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Post by muirae on Mar 3, 2008 23:32:50 GMT -5
@ Maricela: that happens alot at my workplace too, except with toys. We get a lot of people coming in going, "My daughter wants this thing...I don't know what it's called, but it lights up and plays music." at that point you just gesture in a general direction, because they described half of the fucking store.
The best one was this rich, snooty dad who came in asking if we had a Yoo-gee-oh toy. I asked him if he meant the cards, and he says, "No, it's a toy!"
Then there was an old woman who wouldn't buy anything if it said "Made in China" on it, and she had me turn over the boxes for all these heavy dollhouses just to check...of course they are all made in china!
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Post by adam on Mar 13, 2008 12:54:26 GMT -5
Bored....bored.....bored....bored....bored...bored.....damn movers taking their time.....bored...bored
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Post by cody on Mar 13, 2008 21:14:23 GMT -5
LOL, I used to do the same thing all the time. Except that no matter what they ask for, I would point in any general direction because I don't give a shit. Snooty customers, I'm surprised that I don't run into more of them. I used to see them all the time in public, but I never came across them when I worked in retail.
You can't blame the old lady for being like that. She's sick and tired of seeing jobs going overseas and she wants to support her own country. Too bad for her though. What she doesn't realize is that no company in america is gonna hire their own workers because they are a bunch of filthy, greedy bastards. Instead, they will hire people in foreign countries and pay them next to nothing to build something using cheap quality parts. And american retail corporations are only going to carry crap like this. She shouldn't feel bad about buying something made in China though, because american quality IS "made in China"! Or you could've just handed her something made in Indonesia instead.
Speaking of toy stores, I just read something about a Toys R Us in Japan. Apparently, it's much different than the crap in america. The toys are a little more expensive, but the quality is much higher and the stuff is produced right there in Japan.
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Post by muirae on Mar 14, 2008 0:10:49 GMT -5
LOL, I used to do the same thing all the time. Except that no matter what they ask for, I would point in any general direction because I don't give a shit. Snooty customers, I'm surprised that I don't run into more of them. I used to see them all the time in public, but I never came across them when I worked in retail. You can't blame the old lady for being like that. She's sick and tired of seeing jobs going overseas and she wants to support her own country. Too bad for her though. What she doesn't realize is that no company in america is gonna hire their own workers because they are a bunch of filthy, greedy bastards. Instead, they will hire people in foreign countries and pay them next to nothing to build something using cheap quality parts. And american retail corporations are only going to carry crap like this. She shouldn't feel bad about buying something made in China though, because american quality IS "made in China"! Or you could've just handed her something made in Indonesia instead. Speaking of toy stores, I just read something about a Toys R Us in Japan. Apparently, it's much different than the crap in america. The toys are a little more expensive, but the quality is much higher and the stuff is produced right there in Japan. Yeah...also, a lot of what I've noticed, especially with some of our "high-end" german and english brand toys, is they say, "DESIGNED in Germany!" or something like that, misleading you to think that they were made there. But really, it's all made in china, and then maybe like 1% of the production process is in Germany, but they can still stamp that label on it truthfully. |
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Post by cody on Mar 14, 2008 2:38:47 GMT -5
Yeah, unfortunately it is pretty common, especially on bikes these days. Back in the 80's, all the famous BMX companies made their bikes here. But as the years passed, the owners sold off their companies to Chinese companies. Now you can find these bikes in walmart with a sticker that says "designed in the USA" and right underneath it is another sticker that says "made in China". No wonder that BMX is dead these days, not that I care anymore.
There is one good thing China brought us: the R4. Instead of blowing money on games, I can blow money on Japanese manga instead! It's perfect for studying Japanese! Now if only I could master grammar, so I could translate that game for Maricela. I should've translated the story in general, instead of trying to interpret it word-for-word.
But yeah, I think the outsourcing of jobs is what's killing the economy, not gas prices or Bush. As people got cheaper and cheaper and bought that crap, jobs in america started disappearing. As jobs disappeared, people started getting less money and more and more people were forced to buy cheap products. Now those products are no longer cheap, they just made the quality stuff much more expensive. Its only gonna get worse from here on out...
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Post by muirae on Mar 28, 2008 23:45:29 GMT -5
Aaaaaaahahaha~ *explodes*
Work is an absolute crazy house right now. I need a raise.
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Post by adam on Mar 28, 2008 23:48:14 GMT -5
Don't forget the rule of retail. If you get a raise you must work harder.Then the cycle repeats.
Oh wait...that rule works for any job besides retail.
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Post by muirae on Mar 29, 2008 10:04:06 GMT -5
Right now, I'm working harder even without the raise. ;_;
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Post by adam on Mar 29, 2008 13:00:24 GMT -5
Work is not life. It supplies you with money to have a life. Then you must live your life to the fullest or the way you feel you should live your life.
Your work should never ever become your life (unless its art or something physical).
Stay in school to achieve the dreams that you wish to accomplish.
And on a side note if you want to go into a certain career field even though someone tells you it will never work (usually family) do what you think you will enjoy for a career.
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Post by muirae on Mar 29, 2008 20:16:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the inspiring words.
Work isn't my life...I happen to really enjoy working where I do, though. Yesterday my manager (a guy nobody liked) got fired, so everything was really hectic with trying to figure out who would pick up the slack...but today was the best day I've ever worked. Four employees, managing themselves. It was awesome and we proved we didn't need a manager to keep the store running. Hahaha!
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