Hello everyone, I had a different name on the old board but I decided to change it for the new boards. My first post ever was what I learned from retail and I think that this should be no different.
Things I 've learned from retail:
- If you think you've seen it all, something new comes up
- If there are five tables in a stack, a dark brown one on the bottom and four light ones on top, someone always wants the one on bottom
- If you work almost all night shifts, a tank of gas can go for almost a month
- Weekends off are an exception
- People will demand that you help them even if it is obvious you are on your lunch by the simple fact that you are holding a McDonald's bag
- The last hour of your shift before your days off is the longest hour of your life
- Despite the fact that you and most of your co-workers are a few years out of high school, everyone still acts like they're seventeen
- If your bitchy boss tells you that she is pregnant, DO NOT immediately say, "Well that explains a lot"
- Customers will move heaven and earth to try and get a discount
- If you show up everyday, may God have mercy on your soul if you try to call in, yet some people get to call in on weekends all the time
- It is entirely possible to be in the bathroom and hear your name or department called no less than three times
- Fewer things threaten your sanity more than an assistant manager-trainee trying to prove his/her worth to the bosses
- If you bust your ass, no one notices. You screw up once, everybody knows
- Getting pulled out of an air-conditioned store and being forced to push carts in almost 100 degree heat, plus another 80 degrees coming off of the asphalt, is apparantly no excuse for being a little irritable
So what have YOU learned?
* edited to add more things I've learned
Things I 've learned from retail:
- If you think you've seen it all, something new comes up
- If there are five tables in a stack, a dark brown one on the bottom and four light ones on top, someone always wants the one on bottom
- If you work almost all night shifts, a tank of gas can go for almost a month
- Weekends off are an exception
- People will demand that you help them even if it is obvious you are on your lunch by the simple fact that you are holding a McDonald's bag
- The last hour of your shift before your days off is the longest hour of your life
- Despite the fact that you and most of your co-workers are a few years out of high school, everyone still acts like they're seventeen
- If your bitchy boss tells you that she is pregnant, DO NOT immediately say, "Well that explains a lot"
- Customers will move heaven and earth to try and get a discount
- If you show up everyday, may God have mercy on your soul if you try to call in, yet some people get to call in on weekends all the time
- It is entirely possible to be in the bathroom and hear your name or department called no less than three times
- Fewer things threaten your sanity more than an assistant manager-trainee trying to prove his/her worth to the bosses
- If you bust your ass, no one notices. You screw up once, everybody knows
- Getting pulled out of an air-conditioned store and being forced to push carts in almost 100 degree heat, plus another 80 degrees coming off of the asphalt, is apparantly no excuse for being a little irritable
So what have YOU learned?
* edited to add more things I've learned
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