Retail Weirdness vol.6: who are YOU to talk?


A shoplifter, while standing in handcuffs next to a police officer, told my manager not to curse around her child, who was sitting in a shopping cart full of stolen merchandise. Who are you to talk? I mean I commend her for trying to keep a good environment around her child but youuwhoo... You are two seconds from going to jail for stealing five bags of items and falsifying information to the police.

Young mothers, when approached with the alternative of abortion usually get riled up. "I don't believe in abortion, that's against the Bible." Oh and having unprotected premarital sex is parallel to the Bible? Who are you to talk about what's good and bad anymore, your good bad meter has been denied.

I work with a whole bunch of young people so I often go on the front end (where the cashiers are) to make it a lively yet pleasant environment. I'm sure you know how it is with a group of young people who grow up to fast with a sprinkle of old people with the brain of a young person. So in an attempt to be a good... whatever I am to those people, I come and spark conversations, making everyone laugh, which in turn makes it a pleasant experience for the customers, or so I thought. This one customer, this one time said she thought it was very unprofessional that we were talking about what we were talking about on the front line. Huh!? We can't talk about cooking for the Christmas party? Talking about "I used to work in retail, so I know." Trick please, who are you to talk? If you worked in retail then you know exactly how we feel and how we are just trying to make the time past.

This one friend always gives my other friend advice on her relationships. Plural. The friend giving advice has only been in one serious relationship, so how can you give advice to a person who has never been in a real relationship? Who are you to talk? There comes a time where you should pass up the time to give advice, if you don't know how to be a player, don't give advice on being one. Girlfriend knows she should have came to me first! I have first hand baby.

So every year after the holidays, my grimy company does these major layoffs. This time last year I was freshly laid off for the first time in my life but it was cool because I was rehired shortly after my layoff because they recognized my hard work when I was there and didn't want to let me go but had to. Now I am giving people advice on how to stay out of trouble and stay off the "lay off list" but who am I to talk really? I'm just a small fish like them, little do they know but I present myself so well they listen. Lets hope I last another year while I'm trying to help another fish out.

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Brown Suga said…
"I'm just a small fish like them, little do they know but I present myself so well they listen."-Very well said!
February 9, 2010 at 10:52 PM
Because I Said So said…
Thank you very much Ms. Brown Suga
February 27, 2010 at 2:42 AM
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