The second quarter results are in, and despite a bump from Easter moving into 2nd quarter this year, CVS still showed a 2.1% drop in front store sales. Prescription volumes were flat, and the retail segment of CVS showed a 2.2% drop in revenue over the same quarter last year. And Read More…
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I have worked in retail for over 40 years. I've seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and the completely unbelievable.
Terrible Things Retail Workers Said To Customers
This one is from Radbeaver.com, and it’s basically some stories about rude retail employees saying bad things to customers, not the other way around. I have certainly had times where I may have THOUGHT things like this in my head, but would never even consider saying them. I would hope that the people who Read More…
12 ridiculous phrases smart people avoid at work
The article below is from theladders.com and I couldn’t agree more–people are inventing more and more crazy terms to describe things that are very simple. Years ago I interviewed a guy for Management Trainee at Longs and he had been in finance his entire life. He really had no clue what working in Read More…
28 Nightmare Stories From Your Workplace
These are from the readers of Cracked. They range from the “Ahh, not a big deal” to “You’ve got to be kidding me.” #25, the boss who had employees do things “Just to see if you’re listening” reminds me of a new COO that took over my company and told everyone to scrape Read More…
13 Server Horror Stories That’ll Make You Think Twice About Not Tipping
These are from Buzzfeed and might just make you tip a little extra next time you get good service from a waitress or waiter. One of these customers might have just left. We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the craziest thing they’ve ever witnessed while working in a restaurant. Here are Read More…
Waitress Puts Hot Dog Where It Shouldn’t Go
I found this on the Bitchy Waiter but apparently it’s making the rounds everywhere. A couple years ago I had a very popular post about a woman who used her private areas to shoplift from Walmart, but that one turned out to be a bogus story. Sadly, this vagina-related story is true and there’s Read More…
Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market in 13.7-billion deal
At one point there was Henry’s Market, and they were bought by Whole Foods. Then Whole Foods sold them to Sprouts, and Henry’s was gone and they were all converted to Sprouts. Now Whole Foods has been gobbled up by the biggest of them all, Amazon. I’m guessing they will lose the nickname Read More…
Retail is Dying. But You Already Knew That.
From the LA Times, and titled “In the Age of Internet Shopping, Even Big Retailers Are Closing Stores At American Malls”, this article really won’t surprise anyone. As someone who does more than 50% of his non-food shopping online, mostly through Amazon, the trend is definitely not going away soon for me and certainly not Read More…
5+ Petty Revenge Stories That Show Why You Should Never Be A Jerk To Other People
They say it’s best to turn the other cheek, but sometimes it just doesn’t work. Bored Panda has compiled a list of juicy revenge stories, I pulled out 5 of the best ones that are retail-related for your enjoyment but if you’d like to see the entire list (it’s long!) you can find it here. Read More…
16 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century
Here’s a great article from BusinessInsider about bottled water that really makes you marvel at how the bottled water industry has thrived in the face of logic. Just walk the aisle at your grocery or drug store and look at all of the high-priced, fancy bottles of something that you can literally get for free at Read More…