Working in retail is a great experience. You get to interact with lots of different people, and sometimes you can even get to know the regulars. :) Today I had this cute old couple come to my checkout lane. The store wasn't very busy then, so I was able to talk to them for quite a while. They were both pretty talkative and the husband kept interrupting his wife to crack jokes...she didn't seem to mind. When the wife had to sign her name on the pin pad, the sun was in her eyes and she mentioned how it would be so much easier to sign if the sun wasn't right there. When her husband heard this, he walked in front of her to block the sun. He asked, "Is that better?" and his wife replied, "Yes, thank you. I knew I brought you along for a good reason." Then the man turned to me and said, "Well, hey. I got a nice razor out of the deal so I'm happy." They went on to tell me about how they didn't really shop that much because their daughter did most of their shopping for them. But today they had a 15% off coupon so they thought they might as well come in. Then the wife said to her husband, "And since I saved all that money today, I'm going to take you out to lunch." The husband then looked at me with a surprised yet pleased look, "I didn't know lunch was included in the deal!" Yes. It was very cute. That's how I hope it will be like with my husband and me someday. Grow old together. Joke together. Go on dates together. And always care for each other. :)
Well, the most crazy day in retail is coming up this week. Black Friday. I start work at 3am. Kohl's opens at 4am. But I get off at 11am (and that's still 8 hours!). I'm sure it will be one of the most interesting days of my life... I might even let you know how it goes. ;) But seriously. Pray that I won't get sick this week, because I feel like I'm coming down with a cold right now..and being sick isn't an option.
God bless you!
Christi Joy
2 comments:
I love working with public. I know it sucks sometimes, but I love it. Cause you get to see moments like the one you wrote about. I love old people. <3 You can learn so much from them. You should share more stories like this one. :) You will find a man to grow old with. :)
I love working with people too. I'm not exactly retail (I work in an ice cream shop). I had an old guy come in and talk to me for like 20 minutes, it was so great. Yeah, i agree, share more stories!!
Courtney :-)
PS. you had to work at 3? i'm sorry... :D
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