THE HORROR OF WORKING RETAIL - Night of the Consumers

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  • @iamstewpit6740
    @iamstewpit6740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4116

    I imagine this is what Walmart employees saw when everyone was grabbing toilet paper

    • @whenyounutinhermouthandshe
      @whenyounutinhermouthandshe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Ahhh yes...the toilet paper arc.

    • @Ambitionless7
      @Ambitionless7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      My bro works at walmart and he said its been legitimately like this.

    • @michellev.4238
      @michellev.4238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It’s been like this. People are the worst, man. 🙄

    • @akiramisaki4654
      @akiramisaki4654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      As a Walmart associate in Washington state... can confirm lmao

    • @choii8433
      @choii8433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Michelle V. People aren’t like this XD they get like this when a virus breaks out or something big like weather and stuff

  • @themainman2827
    @themainman2827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1873

    "EXCUSSSSE MEEEE"
    How much horror in just two simple words...

    • @ErinJeanette
      @ErinJeanette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      YES

    • @fn839
      @fn839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Facts, this hit my fight or flight reaction so hard lmao

    • @CryingZombie666
      @CryingZombie666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just like Vickie Guerrero, eh?

    • @notallthatbad
      @notallthatbad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's like they are hissing "YOU ARE MIIIIINE."

    • @Sani-ch2iv
      @Sani-ch2iv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jack Hammer i swear if I hear someone say this irl I will start panicking and crying LMAOO

  • @thisispequod6620
    @thisispequod6620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2520

    This game is basicaly working at retail with severe social anxiety

    • @SnickyNicky96
      @SnickyNicky96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Amen

    • @waste_of_grace
      @waste_of_grace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      No, not enough panic attacks and crying in the bathroom

    • @lissapancakes3437
      @lissapancakes3437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Exactly! I work fast food (not the same but similar-ish) and I have social axiety...it's awful

    • @charon_lix
      @charon_lix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Imagine the idiocy of someone who knows they have social anxiety but works a job that requires being social

    • @lissapancakes3437
      @lissapancakes3437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      @@charon_lix Or maybe they have no choice because it's the only thing available

  • @richwalk3954
    @richwalk3954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1335

    This is quite possibly one the most realistic horror game ever made. Working for retail filled with lazy and entitled people with short fuses.

    • @legalizehomicide7262
      @legalizehomicide7262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Yep that's retail and the customers can be freaking rude.

    • @keyboardcorrector2340
      @keyboardcorrector2340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Starts with a "B" and ends with "-oomers."

    • @S20171
      @S20171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So B-(minus)oomers?

    • @luyandolove
      @luyandolove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      This is why I try to be nice to retail people. I don’t wanna stress them out.

    • @randomguy-randomness
      @randomguy-randomness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just pull out a glock...............

  • @sklauda1
    @sklauda1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1186

    This is perfect. This can never be more perfect unless they added different managers telling you to do different things and then getting mad you didn't follow their directions because your manager told you not to listen to them because they are your manager, not the other manager. Or a manager standing over you, asking why it's taking so long for you to do a task. Or other employees/managers dumping their work on you.

    • @lissapancakes3437
      @lissapancakes3437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Uuuggghhhh!!! I get that ALL the time!!! I have to work differently depending on which manager is on shift that day and learn what 5 different people want from me! 😤😤

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I got different instructions from the same person.

    • @ziongamer6905
      @ziongamer6905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Ohhh my god and they have the audacity to blame us when they can’t agree on simple instructions

    • @Necro_fury
      @Necro_fury 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dude,the miscommunication was awful and them disagreeing with each other. Well, wtf you want me to do?

    • @Dragonbleps
      @Dragonbleps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes!! Glad I'm not the only one who thought this haha.

  • @Ethonra
    @Ethonra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    Gotta love the irony of puking RIGHT BESIDE the 5 Stars Hygiene report.

  • @LastMomentOfLife
    @LastMomentOfLife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    "He came to me on the aisle he needed to go to!"
    I mean that's super accurate to retail.

