Where do you work?

[Knightmare]

All right, peoples! Just a general work poll.

[Lace Neil Singer]

In a supermarket. Don't want to name it, just in case.

[CaroPhoenix]

I don't work retail, but I do work with the public! I work at a local library. :) I'm a page ... I know everything because I shelve! :roll: :lol:

[Greenday]

I work at a horse-racing track. Kinda unique on these boards. It sucks...

Whoops, I also forgot to mention that I also work part-time at a pharmacy.

[Plaidman]

:( I'm the only one to work at a convience store.

[Becks]

Currently, a grocery store.

Some of my stories will also come from Goodwill and the gas station that I escaped from.

[digilight]

I own a company that does printing/copying, CD/DVD duplication, VHS Transfer, and electronic document archival (you could also call us a Service Bureau).

[Lace Neil Singer]

Currently, a grocery store.

Some of my stories will also come from Goodwill and the gas station that I escaped from.
Just as some of mine will come from the country park, garden centre and pizza place where I once worked.

[nicegirl]

starbucks.

[Think Blue]

I work at a place that produces vitamins and meds for corporations and other businesses.Technically we are a lab.

[PuckishOne]

I work for an insurance company.

*dodges rotten tomatoes and garbage* :roll: :rolleyes: :D

Edit: Forgot to give the rest of my resume... :) I've also done a lot of administrative office work, and recently worked in HR/payroll. Lucky me!

[dawnmaria]

I used to manage a bookstore, a leather goods store and before that fast food. Now I am a stay at home mommy or as I like to think of it a cruise director for a deranged and angry midget, sorry, little person!

[Jpurple]

I teach at a private school- not retail, but technically the students and parents are my 'customers'. Some of them are as SC as they come...

[Boulder_Bear]

I used to manage a bookstore, a leather goods store and before that fast food. Now I am a stay at home mommy or as I like to think of it a cruise director for a deranged and angry midget, sorry, little person!
That is awesome. I love it. I almost snorted the milk I was drinking.

I work at Tahitian Noni International. Not in the Call Center though. Any of you heard of the company?

[MystyGlyttyr]

I currently work at a newspaper, Other, but I have previously worked in General Retail, Call Center, and Grocery Store, as well as several more Others.

[lordlundar]

Does the ninth level of hell count?:devil:

I work in consumer electronics, games and software are my speciality.:)

[morgana]

I work at Tahitian Noni International. Not in the Call Center though. Any of you heard of the company?

Heard of them. Thought about using the stuff at one point; never got around to it. Do you use it yourself?

Back on topic: I'm a research analyst for my state's Department of Commerce. This is research on business operation, right? :D


~M~

[Capt Jack Sparrow]

I work at Petro Canada station....and resently changed shifts from the graveyard to the afternoon .

[theredbaron47]

I work at a local family-owned hardware store a few blocks from my house. It really isn't just hardware, as they carry all sorts of interesting stuff, from housewares, curtains, appliances, to wallpaper, wallpaper borders, and the like.

[Imogene]

Currently? Nowhere. I'm unemployed, thanks to my stores closing. Remember, I closed the Chesterfield store, had a few months of nothing, then got called to work at the West County store for a month, while it closed. I'm busy with school, and intend to get really deeply into 3D modeling as a full time job once I'm done in the next 12 weeks or whatever I have left.

[FenigDurak]

The largest BBV store in my state.

[RichS]

Currently? Nowhere. I'm unemployed, thanks to my stores closing.

Almost in the same boat - I work in a family-owned combo computer/vacuum store. My boss has left, and the building is up for sale. As long as noone buys the building, I still have a job. I'm starting to look around, but the job market around here is lousy. Until then, I'm doing the same job as my boss.

[chainedbarista]

i work for the big green apron, the one that sells coffee, coffee based drinks and BEANS. yay!

[Ringtail Z28]

I work in a welfare office. I'm currently looking for another job that hopefully involves working on cars, I'm a lousy office worker (think Office Space). Before that I slaved away at Target for six years.

[Fera Festiva]

Other - booklending wench.

[ESS]

I work for a retail company that is on American Air Force and Army bases throughout the world.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Most of my stories are from Kinko's or from the Italian restaurant I waited tables at.

I am now a graphic artist.

[dragonflygrrl]

I'm the lone cell phone dealer, atm. I also worked at a gas station and at a Budget rental car, and have loads of sc goodness from those jobs.

[stickycoins]

:( I'm the only one to work at a convience store.


No you're not Plaid! I work in one too. A Mom-Pop, not a chain. VERY sucky!

[Cia]

Family owned low-voltage electrical contractor.

