"Even though it's been a few years since I worked at Trader Joe's, I still cannot unsee many of the rude (and often quite bizarre!) behaviors that customers repeated on a near-hourly basis. I'm no grocery sociologist, but I do believe the combination of generally chipper employees, 1950s surf rock blasting, and free-flowing samples of your favorite desserts, seems to bring out something in Trader Joe's shoppers that has them, well, not on their best behavior."
"My own sweetie-pie mom still works at Trader Joe's, and I try to allot her enough time to do a weekly vent about the horrors she has witnessed (we call it our " I Don't Think So, Honey" minute). Maybe we could just agree to stop doing most (if not all!) of these things so we can spend that minute talking about, like, cheese? The weather? Literally anything else would be great."
"This one always confounded me, and yet It Happened Every Weekend. Here's the scenario: A customer, who is currently in the store, asking me quite pointedly why the store is so full of people, all while forgetting they are also contributing to the packed nature of the store. Catch this phenomenon every Saturday and Sunday at pretty much any Trader Joe's."
Chipper employees, surf rock music, and free samples can trigger rude and bizarre behaviors among Trader Joe's shoppers. These behaviors occur frequently and range from surprising staff with contradictory complaints to contributing to crowding while expressing shock at store busyness. Inventory management assigns an order-writer to each section, and viral trends such as the Baked Feta Pasta craze can exhaust popular items like feta for months. Employee experiences mix ultra-heartwarming interactions with repeated frustrating incidents. Family members of staff often receive weekly venting about the range of customer misbehavior witnessed in stores.
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