I was not great behind the counter. I had a week off without asking for it. Another time, we had a cart go up in flames, and we went out on another cart, which we wrecked by running it into the cart that was on fire.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.
I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store.
I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase.
I am the world's laziest shopper, but very rarely have I had to take anything back.
If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.
I've had a good day when I don't fall out of the cart.
I was a pizza delivery boy at the Pizza Oven in Canton. I wanted to get fired so bad, I actually wrecked the delivery car, but they wouldn't fire me because I was the only person they had working there.
Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?
I think if you put people in front of some huge temptation where it's possible to grab as much as they can for themselves, almost everyone will. The beauty of commerce is that it mutes that. The chap behind the counter in the corner shop has no interest in short-changing you, because he wants you to come back.
I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up.