The Joys of Working at Michael's

For those not familiar with this store name, Michael's is an arts and crafts store where you can ALMOST anything artsy craftsy. For the people who work there, they always have major issues with some of those who shop there. Here are 15 examples of the crap they deal with on a daily basis

BTW, the comments on these photos were most likely written by Michaels employees all over the place, wherever there are Michaels stores

When kids find the glitter and glue

"Unicorn spit and acrylic paint poured out." It gets worse. "Just found a bunch of slime and glitter dumped a few aisles down."

Thieves are getting smarter and more creative...

Store manager: "Slap one of those bad boys on there and that'll do it."

Thief: "Well...at least it's a creative way of getting the lock off, I guess. People like this are why the friggin' Cricut stuff is locked in a cabinet at my store!"

Not the right coupon...

Guys...just Google "Michaels coupon" and current date and follow the links to the Michaels site. There's a whole page dedicated to coupons! Pro tip from a Michaels shopper

When toys go wild...

"The battle hath commenced...and I just want to add we had been checking this aisle [maybe] 10 minutes before. It had been a group effort. I'm torn between thinking this is so cute and feeling sorry for whoever has to put it away"

Why customers test spray paint on the floor is anyone's guess

Despite the image having a censor on it, you can imagine what this Michaels employee is saying. I agree; To be honest, the employee is right; That would so SO annoying to clean up

When the holidays invade your local Michaels....

Sure, it's a nice treat for both employees and customers to hear when browsing through the aisles. But imagine working there for eight hours a day and hearing the same set of holiday songs all day, for two months. Hard pass

When customers mistake ANYTHING for a garbage can

"Today is the day I commit arson", said a Michaels employee. This employee can not be blamed; If you drop your ice cream everywhere, don't do a ditch and run. Who raised these morons? Someone has to clean this up at the end of the day

When customers decide this is okay

"I remember literally 30 minutes after I finished setting it, ONE customer managed to [expletive] it all up. I was raging." one Michaels employee noted. Is it really that impossible to return things to where you found them? Willing to bet that person doesn't do this at home...

When the closing crew gets creative...

"What I found in my store at 5 o'clock this morning, closing crew is wild or lazy asf." Lazy seems to fit. There's so many unexpected things to spell with the bubble letters. I'd go for TAXES just to terrify people

When the customers themselves get creative...

"I love the people who shop here." I'm trying to keep this mildly safe for work, so let's talk about our favorite nut. Mine is the classic peanut, which I'm SURE this display is referencing.

-If my sister saw this, she'd bust out laughing. And of course, like most people, her mind would go dirty

When the store stocks slime...

...be prepared for a massive cleanup!

"Truly some of the most cursed clearance items. I thought one of the bags had ripped, but no, when I inspected the empty one, it was perfect. Cap was left off, meaning someone made the choice to pour it all out"

When labelling goes wrong

Ah yes, the famed shades of "red". I love typos like this. They make no sense whatsoever, but they're entertaining. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go search what Ultramarine Pink looks like

When graduation season hits...

"Can't wait til the graduation cap decoration season ends. Recovery and go backs are madness." I certainly wouldn't classify graduation season as a nightmare season for employees, but after seeing this photo, I now understand

Spray paint finally snaps!!

"Throwback to when a can of green spray was dropped and exploded on a female customer". The thing that is hilarious are the feet-shaped spaces where her feet were.

FYI, you need a Michaels store employee to unlock this cabinet for you; I know. I had to ask one about two weeks ago at the Western Hills location to unlock it to get a can of dark purple spray paint for a milk crate in my room I use to store photo albums

Monkey in the store no one knows about?

"Found this on a sweep. No sign of the missing part.