Not the most glamorous job in the world is it?Originally Posted by Letti
Why is it sad?
mabey... THE MERCHANT. god... am i defined by my job?
Not the most glamorous job in the world is it?Why is it sad?
mabey... THE MERCHANT. god... am i defined by my job?
"God pisses down your neck everyday, but only drowns you once.*
"When the shooting starts, we kill what moves. " - Roland Deschain
It's not a bad job at all. We all can't be brain surgeons. If you are kind to the people and you help them to buy what they really want and need you do a lot.Not the most glamorous job in the world is it?Why is it sad?
mabey... THE MERCHANT. god... am i defined by my job?
That's how I see.
Roland would have understood.
And you need patience and nerves to be a good salesman. I couldn't do it for more than a year
If you could do it for a year it would mean you had done it longer than most of the people could have done.And you need patience and nerves to be a good salesman. I couldn't do it for more than a year
Roland would have understood.
i've done it for 6 months now... and i hate it.
"God pisses down your neck everyday, but only drowns you once.*
"When the shooting starts, we kill what moves. " - Roland Deschain
Everyone hates it but you can get some lovely customers too. Brits are usually nice, as far as I've seen
I think what would be written on my door would be
"the questioner"
or
"will it hurt?"
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
Mine would either read "the Traveler" or "the Learner"
I've been working in retail for nearly 3 years and I Despise it!!!!i work in a sex shop so i have to deal with VERY odd and VERY rude people!!
I think however my door would say something like
"The Unsure"
or
"The Doormatt"
Jamesey
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You're working in a sex shop after all so no wonder there must be weirdos. I sympathize a lot!I've been working in retail for nearly 3 years and I Despise it!!!!
I think however my door would say something like
"The Unsure"
or
"The Doormatt"
Jamesey
xxxx
It can be very trying!! I've had to answer questions that i never thought should be asked in the first place and i could tell some real horror stories!!You're working in a sex shop after all so no wonder there must be weirdos. I sympathize a lot!I've been working in retail for nearly 3 years and I Despise it!!!!
I think however my door would say something like
"The Unsure"
or
"The Doormatt"
Jamesey
xxxx
Jamesey
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Well, if you can, I bet a lot of us would like to hear a fewIt can be very trying!! I've had to answer questions that i never thought should be asked in the first place and i could tell some real horror stories!!You're working in a sex shop after all so no wonder there must be weirdos. I sympathize a lot!I've been working in retail for nearly 3 years and I Despise it!!!!
I think however my door would say something like
"The Unsure"
or
"The Doormatt"
Jamesey
xxxx
Jamesey
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Right now I think it would be OOOOWWWWWWWW!!
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Exactly! I'm sure some stories are downright amusing too.Well, if you can, I bet a lot of us would like to hear a fewIt can be very trying!! I've had to answer questions that i never thought should be asked in the first place and i could tell some real horror stories!!You're working in a sex shop after all so no wonder there must be weirdos. I sympathize a lot!I've been working in retail for nearly 3 years and I Despise it!!!!
I think however my door would say something like
"The Unsure"
or
"The Doormatt"
Jamesey
xxxx
Jamesey
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Well my company is big on customer confidentiality - but my theory is if you act like a dick you waver that right!! The majority of the stories are amusing, but in that OMG way! I can give you a top 5 of my "favourite" memories of working here.
5 -
Having to say the following statement in an actual conversation with a customer trying to return a product -
Customer - "well - what are you going to do about it?"
Me - "Well sir - while i do understand what you are trying to say to me, I just want to clear something up. It is not *my* fault that your wife's head is to big for the ball gag to fit her now is it?"
It later turns out that he did think it was my fault - and demanded a refund on said ball gag. He never got it!
4.
I once had to argue with a customer who was trying to return an R18 DVD. When I asked him what was wrong with it (we don't return DVD's unless they are faulty and even then we simply exchange it for the same DVD but a different disk that's checked as it's So easy to copy DVD's now) his reason for wanting to return it was..
"i don't like the accents of the women in it!"
I asked him
"in what way sir?"
his responce...
"They're russian accent's! I don't like russian accent's!"
My very dry responce
"What were you expecting?! The DVD is called Russian Nympho's! I think the russian accents are implied in the title sir!"
3.
Having to ask a customer to leave the premises because he got aggressive when i refused to sell him MY urine in a bottle for £20!
2.
generally the million or so time's i've been asked how much it is to buy my "services" or the million or so times I've had to explain to people that "no. We don't keep prostitutes in the staff room."
1.
Being Flashed and then masturbated at.
This is my favourite memory - mainly cause the guy who did it looked like the Col. from KFC.
I had helped him pick out a DVD and a toy, served him and handed him his change. i dropped some pennies when I was handing him the change - i bent down behind the till to pick them up, when i got there he had dropped his trousers and was masturbating infront of me.
I shrieked, he looked at me dead pan and said
"what do you think?"
without missing a beat i said
"i've seen toothpick's bigger - now get the F**K out my shop you dirty horribe b**t*rd!!!" Then run round from the counter and chased him into the street without letting him pull his pants up.
Don't get me wrong - i quiet enjoy my job and it has got some weird protocol's in place. I'm not allowed to look at anything BUT porn on the internet and a lot of my customers are lovely people and I've helped a lot of people deal with their own issue's regarding sex (i'm like an encylopdia of porn stars, porn movies and sex toys now - so if you've got any questions feel free to ask lol) i've helped a good few people come to terms with their sexuality and have also helped a lot of couples reconnect with each other - the above stories are just a couple of the more unusual people i've had to deal with
As i'm sure you can imagine the staff night's out are always fun!!
Jamesey
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heheh - quality stories Jamesey you should have your own thread for these.
Yes. TBack Lane doesn't have anything against non-fiction, memoirs-type.
In this thread, however, back to topic please.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Aimless~
(sorry for being off topic again but i'm really sorry for taking it off thread in the first place!!Yes. TBack Lane doesn't have anything against non-fiction, memoirs-type.
In this thread, however, back to topic please.
Jamesey
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I have to consider that the door's label describes the person, but more from Roland's perspective (after all, the doors are for him). Eddie never would have thought of himself as a prisoner, and Odetta as 'the Lady of Shadows'. With that in mind, mine might be:
The Technician
for, i'd probably be most useful to the ka-tet (as it is in the books) as someone who would be most comfortable with all the computers (di-polar or otherwise) and tech they come across.
If the door was a bit more metaphorical, (considering the evil flavor of machines in DT), mine might be
The Demon Tamer
or even
The Gambler (?)
The Game
(Don't hate The Player...HATE THE GAME)
The Dog
Roland would enter the door into my body as I'm being born in 1982.
Since he sees no point in drawing a baby into endworld, he leaves my door and continues on to the others.
At some point,Spoiler:
He returns to my door and enters The Dog to live with Jake, Eddie, and Susannah to live out a life without obsession for the tower. Or does he?
"That which you think, becomes your world" Matheson
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