45 Funny Work Memes Only Retail Employees Truly Understand (June 3, 2025)

Working retail means you’ve got stories, trauma, and the patience of a saint (or at least the ability to fake it for 8 hours).

These funny work memes are for the retail warriors out there who are on the front lines dealing with impossible customers, weird shifts, and the classic “do you work here?” from someone who made eye contact with you five times.

If you know the struggle, these retail memes will hit too close and just right.


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Nate Armbruster

Nate writes for Pleated-Jeans and enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.