    • @jaggerra7
      @jaggerra7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Yep. Today I had a rude man demanding to know where the eggs are. He literally just had to turn around and he'd be confronted with a giant wall of eggs. He had been so focused on finding an employee to scream at that he not only didn't bother to try looking for the eggs, he didn't even notice a literal wall of the damned things. Retail really makes you hate people sometimes.

    • @emmyg.3118
      @emmyg.3118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i work at a drug store. i once had a lady ask me where the benadryl was while she was staring directly at it.

    • @acamera367
      @acamera367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's why I find anyone defending the customers with "It's their job" to be kind of dumb because they clearly Haven't seen the hell they put you guys through or are part of the problem. I mean, sure you need to help but they could be nicer about it and treat you like actual people.

    • @Xenorvya
      @Xenorvya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jaggerra7 Eyy, I hate people without having to work at retail.

    • @calcifer6142
      @calcifer6142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jaggerra7 a wall of eggs

  • @Robsonski96
    @Robsonski96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1729

    I worked in a store like this once… This game is basically how I saw everyone and everything in my job.

    • @johnnysu9001
      @johnnysu9001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Sorry to hear about that

    • @forsaken_king27
      @forsaken_king27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Same story here. Ik how it feels.

    • @Xenorvya
      @Xenorvya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      eXcUuuUUSe me.

    • @Robsonski96
      @Robsonski96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      It's okay! I don't work there anymore after I insulted a customer... VERY annoying customer, that is.

    • @Xenorvya
      @Xenorvya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Robsonski96 As annoying as that bastard that said "i dont like dogs"? The guy that pretends to be a good business man?

  • @germfood7235
    @germfood7235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1668

    Thanks for playing John, been a long time watcher so for you to play my game means alot. I didnt intend anyone to actually reorganize the layout of the boxes at the start of the game, it was an oversight on my behalf. But I found it cool how people just guessed that's what your supposed to do. It's a genuine strat too, definitely makes it easier, was thinking of patching it but I don't wanna take that away from the players that came up with the strat in the first place.

    • @pridestepswithdots8380
      @pridestepswithdots8380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Your game is nice but it is a little bareboned as well because the only way to win is to repeat the same pattern over and over: stock, hide, help customer if caught, hide, stock... But, I think the little secrets behind it are nice, and it catches an okay exaggeration of what it's like working at retail.
      I read a comment that thought it was weird that the customers don't have a basket or shopping cart with them. I think adding those details will improve the immersive experience.
      Anyways, I hope you keep updating the game because it has potential to be a really fun, but yet a frustrating experience for those, like me, who haven't worked in retail.

    • @germfood7235
      @germfood7235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      @@pridestepswithdots8380 Thanks, the game costs under $2.

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Excuuse mee, can you add more levels?
      Haha. Jk.

    • @letsreadtextbook1687
      @letsreadtextbook1687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Indeed don't patch it, not many players can finish this in one go without that strat. Cool game!

    • @rafam7350
      @rafam7350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Although I never worked at retailing, I think that you depicted perfectly how it must feel, from all the exaggerated expressions to the hellish sound design and pace. Don't know if you intend to work more on it, but would love to see an expanded version, good job man!

  • @MrKravin
    @MrKravin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +760

    15:50 Yeah! I voiced some of the customers too!

    • @ThaVipaa
      @ThaVipaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      thats cool

    • @AhmedDaYoutuber
      @AhmedDaYoutuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      That's super cool, bro

    • @AlissonSilva-ox4uz
      @AlissonSilva-ox4uz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      EXCUUUSE ME

    • @Gemmagems577
      @Gemmagems577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You sound like you had a lot of fun 😂

    • @AhmedDaYoutuber
      @AhmedDaYoutuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @GoldenChocolate Star AYYY, What's up, My dude

  • @pwnagecakes8934
    @pwnagecakes8934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    John: "This is Stressful"
    Us: Yes. Send Halp.

  • @jackbrown7047
    @jackbrown7047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1014

    Can't wait to hear John's advertising knowledge come out

    • @luazul_
      @luazul_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      same

    • @JohnWolfe
      @JohnWolfe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +527

      I used it all up in the Convenience Store playthrough, unfortunately this one doesn't have much downtime for talking shop 😩

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      There's barely time to breathe

    • @JustTheWarning
      @JustTheWarning 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@JohnWolfe "talking shop" heh.

