History Main / ApatheticClerk

** The owner of Maxi Mart is shown to be quite lethargic, mainly because he has to deal with the antics of the duo, who are his regular customers.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters Beavis and Butt-Head]] work at [[BurgerFool Burger World]], but they prefer goofing around and fighting over actually taking the customers' orders. Oftentimes, they stall the customers for so long that they end up leaving.
--> '''Customer:''' ''(getting impatient)'' Double cheeseburger, large order of fries, small root beer, and an apple pie.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters The titular characters]], depending on who is activating the register at [[BurgerFool Burger World]]. They prefer goofing around and fighting over actually taking the customers' orders. Oftentimes, they stall the customers so long that they end up leaving.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Wendy is often this, meeting the crazy antics of Stan with either apathy or [[DeadpanSnarker snarky remarks]], and is usually [[TheSlacker slacking off with her friends or lazing around]] instead of doing any actual work at the register.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': The titular characters, depending on who is activating the register at [[BurgerFool Burger World]]. They prefer goofing around and fighting over actually taking the customers' orders. Oftentimes, they stall the customers so long that they end up leaving.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Carl, the clerk at a local convenience store, is a stereotypical stoner who is more interested in [[SeinfeldianConversation talking about movies]] than doing his job. In an episode where both Meg and Chris get a job working at the convenience store, he promotes Chris over the hard-working Meg because Chris also likes talking about movies. When Meg complains, he fires her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{6teen}}'': Wayne, of Underground Video. More often than not, he is more seen watching movies in the employee area than selling or renting them. He only really gets passionate about the job when a customer dares to bring him a movie he personally dislikes or disagrees with. The character is an homage to Creator/JackBlack's character in ''Film/HighFidelity'', who similarly would rather insult customers than help them.

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': Darren isn't just apathetic, but he's downright rude, commenting loudly that he "hates this job" and calling Camille a "MILF" not only to her face but over the intercom.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Devon appears tired and unfocused. Even when Ming accuses him of something really horrible, he seems so out-of-it he doesn't understand what is going on and doesn't even try to defend himself, simply answering what he's asked and only seeming to realize what's going on when he sees the pictures and looks at Mei. However, given that he's later revealed to be a 4*Townie, it's possible that he's just been putting himself through overtime work so that he can afford the tickets to their performance at the [=SkyDome=].

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': Darren isn't just apathetic, he's downright rude, commenting loudly that he "Fuggin' hates this job" and calling Camille a "MILF" not only to her face but over the intercom.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{6teen}}'': Wayne, of Underground Video. He's more often seen watching movies in the employee area than selling or renting them; he only really gets passionate about the job when a customer dares to bring him a movie he personally dislikes or disagrees with. The character is an homage to Jack Black's character in ''Film/HighFidelity'', who similarly would rather insult customers than help them.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Carl, the clerk at a local convenience store, is a stereotypical stoner who is more interested in talking about movies than doing his job. In an episode where both Meg and Chris get a job working at the convenience store, he promotes Chris over the hard-working Meg because Chris also likes talking about movies. When Meg complains, he fires her.

* Wayne, of [[WesternAnimation/6teen]]'s Underground Video. He's more often seen watching movies in the employee area than selling or renting them, and only really gets passionate about the job when a customer dares to bring him a movie he personally dislikes or disagrees with. The character is an homage to Jack Black's in Film/HighFidelity, who similarly would rather insult customers than help them.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Carl the clerk at a local convenience store is a stereotypical stoner who is more interested in talking about movies than doing his job. In an episode where both Meg and Chris get a job working at the convenience store, he promotes Chris over the hard-working Meg, because Chris also likes talking about movies. When Meg complains, he fires her.

* ''LetsPlay/PiratesSMP'': The Recruitment Officer is described to be like an unpaid receptionist for the Factioning (Recreuitment Day), and only briefly shows up again on Day 36 to clarify [[spoiler:Aimsey and Guqqie going missing during the server-wide quest]] on Day 1 is the questers' fault for allegedly [[spoiler:losing track of them]] in the first place, and that he's not paid to be there or care.

** Squidward Tentacles. There’s a reason he’s the page image. He’s the cashier at the Krusty Krab, and he openly hates every minute of it. Along with having his annoying neighbor as his co-worker, he has to deal with indecisive customers and watch them gorge on unhealthy, lowbrow food and his greedy boss. He treats everyone with contempt and speaks in a deadpan monotone while at work, never smiling; the one time he ''did'' smile at work was when the Krusty Krab was briefly rebranded as the Krabby O'Mondays and [[HappinessIsMandatory he was forced to smile like everyone else was]], lest he be sent to Human Resources (a big scary thug). In “Ditchin'”, it was implied by Patrick that he calls in sick just so he can get out of work.

