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15 On-the-Job Annoyances That Make People Want to Quit

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My job certainly has it’s little annoyances.

But even on my worst days, I know that other jobs will have their own annoyances too.

The grass is always greener, right?

But some jobs are beyond annoying. As these posts prove, some jobs are the worst.

Here are 15 examples where people promise that their particular grass is not greener.

First, there’s dealing with kids. And their parents.

1. Fevers and sniffles do not make happy campers

Please leave snot-monsters at home.

I worked at an indoor play park, it was cool, because we could have fun after closing. But really annoying when parents broughttheir sick kids thereand didn't care.

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2. Grumpy parents need not apply

They suck the joy right out of everything, don’t they?

Working at a kid's play center was the worst. Parents are total a**holes.

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3. It doesn’t get much better when they grow up.

At least no helicopter parents, yeah?

Teaching high schoolstudents over the summer was an awful job. Some were great, but the ones that were bad were absolutely unbearable.

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4. And don’t forget the adults who act like children

They might be the worst ones of all.

My current job is the worst. I am receptionist for 400 of the most entitled a**holes ever!

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Then there are stores, where customer is king.

5. It’s hard to imagine it being worse than fast food

Unless you have a perverse love of putting the canned goods on top of the produce. 😉

Being a bagger at a grocery store is a terrible job. People treat you like you're incompetent and worthless. They don't even treat you like a person. Even worse than fast food.

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6. That pretty much says it all

On the bright side, you could get all your shopping done without a second trip.

Walmart is literally the most annoying job ever.

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7. Definitely not the place to be if you like things to stay neat and tidy

Now I’m going to feel bad every time I take a box off the shelf.

Most annoying job ever? Working in a grocery store. Fixing aisles perfectly then coming back in less than five minutes to see that they are back to the way they were before.

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8. But I’d rather straighten the boxes than clean the toilets

I just literally can’t even.

Working Walmart overnight maintenance sucks. Someone once pooped in the urinal....

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9. Manual labor is definitely not fun

But still preferable to the bathroom situation.

The most annoying job I ever had was cart pushing for Walmart. Our mule was broken 80% of the year I worked there.

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And as annoying as it is to receive calls from telemarketers–just imagine how it must be for them.

10. Frankly it sounds terrible

Especially considering no one answers their phones anymore.

Worked in a call center for a large data storage and shredding company. No employee there was treated as a person. We were all treated like things, and told how replaceable.

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11. I mean, did this person work at the same place as the last person?

Because that has to be illegal.

I lasted one day in telemarketing, then had a seizure because they wouldn't let me take a food/water break or have my anticonvulsants on time. I left in an ambulance and never went back.

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Last, but certainly not least, are the odd jobs that don’t fit into a category, but all have their generl terribleness in common.

12. Imagine being a jerk to the person who’s supposed to save you

And imagine having to save them. “Still want that towel?”

When I was life guarding at a resort people would ask me the most ridiculous questions. Do you guys deliver pizza? Can I park there?Can I have a towel? How much to stay another night?

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13. I didn’t even know this was a job

It sounds pretty awful.
I wonder if it would be any better in a more appealing climate?

Selling meat out of the back of a truck door to door in the Arizona desert during the summer was the most annoying job I've ever had.

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14. When you gotta be a bouncer, and you don’t even get tips

I’ve never understood people being upset about being carded.
Like, how dare you think I look young?

Liquor stores are the worst. Gotta card everyone and they get pissed off. Then you have drunks who come in and you gotta deny them. Usually have to throw them out as well.

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15. Side gigs are hard work

Sometimes the money’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

My side job is stripping. It's good money but probably the most annoying job I've ever had...

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Those all definitely make me feel better about the little peccadilloes (as Moira Rose would say) that I deal with at my job. What about you? Tell us in the comments.