We sell a lot of animated Halloween decorations that are pretty scary at times, and little kids may get terrified as we discussed before. However, these toys would pretty much scare the crap out of most adults and possibly give you nightmares for a while. Scroll down at your own risk… Krimson Terror Not only 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.
14 Page-Turning Facts About Barnes & Noble
Borders and Crown Books have all but vanished from the retail landscape so if you want to actually hold and read this thing called a “book” that’s not on an electronic device, you’ll have to go to Barnes & Noble. Even they have struggled to compete with the mighty Amazon, their Nook bookreader hasn’t sold Read More…
19 Brutally Honest Confessions From A Tesco Worker
The British seem to hate customers as much as we do. Some of these are a bit confusing at first (had to figure out “Rumbling” is crushing cardboard, at least I think so… 1. We’re taught not to look for the barcode when scanning items because it wastes time. simpsonsworld.com / Via Read More…
THEY LIE AGAIN!!
So CVS claims that they have “no-wait” flu shots when you call their stores, but I have conclusive evidence that this is NOT the case. This guy has CLEARLY been waiting for a while. 🙂
CVS/pharmacy brings hearing, optical services in-store
And here comes CVS with yet another in-store service, testing out hearing and optical centers in some stores. A lot of companies have tried optical centers in-store and have had mixed results, so we’ll see how this goes. Hopefully it will do better than their “Beauty 360” experiment that closed after just a few Read More…
Sunday Soapbox–The World Is A Scary Place
The other day I’m in a store and a customer came in with his little boy, around 6 or 7 I’d guess. The kid wandered away from Dad and into the Halloween aisle, and set off one of the sound-activated Halloween monsters. Kid freaks out and starts crying, Dad comes over and consoles him and Read More…
Profound Shower Thoughts
OK, only one of these has to do with retail, but I found this on Reddit and they were too damn funny not to share. #20 is the best of all. And here’s another retail one: Somewhere out there there’s a couple who holds the record for the longest time spent trying to find Read More…
The Answers to 10 Tricky Job Interview Questions
I’ve interviewed for my fair share of jobs and have never been asked any of these, so obviously I haven’t been interviewing for the right jobs. If I was asked how you could weigh a baby elephant without a scale, my smart-ass answer would be “Why would anyone want to?” And I’ve done thousands Read More…
11 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Pepsi
Here’s some fun facts about everybody’s 2nd favorite soda product. Well, at least according to statistics. I did not know that they were the first to use 2-liter bottles, and while salty watermelon flavor might appeal to some, for me it just activated my gag reflex. Iced cucumber? That’s a maybe. One Read More…
10 Ways Shoppers Drive Retail Employees Crazy
None of the ones on this list are new but it was interesting to me that it came from on a survey from Groupon, an internet coupon site. #1 is definitely #1 in my book as well, nothing like complaining to me that we no longer carry your favorite hair gel and “Why did Read More…