UO!

PinkDahLia44

I don't have one, but @bkeane619‌ is getting tired of single-handedly keeping the board alive.

Let 'em fly!

bkeane619

carawasa

@missgpsu you are un-American for not liking nightmare before Christmas.

bkeane619

carriet2018 said:

i have spent a year in my life working in retail. i do not even remotely find that the hardest job i have ever had. ppl are assholes fo sho. but they will be a fleeting memory in that job.

also i hate black friday for many reasons...mostly bc i dont like ppl. but if you work in retail this is not brand new news that you will have to work on it. or any other holiday.

Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day were always days off until the past couple of years, it is brand new news. Retail is an under appreciated job, not the hardest job. My life in retail was fine as an associate, as a manager on the other hand it was not. Working over your 45 hours you are paid for 70 hour work weeks, 6 day work weeks around the holidays and not getting paid the extra day, your job needing to become you're entire life, because your store is your responsibility sucks ass. Some of these things you don't know they are going to do to you when you take the job like make people work on Thanksgiving. I'm glad I got out now that I have a family. I would take a desk job any day of the week compared to that. The only reason I stayed as long as I did was because I would have had to take a pay cut at an entry level desk job.

bkeane619

missgpsu said:

I am pulling at straws, but this is all I have:

Pencils are so much better than pens.  

Also I feel spelling tests at school are stupid.  I refuse to give them.  Kids just memorize the words the night before,spell them right, and then never spell them write again.  I teach spelling patterns still, but focus on using resources like a dictionary or the Internet to correct your spelling instead.

I have said this before, but Charlie Brown is horrible and so is all his specials and I don't like the Nightmare Before Christmas.

I hate Charlie Brown too, so boring.

Amjoy25

carriet2018 said:

missgpsu said:

Pencils are so much better than pens.  

this is the most horrid thing i think you have ever said. in no way shape or form are pencils better! they smudge, they smell like lead, they get on your hand....ugh. pens are like high definition of the writing utensils.

....plus you have to sharpen them! Or at the least, push the top to get more lead.

Amjoy25

missgpsu said:

I have said this before, but Charlie Brown is horrible and so is all his specials and I don't like the Nightmare Before Christmas.

There are so many things wrong with this statement. So. Many.

bkeane619

carriet2018 said:

bkeane619 said:

 I would take a desk job any day of the week compared to that. The only reason I stayed as long as I did was because I would have had to take a pay cut at an entry level desk job.

the grass is always greener. there are so many different levels and meanings of a "desk job" so i dont really know how to answer that. but either way all jobs are under appreciated especially the ones that you are not saving lives (not saying that saving lives jobs are not some of the most important jobs). everyone wants to be validated in their jobs. i am just saying after experiencing both a desk job and retail. the easier job is retail to me. however i would pick my desk job any day of the week over retail bc that is what suits me more.


I've been on both sides too, I am speaking from my experience. I've had people spit in my face from disrespect as a manager. Never happened to me sitting at a desk.

Amjoy25

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

PinkDahLia44

I am piggybacking on @carriet2018‌ 's UO: I don't care if you have to work Thanksgiving. Many people have to work Thanksgiving. Make your dinner plans accordingly. We are having Thanksgiving dinner on actual Black Friday. No biggie.

And by "piggybacking" I don't mean "bringing down a fever."

bkeane619

Amjoy25 said:

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

No where did I say retail was the most under appreciated job. I said it was under appreciated. Please show me where I said otherwise.

Amjoy25

PinkDahLia44 said:

I am piggybacking on @carriet2018‌ 's UO: I don't care if you have to work Thanksgiving. Many people have to work Thanksgiving. Make your dinner plans accordingly. We are having Thanksgiving dinner on actual Black Friday. No biggie. And by "piggybacking" I don't mean "bringing down a fever."

Are you hanging a secondary medication into a primary line?

carawasa

I think any job involving working with the public is under appreciated because people are assholes.

Amjoy25

carawasa said:

I think any job involving working with the public is under appreciated because people are assholes.

TRUTH!

Amjoy25

bkeane619 said:

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

No where did I say retail was the most under appreciated job. I said it was under appreciated. Please show me where I said otherwise.

You didn't say say MOST...I did.

bkeane619

Amjoy25 said:

bkeane619 said:

Amjoy25 said:

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

No where did I say retail was the most under appreciated job. I said it was under appreciated. Please show me where I said otherwise.

You didn't say say MOST...I did.

So then what am I wrong about again?