    • @JohnWolfe
      @JohnWolfe  4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      JustTheWarning Literally!!! 😆

  • @pwnagecakes8934
    @pwnagecakes8934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    Rofl How real is this game. The best strategy is to work OFF THE CLOCK, and get bunch of work done, to make my shift easier. Its like the manager knows this, and doesn't want to pay you but wants the work done in that small time. Real.

    • @celes42017
      @celes42017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Pwnagecakes my manager wouldn’t let us work off of store hours because she wanted us to all be available to “greet customers.”

    • @jaggerra7
      @jaggerra7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@celes42017 My manager doesn't allow us to call customers "customers". We have to call them "guests". It's such a load of bull and I hate it especially since a real guest that you invited wouldn't treat you worse than the dirt they step on.

    • @jaggerra7
      @jaggerra7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @TheKnowerseeker Like I said, they can fuck right off with that bullshit. A servant is a domestic worker, not retail. They're trying to mind wamy customers into thinking there is a more personal connection there then actually exists and it causes more problems than it solves for the people just trying to get the job done. If they want that fake connection to attract the customers then they should hire someone to do specifically that and leave the rest of us in peace to do our jobs.

    • @MrReaperofDead
      @MrReaperofDead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @pwn thats the opposite of a good strategy. Its illegal to work off the clock, and you could get a write up. It the government found out a store's employees worked off the clock, they could receive a serious fine.

    • @dr.dylansgame5583
      @dr.dylansgame5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MrReaperofDead then stores should set up the shit ready to go outside of stocking which most dont and then expect the workers to fix there mess of mismanagement and ive been there done that

  • @legalizehomicide7262
    @legalizehomicide7262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    I used to work in retail... And this is freaking accurate except for the manager parts. My boss wouldn't fire anyone. They just wrote you up so you couldn't transfer to a better position.

    • @IncognitoSprax
      @IncognitoSprax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Which is by design so they can't pay more

    • @insidious1308
      @insidious1308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And probably to keep the body count so they don't have to hire as many new employees

    • @Kinnakeeter
      @Kinnakeeter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      This game has solidified the fact that I refuse to ever work retail

    • @IncognitoSprax
      @IncognitoSprax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Kinnakeeter
      Oh no. 2 years of retail should be mandatory for everybody.

    • @Fpink202new
      @Fpink202new 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sprax too bad the people who need it the most won’t have to

  • @Vulkans
    @Vulkans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    This mirrors my experience with one exception: Nobody ever got to the point of being fired, cause everyone would end up quitting before that.

    • @EvolvedHC7
      @EvolvedHC7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I lasted a week, I can totally relate to this

    • @isaacthecorncob
      @isaacthecorncob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I lasted about a month. Then I quit with no warning

    • @pablofernandez2335
      @pablofernandez2335 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never worked at retail exactly, but i had a similar experience recently, i worked at a local supermarket a couple of weeks ago, i had the same objective as in the videogame, but with a twist, customers weren't a problem, but the manager was, she was always on my ass, i lasted only 3 days since it was impossible to keep up with that bitch, also the fact that there are cameras all over the place and no blind spots or safe rooms, except for the toilet, but stay there for too long and she immediately calls you out as soon as you put your first foot out of the toilet. It was either the job or my sanity (both body and mind), i quit before getting fired

  • @elstinko3505
    @elstinko3505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    This entire video you could FEEL the pent up retail anger coming out of John

    • @jacqsprat4645
      @jacqsprat4645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      El Stinko it didn’t take him long to sound exactly the same lol “it’s right there u idiot”

    • @CryingZombie666
      @CryingZombie666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If John still did those skits with Guys and whatnot, I'd like to see an episode in which he flips out and kills *all* the Guys customers. Now *that* is quality xD

  • @DemonFoxToy
    @DemonFoxToy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Literally every retail store at the moment. They just need to update demands for toilet paper and hand sanitizer and it's set for ultimate realism March 2020.

    • @fireblade295
      @fireblade295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And add in a consumer that tries stealing the employee's hand sanitizer...not a joke. Someone at my brother's work tried getting the employee's hand sanitizer for a discount because it was used, and it id say "staff only" on it...

