Excuse Me, Can You Help Me?
January sucks for retail. Why? Because you want to shop and spend some money, but there is nary a sales person to be found.
Clueless friend and I are shopping and he’s wondering why there isn’t anyone around to ask about opening a display case for us. I then laugh at him and explain that this is the reality of the post-holiday retail season. Everyone has slashed their payroll and cut everyone’s hours.
Why do I know this? Because I learned the hard way. I worked retail in college and January was always the hardest month. I could never get enough retail hours on the clock to make what I needed. I had to keep my library and office work-study jobs to buy my Spring semester books.
*sigh*
Just when I’m ready to spend some money, they won’t let me.
FWIW, I was looking at some allen wrench sets (or ‘hex keys’ but daddy always called them allen wrenches, is that a regional term?) and will now be buying them online through Harbor Freight, piggy backing it off of my friend’s order. Why? Because I had to borrow a set from my lovely neighbors, and I torqued the heck out of the cheap set they loaned me and couldn’t get it back into the case properly, which they couldn’t either when they handed them to me, so it’s ok. But I thought this would be a nice thank you for all the awesome things my friends do for me all year-round.
Mrs. Micah wrote:
Well yay, they’re helping us save money at least!
Posted on 23-Jan-08 at 7:38 pm | Permalink
plonkee wrote:
In England we call them allen keys - so I assume it’s regional.
Posted on 25-Jan-08 at 4:17 pm | Permalink
Vixen wrote:
It’s not just retail; my restaurant has cut back on employees as well because our sales are so friggin’ low right now.
Posted on 28-Jan-08 at 5:49 pm | Permalink