#it’s kind of retail

[spicysucculentz]

i need opinions: food service vs retail. which is more tolerable?

#spicy speaks #yes I need a second job #i work at a farm/ farm stand/ nursery rn #it’s kind of retail #but at least mostly outside with lots of plants and a farm cat #ducks and cows too #but I need a second job #in my town the rest of the options are either food service or grocery store #food service is so horribly unappealing to me

[lazycranberrydoodles]

modern AU where they meet again at the fast food place Xie Lian works at and Hua Cheng has to figure out how to romance a customer service employee

#tbh this is kind of a similar situation to the original - where xie lian is kind of obligated to take care of him as a young runaway #except here he is obligated to hand him a big mac #if you allow me to be a bit more deranged with the au: #xie lians manager (jun wu) (most powerful franchise owner) tries to tell him off for holding up the line talking to the hot goth guy #but turns out hua cheng is a renowned restaurant critic and has gotten 33 businesses closed #so he can’t say shit #hua cheng is picking up food for he xuan. btw. #ive been having immense brainrot about them lately but #less so about angst/plot/romance #more so about #putting them in mundane silly scenarios. #this is also very indulgent. its like therapy for me (<- retail worker) #put hyour ideas for the mcdonalds tgcf au in the tags <3 #has anybody written a fic about this btw id like to read it #tgcf #hualian #art #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #mxtx #digital art #my art #comic #lmao #hob #tgcf mcdonalds au

[jetaloen]

volo meeting rohan's dad

#pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #oc #volo #hansuke #my art #ive explained like NOTHING of my vastly different headcanoned version of PLA on here but in short #for the purposes of like giving context #my version of volo is not actually employed by the gingko guild he just murders a merchant for their uniform #and proceeds to masquerade as a normal retail worker #why would he do this? bc hes insane and manipulating ppl is fun to him. hes extremely stunted and cannot interact w other ppl normally #after being spurned by his ppl for heresy and spending over a thousand years alone #so he comes to rohan and hansuke who are powerful trainers and warriors bc he is curious as to if and how they can aid his plan #but that shit starts going south for him real quick bc he actually becomes kind of attached to rohan lol

[thecryptidart1st]

Realized this week at my job that William truly has a favorite holiday:

#fnaf #five nights at freddy's #michael afton #william afton #afton family #1980s aftons #two different kinds of customers #sleep deprived michael will somehow choke his dad out with an easter garland #michael before coffee was introduced was a terrible beast #the one benefit of working retail is the shenanigans #i was already headcanoning that william was OBSESSED with rabbit decor and then michael's easter decor came in #time accuracy bonus with michael's existing since the 70s #but seriously you can tell how capitalist we got when we have easter set ups already in january #inlove the fact that we have a nonreligious easter and it just involves more colors and bunnies #i wonder where the cryptid works

[figofswords]

the post grad why did i get an art degree what am i even doing what do i want in life where am i going crisis has finally hit i want to. lie down in the dirt. or something

#WHAT AM I DOING!!!! #i get up i go to my stupid retail job i stick labels on bags they pay me fucking thirteen bucks an hour i come home i lie on the couch #too tired to draw in too much pain to go anywhere no energy to reach out to college friends to do anything fun #no idea where the even start with getting an industry job no clue what i even WANT at this point #trying to remember what i loved so much about comics i want it BACK i HATE this #WHAT IS THE POINT!!!! WHAT DO I WANT WHERE AM I GOING!!! WHAT COMES NEXT!!!!!! #there's no clear career trajectory i can't do freelance i need structure i can't work too much i need free time #my brain doesn't work every job requires me to move across the country the irs just took fucking three hundred stupid dollars from me #my friends live in different states i can't get a job without experience i can't get experience without a job #i can't work on my portfolio with no energy and no time and i dont have any money and everything is so expensive all the time #i can't get anywhere bc i dont drive and im too stressed to think about taking driving lessons again #and WHAT DO I WANT! #THE MOST INTERESTING THING I DO EVERY WEEK IS GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY! #I AM EXCITED EVERY WEEK FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY!!!! WHY!!!!!!!! #anyway WHATEVER i need to go to bed #delete later #i got into spx. today. so. had to have a crisis about how i felt when i attended spx (energized. excited. a part of something. ambitious) #versus how i feel now (tired. unmotivated. kind of apathetic about art. disconnected) #i dont miss the stress of school but i miss being around other artists. ppl who speak your language and who want the same things you want #ppl who are excited abut art and that makes YOU excited about art. ppl who get you #i miss that i want that back #whatever. its 1am i gotta go shower i have an 8.5 hour shift tomorrow. wahoo. $13.50/hr lets go

[blackbird-brewster]

I think the truest measure of how horrible people treat anyone who works in the service industry, or retail, is when something goes wrong -- like when the wait time for customer service quite long -- and the employee's first reaction is to profusely apologise.