[kellee]

I work in a grocery store...a certain one where shopping is a pleasure!! uggh..but im looking for another job tho.......used to work as a cashier in a half restaurant/half store kinda place. thats where most of the SC's I encountered were

[Spiffy McMoron]

I start my new job on Monday-working in the parts department of a car dealership. I imagine that I'll get a few SC's, but I'll have to do a lot more explaining to make the stories funny. (What do you mean you don't sell clutch fluid?!?)

But my official last day at Crappy Tire is tomorrow-I may come back to it to earn a few more bucks, though. I may go back in time and dust off a tale or two from my time in fast food.

[Morrigan]

I'm in a grocery store for now, but I was in a dollar store for eight years, fast food off and on, sold roses in a bar for a while, did a turn at bussing tables back in high school, helped out with a couple of inventories, and worked in a cash office. I always put "like to learn new things" on my resume.

[Seanette]

All right, peoples! Just a general work poll.
Do past jobs count, or is this strictly limited to the present?

One doesn't have to work in retail to deal with customers, after all (says a member of the call center contingent :) ).

[Seanette]

:( I'm the only one to work at a convience store.
I'm a *former* 7-11 clerk.

[Gas Station Girl]

Another convenience store employee here. Actually, I work in a gas station/convenience store (hence the screen name), but it's all the same. And full of SCs.

[T-Morksux]

I'm the lone cell phone dealer, atm.

don't worry, you aren't the only one who works with cell phones!!! I work tech support for a cell phone company, i also worked in customer care for the same company, a delivery service and a convenience store.... lots of sc there!

[RavenStarr]

I work in hell AKA the grocery store.

[purplecat41877]

I also work in a grocery store. It's within walking distance of my house.:)

[Just Me]

I don't currently but "Grocery Store" got my vote as that was my last one.

[CanadaGirl]

Well, just a few hints (any Canadian here not living in a cave should know what this place is) :

- the company that owns this company is 350 years old
- oldest company in North America and is also one of the oldest in the world
- sells pretty much the same type of stuff as Walmart, but does not have a "super center" type store
- has it's own restaurant, get the poutine it's delicious :D

[Phone Jockey]

CALL CENTER GOTTA REPA-SENT! Gotta give a shout out to my homies! :wave:

[RhythmAngel]

Woo hoo! I work a call center for a cable company, so I can relate to many of the SC stories you and CableGuy tell, PJ!

CALL CENTER GOTTA REPA-SENT! Gotta give a shout out to my homies! :wave:

[Tejas]

now - i am out of customer service :D alot of my stores will come from many years (about 4 1/2) in christian retailing, and supermarket before that

[JuniorMintz]

I work for an optometrist.

[KayEm]

I'm not afraid to say it straight out, especially as I feel everybody needs to know this is one of the worst places to work...Walmart gets all the bad publicity, but my store is equally guilty of many of the same offences against workers.

NEVER, EVER WORK AT A FRED MEYER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jnd4rusty]

I work at Taco John's.. a much better version of the Bell, I have been there 12 yrs, I am currently the main night shift manager (yeah teenagers). Our store was named the number 1 store in the nation in sales, out of about 475 TJ's. We also get voted "best tacos in town" almost every year. The vote is from the Rapid City Journal that does a "best of" section every year. The public votes on the "best of" in different categories. I love my job but it does have it share of crazies..customers and employees. I am very proud of the work I do..but am back in school (at age 41) to change careers for my old age yrs. As you can tell I love to write novels..LOL.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I work at Taco John's
Is that what happens if a Taco Bell and Papa Johns get it together?

[JustAGirl]

Welp, I used to work convenience stores, and fast food, i do call center work and while at the call center I used to do a retail outlet like target (then I quit). now I'm just 'callcenter' work.

[Titi]

Well I currently do not work but before I used to work for conveniece stores. 3 locations with one store (a chain in the NJ-PA area Wawa) for eight years and with another at 1 location (a nationwide chain 7-11) for a year and a half.

[AmericanZero8503]

I work at a Grocery store chain that is based in southern Indiana...

My 'real' job is On-air personality. I work at a radio station out at school, and I intern at a cluster of stations here in town.

I guess I'm glad I have had to work this shitty job and others because they have taught me a great deal of Public relation skills. I can now deal with listeners thanks to my grocery store experience. Plus I have an endless supply of 'people who suck' stories.

[Slave to the Phone]

I run the business office for a Domino's franchisee. He currently owns 10 stores. Franchises suck, we have to follow "Corporate" rules, even when they make no sense at all for our special situations.

