shifts on the markdown gun back in my 6th form days back before the reductions were automated and could do as we pleased. I didn’t have the stones to take the piss too much but often had other staff members with whole weekly shops reduced to pennies come through my till.
My main gig was fag kiosk/customer services/store announcer. Also good potential for loopy customers and shady dealings.
edmundro-
a lady at my old store got nabbed here, she had a scam where she would ask people to put the damaged scratch cards aside for destruction because they couldn't be sold, worked there for decades, the teenage weekenders would never question.
turns out she was just taking them home and ripping a few in the day for good measure, honestly, a fantastic grift and it's a shame someone snitched, must have been going for years.
put my deli counter escapades in context having the pals (who had discount discretion) mark down the good stuff for the end of the day was clearly small fry.
stories here almost make me miss the retail days, much more lively than the email mines
Maj
I used to be a markdown person for a couple of years, the worst is when people would haggle,
I’m trying to explain I am controlled by the handset and not autonomous, I cannot give and extra 5p off the bread rolls, they would not believe me, but just call me a discount cop.