Even if it's not their fault, they are trained to apologise for ANYTHING that might be perceived as inconvenience to the customer.

I have fifteen years of experience in these industries, so I will always reply with stuff like: "Hey, all good. Not your fault." or "I know what that's like, you're doing great." or "Hey, that person shouldn't have yelled at you. Just take your time, catch your breath. I'm not in a rush."

And you know what happens every time?

That person will look at me like I just gave them a winning lotto ticket. The smallest amount of understanding and human decency will make their entire day. The bar of how customer facing staff are treated is so low, it's on the fucking ground.

It's really not hard to be patient and kind to cashiers, or call center people, or anyone else for that matter.

Shoutout to everyone who's been treated by shit by a customer and yet, you still had to apologise to them for harassing you. Honestly, customer service and retail workers are the backbone of society.

#retail industry #retail hell #customer service #worker solidarity #life advice #be kind

[tandytoaster]

The lil 14 year old trans boy at my work said I was his favourite

#noop nooping #KIDS R SO FUNNY like u listen to them and then theyre like im gonna follow u around #IM UR MOM NOW. UR FATHER AND I ARE DIVORCED NEITHER OF US HAVE CUSTODY #HES SUCH A NICE KID #im giggling bc he and quinn had a connection when the kid first started but now in like 🤭 teehee my kid now #AND ITS EVEN FUNNIER bc quinn was like 'he reminds me so much of myself when i was his age. hes my son now' #BUT NOW IM THE PARENT. we're divorced. ITS FUNNY #i stole your kid and you stole my bestie. im influencing the queer youth of this conservative town im succeeding #when i first met him he came in on a day he didnt work and one of the reasons he was there was to meet me bc quinn told him about me 🥺 #his parents are supportive so im rlly glad he has that #IM WORRIED ABOUT COMING OFF AS CREEPY TALKING ABOUT THIS but its just a nice feeling being a positive figure in some1's life #at my work its like microdosing helping ppl bc its retail. and the kid is there on saturdays. this is why i went to college jrmqmxjwkdgwh #i think the kind of social work i would enjoy most is peer support. if i ever want to re-enter the field #oh yea i think i saw my old supervisor today 😑 YUCKY

[bugeyedfreaks]

Do you own a lot of merch? If so how do you keep them from getting too dusty, whats the best way to keep them and saving space etc

I guess I own a… reasonable amount? 😆 When it comes to little toys and figurines, currently I only have a few of them on display (in a temporary little collection while I find something new to display stuff on), mostly dedicated to some of my Mojo stuff:

...I still need to fix the Mo Mojo statue, it's been ages (he got busted up in the mail, weh). 😫

But yeah, a lot of it isn't on display or anything, they're mostly in storage (not, like, a storage locker or anything... just in some plastic boxes/bags in my closet, haha). Actuallyyyy, as an example, I was cleaning up today and found some of the smaller things I used to have on display trapped in a Ziploc prison:

...which I guess could also look like crime scene evidence or illicit drugs.

I also just have a lot of practical merch, like clothes, jewelry, hair ties/clips, keychains for my purse and keys, stationary, makeup bags, etc. Oh yeah, and a bunch of media like magazines, books, DVDs, CDs., etc. Everything's just stored like you'd normally store that kinda stuff. Nothing fancy. One of these days maybe I'll try to get everything PPG-related that I own together and see how much junk I've actually collected, but yeah. I'd say it's like a medium amount. I am nowhere near Lenny Baxter levels of merch (nor would I wanna be!).

#i swear I owned like only a handful of things before starting this blog lol #and then i caught the bug of looking on ebay and mercari and buyee for things #my brand of retail therapy is looking up vintage ppg merch and seeing what kind of weird or fun things i can find #also people know i like the ppg IRL so they've alerted me to stuff and have gotten me presents which is sweet #weird merch #oh also re: dust it just... appears and I'll just brush it off with a swiffer thingee or a blast of compressed air 😆 works for everything

[inktheblot]

The rotation of Christmas music that plays in the store I work at includes the following:

Any version of “Last Christmas” you could think of and then some, EXCEPT Wham’s

Various people trying to come up with weird new verses to “Jingle Bells”

Joey Ramone’s cover of “What a Wonderful World”

This one cover of “Do You Want To Build a Snowman” that’s sung in like. That specific really breathy way that pop singers do Christmas songs sometimes y’know?

