#I work retail

[noonewouldlisten25]

The irony of dressing up as a Samurai/Silverhand fangirl/groupie for my very corporate, very capitalist job's video game day is not lost on me, I assure you.

[silvershewolf247]

There is something hilarious about Don coming out like "I thought it was pretty self explanatory, but yes, the obvious dream sequence, was in fact a dream sequence"

[cringycrisis]

How is it already Christmas?! Bonus: (while I was drawing this real quick)

(I am not a fan of christmas music....)

[seokwoosmole]

Good night to my favorite ARMY customer I see at work

[marzipanhoney]

Asks to not be scheduled for two days at work. Gets excommunicated from work for the whole week.

[medievaltemptress]

not looking forward to all the christmas music coming up 😭

[alovecraft]

My streak continues!

I have missed the excitement of a now fired employee attempting to accost one of the ASMs and the cops being called over it.

[garset-grocery]

Christmas songs come in only four types:

- wtf there’s snow and shit

- it’s that dead guy’s birthday

- I love you but there’s snow

- THE MAN IN RED IS COMING

[oasisr]

after hearing "simply having a wonderful christmas time" by paul mccartney 74 times while working in retail, I came to the conclusion that they shot the wrong beatle

[rayveneyed]

nanami kento is the kind of man that makes people swoon without even realising it.

he's the kind of man to walk into a luxury store after work, suit jacket folded over one arm and a bouquet of flowers in the other -- his blonde hair still mostly perfect from the high-end pomade he uses. he scours the shelves, frowning to himself, while the attendants whisper and giggle amongst themselves near the tills -- an argument over who will be the one to talk to him, because he's intimidatingly pretty.

("just look at him," one whispers. "he's definitely buying something for a girlfriend."

"a wife," another disagrees. "c'mon. he's giving husband vibes."

someone hums. "but i can't see a wedding band."

"his mother, maybe?" says one other. "oh, i love when guys come in shopping for their mother."

"nobody's mother is getting a bouquet of a hundred red roses--")

eventually, one of them is volunteered as a sacrifice -- smiling and sweet as all attendants should be, she clears her throat. the others, crowded around the till, watch the exchange closely. "excuse me, sir. is there anything we could help you with today?"

her mouth is dry and her hands are clammy -- and when he fixes her with those narrow, burning eyes, her throat bobs.

"ah, yes." and his voice is deep and gravelly and drawling, and her stomach turns. she can only imagine what her coworkers are thinking -- hell, she can only imagine what she's thinking. her mind has stopped short. "my girlfriend likes this brand quite a bit. i thought i'd pick her up something..."

disappointment brews in her stomach -- and it's stupid, she knows it's stupid, because obviously a guy like that is taken. and -- she glances down at the roses -- obviously he treats her super fucking well. of course he does, because why wouldn't he? "oh, perfect! do you have anything in mind?"

"well, actually..."

he ends up buying one of the priciest gift boxes available -- fancy body care and perfume laid out in their signature boxes, decorated with ribbon and dried lavender -- no argument, no fight. he doesn't look for something cheaper, doesn't try to haggle or remove something to decrease the price. he adds, and adds, and adds -- and when she mentions a special offer at the till, a little add on for an extra 2000 yen, he accepts it readily. he inserts a black card into the card machine (of course, a black card), takes the beautifully wrapped bag, and thanks the girls for their services -- and just as he's leaving, his phone rings.

of course he answers the phone with hello, darling. of course he begins to ask his girlfriend about her day, the girls think with some amount of annoyance -- of course. maybe the curse of retail isn't entitled assholes expecting you to wait on hand and foot for them -- maybe it's the handsome men coming in to splurge on their girlfriends while you're painfully single and working for pennies.

[pjharvey-moved]

i think having worked a retail or food service job actually is more important to not being a loser than doing drugs or having sex. the poll that showed so much of this site has never worked one of those jobs was actually way more concerning to me than any of the celibacy sweep polls

[cjdoingthingsonline]

i hate when ppl don’t follow the imaginary script i have in my head like… what am i supposed to say now?

[marzipanhoney]

What’s your villain story?

Me: Have you worked retail before?

[caffstrink]

Retail

[alovecraft]

Gotta love grossing out a coworker by slicing up under the nail when grabbing a case of soda.