i work in retail... dear God please shoot me.

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Taz2angel

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So I hate my job... I'm a designer... I work in a huge cooperate monster of a store. I hate my job SO much so that i want to go BACK to school and find something else that doesnt involve money or people that have lots of it. I have just found that the more money a person has the more i have to walk on eggshells with them, like its expected ... if i say something wrong they might not spend that $100,000. It leaves you comletely jaded and cranky. I mean i do ok for myself and my age.... but i am never mean to anyone that doesnt out right deserve it. but these rich bitch house wives come in and expect me to grovle at their feet. I spend more time talking about their new leather dog carrier than i do about what i can do for them. why did i SPEND money to learn how to do this???? I think i may suck at life all together.
 
I've dealt with rich people my whole life. Mostly the worst ones are the ones that weren't born into money - mostly married into it or "new" money.

I'll let you in on a secret - any job dealing with the public is going to suck no matter how rich or poor they are. People are people and once in a while (depending on the job) you are going to get assholes who you can't please.

You are doing good for yourself. If you want to go back to school and you have the time and money go for it. I wouldn't be upset knowing you paid to do what you did - it gives you good life experience. ;)
 
Retail.... a never ending shit-fest.

There are always the good customers that you are genuinely happy to help, but the other 99.9 percent of those fuckers actually expect you to be their bitch.

In an ideal world, it would be nice if everyone could take one step back, say to self "I was at work yesterday, this person is just doing their job today, I know what its like, maybe I wont be a dickfuck today." But seeing as that won't happen, I will just make my 8.50 and hour and not complain.
 
The beauty of a rich woman is, the more you give the more you get. I myself like retail work, especially with people who just throw thousands of dollars around like it's nothing. Why not hit your on lick while your selling a product to a customer who wants to bullshit about their own life and not what they are buying? I mean, if she really wants to talk about her new leather dog carrier, why can't the price of your product be...let's say...5 thousand more? Do you think they would notice, because I dont think they would. Getting the extra 5 g's or however much it is, thats a different story. I just think hitting your lick would be very easy from the sounds of the people you deal with at work.
 
When I was in college, I worked a few jobs. One was retail at a mall. Selling stupid shit to brainless customers. Mind you, I was studying Computer Science so that I could get a job that didn't involve customer interaction. Anyway, I used to get retarded customers all of the time. I found the secret to happiness and harmony was to treat the customers badly! I was rude and condescending whenever possible. On the surface it doesn't sound like a good idea, but it has its subtle merits. Spoiled rotten rich kids are used to treating and being treated badly by their asshole friends - so the disrespect I gave was comfortably familiar, like an old friend. Also, I really didn't like the people either, so the bad vibes and insults weren't fabricated. The customers appreciated my honesty and sincerity, they knew they could trust me. Sometimes, you must be cruel to be kind.
 
I do that every time I have to return something. I stand back and say to myself, "You've had to deal with assholes before and it isn't fun. I bet this poor schmo has been dealing with them all day. Time to be a tad more friendly than usual :thumbsup: "
 
You can't hate life because you chose a poor place to work, retail is a thankless job that prevents you from becoming successful.

The only time you can be happy in the employ of a retail environment is if your the fucker at the top.
 
You could become "the" name designer so that folks have to grovel for your services. That would be a nice turnaround.

It's unfortunate that most folks equate money with power.

About the only folks who get away with being anything other than "customer focused" are Woodreaux and... Wait, he was being customer focused. He gave those snots what they wanted.

OK, the only exceptions are New York waiters who speak pseudo-French. People seem to enjoy being insulted if it's in another language.
 
I heard a story about a young man, along with a friend and a few beers, deciding what to call his new towing company. They came up with FTC Towing. FTC stands for Fuck The Customer. The easiest way to make someone in retail laugh, is to remind them that the customer is always right.
 
Hey, at least you don't work at a hospital.
Instead of worrying if people aren't going to buy something, you would be worrying about them dying.
And also, my first day some guy shat everywhere right by the E.R.. Not fun.
 
:rotflmao: I make 5.50 more per hour than you! :rotflmao:

But seriously, life sucks and so do the people in it. Because of this, you should horde money for your later years and then become a hermit.
 
Well.. that Does make me feel better... I just came to the realization that my job is pretty friggin easy.. i just put shit together abd make it look perdy and i get paid pretty damn well for it. so fuck'em. at least i dont have to clean up poop.
 
I've handled major sales accounts myself. Just treat them like normal people. I never kissed anyones ass in sales. Hell, I've hung up on abusive customers, called them back five minutes later and asked if they were ready to do it right, and they still bought from me.

Its presences, honesty, integrity that get you the sale.
 
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