The song from the Victorious Christmas episode

Three songs from the Phineas and Ferb Christmas special

“I Have a Dream” by ABBA except not the ABBA version

- DO YOU REMEMBER THE 25TH NIGHT OF DECEMBER

#there’s also a kind of bizarre country duet cover of let it go #but that one’s in the Normal Everyday music rotation #which is more forgivable to me tbh bc i don’t get people trying to push frozen as a christmassy movie #it is SUMMER in frozen. it being snowy and shit is ACTIVELY A PROBLEM #there’s a couple other pop versions of Disney songs in the normal mix too #anyway #i THINK they might have played hallelujah last year a couple times but I haven’t heard it this year so that’s a win lmao #they also start playing the xmas music literally the day after halloween #but then also it stops the day after xmas instead of dragging into the first week of january or w/e #which I’m sure is a relief for most ppl #I’m the rare retail worker who doesn’t mind/actively enjoys hearing this much xmas music #but some of these choices … bizarre #it’s interesting working at like. a b- or c-list box store #bc I’m assuming it’s harder to get the rights or the budget for certain things the big Big stores do #so we get slightly-off parallel dimension shit like this lmao #inklings #christmas #i feel like the ‘they don’t know X’ meme of the guy at the party also bc I bet most normies don’t recognize the #2000s childrens tv special songs. #and just think it’s some pop bs that never became A Classic #if they’re not tuning it out completely #Christmas Is Starting Now is an absolute banger I’ll have you know.

[loving-jack-kelly]

ALSO javid au where jack knew davey in high school but was in his edgy loner phase so davey has no idea who jack was except that when jack becomes a famous singer-songwriter davey is like hey I think we went to high school together. hey why do his all pining songs AND his coming to terms with bisexuality anthem sound suspiciously like they're describing me in high school

#jack throwing himself mournfully over his green room couch: if only I had had the courage to tell him when I knew him. alas #davey hearing the song on the radio at his retail job: hey now. what the fuck. #the theories online are insane like. who is jack kelly writing about is it x famous actress or y famous chef he was spotted with downtown #no. it was the smart guy in his freshman year math class who never had another class with him #but was always laughing. always seemed so happy. had a family like jack wanted. was kind to everyone. #davey typing out a twitter dm and deleting it like ten times that says: hey this might be weird but. are you writing about me?

[millerflintstone]

Yesterday I went to lunch with Grammy C and one of the other ladies that Grammy C met and befriended when she ran the ceramics studio with her DIL. I'll call this lady Zany K. She's very extroverted and silly and just really likeable. She's very open about things and doesn't mind openly expressing when she is completely clueless about what's going on, which is really refreshing. She's got 3 adult daughters, two of which are twins. One of her twins had a baby yesterday. The other one had her first baby 6 months ago.

Lunch was good. We were all catching up on things. We oohed over Zany K's new grandbaby. We also found out the reason why Grammy C was a bit late to lunch was that her youngest son ended up needing to go to the hospital. He called her at around 8 in the morning letting her know that the arm rash he went to the urgent care for yesterday had gotten worse. It's basically covering the top of his left forearm and it looked swollen, red and awful. They had given him antibiotics but told him if it got worse, to go directly to the ER. She took him to the hospital because his wife was en route to a doctor's appointment for their toddler son who needs a kidney specialist.

After lunch, Grammy C was going to go back to the hospital. They had admitted him to a room by the time she left to meet us. She parked 2 cars down from me and I heard her say, "Oh no!" I walked over and saw it at the same time she said it, "I have a flat tire!"

The driver's side front tire was completely flat. Zany K called her hubby to ask if he could drive over to help. They live about an hour north of us. He told her to just use their AAA membership and say the car was hers, which she did. I ended up helping her with the service call. They send a text message to the number that calls that has a link for submitting the request online, so I helped her with that piece. We all waited for the tow truck service to come by and change the tire to the spare.

Grammy C made it to the dealer afterwards. Her car is fairly new - a 2022 Toyota Corolla. The tire change was still covered but the damaged tire pressure sensor was not (?), so she's driving around with an annoying warning.

She went back to the hospital to see her son and he has MRSA. No idea how. He didn't have a scratch or anything that he knew of. No animal interaction.

I read up and didn't realize how contagious it could be. I had hugged Grammy C. I let Grammy C know that she should disinfect her car where her son's arm might have had contact and sent her some links about MRSA. I also saw some videos that just freaked me out. I am fine. I actually have a minor scratch on my right elbow that I bandaged with one of those hydrocolloid bandages because they do help speed up my poor healing and help me prevent scarring. I scar so freaking easily. But I'm glad I had it covered because with my luck, I'd get MRSA.

