19 Retail Memes To Push Through The Holidays Madness

Anyone who has ever worked a retail job can tell you that there are far too many moments you’ll experience on the job that are definitely not covered by the wage being paid to you. You’ll find yourself miserably entrenched in insufferable conversations with customers who seemingly left all their common decency at the door. Working retail is a soul-draining experience at many points, no doubt. Especially, during the holiday season. With that being said, we thought it of the utmost importance to round up some retail memes that capture the ups and the downs of the job.

1. Make sad retail noises.

A meme featuring three panels from a kids' show. The first panel shows a character labeled "Karen" holding a soccer ball and asking, "Ever been fired?" The second panel shows a character labeled "Cashier" replying, "No." The third panel shows a close-up of "Karen" saying, "Would you like to?
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2. The struggles of a retail worker.

Split image of the same person: left side shows a tired expression, and the right side shows an exaggerated smile. Caption reads, "When you're tired and miserable but you work in retail so you gotta look approachable.
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3. Retail life in a nutshell.

A meme with two images of a boy making a funny face. Text above reads: "Me: Can I get you anything else? Customer: Yeah, a million dollars. Me:
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4. Based on a true story.

Two-panel meme: Top panel shows two characters in fantasy costumes smiling with the text "Starting my shift." Bottom panel shows a serious character with the text "10 minutes in" and "Human beings are a disease.
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5. And this is how we do it in retail.

A meme featuring SpongeBob SquarePants. Left: SpongeBob sits energetically at a desk, titled "Me first starting work." Right: SpongeBob looks exhausted, leaning on a doorway, titled "Me at work now.
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6. Retail jobs are the absolute worst.

Meme with two images of cats. Left: A cat wearing sunglasses and a hat, labeled "me at a job interview claiming I can work under pressure." Right: A wide-eyed cat looking overwhelmed, labeled "also me working under pressure.
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7. Too many have worked retail and felt just like this.

A young child looks through a glass enclosure at a gorilla making a hand gesture. The caption above reads, "When you lock the doors 2 minutes before closing and a customer tries to come in.
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8. Yeah, so that’s retail in a nutshell.

Two-panel meme showing a bread roll with a face looking at a computer screen. Top text reads, "When you gotta tell a customer their card is declined." The roll has a neutral expression in the first panel and a forced smile in the second.
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9. Wait staff and retail workers.

Split image with text comparing talking styles. Top: Woman smiling at a computer with the text “Hey all you cool cats and kittens…”. Bottom: Man outdoors in a red shirt with the text “Guess what Motherf***er!”
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10. Many managers can’t stand these simple words.

Image of a man in a beige suit and hat with his hand raised in a stopping gesture. The text above reads "New Retail Employee: 'That's not my job'" and next to him, it says, "I'm gonna stop you right there.
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11. Retail workers everywhere, unite.

A person in a superhero costume smiles with pride. The text above reads, "Me, a cashier, seeing all the memes about retail workers being heroes." Below, a caption says, "They love me.
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12. Retail be like.

A cartoon with two fish customers angrily demanding food from a squid in a fast-food restaurant. Text above reads, "When it's your first day on the job and customers are already complaining." Caption below says, "We're hungry over here, look at us!
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13. This should be a universal retail policy.

Three panels show a scene from "Braveheart" with text. First panel: "November 1st" with "HOLD!" Second panel: "November 30th" with "HOLD!" Third panel: "December 1st" with the same character wearing a Santa hat, yelling "NOW!" with a Christmas tree.
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14. No price to pay for salvation.

A four-panel meme with two characters. The first asks, "Were you nice to that retail worker?" The second character replies, "Yes." The first then asks, "What did it cost?" The second responds, "Nothing.
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15. As a retail worker, this happens every day.

A cartoon character wearing a turban sits on a green field with large scrolls behind it. The text above reads, "When people eat food in line before paying for it because the checkout line is long." Subtitles say, "You know, patience runs very deep in my family. But not that deep.
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16. Apple can track its phones so.

Top image: Surveillance footage shows people in red shirts standing by as others in dark clothing take items in an Apple store. Bottom image: A person labeled "Employees" says, "I missed the part where that's my problem.
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17. People are mean.

Cartoon character holding a lightsaber, saying, "We would never hurt each other." The scene shifts to him in a different setting with text, "I disrespect retail workers who make minimum wage." The final frame is captioned, "Prepare to die.
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18. If you’ve never worked retail/service, you can’t know the pain.

Cartoon character gleefully looking at a shadow labeled "That Customer" while laughing. Text at the bottom reads, "Me at work at 4:58pm on a Friday.
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19. A moment of silence for our friends working retail.

A boy in a blue shirt and shorts plays a trumpet while walking behind a girl with her hands over her ears. The image is captioned: "Anybody who works retail" and "All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey.
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