I kept scrolling down on these expecting to find one that I would have actually eaten, but no such luck. Some just made me throw up in my mouth a little less than others. Guess that’s why they failed. Not every item on a fast-food menu can be a hit. We’ve highlighted 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.
16 Organic Facts About Whole Foods
From Mental Floss, here’s some pretty interesting stuff about the store who has the nickname of “Whole Paycheck” due to their high prices. I really like the idea of a sliding employee discount (#6) based on the idea of keeping employees healthy. The idea of employees knowing how much everyone makes? Not so sure Read More…
Customer Decisions Revealed
As I mentioned yesterday, sometimes customers pick something up to buy it, then change their mind and are too damn lazy to actually put it back where they found it. We find out-of-place items all the time, but these photos from Retail Hell Underground make you wonder exactly what the decision was at the Read More…
Sunday Soapbox–We Are Not A Playground
OK I freely admit it’s a silly thing, but I have a pet peeve about parents who let their kids run rampant in a store. Whether it be running up and down aisles (and risking a collision with a display or perhaps an elderly customer), picking up toys to play with and sitting on the Read More…
A Pretty Bad Employee Confrontation
There are times when I’ve had a confrontation with an employee that turned ugly, but it was always in private and usually because the employee didn’t like what they were hearing and turned violent. This, however, is way beyond that. How do things get so bad that it literally ends in violence? And to Read More…
11 Product Names That Mean Unfortunate Things in Other Languages
Back in the 80’s, Sav-on was acquired by the parent company of Osco Drugs and many of their stores were rebranded as Osco. They soon learned that the word “Asco” in Spanish (pronounced the same) means “disgust” and after realizing how many people in California spoke Spanish, they quickly decided that was Read More…
Now This Is Having Fun On The Job
The other day I talked about when work was fun and how some places are still fun to work. This guy is definitely having fun at his job and it shows. Hopefully he can use his talents on a reality TV show and get rich and famous, because I doubt he’s getting paid enough at Coldstone…
21 Of The Most Awkward Things People Have Done in Job Interviews
Buzzfeed asked their readers for the most awkward thing that happened to them during a job interview and some of them are classic. I can’t think of anything awkward that happened to me WHILE I was being interviewed, but I do remember a classic response to a question from an applicant one Read More…
A Fun Drug Store
Back working for Longs, we were allowed to have FUN at work. We had Casual Days every Friday, sidewalk sales, pot lucks, softball games, and could build fun displays and get creative. Sadly, those days are gone and you rarely see any of that as companies continue to cut expenses, “fun” is not considered Read More…
26 Crazy McDonalds Items You Can’t Get In America
While I knew that McDonald’s was everywhere, I never really knew they had so many custom items for different parts of the world. I’m down for the shrimp and the mozzarella bites, but I’m not going anywhere near the Burbur Ayam McD. McDonald’s India’s Veg Pizza McPuff McDonald’s India McDonald’s India offers many Read More…