$8.50/hr, non-commissioned sales at Circuit City, started ~6 weeks ago. Income tax sucks. I pay $1.35/hr to the government so that they can steal my constitutional rights.
The job is alright. Better than flipping burgers or bagging groceries. The general public is so stupid and argumentative that it sometimes makes my job a bitch to do.
"Show me where your Xbox controllers on sale are."
"All of our Xbox controllers are right over here, sir."
"WHAT THE FUCK!!! THIS IS FULL FUCKING PRICE!!! NONE OF THIS SHIT IS ON SALE!!!"
About 3 hours ago...
"Do you have March of the Penguins?"
"All of our new releases are on this shelf, ma'am. Were you unable to find it? I could look it up on the computer if it wasn't on the shelf."
"I didn't look... you're supposed to know where it is... horrible salesman... *stomps off*"
This happened about a week ago, while I was talking to another customer in a different department. The bitch interrupted my sale to ask me questions abou t the next department. As a salesman, I should know the products that I sell, which are CRT TVs and DVD players. Contrary to popular belief, I do not know the location, price, and how many we have in stock for every single product in the entire fucking store off the top of my head.
Then, about four days ago, I was filling in for somebody as a cashier. It was late and there were no customers so I was just chilling. The nice lady who does all the financial stuff for the store came over to take some cash out of the registers, because they fill up with cash very quickly and need some taken out and moved to the vault 3-4 times a day. She took like $1300 from my register, then started taking some out of the adjoining register. The March of the Penguins bitch came up and started yelling at the payroll lady because she was unhappy with one of the computer salesman.
bitch: "The salesman didn't make eye contact, I was signing up for the credit card and he didn't give me the right forms to sign... ... I demand a formal apology from them with you present"
payroll lady: "I'm not a manager, so I can't make the salesman apologize to you, but you can talk to-"
bitch: "I want a formal apology RIGHT NOW!!!"
At which point the bitch proceeded to yell at the payroll lady, who didn't do anything to her. The payroll lady tried to reason with her, but she kept going on. Finally the store director came up and started talking to her. The conversation lasted a good half hour and ended with the director having to give the bitch a sizable discount on a large purchase. I was really pissed off, because
a) Judging by how she had treated me previously, she was greatly exxagerrating what happened with the computer salesman. I know everyone in the computer department, and not one would act like that.
b) She yelled at random people who caused her no harm.
c) She forced the store director, who is a cool dude, into giving her a discount and an apology.
d) It proved that by being an asshole and bitching to people, you can get ahead in life.
Then, the next day, I see her again, with a girl maybe 7 years old. The girl is off looking at something and the bitch is all "Get over here RIGHT NOW, we're leaving", yelling at her own daughter for no reason other than the daughter got distracted by one of our TVs or something.
I sooooo wanted to punch her in the face, but I didn't.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, XMAS MUSIC. There's a radio in the back on one of those stacks of boxes in the high shelves lining the walls at a height of about 7 feet. It's a tiny clock radio, turned all the way up, playing only xmas music. 7+ hours a day. We hatesss it, my precious.