Amjoy25

bkeane619 said:

bkeane619 said:

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

No where did I say retail was the most under appreciated job. I said it was under appreciated. Please show me where I said otherwise.

You didn't say say MOST...I did.

So then what am I wrong about again?

I think you are taking UO a little too literal. It was supposed to be funny. You know...red lettering, yellow highlighter, yelling...did that not come across? 

PinkDahLia44

Amjoy25 said:

PinkDahLia44 said:

I am piggybacking on @carriet2018‌ 's UO: I don't care if you have to work Thanksgiving. Many people have to work Thanksgiving. Make your dinner plans accordingly. We are having Thanksgiving dinner on actual Black Friday. No biggie.

And by "piggybacking" I don't mean "bringing down a fever."

Are you hanging a secondary medication into a primary line?

Close. I am hanging a secondary comment to a primary opinion.

bkeane619

Amjoy25 said:

bkeane619 said:

Amjoy25 said:

bkeane619 said:

Amjoy25 said:

YOU ARE WRONG @bkeane619! NURSING IS THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED JOB! AND IT CAN BE A HARD JOB!

No where did I say retail was the most under appreciated job. I said it was under appreciated. Please show me where I said otherwise.

You didn't say say MOST...I did.

So then what am I wrong about again?

I think you are taking UO a little too literal. It was supposed to be funny. You know...red lettering, yellow highlighter, yelling...did that not come across? 


I hate when people tell me I'm wrong because I'm always right. Sorry the humor didn't come across to me. Is that a UO?

jennlin

i'm with @carriet2018 in that retail is not all that bad. i worked it for 4 years, and i loved it both as sales/cashier, and as management. i used to request to work black fridays, because i knew it would be busy/action-packed/fun. i planned for parking accordingly. if i could work retail, and get paid what i do now as an engineer, i would do it in a heartbeat.

i also think that the quality of customers come from the quality of the store. budget store = less respectful customers. boutique stores = more respectful. i worked in a mid-high value chain store (banana republic), and i had never once dealt with poop or spit. my worst offenses were customers opening sample makeup to try because they didn't want to use the testers that everyone else used...and they didn't buy it.

Amjoy25

Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today....not naming any names. 

bkeane619

jennlin said:

i'm with @carriet2018 in that retail is not all that bad. i worked it for 4 years, and i loved it both as sales/cashier, and as management. i used to request to work black fridays, because i knew it would be busy/action-packed/fun. i planned for parking accordingly. if i could work retail, and get paid what i do now as an engineer, i would do it in a heartbeat.

i also think that the quality of customers come from the quality of the store. budget store = less respectful customers. boutique stores = more respectful. i worked in a mid-high value chain store (banana republic), and i had never once dealt with poop or spit. my worst offenses were customers opening sample makeup to try because they didn't want to use the testers that everyone else used...and they didn't buy it.

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol

bkeane619

Amjoy25 said:

Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today....not naming any names. 

Amjoy25

bkeane619 said:

Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today....not naming any names. 

bkeane619

bkeane619 said:

jennlin said:

i'm with @carriet2018 in that retail is not all that bad. i worked it for 4 years, and i loved it both as sales/cashier, and as management. i used to request to work black fridays, because i knew it would be busy/action-packed/fun. i planned for parking accordingly. if i could work retail, and get paid what i do now as an engineer, i would do it in a heartbeat.

i also think that the quality of customers come from the quality of the store. budget store = less respectful customers. boutique stores = more respectful. i worked in a mid-high value chain store (banana republic), and i had never once dealt with poop or spit. my worst offenses were customers opening sample makeup to try because they didn't want to use the testers that everyone else used...and they didn't buy it.

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol
Edit: actually so was the poop, pee and cum ugh this was supposed to be an edit not a whole new post.

jennlin

bkeane619 said:

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol

when/what year? jcrew did a lot of changes in the last few years...i think it was around 2011..that's when they started getting more expensive. they used to be comparable to gap......not that gap is low enough price to have spitting customers....but jcrew then and jcrew now is a very different price point.

carawasa

I make jokes when I'm uncomfortable.

jennlin

eek @bkeane619 that's a realllllly dirty jcrew then. was it in the wrong side of town?

bkeane619

jennlin said:

bkeane619 said:

jennlin said:

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol

when/what year? jcrew did a lot of changes in the last few years...i think it was around 2011..that's when they started getting more expensive. they used to be comparable to gap......not that gap is low enough price to have spitting customers....but jcrew then and jcrew now is a very different price point.