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** Derrick/[[spoiler: Dante]] the demon teenager who's also the only person on the Hellp Desk who isn't a volunteer (he's being punished for sneaking into the mortal world and haunting a house, causing the owner of said house to complain once she'd gotten to the afterlife), takes this up a notch while unsupervised by just sending everyone who comes to the desk down a trapdoor to Level Nine, including people who were supposed to go to other levels, lost souls who were supposed to go somewhere other than Hell, visitors and messengers, and [[spoiler: the soul whose house Dante had haunted, much to her annoyance]].

* ''Series/Futureman'': Jeri is apathetic enough about her job to get more into Josh's investigations than her actual job. She also looks upon the feud between Kornish and Camillo with detached amusement.

* ''Series/ItsAlwayssunny'' has a lot of people who fall under this trope outside of the main five. It's part of the reason they can get away with so much. The morgue supervisor who lets Charlie and Dee have sex with corpses for a price or the water park attendants who don't alert authorities that Dee and Mac have gotten stuck on a ride are good examples.

* In ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', The Convenience Store clerk in Buraza Town is a teenage girl that clearly hates her job. You can tell by her inner thoughts and her bored expression that she wants customers to leave her alone as soon as possible.

** Derrick/[[spoiler: Dante]] the demon teenager who's also the only person on the Hellp Desk who isn't a volunteer (he's being punished for sneaking into the mortal world and haunting a house, causing the owner of said house to complain once she'd gotten to the afterlife), takes this up a notch while unsupervised by just sending everyone who comes to the desk down a trapdoor to Level Nine, including people who were supposed to go to other levels, lost souls who were supposed to go somewhere other than Hell, visitors and messengers, and [[spoiler: the soul whose house Dante had haunted, much to her annoyance]]

* ''Series/RaisingHope'': Sabrina does not like her job as the check-out girl at the local Howdy's, often spending her days making [[DeadpanSnarker snarky comments]] about the store. In one episode, she even admits she feels like she's better than her coworkers, though this is driven by her [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex feelings of inferiority]] because her [[SecretlyWealthy rich friends]] went on to have more successful lives. Her attitude gets worse in an episode that looks at what would've happened if [[ItsAWonderfulPlot Hope were never born]]. In this timeline, Howdy's gets turned into a liquor store where the female employees must wear revealing clothes. This hardens Sabrina's personality, causing her to get [[GagBoobs breast implants]] and start [[SexForServices turning tricks at the store]].

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* Most of the people who work the Hellp Desk in ''WebOriginal/HellsBelles'' formerly worked in customer service who now take a certain glee in ignoring the people who come to the desk to complain about being in Hell. Being insistent with them generally raises their ire where they stop being Apathetic and start being DeadpanSnarkers

Related to TheSlacker and ApatheticCitizens. This is often a first job for a BrattyTeenageDaughter. May result from working a SoulSuckingRetailJob. Overlaps with BurgerFool. In cases where the cashier is apathetic to nightmarish working conditions, this will become ConditionedToAcceptHorror. Compare to the SuperStoicShopkeeper, who doesn't react to extreme events, but generally still does their job. Contrast with CreepyGasStationAttendant, where a character working a menial job is PlayedForHorror as opposed to comedy. Also contrast HaughtyHelp, where people the people providing service are disdainful rather than apathetic. The opposite version of the trope is the FriendlyShopkeeper.

* ''Series/RaisingHope'': Sabrina does not like her job as the check-out girl at the local Howdy's, often spending her days making [[DeadpanSnarker snarky comments]] about the store. In one episode, she even admits she feels like she's better than her coworkers, though this is driven by her [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex feelings of inferiority]] due to the fact her [[SecretlyWealthy rich friends]] went on to have more successful lives. Her attitude gets worse in an episode that looks at what would've happened if [[ItsAWonderfulPlot Hope were never born]]. In this timeline, Howdy's gets turned into a liquor store where the female employees must wear revealing clothes. This hardens Sabrina's personality, causing her to get [[GagBoobs breast implants]] and start [[SexForServices turning tricks at the store]].

** Similarly is the bartender of the [[BadGuyBar Stacked Deck]], who is ''completely'' desensitized to violence and costumed weirdos since his place is frequented by mobsters, henchmen, and even super-criminals. When a riot and gunfight breaks out, he simply slumps on the counter to watch the show and [[PassThePopcorn slides a bowl of peanuts toward himself]].

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Upon hearing that hardcore {{otaku}} Konata has gotten a part-time job to buy more Quo cards, Kagami and Tsukasa discuss what kind of job would even suit her. They imagine her as a bookstore cashier, where she ignores customers in favor of her manga and gets prizes from the merchandise, a convenience store cashier, where she speaks quickly and slurs her words to get things over with, and then a fast food cashier and family restaurant waitress, where her deadpan expression would cause problems. When Konata tells them she's a waitress at a cosplay cafe, they agree it suits her perfectly.