Give me blue scrubs, a raise, and make-up.

[TonyF]

Because I apparently can do it all! Not a bad thing but when I tell you that I don't know and that you should go to the actual expert on this, don't cop an attitude.

I am NOT the pharmacist!

Because my photo lab is in close vicinity to the pharmacy, I tend to work on projects near there and sometimes, because I'm near the pharmacy, people will assume that I work there. Understandable I suppose, but when I reveal that I'm a lowly photo monkey, I don't want attitude.

A man walks up to me.

Him: Excuse me, what is this?

He hands me a slip with an ingredient that I cannot pronounce written on it. So, I check a few jars and bottles on our shelves and not quite finding this thing. So, I tell him that I'm going to go ask the actual pharmacy staff about this.

Him: Why?
Me: Because I don't know what this is and I'm sure they will.
Him: Why don't you know?
Me: (stern voice) Because I don't work in the pharmacy and I don't know what this ingredient is.

I hear him sigh and I ask the staff, to which of them comes out and helps the man. I don't why he still stared at me but it's written right on my name tag which department I'm in.

I am NOT the manager! (plus the inability to read)

Returns and exchanges are things that only managers can do. Such a hard concept.

This lady walks over to my counter, where we normally do returns, and throws her bag of items on to the counter. She's already on thin ice, now.

Me: Can I help you?
Her: Yeah, are you a manager? Your checker over there overcharged me! These are buy one get one!

She takes these two bottles of aspirin out and slides them across the counter to where they almost fell off on my end. Now, I know a certain line of aspirin is, in fact, buy one get one. But, I was sure that she got the wrong ones. I offer to go check.

Her: What? Why? What are you checking?
Me: Well, there are certain ones on sale so I'm just going to check if these (the ones I was holding) are the right ones.
Her: Well, there's a sign back there that says it, watch.

So, I actually follow her to the back wall and examine the tags. Sure enough, she was wrong, and got mad.

Her: Why aren't these coming up? It says right here!
Me: It's the wrong line of aspirin, look.

I show her the tag's small print. She backs off a little. So, we go back to my counter and I call for the manager.

Her: Why are you calling a manager?
Me: Because she has to do the return.
Her: Why can't you do it? I need to go.
Me: I understand. She'll be right here.
Her: *sigh*

A minute has passed and no manager has shown up. This can happen sometimes for reasons unknown. Thinking she's in a spot where she can't hear the call, I tell the customer that I'm going to go find my manager. I actually just wanted to get away from her.

Her: How much longer will THAT take?
Me: I'm going to go find her real quick.
Her: But why can't you do this return?
Me: I need the key and a manager sign-on. So, I'll be right ba-
Her: (rude, sarcastic tone) Yeah, yeah, ok, ok.

B****.

So, I find the manager and get her over to the counter to do this return and get her out. Buh-bye.

I am NOT the cosmetician.

I don't have a specific example here, it's just been a whole series of little things when I cover a lunch over there.

This one should be so damn obvious, yet women still get mad. I should just make a short list and pin it to my chest or leave it on the counter:

- I do not know what eye blush or toner is.
- Don't ask me if this shade matches your skin, I'll always say yes.
- Spare me your private plans with your boyfriend tonight. I don't want to hear it.
- Do NOT get angry if I don't know that 'perfect' scent that would go for you.
- Shampoo is shampoo. Go buy the dollar stuff and save thirty dollars.
- Stop wasting your time worrying about a good toenail color if you're going to wear shoes all year-round.
- I shave with a razor. I don't know which electric shaver is the best. Buy one and if you don't like it, bring it back.
- Is there really that big of a difference with hand sanitizers?
- I don't know what made you think I know about pedicures, but stop. Massages, yes. Pedicures, no.
- Please don't open the nail polish. You'll most likely drop it, it'll stain, and I'll have to open a bottle of polish remover, which will most likely get me light-headed.
- Yes, your perfume WILL make me sneeze.

[MoonCat]

- Shampoo is shampoo. Go buy the dollar stuff and save thirty dollars.

Not necessarily, but I sure wouldn't spend thirty bucks on it!

And why would people ask someone in the photo lab about make-up...oh, right. Forgot which site I'm on...

[Whiskey]

Shampoo is not shampoo, but generally, it isn't 30$ a bottle.

[zombiequeen]

I buy shampoo based on what color it is and how it smells.
I have not gone bald yet, but I'm sure it's coming soon with how I treat my hair.

[Food Lady]

Why do people ask us so many product questions? We're not experts; many of us make minimum wage. That's why they put product info on the boxes.