    • @bartdude82
      @bartdude82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@fireblade295 We have to hide our hand sanitizers on the floor near the registers now. These customers are ridiculous...

    • @shinyrayquaza9
      @shinyrayquaza9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we limited it to 2 lysol/paper per person

    • @nelliberry9403
      @nelliberry9403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In Germany they are stealing hand sanitizer from hospitals and fill the dispensers with water. :)

    • @MsScarletwings
      @MsScarletwings 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      WooLord I work at a cafe and I swear to god someone stole toilet paper rolls from the men’s room

  • @Norwaygirl11
    @Norwaygirl11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    This is a game about everyone buying all of the toilet paper...

    • @hotto-dogu5829
      @hotto-dogu5829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Also the developer adding new lines referencing the coronavirus

  • @Hailey.M.Marshall
    @Hailey.M.Marshall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    i work for Target and this is my exact strategy. avoid customers at all cost

  • @spiny7560
    @spiny7560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    100% accurate to retail. I’ve been doing it for 4 years and every one of your complaints constantly runs through my head every day “ it’s right there god can’t you read?!”

  • @lelly5819
    @lelly5819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    What retail workers saw when Karen and Susan fought to the death over who was going to be stocked on toilet paper for the next ten years.

    • @Kinnakeeter
      @Kinnakeeter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol I can only imagine Leslie

    • @brodiesayre2002
      @brodiesayre2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my, that's hilarious!

  • @drpzor
    @drpzor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Customer: "My dog chewed up my couch, I need a new one."
    John: *goes to pet isle*
    .
    John: "Okay, not a new dog, I need a sofa."

  • @january1494
    @january1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is so perfect, I just quit my job working at a Kroger-owned grocery store and I mostly worked at the Customer Service desk but was hired as a cashier. I cannot tell you how many times people asked me where something was when it was *literally in the aisle directly behind them* _and the sign was labeled with that item_ but you begin to realize, with dread and misery, that people would much rather be spoon fed information rather than take a minute to look for it on their own. Every time John was like “IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, YOU LITERALLY CAME TO ME WHEN IT WAS RIGHT THERE!” I was internally shouting “EXACTFUCKINGLY”. Also, the satisfaction when he gets to the safe staff room before a customer jumps him is so real; I had so many times where I’d be late for a break or lunch because of lines of customers and when my supervisor finally gave me the go ahead to leave, I would see someone coming up to my register and yank off my name tag like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lol

  • @brandonstevens7371
    @brandonstevens7371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    wtf john, I watch your content to escape my life in retail, not relive it.

  • @canismori
    @canismori 4 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    I wonder if Kravin told him he did voice acting in this.

    • @1995Rebel
      @1995Rebel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Who does he voice ?

    • @canismori
      @canismori 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@1995Rebel If I remember correct, he did the "HEY!" for the manager and the "EXCUSE ME" for the customers

    • @1995Rebel
      @1995Rebel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@canismori very cool lol, hopefully he can land a bigger role in another indie game.

    • @FemkjeMW
      @FemkjeMW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      John actualy said it

    • @hisneknvd
      @hisneknvd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gaymurr really? that’s so cool!

  • @tsymphony8125
    @tsymphony8125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    😂😂😂 I feel this game spiritually I used to work at Walmart and I constantly told myself “I don’t get paid enough for this”

  • @jijibunny198
    @jijibunny198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Retail is literally just babysitting and cleaning up after incompetent, demanding adults. This game gave me a visceral reaction. *shivers* I dont want to go to work tomorrow..

  • @rebellyanmagic6409
    @rebellyanmagic6409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The body in the wall is Lester, the dude on the missing poster.
    Also if you get a customer mad and manage to run into the starting area (near the lockers) before Manager catches you, he gets stopped by the invisible wall and can't reach you. But you can't leave either, so...

    • @Crystals10000
      @Crystals10000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the manager murdered him i guess xD

  • @hopiedee2270
    @hopiedee2270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    *people freaking out and over-buying*
    John: I know just what to play.