Yes, it was ten years ago. It considered BR a competitor though back then too. It is more expensive now though.

bkeane619

jennlin said:

eek @bkeane619 that's a realllllly dirty jcrew then. was it in the wrong side of town?

Lol nope

Amjoy25

dknight413 said:

I have one. I don't agree that healthcare workers returning from w. Africa should be quarantined in the way Newark- lady (forget her name) was. Let the games begin.

No arguments here.

jennlin

bkeane619 said:

bkeane619 said:

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol

when/what year? jcrew did a lot of changes in the last few years...i think it was around 2011..that's when they started getting more expensive. they used to be comparable to gap......not that gap is low enough price to have spitting customers....but jcrew then and jcrew now is a very different price point.

Yes, it was ten years ago. It considered BR a competitor though back then too. It is more expensive now though.

i think it's ridic how expensive it is now. there is no way i'm paying 300 for shoes from jcrew.

bkeane619

jennlin said:

bkeane619 said:

jennlin said:

bkeane619 said:

jennlin said:

I got spit on at JCrew!!! Lol

when/what year? jcrew did a lot of changes in the last few years...i think it was around 2011..that's when they started getting more expensive. they used to be comparable to gap......not that gap is low enough price to have spitting customers....but jcrew then and jcrew now is a very different price point.

Yes, it was ten years ago. It considered BR a competitor though back then too. It is more expensive now though.

i think it's ridic how expensive it is now. there is no way i'm paying 300 for shoes from jcrew.


Have you seen the baby clothes?

jennlin

bkeane619 said:

i think it's ridic how expensive it is now. there is no way i'm paying 300 for shoes from jcrew.

Have you seen the baby clothes?

yes, and they are to-die-for-adorable. but not with that price tag. i forget they are even an option bc i don't like paying more than $4 for a kids shirt.

EmJ&B

jennlin said:

i'm with @carriet2018 in that retail is not all that bad. i worked it for 4 years, and i loved it both as sales/cashier, and as management. i used to request to work black fridays, because i knew it would be busy/action-packed/fun. i planned for parking accordingly. if i could work retail, and get paid what i do now as an engineer, i would do it in a heartbeat.

i also think that the quality of customers come from the quality of the store. budget store = less respectful customers. boutique stores = more respectful. i worked in a mid-high value chain store (banana republic), and i had never once dealt with poop or spit. my worst offenses were customers opening sample makeup to try because they didn't want to use the testers that everyone else used...and they didn't buy it.

Hahahahahaha!

FALSE.

Assholes are assholes. People with money are just rich assholes.

alimama33

missgpsu said:

Also I feel spelling tests at school are stupid.  I refuse to give them.  Kids just memorize the words the night before,spell them right, and then never spell them write again.  I teach spelling patterns still, but focus on using resources like a dictionary or the Internet to correct your spelling instead.

I have said this before, but Charlie Brown is horrible and so is all his specials and I don't like the Nightmare Before Christmas.

I LOL'd at this. 

But I do agree, the nightmare before christmas has always freaked me out. FFTC - I've always pretended to like it bc everyone else is obsessed...

layali

bkeane619 said:

Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day were always days off until the past couple of years, it is brand new news. Retail is an under appreciated job, not the hardest job. My life in retail was fine as an associate, as a manager on the other hand it was not. Working over your 45 hours you are paid for 70 hour work weeks, 6 day work weeks around the holidays and not getting paid the extra day, your job needing to become you're entire life, because your store is your responsibility sucks ass. Some of these things you don't know they are going to do to you when you take the job like make people work on Thanksgiving. I'm glad I got out now that I have a family. I would take a desk job any day of the week compared to that. The only reason I stayed as long as I did was because I would have had to take a pay cut at an entry level desk job.

This was DH's life until he quit to try to work for his dad so that he could spend more time with us as a family (didn't work out) and now he's working as an assistant manager but getting paid like a sales associate. At least he's not working 70 hour weeks anymore, and we're still getting the bills paid.

huntjul

I live in the Caribbean where everyone else goes for vacation, and I don't like it.  Actually I can't wait to leave.

bkeane619

NRyan55 said:

cheez-it snack mix>chex mix

That's right.  I said it.

What about party mix? I love those bbq Fritos.

Amjoy25

Not a fan of Cheez-its. Don't get me wrong, fake cheese is amazing, but Cheez-its are not my thang.

layali

You guise are making me hungry!

#isitlunchtimeyet