20 Horrific Secrets You'll Discover If You Work In Retail

Abandon hope all yee who enter retail.

By Sara Weir /

There are some jobs that make you realise that you need to make a change and look at your reality from a different perspective, so if you go home crying every night because you work in retail and despise it, then it's time for a new career. When it comes to retail, you're either there for the short term or you're in it for the long haul, and that's not because it's an easy job as such but you do have your good days. As far as minimum waged jobs go, you sometimes don't mind this one and there are days when you really look forward to going to work. You're completely up to date with what's new in the world of retail and you enjoy giving your honest opinion to customers in the changing rooms; if it looks disgusting, you just can't lie to their faces about it. It's only when they start crying that you realise minimum wage is shocking pay for working in retail and being someone's therapist... But you're happy to do it, because if something made your bum look bigger than it really is, then you're going to want to know about it. However, there are days when you just want to hide in the stockroom to avoid all customers. The worst customers that you'll experience are the ones that have never done their time in retail, and there should be a conscription service implemented so everyone can understand the horrors that occur behind the scenes. It's very difficult to put a smile on your face and deliver excellent customer service when you've just had a stranger approach you and take their bad day out on you. So if you're a retail worker, you're bound to have experienced a few of these things on your retail journey...