  • @joehjackman
    @joehjackman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    "I was inside the grandma"" I never wanna say that phrase ever again" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @aliveslice
    @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This reminds me of Baldi, the skip rope girl specifically... But multiplied by a hundred

  • @neriphyra
    @neriphyra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "Can you read?!" Im ded. Literally customers cannot. Ever. Hahaha this game is so accurate.

  • @strongfork
    @strongfork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    YESSSS MORE RETAIL HORROR GAME VIDEOS do you know how much i've learned about store displays because of these videos.

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I learned that I should never ask a worker anything even if I go three rounds trying to find it. Actually did that the other day. And the cleaning lady who is cleaning just as you're walking gives you an oof. I mean I was working as a cleaner briefly and imagined everyone passing thinking "why the fuck do you clean while people are walking here". And I obviously hate it more than anyone. Because these are the rules and management doesn't give a shit. Because after they finish their work they want to leave asap since they hate their job too. Great.

  • @gleamingembermemories
    @gleamingembermemories 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "He came to me in the aisle he needed!"
    happens more than you'd think orz

  • @elias08
    @elias08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All of John's comments was pretty much my inner monologue when I worked retail.

  • @madisonb8163
    @madisonb8163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i just started working retail, the scariest thing is when someone asks you where something is, and you have no idea where that is and there isnt any other workers who can help

  • @jowellgamingshow6907
    @jowellgamingshow6907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Lmao I immediately thought about the chaos in retail right now with this virus going on and since I work in retail, this was the perfect time to do a let's play showing the horrors of retail. I like this game, it's interesting and something different and it's funny haha 😅

  • @corigamble5652
    @corigamble5652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Dude, this is just every day at the store I manage. This game is so accurate, I legit started feeling some work stress while sitting here.

  • @williamsrhyn
    @williamsrhyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    17:15 "what kind of toys are these?" they are po's from the teletubbies (but without the antennae's)

  • @drewkid121156
    @drewkid121156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Coronavirus at Walmart: The Game
    Has gaming gone too far!?!?!?

  • @DjHardJ
    @DjHardJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This game gives me PTSD. Years of retail have rotted my soul into a hollow husk and crushed my human spirit. The bleak hopeless despair of retail...

  • @Merricktherox
    @Merricktherox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In light of recent times this game is so accurate to how retailers be dealing with obnoxious people oml.

  • @peterdaviesracing
    @peterdaviesracing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is more horror than an actual horror game. Especially the stress of having to run around the store to find the right aisle in a short time span and the constant "fear" of being disovered again to force you to do it once more while you were busy restocking.
    Also, John would make a great deranged manager with that voice sample for him.

  • @blackroserandom98
    @blackroserandom98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This reminds me of the time someone asked me where the cereal was while we were standing in the cereal aisle.

  • @djwillyk319
    @djwillyk319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    22:03 John was ready to give up the whole ass dog before getting a new sofa

  • @Zapper216
    @Zapper216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    John's creepy manager voice is on point in this.

  • @DerWeisskunig
    @DerWeisskunig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    “Hygiene Rating: Five Stars”
    While there is a lake of puke below it.

  • @EllaEllaEh
    @EllaEllaEh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The sick part is, I’ve worked retail and John’s dialogue is exactly what I say to customers in my head. This game really captures the frustration of working retail 😆

  • @thegavinside
    @thegavinside 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Guys, just look, they have everything labelled!"
    Bold of you to assume customers can read.

  • @beansmcbongo140
    @beansmcbongo140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:29 a paint can on the bottom row is clearly missing the "t" and says PAIN

  • @SuperLegendOfBros
    @SuperLegendOfBros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The scariest part about this game is that none of the customers say thank you.

  • @ScrambledAndBenedict
    @ScrambledAndBenedict 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Honestly, it's actually pretty impressive how far you managed to get without realizing you could stun the consumers with boxes.

  • @MySushiBear
    @MySushiBear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I’m glad this game is making its rounds! Nerve wracking, humorous and relatable! And as much as we hate to admit it, we’ve all been one of these consumers. LOL.

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can I help you? Are you looking for anything in particular???