[Byronthebanker]

I used to work at a grocery store, then got the idea I wanted banker's hours . .. so, I now work at the bank.

in 6 years
5 Saturdays
2 Sundays (just work, bank not open)
1 Holiday (travel to a class)
7:30a - earliest ever at work
1:00a - latest ever at work (watching a vault get moved)

[COMINATCHA]

I currently work in a nightclub, but have previously worked in Target and BigW (cheap version of Target), and lets not forgot that time I did work experience at the Vet! :cry:

[tensaineko]

ahh, the solitary arcade attendant, content to sit and observe the surroundings, some people just dont get it

former movie slave and burger knave

[violiavampyr]

Faux-Macys.

[mslisarose]

Currently fast-food. (Wendy's)

Previously,
NY - discount-dept store (Boscov's),

ME - overnight @truckstop (Irving), inbound call center, outbound call center, local dept store,

MN - B&N cafe @MOA, inbound call center (overnight)

and I'm leaving out a few...I need to stop moving so much :(

[MadMike]

I went with "other", since I've been retail-free for almost 17 years now.

Back when I was still doing time... I mean working in retail, I spent about 2 years in a supermarket. After that, I worked for 6 months in a home improvments store. I didn't plan on that one being so short, but I got offered the job I have now, and of course, i took it.

[Spiffy McMoron]

Is that what happens if a Taco Bell and Papa Johns get it together?

Then you get delicious taco pizza! Duh...:p

[Ryu]

movie theater
UGH

[WonTon]

A fine art supply store. It's actually a lot of fun, I like it. :)

[Dog Welder]

Currently at a call center for an orange cell phone company. But as my avatar shows, I have a plan for getting the hell out of here.:beam:

[RecoveringKinkoid]

And as your user name shows, you read some of the same stuff that I do.:D

Good luck with your new career path!

Heh heh heh. Bueno.:p

[varmintjane]

I work in a call center in ND on an account for cell phone activations, which means I deal almost exclusively with the sales reps who work in the stores. They are almost worst than dealing with customers sometimes. Can you say entitlement? I previously worked in directory assistance and was routinely cussed out by people who didn't know the right name of the listing they wanted and thought that I should be able to figure out what it was called if they told me "it starts which an 'A' I think". I worked in a bookstore before that.

[batmoody]

Grocery Store
....going on 18 years.
:hairpull:

[Zinjadu]

I'm a grocery store 'slave'/cashier at the "big red S".
I also work in a warehouse, but don't have to deal with customers at that job - yay!

[werewolffan98]

At a Renaissance Faire/fair and the comments from most of the paying patrons are dumb,like "Are you people like the Amish? No we're not, this is just a show. is that sword real can i touch it? yes it's real. no you can't touch it it's sharp.where is the privy(restrooms) this is funny because i was in the front gate when they asked it and i said how badly do you need to go? Because in back of me was a sign saying privies. Patrons.:lol:

[red hot pegasus]

red hot pegasus

I'm currently working for a certain closeout retailer (the one with the punctuation mark in the name). Been with them for almost 2 yrs (in both Westfield ma and now Conway SC).Have also done KMart, Burger King,and even some waitressing and grocery store work.

[TeslaRecoil]

Defense contractor by day, drug store by night ... I'm multi-talented :D

[AFpheonix]

I'm a senior certified pharmacy wench at a 24hour pharmacy with Convenient Drive Through Service.
(Convenient for whom? Certainly not me!)

[BusBus]

I've done retail and fast food. Now, I work for the government.

*ducks onslaught of rotten veggies and pineapples*

Don't let that fool you, I'm actually quite nice. Plus, if it makes you feel better, I also get my share of sucky people. Real sucky people.

*picks tomatoe bits from hair*

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'm in a grocery store and have been in the business for 16 years, which is where my material comes from.

[katie kaboom]

I own a company that does printing/copying, CD/DVD duplication, VHS Transfer, and electronic document archival (you could also call us a Service Bureau).

How would someone break into that field? This sounds like something i would enjoy.

[Pagan]

Currently, I work at Hasting's Entertainment (We're Entertainment!....bite me, bite me hard), the biggest one in the chain. I'm working on changing that. In the spring, I intend to start the Phamacy Tech program at TVI (or whatever they're calling themselves now). You piss me off, I'll hide your pills! :devil:

Previously -
Dillard's - homelines, where we got to deal with idiots on their way from the wedding to the reception and mad because all that's left on the registry are towels. And you've known about the wedding for how long?

Victoria's Secret Catalog call center in Rio Rancho (no, they didn't outsource to Mexico, no, Tyra's not walking around the center :rolleyes: )

[hawkchick11]

I'm a sales lead at a clothing store geared towards teenage guys/girls... oh yeah, the name means 'air mail' in French ( I get that question a lot)

[Dog Welder]

And as your user name shows, you read some of the same stuff that I do.:D

Good luck with your new career path!

