After 40+ years in retail, I guess I can be called an expert and I saw this list and it nailed many of the frustrations that retail workers deal with on a daily basis. A side note on #3, I worked for a while in a store that was in a senior citizen community and Read More…
Category: Retail Humor
Fun Things Spotted at the Supermarket
I found this on Dailytimewaste.com (yes, i was wasting time…) and #3 and #4 hooked me to read all of them. #3 is a GREAT idea and I can’t believe #4. Some of the rest aren’t as funny but it’s still worth the read. And if you’re like me, you’re going to laugh at the Read More…
Things That Customer Service Workers Want You To Stop Doing
This is from didyouknowfacts.com and every single one of them will ring true with you if you’re still in customer service or worked there for a while. I will have to add a couple more: “If it was a snake it would have bitten me!” when the product they asked for is literally right in Read More…
Yet Even More Evil Food Packages
Once again, this time from Buzzfeed, here’s a bunch of food packaging that SHOULD be illegal somehow but just isn’t. In some cases it could just be an error in packaging or making the food, but a lot of them are just blatant attempts to misrepresent the product. (3 pepperoni pizza? Cmon.) It’s the same Read More…
30 Real Products That You Won’t Believe
People get paid a lot to be in advertising and marketing, and sometimes you just have to scratch your head and wonder “WTF were they thinking?” I mean it’s not like one person just came up with a ludicrous idea and it got done, literally dozens of people would be involved in the process Read More…
Unintentionally Funny Cigarette Ads
Came across this on Guff and had to share it. Back in the day it was legal to advertise cigarettes and some of them are quite amazing when you look at them now. I especially love the one where some “doctor” says that smoking is good for you. And if you think these Read More…
Some Of The Worst Packaging Ever
The other day I bought a package of Klondike bars, which have always been a square bar full of ice cream for as long as I can remember. But when I opened the package, there was a big hole in the middle so I was really only getting about 70% of my expected ice cream Read More…
17 Failures From Companies Who Should Have Known Better
If you’re over 40 you probably remember the fiasco that was New Coke, but there are many other examples of companies who launched a new product without really thinking it through (or doing enough market testing.) Nowadays they test the hell out of everything and there’s still the occasional failure, but none will probably ever Read More…
Dumb Catchphrases That Corporations Need To Stop Using
Below is a list from Cracked.com of 21 catchphrases that businesses have taken up that are just a waste of words. They got a lot of my pet peeves but here’s a few more that bug the heck out of me: “Huddle with your employees”–are we playing football? Let’s just MEET with them. ” I’ll Read More…
25 Evil Packaging Designs
This is from Bored Panda, and it boggles the mind that these are even LEGAL. People come in to my store all the time and claim “FALSE ADVERTISING!” because we have a sign in the wrong place, but these all scream False Advertising! more than anything I’ve ever seen. Seriously on #11, is it legal Read More…