![]() ![]() who were told you were part of a family, and then forced to sit at the kiddie table with juice boxes and pbj. those of you who have smiled through verbal abuse, been used as pawns to test new company directives you knew were destined to fail, been called a "nazi" when relaying policies you had no hand in creating, been victims of ever-decreasing perks as the mucky-mucks cut your hours and benefits from the plush safety of their private jets. who have been beaten down by the atrocious behavior of customers, the inane made-up terminology in handbooks and orientations, and the complete disconnect between the corporate ideals and the reality of the sales floor. i'm talking to you people who have been in the trenches. ![]() not you retail dilettantes who worked a summer job at a bookstore after college before you went off to your lucrative careers in whatever it is people have lucrative careers in nowadays. The audience that will get the most out of this is anyone who has ever worked for a significant period of time in a retail environment. ![]() ![]() This book is set up like an IKEA catalog, and walks that line between humor and horror without ever putting a ring on either one. 4, which was one of the funnier stories in that collection, and has one of the best opening scenes in the broader collection of "stories ever written." i didn't realize when i started this book that the author was guy who wrote yeti vs. it gets five stars for concept and design, and a solid 3.75 for execution. ![]()
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