The tweet became pretty popular with over 20k people liking it. And they were not holding back, revealing all the ugly parts of working both in retail and in food service. If you think one is more despised than the other, surprisingly, it’s not the case as there are many varying opinions.
But one thing that was common for both jobs was the unsatisfied and rude customers. If you are a person who has not worked in this field and you always greet your waiters and the cashiers, you may not notice how many people are really rude to the people who are doing them a service. So folks in the thread were saying that they had terrible experiences with customers in both jobs.
The thing that made people dislike food service more was the smell. Because you always smell like food, even when you get home. To the point that people wouldn’t even want to pick them up from work. Another thing that a lot of Twitter users mentioned was that it was so hot in the kitchen that they were always sweaty.
People choosing retail as the bigger evil were saying that it was such a boring job when it was quiet and the shift could seem endless because of that. Also, they saw their retail jobs as more annoying because they would do the same thing over and over again just for it to be messed up by a customer.
As for the pay, it seems that people saw that it was more worth it to work in food service as you would receive tips because even though you had to endure the angry customers and hard physical work, you would still earn more than working in retail, where you may encounter less of the “Karens” and you may get to do less physically demanding work, but you wouldn’t get any financial bonus.
After reading the thread, you come to an understanding that both jobs are not the ones you would want to work for a long time if you have the liberty of choice. People were choosing a side, but it was choosing the lesser of the two evils.
These people laid out their own arguments of why they think food service or retail is worse after working in both, but we would be really interested in hearing your experiences and your own view. If you don’t fancy leaving us a comment, then upvote the answers to the question that you agree with the most!
