r/TalesFromRetail

Can you post your project here?

This subreddit is for sharing narrative stories about working in retail. Posts must be anonymized and avoid hot-button issues or workplace grievances that resemble blog posts.

Before you post: Self-promotion or 'I built X' posts are not allowed as the subreddit is strictly for personal retail stories.

The rules, in their words

1. Posts must be a tale about working in retail: Your post must be a _narrative story_. Customer-side tales go to /r/TalesFromTheCustomer, questions go to /r/AskRetail, rants go to /r/RantsFromRetail. Tales about other types of jobs may have a subreddit that's more appropriate, check the sidebar for a list of related subreddits. For more details please review our [Not Wanted List](https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromRetail/wiki/index#wiki_tfr_not_wanted_list) of disallowed tale types. _Do not ask for other people's stories._
2. No flamebait or hot-button issue posts: Posts that feature a hotbutton or flamebait issue (i.e. gluten-free/vegan, "allergy" or other dietary drama, gender issues/politics, religious/atheist customers, abusive/overzealous parenting, entitlement/privilege issues, "war on christmas", etc.) are not allowed due to fighting in the comments.
3. No workplace grievance or blog posts: A workplace grievances post is a series of unrelated observations about how mean your boss is or how sucky your co-workers are, a laundry list of minute details about how management is being unfair to you or how much crap your co-workers get away with, a long pointless story about the events leading up to you getting fired or quitting, etc. A blog post is when you are just updating us on your life / work situation, or presenting a series of unrelated occurrences at your store.
4. No racism, sexism, bigotry or stereotyping: This includes derogatory representations of people, and extends to stories about racism, sexism and bigotry even if the person in question is getting their just deserts.
5. All info MUST be anonymized: NO personal info (your name, employer, or other identifiable qualities). NO clever hints as to where you work, no store colors, no fake names, etc. Posts with identifying info will be automatically removed. Please use "Grocery, Retail, Fast Food, etc." instead. Do not _in any way_ guess business names or solicit personal information in the comments. You may be banned without warning.
6. No truth policing: You may not reply to a story with "ThatHappened, Quit Your Bullshit, Albert Einstein", etc. People are here to tell a story. If you find one that seems hard to believe, just close the window and move on. Playing "Reddit Truth Police" is a great way to get yourself banned.
7. Don't be a jerk: Singling out users, getting on OP's case, using personal attacks or provocative language, picking fights, trolling, etc. is NOT ALLOWED. Bigotry and hateful language will be removed and you may be warned or banned. Racism will ALWAYS result in a ban.
8. No Personal Appearance Posts: No posts about how you look, or what someone said about you, or about how some aspect of your person provoked an incident.
9. No advocating any illegal activity: Advocating for or enouraging employees to abet any illegal activity will result in an insta-ban.