    • @aliveslice
      @aliveslice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I've been a customer who'd rather walk an extra mile trying to find something because social interaction is terrifying

    • @joneycade2138
      @joneycade2138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aliveslice Same here, i work in retail and when im a customer, i HATE asking for help, when i needed something off of the topstock shelf, i wandered around the store to see ig they had stools, grabbed a stool, got the item, and put the stool back

    • @joneycade2138
      @joneycade2138 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      by the way this was at a store i didnt work at, just to clear that up

    • @CryingZombie666
      @CryingZombie666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Except for the fact that I never yell or be rude to the staff. I always say "Excuse me." politely and ask where the stuff I can't seem to find is. Sometimes staff can be rude too, but eh, not something I should scream I head off for.

  • @Maverickslayer744
    @Maverickslayer744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "They have everything labeled!"
    Welcome to retail, John.

  • @levbrin3547
    @levbrin3547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Here's a tip for ”winning” John: AVOID THE BABY LADY!

  • @calcifer6142
    @calcifer6142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bounciness of everything when a customer gets you does replicate the anxiety and fear of having to talk to someone

  • @elyxrr
    @elyxrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    23:40
    Look at the "DIY/ELECTRICAL" sign in the left top corner
    For a split second the "Y" in "D.I.Y" changes to an E, spelling out "D.I.E"

  • @Aramaya43
    @Aramaya43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His attitude towards the customers is exactly how I responded in my head every single time, EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

  • @laivexae4737
    @laivexae4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I literally just got home from working retail (I got called in when I actually requested spring break off three months ago before this "end of the world" situation was a thing)
    I swear I wanted to punch everyone in the throat when they tried to get upset about the limit of four for anything that we've deemed a 'crisis' item.

    • @haleymist09
      @haleymist09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You're an angel for dealing with that nonsense.

    • @LucretiaPearl
      @LucretiaPearl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I wish you could punch those types. Ugh. I hope this pandemic hurries up & goes away.

    • @january1494
      @january1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I legit just quit my grocery store job because of the risk it posed to me and my family, like I couldn’t handle it if I got sick and got my family sick because I was in one of the most highly trafficked areas right now. But before I left, I actually had people coming up to my service desk and tryin to get me to sell the hand sanitizer bottle we had for the staff to them. I was like no??? Lmao we handle cash and are within 3 feet of hundreds of people for 8 hours a day nah bitch. And the endless calls, berating _me_ for our warehouses being out of cleaning supplies. Yeezus. People don’t realize how much this kind of work tests you haha bless you for sticking it out, stay safe out there comrade!!!

    • @yasmina1198
      @yasmina1198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same i want to punch everyone that gets upset about our pain killer limit. Also people shopping for fun when its stressful in the store as is with all the rules! I had to wait at the door and explain everyone that we have a people limit and boy they do not take it well...

  • @toodleloos
    @toodleloos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    this is an extremely accurate representation of working at Target, but needs more people asking obscure things I don't have the answer to
    jk lol it's amazing, and aw the little Mr Kravin product was cute

    • @CryingZombie666
      @CryingZombie666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like asking where sex toys are?

    • @tylerbenjamin3842
      @tylerbenjamin3842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What, you mean the canned bread? They covered that.

    • @toodleloos
      @toodleloos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CryingZombie666 no, too easy, they're with the pregnancy tests

    • @toodleloos
      @toodleloos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tylerbenjamin3842 yes but which of the brands are gluten free 👀💁

    • @dr.dylansgame5583
      @dr.dylansgame5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @sREUDIAN fLIP lol ok this comment wins

  • @JustAndrewIsFine
    @JustAndrewIsFine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I had this on in the background and was still stressed out.

  • @JigokuShoujosRevenge
    @JigokuShoujosRevenge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a person who works retail, I can't believe all the customers in this follow the staff only rule.

  • @dragonsnouts
    @dragonsnouts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this has literally been my entire life for the past week

  • @thtguyplut002
    @thtguyplut002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how the music is so soft and sweet LMAO

  • @catmintdragon2215
    @catmintdragon2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "this game comes at you a mile a minute"
    that's retail for you .w.

  • @TimorousEye
    @TimorousEye ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Where’d you guys all come from?!”
    Welcome to the horror, John

  • @brendantony9542
    @brendantony9542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    John Wolfe is a legend! Always brightens my day seeing your videos man

  • @regulussky6560
    @regulussky6560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    The Manager sounds like a sexual predator in the end.

