(no subject)

[goodmode]

from journalmemes via chagrined

Leave a word, any word, in the comments below, and I will tell you a fact about myself relating to that word.

i might also update the journal to include the word/fact in the post!

Comments

[goodmode]

i love the word "lush" and i mostly associate it with forests and natural spaces. but there is also, as we all know, a store called Lush, so i'm gonna give you THIS fact: i HATE going in there! i am socially anxious and having employees standing around Waiting To Help Me is so intimidating. just let me smell the soaps!! i know it's your job to ask me if i need any help but i would MUCH rather you just didn't! this has been an open letter to whoever decided lush employees had to actively look to interact with the customers hahah

[aim_of_destiny]

oh yeah, that's super aggravating. (as a retail wage slave myself (though not for lush!), i can tell you it isn't any more fun from the other direction...)

this sort of thing (and also people trying to upsell you stuff you don't want as you're paying for the stuff you do want) is always due to upper management deciding this helps sales. and if an employee is found NOT doing that, they can be terminated. it sucks, let me tell you. :/

[goodmode]

YEAH... it's not the fault of the employees who have to do it! it's whoever's up in the PR or marketing or whatever department of the company who had the bright idea that customers want that sort of thing (and which most of us do not. rich people, maybe? people who are used to being butlered and the centre of attention? i don't know!!)

RETAIL IS A WILD RIDE and i'm sure everyone would like to get off

[aim_of_destiny]

no lies detected!