Heh heh heh. Bueno.:p

Would that be Hitman? Hmmmm?



*geek*

[ArenaBoy]

I work in a parking lot at a sports arena, during the summer I work at two outdoor music theaters that are open during the summer. Three places means money but more SCs.

[Kogarashi]

Primarily general retail, though I've done craft retail, food service, custodial, head-counting, outbound call center, "light industrial work," and freelance illustration/graphic design.

[Rine]

I work for a department store. Also have a small second job: I work at a bar on Fridays (sometimes Saturdays) and for special events. Whoo! :D

[Jester]

I have never worked retail. I have never worked fast food.

That does not, however, mean, I have not had my share of sucky customers. My experience with SC's is extensive, actually. Drumroll please, Maestro....

--just about 20 years in the restaurant/bar industry, as a cook (for just the first year), a waiter (way too long), a service trainer, and a bartender. I have worked for major chains for the most part, and worked with some of the best AND worst people you could imagine, and also waited on some of the best and worst people imaginable. Most of my SC stories come from this part of my life...not surprising, it being the majority of my work history. And yes, I have some stories about celebrities. Best thing about being a bartender compared to the others.....I can get away with being a smartass a LOT MORE! :devil:

--4 years DJing weddings. Yes, I was the Wedding Singer long before Adam Sandler!
--a few months DJing in a "gentleman's club" (i.e., strip bar). Better and worse than you think. Actually thinking about getting back into it do to a current opportunity...not sure, though.
--a year plus DJing in a (I shit you not) clothing optional rooftop bar. One of the more interesting jobs I have ever had, though not as many SC stories as the others.

--6 months in a call center for a major hotel chain. Stupid people take vacations too!

--1 month in telemarketing...for 4 different jobs. Wait, no sucky customers there...sucky jobs!

--and my Favorite Job of All Time: professional magician. From 4 years in a restaurant doing tableside magic to various private parties I have done, some amusing tales. Most of them great, some good, some downright wretched.

All this, despite having just turned 36 (or as I say, 21 for the 16th time), and still occasionally getting carded for drinks! (Today some women at my bar guessed that I was about 27. Ya gotta love it!)

One constant with all those jobs....CUSTOMERS SUCK! :D

[Worker-Intellectual]

Crappy Tire... for these geniuses (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/04/canadian_tire_loses_fight/)

[Discourtesy Clerk]

I'm a grocery store lackey. :doh:

[Ezrockspants]

supermarket supervisor... just because my badge says 'supervisor' does not mean i can perform miracles. :rant:

[Anakah]

I work in a casino.

[Luna]

New job? Can't say. Actually received a new handbook detailing how you can lose your job for posting about customers, employees, co-workers or the company in any way that reflect poorly on them. Not that I have much to post about anyway b/c I freaking LOVE my job now. But I'd rather not lose it over something so trivial.

I post mostly about my past experiences, that I should probably be going to therapy over since most of them still give me workmares.
*B&N
*f.y.e
*Borders
*Suncoast

[ZumZum]

I am a store manager for a teenage clothing store.

[SuperDan]

I work in a grocery store, although once in a great while I may have a story from my time in my old college's department of instructional technology (they re-named it that from AV when the department moved from control of the library to control of the IT department) as well as my brief time with News America Marketing (the red coupon machines and ads at the ends of shopping carts).

[TequilaSunrise]

Le Target Boutique...17 flippin' years. :censored: Where we now sell True Religion for men and women (well, juniors...) at $150 a pop. Folks have been a-complainin' already! :rolleyes:
Where O Where are my fellow Targeteers?

[Deceptitech]

I work in a call center for about 70 online stores. I currently take electronics calls... God help us all.

[friendofjimmyk]

I currently work in a call center that mainly handles emergency roadside assistance. There are other departments, but the ERS is the big one here. This is the first call center I've ever worked in. (Well, I don't count the breif stint @ a small call center doing outboud when I was 15 - I got fired after a month for lack of sales.)

I've worked in a parking department and usher department @ an arena. I've worked as a server/bartender for over 10 years (escaped barely alive), I've done household remodeling (my fave job EVER - no SCs, lots of manual labor), I've worked the front desk @ a Bally's Fitness (OH JOY!), I've been a government employee (National Park Service), Sales Coordinator for a Heavy Equipment company, nanny type person, worked for a construction company, ran a snow plow truck, and my first real job @ the age of 14was McD's. Good times.