    • @CryingZombie666
      @CryingZombie666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Near* the end of the game*

    • @jaggerra7
      @jaggerra7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Maybe that's what happened to that dead guy in the locked room. Death via repeated managerial gangbang.

    • @erectustesticulus3191
      @erectustesticulus3191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He was he fucked that dead dude Lester & locked him & left him to perish in the secret staff door

    • @harrisonbetker2271
      @harrisonbetker2271 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where's Chris Hansen when you need him?

  • @because-strudels
    @because-strudels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Perfect game that is totally accurate for my social anxieties while working

  • @rochead676
    @rochead676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John reading to the beat of the music was by far the best thing in this video. Bravo

  • @Plaguedcourier
    @Plaguedcourier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a pre existing bedding expert at Target. I can confirm that everyday was this hectic. If not worse.
    Not sure if you wanna peruse a career in retail? Think it'll be a breeze? Think it's easy money? This video is perfect for you.

  • @shadowwolf2446
    @shadowwolf2446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I found this so funny, especially when you said can't you read. I work in retail and I think the same thing, when someone comes up to me. lol

  • @ultracapacity7531
    @ultracapacity7531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    OH MY GOOOOOOOD! He got 8 customers in a row, before getting it from The Manager. Most people mess up the first customer, guess it's from being a retailer. Here is your grade for being the first I have seen OWN this game so fast; SSS+.

  • @Eyeofnelms
    @Eyeofnelms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope this game teaches people to treat retail workers better and with more respect. They aren't soulless robots they're people too.

  • @maybewise
    @maybewise 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's kind of weird that it's a retail store, but nobody has baskets, or is carrying anything to purchase. It's like their sole purpose is to annoy you. XD

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      For some, that is their sole purpose in life. Pathetic really

    • @maybewise
      @maybewise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SamuelBlack84 I was about to say that I don't know what real person would go to a store for the sole purpose of annoying the workers, but then I remembered all the people who would go places maskless at the height of the pandemic and then throw a fit whenever a worker dared try to enforce the rules.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maybewise That has always pissed me off. Being a dick must in their worthless minds give them a sense of purpose as they don't have any other.

  • @bonniekas8648
    @bonniekas8648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “put all the boxes in the correct aisles, use the staff doors to your advantage, and AVOID THE BABY LADY!”- Kubz Scouts

  • @FTZPLTC
    @FTZPLTC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    John: "I don't have experience of this kind of retail."
    Later John: "HE ASKED ME WHERE SOMETHING WAS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE IT IS!!!!"
    Yup, that's this kind of retail right there.

  • @eeliac_
    @eeliac_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is super accurate for someone like me who works in retail and has really bad social anxiety. I work in a small store but its still crazy. Some people will ask for things that'll be right in front in front of them, if you don't take them to their specific item in like 30 seconds they'll ask for someone "smarter", etc. I am a young woman that works in a RV repair and accessories shop and you have no idea how many people just avoid or walk past me thinking I don't know shit. When I know a LOT of stuff in my whole year of working there. In fact I know more than my male coworker who's been there for 20+ years. It just sucks when I'm overlooked. And my coworkers agree with me too because they know my potential. I love my job otherwise, retail is retail and you can't change it... :/

  • @TheCALLofDEAD
    @TheCALLofDEAD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was really looking forward to seeing John play this :O

  • @ronjohnson3249
    @ronjohnson3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's funny watching John go from 'I've worked in other retails' to 'ITS RIGHT THERE! EVERYTHING IS LABELED.' Like a true grocery employee.

  • @celes42017
    @celes42017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Oh that was my life in a nutshell working for the Children’s Place when I was 23. It was like a nightmare come true every single day. I once found a used diaper and poop on the floor in a dressing room.

  • @mstorey622
    @mstorey622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is absolutely hilarious. Basically every single part of your commentary while playing is what anyone actually working retail thinks every shift 😂

  • @MegKnightus
    @MegKnightus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This game is unfortunately accurate. John saying, "It's labled over there!" This is literally me all the time.

