Who among us hasn’t worked in retail at some point in our lives? Many times it’s even our first place of actual employment.
So most of you reading this are well aware of the kinds of things and types of people you run into when working in a place such as Target.
None of us, however, documented our adventures as meticulously as Tumblr user kimpossibooty, AKA Tom Grennell, did.
-Got a free salted caramel frappacino from the suspectedly gay barista, Parker
-Sold a bra to the mom of a sixteen year old girl who was cringing the entire time
-Had a very engaging conversation with a three year old boy about colors. We both like blue.
-Served an old woman who I thought had an impressive mustache, but it was just nose hair
-Watched her and two other women with her get trapped between two sets of automatic doors because they did not understand how to open them. How they got through the first set, I still do not know.
-Sold fifteen gallons of kitty litter to a soccer mom who refused to break eye contact.
-Got a second free starbucks drink. This one was a pumpkin pie one that wasn’t even on the menu. I like this barista man.
-Gave dozens of children stickers. Several of them squealed when they got them. This is the best part of my job.
-Sold an old man $200 of furniture and got him to sign up for a Target credit card. Before he finished the last step, he turned and walked away with his cart without a word.
-He still hadn’t paid. I called him back and he apologized, saying “sorry, sometimes my diabetes makes me do that.” He didn’t finish getting the card.
So much good stuff and that was just the beginning of his day.
Read through it and, like it did for me, it will bring back some fond memories and serve as a reminder of just how many odd people there are in this world of ours.
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