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some_stars) wrote2008-09-04 10:14 pm
some_stars) wrote2008-09-04 10:14 pm
work continues
weirdly, the stuff at work where i'm actually interacting with customers--helping a kid get all the parts for his werewolf costume, passing costumes in and out of the dressing room, guiding a pre-teen girl to where all the "really gross" costumes are(in the boys' section, is basically what i told her. ARGH), showing off our expensive awesome masks--that stuff is fun and i enjoy it. it's the incredibly long stretches when there isn't anybody in the store, or just a couple people, and they've already politely shooed me away, and there's nothing to straighten up because THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO PEOPLE IN since the last time i went through straightening up, and there's nothing else i'm meant to be doing unless specifically asked, AND YET the submanager got all bitchy with me for wandering around somewhat aimlessly. and they won't let me sit behind the register. so...yeah. i will be much happier when business picks up and i get to do stuff, instead of walking around slowly on ever-more-painful feet, feeling tense and anxious and worried that i look like i'm not doing anything, which i'm not, but i have to stay VERY ALERT about it.
also the dressing room policy is ridiculous and annoying and humiliating, and i know it will make sense in late October when there's a constant stream of dozens of people in and out, but right now it is just RIDICULOUS to have to take the dress/shirt/pants part out of the bag and give it to the customer, one outfit at a time, while i hold on to the accessories and wait right outside like a perverted security guard. THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THERE. I WILL KNOW IF THEY TRY TO STEAL THE BUNNY EARS. but no, i have to explain this every time, and it's...weird and strange and there is absolutely NO WAY to say it without basically accusing the customer of thievery. i mean, of course it's not personal, but it is the most personal-sounding impersonal security policy i've ever heard.
so yeah. that's...going. hopefully the aspects that make me crazy will decrease. although the more time i spend around the kids' costumes the twitchier i get. i have GOT to bring a camera in there and document this shit for you guys. it's INSANE--they don't even TRY anymore. there are no little girl doctor costumes--all the models for all the doctor costumes are boys, and they all go in the boys' section. (we have no unisex kids' section.) this includes the TODDLER AND INFANT costumes, by the way, where the only female babies (and they make very sure you can tell) are for "Nurse" and "Rock Star (Girl)." EVEN THE FUCKING ROBOTS. There is no reason Optimus Prime should be a boy costume, because IT'S A FUCKING ROBOT. but no, over with the boys it goes. and at least half the little girls' costumes are proto-sexy--with the poses and the slightly-opened mouth and makeup and vulnerability and clingy dresses and--IT IS REALLY REALLY GROSS.
also every time i tell someone the price on...anything, i feel like i should immediately apologize and warn them away. D: don't buy halloween costumes pre-made, guys! ever! that sixty-dollar ~sexy goth fairy~ dress will be falling apart by the end of the first night, if you're lucky and it doesn't tear when you're putting it on. also, oh my GOD don't buy shoes from a costume company. i have never seen shittier quality shoes in my life. i would be amazed if any of them can make it through a four-hour party without just falling into pieces.
also the dressing room policy is ridiculous and annoying and humiliating, and i know it will make sense in late October when there's a constant stream of dozens of people in and out, but right now it is just RIDICULOUS to have to take the dress/shirt/pants part out of the bag and give it to the customer, one outfit at a time, while i hold on to the accessories and wait right outside like a perverted security guard. THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THERE. I WILL KNOW IF THEY TRY TO STEAL THE BUNNY EARS. but no, i have to explain this every time, and it's...weird and strange and there is absolutely NO WAY to say it without basically accusing the customer of thievery. i mean, of course it's not personal, but it is the most personal-sounding impersonal security policy i've ever heard.
so yeah. that's...going. hopefully the aspects that make me crazy will decrease. although the more time i spend around the kids' costumes the twitchier i get. i have GOT to bring a camera in there and document this shit for you guys. it's INSANE--they don't even TRY anymore. there are no little girl doctor costumes--all the models for all the doctor costumes are boys, and they all go in the boys' section. (we have no unisex kids' section.) this includes the TODDLER AND INFANT costumes, by the way, where the only female babies (and they make very sure you can tell) are for "Nurse" and "Rock Star (Girl)." EVEN THE FUCKING ROBOTS. There is no reason Optimus Prime should be a boy costume, because IT'S A FUCKING ROBOT. but no, over with the boys it goes. and at least half the little girls' costumes are proto-sexy--with the poses and the slightly-opened mouth and makeup and vulnerability and clingy dresses and--IT IS REALLY REALLY GROSS.
also every time i tell someone the price on...anything, i feel like i should immediately apologize and warn them away. D: don't buy halloween costumes pre-made, guys! ever! that sixty-dollar ~sexy goth fairy~ dress will be falling apart by the end of the first night, if you're lucky and it doesn't tear when you're putting it on. also, oh my GOD don't buy shoes from a costume company. i have never seen shittier quality shoes in my life. i would be amazed if any of them can make it through a four-hour party without just falling into pieces.