In case you’ve been living under a rock, it’s about to be the single worst day of the year in the retail world, a phenomina known as “Black Friday”, an after Thanksgiving day (in the US, anyway) mega-sale that virtually all stores have in the hopes of gaining as much business as possible. This holdover […]
What some call the “most wonderful time of the year”, retail workers call absolute hell – the Holiday Season. That’s right, it’s Christmas music and massive sales the moment Halloween ends, with all the extended hours and chaos to back it up, and it sucks. Hardcore. Now, let’s start off by saying I actually love […]
I don’t know all that much about horses. At least, not to the degree people who do ride and care for them, and who would own a store dedicated to them would. I do know they are expensive creatures, as are the items related to them; even the things you wear when riding can be […]
As I make known enough for what it’s worth, my “day job” is in retail. Now, I do like what I do, but like any job it invariably has it’s less desirable moments. I sometimes share those, for what they are worth in either an educational sense, or just out of curiosity, for those who […]
Last month I wrote about “A sham of a shop in Wolfchase Mall” by the name of Dough Boy Mini’s. The short of the story is this: A friend noticed the shop wasn’t open, and hasn’t ever been open even though it’s been listed as coming soon for over a year, yet the Facebook page […]
Not too far from me is the main shopping center for the Memphis / Shelby County metropolitan area. The centerpiece of this area is a mall called Wolfchase Galleria. I’m not the most fond of the place, but I don’t hate it. It’s mostly clothing stores, a few specialty shops, and a ton of cell […]
One of my many many quirks is a desire to be as correct as I can be in what I say, do, or think. I’m in no way saying I’m always right, but I am saying I try to avoid being incorrect where I can be – I like to use the proper terms for […]
I don’t talk much about my day to day life on here, but a situation the other night had me wanting to write an article on, as silly as it seems, the fact that, yes, stores close for the night. To establish the setting, it was just a few minutes before closing time, on a […]
It’s the holiday season, and you know what that means: Stores are packed beyond belief, sale after sale is driving to take your money, and that one item you really want is impossible to find. It’s also the absolute worst time in a retail workers life. It might not be for the exact reasons you […]
In a bit of news that I am absolutely amazed did not hit my radar, so to speak, it appears the 92 year old technology store chain RadioShack is down for the count. The situation, as it stands, seems to be as simple as loss of profit, up to the point of them filing bankruptcy. […]