  • @zisaletter4602
    @zisaletter4602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you can definitely tell the dev has worked retail because this is beyond accurate and john's frustration within minutes of starting is also accurate. you don't know fury 'til you've watched a woman walk through the eyeliner aisle and not see it, then berate you for not having it out, then be annoyed when you show her where it is, then steal it when she thinks youre not looking
    and you can't say anything like "right here dipshit"
    this is hilarious

  • @BibliophileEmi
    @BibliophileEmi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve always said that everyone should be required to work retail so they can understand how much of a nightmare it is. This isn’t quite as bad as actual retail, but it’s close enough that I’d be willing to accept it as a reliable substitute.

  • @Art-pj8zq
    @Art-pj8zq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear i would never work on retail store if all of the consumers are chasing me like that

  • @h3y_bails
    @h3y_bails 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7:15 what every grocery store employee wants to say to customers but can't.

  • @vellynis
    @vellynis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a pretty accurate depiction of retail work.

  • @ismailhajjou749
    @ismailhajjou749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes finally I was waiting for john to play this

  • @Trevelyan2
    @Trevelyan2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This game is a perfect representation of working retail. I’ve been watching for years, but this may be the first game I buy out of support to the devs.

  • @malindachantelle4706
    @malindachantelle4706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a very pleasant surprise! You made my day thanks for uploading a video John!

  • @CoCoCo1212
    @CoCoCo1212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone who worked retail for a good 7 months, this is a pretty accurate representation. Especially if it's your first few weeks. Whether its getting yelled at for making simple mistakes even though it's clear that you're new or being expected to process and drop a certain amount of goods in a humanly impossible amount of time. Thanks to the help of some great coworkers, I was pretty competent by month 4, but even then some MODs expected me to work at breakneck speed because of my young age, asthma and weight issues be damned. To them, I was practically Hercules. 😂😂😂
    That job taught me two important things about the adult world: 1. It ain't all that different from the social hierarchy in high school and 2. Ageism is another serious issue we need to talk about more.

  • @duran-yt
    @duran-yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    can confirm this is 1000% accurate

  • @MrIcecolddd
    @MrIcecolddd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I spent 6 years in retail and this is crazily accurate, people treating you like dirt, ridiculous workload, avoiding customers at all cost, hiding in store rooms.... Jheeze feel like I’m getting PTSD flashbacks

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We found Lester. Bricked up in one of the back rooms. A skeleton. Don't trust the manager.... He's a serial (employee) killer! Only kills the best ones though! 😮

  • @Whatlander
    @Whatlander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of a retail customer who always insisted she deserved a discount because she was buying for a church. There was no convincing her that the church has to apply for tax exemption status; it's not just a random discount. She always had time to argue, but never five minutes to fill out a form at the nearby service desk. The worst was when she showed up with two children in the outdoor section and "asked" me to watch them for her. I told her no, employees legally can't take responsibility for children, and also I wasn't allowed to go more than 20 feet from the register. (There was only one outdoor cashier at a time, with a camera to catch any employee that stepped out of range.) Eventually she just left her young children to roam the open-air section/parking lot. Apparently she wasn't terribly attached to them. Luckily, the kids were a lot smarter than her and understood that their mum was acting like a clown, and I wasn't supposed to leave the booth. They stuck close to the register and were very polite.

  • @ErinJeanette
    @ErinJeanette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God working at Wal-Mart in customer service where you do returns this makes me so happy to watch my favorite TH-camrs go through what I do playing this game. It's too real 😂

    • @acamera367
      @acamera367 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am sorry for the hell you guys will endure when people have to return the hand sanitizer they've been drinking.

  • @WorldismineMP3
    @WorldismineMP3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idk what it is about this specific John Wolfe video but it's the one I always fall asleep to no matter what. It's so comforting despite what's happening in the game and sure other horror games I sleep to as well but this one SPECIFICALLY always helps me sleep when I need it. [: It's nice when I'm able to. John's videos always help tho

  • @AhmedDaYoutuber
    @AhmedDaYoutuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    'I was inside the grandma'
    - John Wolfe 2020

  • @anotherboi3476
    @anotherboi3476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that lady with the baby literally is the karen in that world