In my last post I gave you 30 crazy toys that should never have found their way to the shelf. These 15 are even crazier, although they aren’t real toys. They were put there by a comedian named Jeff Wysaki, aka Obvious Plant, who comes up with absurd products and then leaves them in the Read More…
Author: RetailGuy
I have worked in retail for over 40 years. I've seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and the completely unbelievable.
Toy Fails That Definitely Ruined Someone’s Childhood
I was straightening the Christmas Toys section in one of the stores I work at today, and noticed there are some “Poo Emoji” toys which are plush toys (and some mugs) which are shaped and look like piles of poop. Guess it would be a great gag gift, but I have to wonder if Read More…
20 Reasons Why Retail Workers Should Quit Complaining
You have the greatest job on the planet! OK, not really. But here’s 20 good reasons why you shouldn’t complain so much. From Matt Gilligan on Friends of Tumblr. If you work in retail, you know the drill. Annoying customers, rude people, ridiculous demands…oh, and dumb bosses! But hey, it’s still the best job Read More…
The Best Halloween Candies
A writer at Thrillist weighed in with his opinion for the 25 best Halloween candies, and here they are. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion, and while I’m 100% in agreement with his choice for #1, Butterfinger, Payday and Heath have no business being on this list. What about the bottom 25? Those Read More…
8 Type of People at The Grocery Store
I have literally seen all of these people in the same day. The Proxy is my favorite, I’ve even had customers say “Talk to her!” when I ask them if I can help them find what they’re looking for. From “It’s a Southern Thing.”
Emotional Labor?
A video popped up on my Facebook about a Walmart employee who was being disciplined by his store manager for using his phone on the floor AND being disrespectful to the manager by not responding when he was talked to. While the manager, in my opinion, lacked some people skills in the way he handled Read More…
Amazon Buys PillPack and Drug Chains Start To Worry
Amazon has made their first major move into the prescription business, and the major drug chains are getting nervous. After they bought PillPack last week, the 3 major chains lost 7% (Walgreens and CVS) and 3% (Rite-Aid) on their stock price right off the bat. While it’s still not a certainty Read More…
Walmart Revamps Employee Dress Code
Wow, the retail world is turning upside down. First Walmart gives back a lot of their tax break money to the employees in the form of pay increases, and CVS has now done the same thing. Now, Walmart is doing something else to keep and attract new employees–revamping their dress code. Employees are now free Read More…
10 Grocery Stores Who Are Way Ahead of the Rest of Us
These are some AWESOME ideas being used in grocery stores around the world. Some of them are a bit unusual (a meat vending machine?) and some I’ve seen before (store directories on the shopping cart) but they all show that innovation doesn’t always involve technology, sometimes it’s just good old fashioned human creativity. from rearfront.com Read More…
10 Signs That A “Service Dog” Is Actually A Fake
The service dogs issue just won’t go away, although there is some pushback starting due to so many people abusing the law (or lack of laws) regarding service dogs. You can read previous articles and how I feel about the issue here, here, here, here, here, here, and here but just for reference, iheartdogs.com made a list Read More…