View Single Post
Old 10-27-2009, 12:05 PM
  #71  
butterflywing
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: currently central new jersey
Posts: 8,623
Default

Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Sigh...what ARE they teaching sales clerks nowadays?
let's see..... they're not teaching them to be polite. they're not teaching them to use the cash register. they're not teaching them to make change. they're not teaching them to measure properly. they're not teaching them to speak clearly, admit mistakes, not lie through their teeth. they're definitely not teaching them the difference between kitten fur and batting. they're not teaching them what notions are, nor do they have any notion what to do with them.

what they are teaching them is that if you're willing to work part-time without benefits (and without bathrooms, apparently) and you show up once in a while, then you can snap your gum and keep your job.
butterflywing is offline