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.

Day 20-Hobby of yours

Reading

-I used to hate it. But now that I found things I love to read about, I can't get enough reading. I've found that I enjoy reading about music. Reading about what inspired a person to go into music, what they like doing on the side, their families, etc

Puzzles

-God, I have quite a stock of these, lol. They also follow that same music route. A lot of the puzzles I own are of album covers, but a few here and there are of Chinese artwork, etc. I keep finding ones I want to get eventually

Paint by numbers

-I know there are tons out there, but I usually look for ones that represent me in a way. Whether it be of Italy, London, an animal I like, etc

I have this paint by number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing

-I am, day by day, getting better at drawing. I really love trying to draw people. It's a challenge, but a challenge I'm willing to take none the less. The only problem I have is trying to get certain features on their face right sometimes. Like for example, if I'm drawing Dave Murray from Iron Maiden, the trickiest part on him would be trying to get his round face drawn right or his hairline right or the slight wrinkles on his face perfect or the somewhat blurry tattoo on his arm right or if I was drawing Hugh Jackman, getting his facial hair right. I'm a bit of a perfectionist in that sense. I want it perfect, and if not, I keep trying until it kills me, lol

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Nighthawks
-Edward Hopper

How to pass the time on a train if you're an artist

Artist October Jones has redefined the meaning of "find something to do on the train to kill time". See how she kills time here with her art skills. I have got to try this the next time I'm on an airplane!

This is the new and improved "Don't Tickle Me" Elmo, lol

"Mmmmmmm, donuts"

Wil E. has found the Roadrunner



 Hellboy is travelling among the humans

Mickey definitely isn't smiling today...

 "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a man in a mask before?"

 "I found Waldo!"

The Batmobile is in the shop



 "Hulk mad!"

The Notorious B.I.G.'s cat

 Even ET has to use human transportation

 He's looking up the lyrics to "Rainbow Connection"

 He's on vacation and travelling

 Tom will never find Jerry...

 Even Raphael seems to be having a down day

Awww, anteaters!



 Just for a little burst of positivity

 "Where's Luigi?"

 Robocop without his armor

 "I have the lightsaber I do"

Look What I Found, pt. III

Wallace and Gromit stamps!! I want these!!!

"Keep Calm And..."

I've noticed lately there have been alot of these "Keep Calm and Carry On" signs. I recently found out from a new blogger I'm following called the Happy Housemaker that these signs are of WWII-era Britain design. Alot of them will feature the Union Jack, aka the British flag, in a distressed, faded, grunge style. I'm not sure why, but I kinda like them. Just the retroness of it makes me like it, it's from a decade prior to my birth and if it's old, retro or vintage, you can win a bet in Vegas that I'm gonna like it

This one made me laugh

Awww, I love owls

This should be for my sister

That is my sister all over. If she could, she'd probably turn up Green Day so loud everyone in Delhi could hear Billie Joe Armstrong



Sooooooo me!!!

Pretty cool

Oooooooh, lollies, as I call them. Don't feel like saying lollipop.

Perfect 4 my mom, since she thinks she is the Queen

Awww, dinosaurs!

For all you church going types

Another one perfect 4 my sister

CUPCAKES!



Oooooh, perfect 4 me!!!



The safest thing you can do....

Perfect 4 my sister, since she loves everything pirates....