I am fine today but I have to admit that I was worried. Whenever I've gotten sick as of late it's stemmed from Grammy C and her exposure to her toddler grandchild. She's had strep maybe 4 times since the winter and apparently had it again last week. I haven't heard about how her son is doing today. They kept him last night and she mentioned he'd hopefully be released today.

#her youngest son is 43 and kind of a momma's boy #he works retail but used to be a truck driver with his dad #he also had a bad motorcycle accident a few years back that really injured his back #but he's not really what I call a motivated individual #i'm not sure if it's anxiety or what but he doesn't seem particularly motivated in general #and I get the feeling both of his parents babied him #grammy c

[miodiodavinci]

well in any event today is the day i gotta go clothes shopping for my Professional Internship Outfits™ and as much as i want to remain optimistic i also foresee the fact that i might die

#(folds hands in prayer) please let me find shirts that fit me without being weird lengths or bad material #please let me find pants that fit me that aren't specifically designed to cling-wrap to my skin #please let me find a nice tie or a cool necklace or other gender neutral gear that won't make me feel like peeling my flesh from my bones #the agonies of needing to be professional #while not being perceived as feminine #but also kind of hating how default masculine things look on you #but Also being a plus size individual #meaning that as far as clothing retailers are concerned #i either want to look like a floral print aunt #or wear paper thin barely sleeved tees that say like. 'wine zodiac <3333' on them sdkjhfgj #killing and biting how hard it is to give me a thick quality collared shirt and a fun patterned airline scarf #here's hoping at least skdjfhgkj

[thedroidsyouarelookingfor]

DAGAN BLACK SERIES FIGURE IS COMING!!!!

#kind of wild to do this character that was just kind of thrown away and underutilized before doing the Mantis Crew BUT STILL I AM HAPPY #need this man to show up in a HR comic or something #i literally called it though #i told my husband Dagan would probably be our first High Republic figure lol #please dont be retailer exclusive #jedi survivor #dagan gera #star wars #star wars the black series #star wars tbs

[upstartgeek]

very deeply obsessed with what is clearly somebody's commission example banner stolen and printed on this pencil case

#do not support art theft obviously 3rd party retailers are an ever increasing problem #but this is kind of impossible not to be a little gagged by...ran away from it lest the temptation get to me

[charcarts]

#not art #hiiiii saurry my personal life has been kind of messy and stressful lately + retail job leaves me fucking tired #i do have uhm. some charm stuff in the works im waiting on hearing back frm manus on so i'll try to post that when i get proofs on hand <:] #hope everyone is doing ok

[darlingcloudie-9]

this is my…… alter ego- ANITA MAXWYNN. ANITA MAXWYNN

#my art #My oc #Original character #oc drawing #uuuhhhh gaslight gatekeep girlboss #So sorry about the caption btw………… its past my curfew and im in a silly goofy mood :[ #So meet Darling!! My one of a kind mayhaps mascot of this tumblr blog!!!! Yippee!!!! #Dont let her soft and unalarming smile fool you; this girl is really a menace to the society!! #Funfact; Darling has a younger twin brother!! You’d never know though cause they don’t look too alike from eachother. #But they are still twins!! And he works in Retail!!! #Imagine this younger twin brother also has a cute petname as a name…………… like Honey or something #Or Sunshine. Or Angel!!!! #Ah. Decisions. Decisions #Darling is definitely the evil twin……… she would also lowkey walk with her brother whilst carrying a dozen wooden logs on her back and goin #“Maybe the A in Angel stands for-“ #“Amazing? Admirable? Awesome?? :]” #“…. No. Abomination.” #“…… Oh. You mean like that one giant snowman from that one Bubbleguppies episode?” #”… YOU STILL REMEMBER BUBBLEGUPPIES?!?!? AND THAT SNOWMAN??!?!?!?!?!?!” #And then they go on to discuss Bubbleguppies lore and how they miss it 💔 #Ah. But kidding kidding!! That’s if i choose Angel as the younger twin brother’s name <3 #Im sorry for the bad Demon Slayer/Kimetsu No Yaiba reference with the Tokito Twins also #But yeah!!! That’s my oc Darling!!!! #i hope you like her :]] #I think she’d have a Mareep if she were in Pokémon #Just a thought <3 #My sister called her a discount Yor from Spy X Family and omg #how could she say this and be totally right wtf :crying: #Anyways yeah!!!! Darling slays and joins the battle :heart: !!!! #Also no you aren’t going crazy the flower in the top left corner is one of the ibis x paint decals on that one picture icon thingy erremmm