• Retail Life #29

                One of my pet peeves about customers is when they blame everything in their lives on us retail workers. They come in the store and yell at us for things that are completely out of our control. It gets worse during the holidays because there is more stress going around in general. But that…

  • Tis the Season

    Everyone’s a little cranky this year, of course with everything else going on. But seriously people…get it together. *** Also, if you are so inclined to hear from me in more depth on my writing life, I’ve started a monthly newsletter! And you can sign up to be included HERE! ***

  • Retail Life 28

                The last month or so of my retail job hasn’t been too awful. There’s the normal “I can’t believe your bathroom’s broken” still happening and the “When are you gonna get more lysol/clorox wipes/rubbing alcohol/paper towels” every few days. But it’s become bearable. The overall rage people expressed through the first few months of…

  • Couponers

    Thursday will bring you another chance to laugh at my pain. You’ll never guess who got on my nerves this time 🙄

  • Retail Life #27

    *SCREAMS!*          Oh, lovely humans. Some days in retail are so nice. Customers help each other out, someone in line helps cover the change if the person at the register is short, and no one destroys the clothes section. And there are other days. Most days, really. Everyone is yelling, there are kids everywhere, a…

  • Oh, Customers

  • Retail Life #26

             Sometimes people are so extra. They can be so over the top for absolutely no reason. Sometimes it’s funny. But sometimes it just makes you want to slap them. Sometimes both. And yet you have to keep your professional face on through it all. But it’s okay, because that’s how some of the best…

  • Retail Life #25

             So I’ve concluded that I might need a vacation. I’m a little too grouchy all the time. Either that or everyone else is too grouchy and want to take it out on the poor retail workers. Because we’re supposed to just let people yell at us and give them their way all the time.…

  • Customer Complaints

  • Retail Life Episode 24

    Oh, the sweet public. The generous, loving, patient general public. Where are they? Because they sure don’t shop at my store. One in ten customers are nice lately. And that’s better than none, but still. I’d like to not have to bite my tongue at least twenty times a minute to keep myself from saying…