24-year-old retail worker refuses to buy gifts for entitled sister's kids: 'No respect for the retail worker, no retail perks'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Nov 29, 2024 11:00 AM EST

One older sister has ruined her own chances of getting cheap gifts this year. She could've easily gotten some excellent prices through her younger sister's job, but she insisted on being impolite. 

Some people, like the older sister in this story, think that retail work isn't "hard work." That couldn't be further from the truth! Of course, working at a store is a real job, and employees might even break a sweat while working. There are clothes to fold, customers to assist, boxes to unpack, floors to sweep, merchandise to place on shelves, and much more. And aside from just the physical aspects of the job, employees will spend a lot of time problem-solving with their customers. It's certainly not a "kiddie job," as this person's big sister insisted it was. She probably knows it's not really a kiddie job, and was just trying to get her sister to react to her. But she may have taken it too far this time. Now, her words are going to impact her kids, as well as her shopping plans. Check out the full story and see for yourself how it all went down. 

After that, these entitled bosses got on their employees' last nerves, like one person who shrugged their shoulders and decided, "Okay, I'll go get another job elsewhere then." 

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    AITA for refusing to help my sister get gifts during Black Friday?
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    I (24f) work retail. My sister (29f) has always looked down on me for it. She has said everything from I threw my life away by not going to college to I wouldn't know what hard work is because I "only" work retail. One time she even interrupted a conversation I was having with her mother in- law, who was inquiring about the treatment of teen employees where I work because her nephew was looking for a job, to
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    say I shouldn't be offering help to anyone when I have a kiddie job. I mostly just don't talk to her now and try to pretend she's not speaking. So this year has been rough on everyone and she lost her job, her husband's company issued company wide paycuts so money has been tight for them. I was working Black Friday this year like always and two weeks ago my sister asked me if I could pick her
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    up some bargains since I would have access to them. I said no. I told her she doesn't get to look down on me and insult me and how hard I work and then try to benefit off it. She said she was sorry and she wouldn't do it again but it didn't feel genuine to me. So I stuck to my no.
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    She's saying I'm an a hole now because I wouldn't help her and that I should have thought of her kids and the extended family. My nephews will have gifts. I got them stuff from me. But I don't feel like I owe my sister after everything. Is that wrong of me? AITA?
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    voltan1 100% NTA you have hit the nail on the head with what you said to her, maybe she should try going back to college or working a bit harder
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    ZCRnotVCR Nta - no respect for the retail worker, no retail perks. Really dunno how she thought that would go, especially since its black Friday and you're working soooo with what time are you supposed to do her errands?
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    MandaDian NTA. Now is the time of year many retailers are hiring seasonal employees (I will admit I don't know if this is true this year with the current situation), if she wanted discounts that badly maybe she should have "lowered" herself and gotten a retail job, especially if she doesn't have a job and money is that tight.
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    Luna-Strange NTA, and wouldnt that present an issue for your job? Those deals are meant for customers, not workers to take prior to
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    Deploy Tech01 She could have made use of online deals or gotten her a in line at the store like everyone else. Her "apology" was only a feeble attempt to get you to do the work for her. Good for you to keep to your no.
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    GothPenguin NTA-She doesn't get to belittle you because of the job and then expect to be allowed to use your job perks.
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    niamhk13 Why can she not just go get her own gifts?? Nta
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    benx101 NTA If she wants Black Friday deals, she can go online or shop like the rest of people
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