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Dallas Woman Sold Designer Shoes on Poshmark. Her Buyer Wore the Shoes Then Demanded a Refund: ‘You’re Already Starting off on the Wrong Foot’

By Vanessa Esguerra Jun 1st
Orlando Retail Store Employee Encounters Customer Trying to Purchase Merchandise With Taco Bell Gift Card. Then She Asks for the Manager

By Sanchari Ghosh May 27th
Former Lululemon Worker Shares an Embarrassing Yet Hilarious Work Anecdote by the Belt Bags Section: ‘They Hated My Guts’

By Kopal May 26th
Build-A-Bear customers put ‘funny’ sound in bear. Then the worker listens to it at the register: ‘This is a family store’

By Rebekah Harding May 20th
Woman orders doormat from Anthropologie. Then she opens the box and discovers a biohazard: ‘GUYS WHAT IS MY LUCK’

By Rachel Thomas May 12th
Ohio Kroger worker says they’re no longer allowed to call out sick with doctor’s notes. Now customers are worried: ‘What an evil thing to say’

By Rachel Thomas May 12th
Wheelchair-bound woman worked in retail as a ‘welcome person,’ but every customer tried to put money in her bottle: ‘They thought I was a charity’

By Kopal Apr 27th
North Carolina woman tries on bathing suits in Aerie. Then she catches the worker talking about her behind her back: ‘I’m literally in tears’

By Rebekah Harding Apr 21st
Retail store manager dreads going to work because of a ‘price-match’ customer from last night coming to haunt her again: ‘I hope I’m on break’

By Kopal Mar 18th
Woman receives $1K Miu Miu shoes from Neiman Marcus. Why does it look like a ‘kid went crazy’ on it?: ‘Nordstrom WOULD NEVERR’

By Charlotte Colombo Feb 15th
Target worker of 8 years hasn’t taken a sick day in over a year. Then the company rewards her by cutting her hours: ’$17/hrs after 8 years is wild’

By Rachel Thomas Feb 10th
‘Ross is definitely trickier than TJ Maxx’: Los Angeles shopper picks up a Wrangler bag at Ross. Then he exposes a code on the tag that reveals all

By Rebekah Harding Jan 16th
‘I’m gonna teach you’: Man says T.J. Maxx, Marshalls rip customers off. Then he reveals a simple trick to outsmart the retailers

By Rebekah Harding Jan 13th
Woman goes into the fitting room at Old Navy. Then she puts her stuff on a chair and sees a new feature in action: ‘I’d instantly feel watched’

By Rachel Thomas Jan 9th
$2K Tiffany & Co. bag is selling for $289 at T.J. Maxx. Now this woman is trying to de-influence you: ‘There’s a reason this bag is at T.J. Maxx’

By Gisselle Hernandez Jan 9th
‘Corporate made a big change’: Maryland man goes to Target for post-holiday clearance sales. Then he discovers something shocking

By Gisselle Hernandez Jan 2nd
Boston woman does last-minute shopping at T.J. Maxx. Too bad it’s the cashier’s ‘first day on Earth’: ‘He’s probably on his twelfth 10-hour shift’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Jan 1st
Man tries to buy jacket at ALO. The worker’s response to a simple question has him staying home for the rest of the holidays: ‘Stop playing with me’

By Charlotte Colombo Dec 29th
‘You better step away from me’: North Carolina woman walks into Walgreens. Then she catches a customer putting items into a pink bag

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Dec 29th
Ohio woman catches secret shopper following her at Target. So she pulls an UNO reverse—and follows them instead: ‘They think they’re so slick’

By Rachel Thomas Dec 28th