Slave of the Retail World...

I work for New York and Company. Last week, my first week of school, I also worked 37 hours. And while I'm not complaining since I am being paid for it, I will never get another job in retail after this one.

Allright, I lied, I am complaining.

I hate cleaning up after people. My job consists of working with people half of the time and cleaning up after their messes the other half. I'm sick of folding all the clothes on the display tables and laying them out perfectly only to redo them again after the slobs trash them. If people would treat the stores they shop in like their own closets, there would be a much smaller amount of mess (because everyone's closet is messy sometines).

I hate the fact tht I have to stand all the time. In heels, mind you. On tile floors. And I am prohibited from wearing sneakers. There should be law that says floors need to be padded if workers are standing. Or there should be stools to sit on- one or the other.

I hate that I can't wear jeans. That probably sucks the most. My entire wardrobe revolves around jeans and flowy skirts. Take out the jeans, and you've destroyed my sense of style.

And even though I'm making quite a bit of money, I never have time to SPEND it, so that sucks.

So for anyone out there contemplating a job in retail, run away. You may be POOR, but it's better than being ANNOYED, SORE and BITTER!