[bainsidhe]

Personally, I think opening polish is okay, so long as you put the cap back on properly, don't spill it, and don't paint the display or your own nails with it!! I mean think about it, do you really want to purchase polish someone has applied to their possibly fungal/nasty nails?

I reeeeaaaaallllyy wish Hellmart would force people to buy the products they destroy. Grrr.

[Eisa]

I have to buy T-Sal shampoo specifically. It sucks having seborrheic dermatitis. But yeah, I don't understand spending $30 on a bottle of shampoo unless perhaps it's some kind of medicated/special shampoo you actually need!

And the general makeup questions of "would this look good for/on me" are best reserved for a friend you brought with you. Not poor random employee. Jeez.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

There are precisely three kinds of shampoo: Clarifying (oil-removing), moisturizing, and dandruff removing.

Anyone tells you different is pulling your leg.

And that's my story; I'm sticking to it.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Shampoo is not shampoo, but generally, it isn't 30$ a bottle.

True.

Some brands I can't use because my hair is so thick that the thicker the shampoo is, the harder time I have trying to get it all rinsed out completely, and then I'm left with residue.

I had to quit using Herbal Essences because of that (and even though it smelled so good, I never experienced an orgasm from using it like in their earlier commercials) and Pantene got to the point where my hair was like straw, so now I'm using Aussie.

I do have some clarifying shampoo that I use on occasion to help with residue removal so that my hair doesn't get too limp from using the same brand constantly.

[Whiskey]

True.

I do have some clarifying shampoo that I use on occasion to help with residue removal so that my hair doesn't get too limp from using the same brand constantly.

I have thick Italian hair. I use a brand called Organix, ~6-7$ for 13oz, and its never given me any trouble. Rinses straight out, no residue. I get comments constantly about how soft my hair feels/looks. For bleaching the crap out of it every 2 months, I'm a happy camper.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I have fine hair. In general I avoid shampoos that aren't clear because the creamy ones tend to weight down my hair after a few uses.

I'm a girl and I couldn't tell you the first thing about what makeup looks best on you.

[fireheart]

We have shampoo at work that goes for $16 a bottle.

But I use the Organic Care brand of shampoo and conditioner for my hair, it's around $5 a bottle and I haven't had an issue with it at all.

[Seshat]

There are precisely three kinds of shampoo: Clarifying (oil-removing), moisturizing, and dandruff removing.

And ones with specific medications, eg for eczma or dermatitis. But those you would normally be recommended by a dermatologist, and some are probably even prescription-only!


As a general rule, "dirt" is water-soluble, oil-soluble, or brush/scrub-able. (This applies to dirt on clothing, skin, or even household surfaces, too.)

Water soluble dirt, obviously, you remove with water. Scrubbable dirt you remove with a brush or with an abrasive. Exfoliation gloves, salt scrubs and kitchen scourers are all examples of abrasives.

Oil-soluble dirt is removed with soaps, shampoos and detergents (or the oil-solvents used in dry-cleaning, for clothes). Soaps, shampoos and detergents all contain molecules where one half of the molecule hooks onto the oily dirt, and the other half hooks onto water. This makes the oil 'water soluble'.

Shampoos thus are designed to remove sebum (skin/hair oil). Even moisturising shampoos actually remove sebum; the trick is that they remove less, and they have oils in them as well.

Conditioners then add oil to the hair that's just been stripped of oil.

Weird, huh?

The point is to remove old rancid sebum, sweat, salts, and any other junk that's accumulated in the hair, but then to replace the old sebum with fresh, clean oil to keep the hair shaft healthy.

The same happens when we bathe then moisturise our skin, or wash our clothes then add fabric softener.

[blas]

Never ever use Pantene Pro-V. Don't listen to the hogwash about how Pantene keeps winning year after year beauty awards. It is almost entirely wax. It causes massive breakage of the hair.

I asked my stylist what kinds of shampoos/conditioners to use when money is tight and I can't use my beloved Paul Mitchell or Redkin, and she said L'oreal sulfate free is ok, Tres Emme isn't bad, and Dove is alright.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Right now I'm using an Axe 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner.

I wash my hair every morning. I shower at night, but I don't shampoo my hair. I just run the water through it and massage it a little.

Once a week I hit it with some Neutrogena clarifying shampoo to clear out all the gel I put in my hair to make it look like not a rat's nest.

I have to wash my hair daily. Otherwise it looks all greasy and I can't get it to be anything but a rat's nest.