Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "retail"

As many of you know, I work in a game store. Currently, I'm part-time, but I used to be the full-time manager of this same shop many years ago. I came back because A) being a freelance writer is not always so good for the cash flow, and B) a former co-worker convinced me to go back part-time. So here I am.

Anyway, as you might expect, retail work is full of opportunities for snark, but also some legitimate humor too. I'd like to share a couple of amusing moments from work with you.

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Customer walks into the store, looking around. He picks up a box of miniature metal figures. The box is about 4 inches wide, nine inches long, and about an inch thick. It has a brightly colored, wrap-around label explaining exactly what is inside the box, and that the contents are supplied unpainted -- unlike the examples on the box label, which ARE painted. Customer looks at the box...

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Last week was not a good week for me. On Tuesday, I slipped and fell down some stairs. Luckily, the stairs were carpeted. However, I wouldn't have slipped on them had they NOT been carpeted, so it's kind of a double-edged sword. I have an enormous, horrific-looking bruise now, and it covers nearly all of my left butt-cheek. It's still sore nearly a week later. I'm about to spend an entire weekend sitting on uncomfortable, convention center-type chairs; I see a lot of ibuprofen in my future.


Goodbye old friend

Then on Wednesday, I got an early morning...
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