Years ago, I worked at Chesapeake Knife and Tool. We sold many "manly" things besides knives and tools, like Zippo lighters and straight razors. I learned a lot about people who shaved with straight razors. First, they were usually among the fringes of educational society. It took a strange person who, in an era of disposable razors, would ( Read more... )

I wanted to reiterate a tale of sorrow and misfortune at the expense of one poor and lonely manager. I am not sure what happened to him, but I will disguise his name anyway, since this was 20 years ago, and I don't want him ridiculed any more than he was back then. It is my hope he has changed for the wiser ( Read more... )

This article sums it up best, but I could have told them that based on my own experience ( Read more... )

It occurred to me today that every retail chain I ever worked for is now gone ( Read more... )