So, I was reminded recently of a lot of stuff that happened at my old Crown Books. One of them was a skinhead cashier I'll call "Rich ( Read more... )

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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... )

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

I almost got fired once due to a shift change when I worked at Crown Books. I had a Saturday and Sunday off to see my fiancee in West Viorgina for the weekend. After I left early Friday. My boss had an emergency and scheduled me for Sunday in place of him, forgetting the fact I was out of town. Well, come Sunday, no one was there to open the ( Read more... )

I used to have this manager, let's call her "Linda." She was my first manager when I worked for Cargo Furniture. Linda had some issues. One of the issues I recall was "rounding by 3 ( Read more... )

I spent ALL of Sunday with CR. It was about time. Soon I won't be able to spend any time with him. He'll be working or at school, or in college, grown up, and then married with kids where I'll live in his basement as "crazy old grandpa ( Read more... )

I will always attest that retail is not something that one chooses in life, but rather, something that happens to you. I mean, retail is fine for a first job, or maybe some extra Chritmas money, but in essence, retail can suck when you have no other options. I did almost 9 years of retail. I started out at a book store. After 2 months of ( Read more... )