You get all sorts in charity shops O_o

[blood_winged]

I've been working in the British Heart Foundation store in my town as a volunteer for two weeks now, three days a week, and aside from mucking up the till this Wednesday and losing £19 I've been doing pretty good. The people are friendly and I feel like I'm really fitting in.

Already, I have some tales to tell about the customers. I'm glad we have such supportive managers and we all look out for each other or I would have crumbled more than once.

There's a lot of people who try to rip us off. These are the people who seem to have the wrong idea of what a charity shop is, and try to get us to lower prices on goods that are already a low price, because we are a charity shop, and almost everything is second hand. One fine example is a woman who came in today. Well dressed, probably around retirement age. She picked up an orange sweater, which was a decent label and priced at £4.99, and brought it to the counter. She then asked if she could have it for £4. I don't know where people get the idea they can come into a charity shop and haggle. That top is at £4.99 because we know that's what it will sell for. I went and grabbed the manager, and she came down and said no, she wouldn't lower the price, and she went back upstairs. I moved off to tidy up a rack of clothes, and out of the corner of my eye saw the woman leave.

Without buying the sweater.

Because she couldn't get 99p off it.

Yup.

=~=

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[nasty-show.livejournal.com]

Sadly this does not surprise me.

One of my friends was the manager of a charity shop in Bolton and he used to have stand directly outside of the fitting rooms as so many people used to try stealing things. Disgusting.

*snug snug*

[blood-winged.livejournal.com]

Well thankfully the one in Leigh is quite small and the changing room is in full view of the counter, so you can see who goes in and out. People still manage to steal though.