#joys of working retail

[thoustve]

lil belated bday gift for @monster-kind! of her boy latte and @dreemurr-skelememer's boy gin (@siiversans) , because i love drawing latte with others and i adore them both, they're both very fun and soft to draw!! happy belated bday again kind, sorry for the wait!!

[maelstormfishcakes]

U kno what I love?

Going into work when there's a customer creeping on us and until he comes in again there is nothing we can do 🙃🙃

[queer-reader-07]

i can't stop thinking about the woman at work yesterday who asked me if a generic red children's sweater was for boys or girls, to which i responded "i'm not sure but i think it can work for either." and when i tell you this woman looked SCANDALIZED, she looked so deeply offended that i would suggest such a sweater could be worn by either a boy or a girl. i don't think i've ever had a customer look that offended by anything i've said.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Joy looked like such a feral little kid

the combination of her limitless energy and her tendency to get bored and break/build things made her a terror to adults and a hero to the other kids

[bledf1rst]

*

[lostxmelody]

i cannot believe im turning twenty next month

[giftedpoison]

thinking about how the other day I felt happiness for the first time in a long time (like happiness about where I am at in life and joy for my future plans. Like I was working 8-4:30 and I was thinking about how I was going to do a few ubereats runs until 6ish after and then come home and get to write and crack open my kung fu binder again that I've been working with to prove to myself I'm ready to go back)

usually I just feel content at like a 5 sometimes if I go to a concert or whatever it can get up to 6,7,8. but that's it

and I have that persistent depression disorder. that i never remember how to spell.

So you can imagine my surprise when i genuinely just felt happy and at peace? And i had mania by fob album stuck in my head. life was good.

I then got sucker punched by my physical health symptoms that were really bad and almost collapsed and could not hold myself up so I was leaning on a cart not moving when it hit 4:30. And did not do anything that I planned to after work because of it.

BUT

the key is i felt happiness for the first time in forever.

[fabdante]

ngl people being nice about excerpts is making me like

[introvert-celeste]

I have to work today (Labor Day) and I think that's a crime.

[shummthechumm]

ive been neglecting my wc roots cant wait to catch up on asc spoilers :D

[aloverslonging]

she’s got a boyfriend she’s had since 2019 and she may not even like other genders other than males, so i don’t expect the feelings to be returned nor expect anything from her nor do i plan to say anything, but i sigh thinking about her bc she’s very cute lol

[oldastronomer]

filling my own house with chintz. btw. if you even care

[hellisdex]

[meaningtotellyou]

time to go to work to walk five mile’s worth of circles and get degraded over turkey and potatoes

[seokwoosmole]

Good night to my favorite ARMY customer I see at work

[timeisacephalopod]

I really do hate the idea that somehow if you don't have a job you're a burden to and "useless" to society because most people don't have jobs that contribute anything meaningful to society. Sure maybe that jobless person is "useless" to society but I work in a retail shop lmao. How the fuck is that a contribution to society in any meaningful way? Like is working an HR job really the backbone that keeps society together? I once read a story where bankers went on strike for six months to "show us" how useful they were. No one even noticed so I guess they aren't the backbone of society either, and considering approximately zero farmers, grocery store workers, textile workers, or really any job that actually contributes stuff don't have wages that reflect that I'll assume your "usefulness" to society isn't what you're paid by anyway.