Questions. Queries. Quandaries.
Posted on July 23, 2007 - Filed Under Humour | 3 Comments
Manacled behind an antique and generally outdated till in the music store I work at the other day, I was asked a question so ridiculous in it’s simple stupidity, that the guy asking it could actually have been genuine.
“Excuse me mate, are these the only CD’s you’ve got?” I turned from his […]
Retailers 101:
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Working with my current employers for over three years now (pause in typing whilst author sobs into folded arms and shakes uncontrollably for a while…) I’ve seen a lot of people come and go through those huge, metaphorical revolving retail doors. Some of these people have been good. Some have been not so good. Some […]
Read More..>>The portrayal of retail in films
Posted on July 6, 2007 - Filed Under manmachine201 | Leave a Comment
There are fewer places retail workers are better portrayed than on the silver screen. Zoe De Chanelle’s role in the Good Girl was nothing more than a comic interlude of a jaded retail worker deliberately ‘accidentally swearing over the Tannoy system when she should have been promoting the latest buy one get one free offers […]
Read More..>>Joey: Diary of a retail survivor
Posted on July 5, 2007 - Filed Under Retail Survivors | Leave a Comment
Let’s see… A fitting way to start this project off with a bang!
I guess the most obvious way would be to start off by briefly detailing my past retail experience…
I remember being excited about the prospect of working when I was younger. I wish I could explain why I felt this way at the time, […]
