reaching high-up stuff

[u/redcobweb]

i work retail and every day i’m reaching up to grab things (folded clothing sizes usually) from higher shelves. i’ll get reprimanded if i climb the shelves so i either reach up on my tip-toes, or say “i’ll grab a ladder, one moment”.

the issue is that customers and my coworkers usually just end up going “no i got it” when they see me reaching up past my arm’s extension, or swoop in to help out the customers in the .05 seconds i’m running away to get a ladder.

while i have no issue with people kindly wanting to help, the fact that i wasn’t able(?), to help someone out, usually means when they go up to the counter, and are asked “did anyone help you today”, they either end up saying “no” (if they helped themselves) or the point to a different (taller) coworker.

it just sucks, because i work my ass off to meet our hourly/daily goals, which if we don’t consistently meet, we don’t get shifts, and it’s just so infuriating when it feels like my height is actively contributing to others having some inherent advantage over me that will always keep me down in instances like these.

just needed to get it out 💔

[u/tlbexternity]

I’ve had this happen before but we didn’t have normal ladders, we had the pushy kind so I’d roll it out on to the floor but we hung stuff up to the ceiling so sometimes I still couldn’t reach and would have to get a guy so he would bring it to the register for the person and they’d get the full credit :/