#normal retail

[taffywabbit]

i have lots of flaws but i do at least take a fair amount of comfort knowing that, if i were a customer NPC in a fast food/retail management game, i would be one of the chill early-level ones that can wait a super long time before they start getting impatient, and you breathe a sigh of a relief when you see them show up in a harder level

#buny text #was standing in line at popeyes today and they were SUPER busy and the staff couldn't even take my order for a while #and the guy at the till was like 'so sorry for the wait we'll get to you soon i promise' and i was like hey no worries 👍 #and he gave me this look that i understood from my own time in retail to mean 'thank you for being fucking normal' #there was nobody else behind me cuz i showed up at the very end of the lunch rush i think #and in that moment i just pictured like. a lil timer wheel above my head that was still green and mostly full lmao #i love being nice to retail workers it's so fun

[graciousdragon]

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I JUST WENT TO MY LOCAL HOT TOPIC THAT I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR LIKE. 5 OR 6 YEARS NOW RIGHT??

I GOT SOME MCR STUFF BECAUSE. OF COURSE. IF YOU'VE SEEN MY RECENT POSTING HABITS YOU KNOW. THE BRAINROT IS REAL

I WAS TALKING WITH THE CASHIER ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO A FAN AND HE FUCKING SAYS "you wanna know a fun fact? this is the hot topic the lead singer used to work at! :D"

FUCKING WHAT

GERARD WAY USED TO WORK AT MY LOCAL FUCKING HOT TOPIC?!?

AND AFTER I LEFT I LOOKED IT UP TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T FUCKING WITH ME AND YEAH. HE WAS RIGHT. WHAT THE FUCK

SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS THIS IS LIKE. WORLD-SHATTERING INFORMATION TO ME AND HE JUST DROPPED THAT SHIT SO CASUALLY WHAT THE HELL BRO. I NEEDED TO SCREAM ABOUT THIS SOMEWHERE

#rys.txt #tw caps #caps #LIKE. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?? #I KNEW THEY WORKED AT A HOT TOPIC WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT ONE #ok. its ok i'm normal now (i'm not) #on another note. why are all hot topic employees like the nicest people on this earth. at least they are at mine #they always greet you when you walk in and ask if you need help and if you don't they leave you alone which is nice #and then when you check out they're always really chill and don't rush you and if you're buying or wearing something they also like they'll #talk about it with you #like. i know you have to be nice to people for a retail/customer service job like that but it always feels really genuine from them #same thing goes for spencer's employees too they're also like that #idk its just really nice for someone like me who's scared shitless of social interaction with strangers. it makes me way less anxious 👍 #anyways. light and love everyone 💖 i'm gonna go recover from learning that information now #my chemical romance #mcr #gerard way

[mintmilano]

Hello, I need help again.

To make a long story short, my mom died in December. I left my job years ago to take care of her full time and since her death I have been trying to reenter the work force without any success yet.

Right now my main concern is covering my rent. All told it comes to around 1200 dollars. I can bridge the gap with this if I can get close - I've been donating plasma to keep groceries in the house and I have a few things I can sell - but right now that's the biggest expense I am staring down. Thank you in advance to anyone who helps me by donating or reblogging. I know we're all fighting our own battles.

C*sh app: $nkokay Paypal: [email protected]

#I was unironically very unprepared for how difficult it is to get a like #normal retail job now

[jetaloen]

volo meeting rohan's dad

#pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #oc #volo #hansuke #my art #ive explained like NOTHING of my vastly different headcanoned version of PLA on here but in short #for the purposes of like giving context #my version of volo is not actually employed by the gingko guild he just murders a merchant for their uniform #and proceeds to masquerade as a normal retail worker #why would he do this? bc hes insane and manipulating ppl is fun to him. hes extremely stunted and cannot interact w other ppl normally #after being spurned by his ppl for heresy and spending over a thousand years alone #so he comes to rohan and hansuke who are powerful trainers and warriors bc he is curious as to if and how they can aid his plan #but that shit starts going south for him real quick bc he actually becomes kind of attached to rohan lol

[a-town-called-hometown]

flowey having such a low tolerance for frustration is endlessly funny. there are a thousand hilarious ironic hells you could put that guy into and most of them are some flavor of "has to deal with an everyday annoyance." cringe conversation with sans. getting stuck in traffic. can't beat a level of candy crush. homework he doesn't like. item got stuck somewhere he just barely is incapable of reaching. can't figure out where he put his stuff. hell is real for flowey undertale and it comes in the form of daily inconveniences

#i think a lot abt how in any ending where he survives he has like net zero ability to cope with certain very normal stuff #instant gratification gamer brain broke ya a little bit didnt it little guy #though thats also just a very normal child trait that he may have had prior to Infinite Savescumming #also I was thinking again abt my concept of deltarune asriel working in sans' store. retail with SANS as his boss.

[aurosoul]

being 30 so far is just like ‘you will go through the most cataclysmic mental anguish of your life but you actually heal from it this time. also you have hip dysplasia. go to the doctor more often.’

#incessant meowing #finding out that since cptsd disconnects u from your body u can have chronic pain and not realize it til you get better #has been one loop of many loops on the rollercoaster i am currently on #like retail jobs always made me wanna donate myself to charity from the pain of standing #and i just thought i was being weak lmaoooo #my coworkers would be like oh it’s normal to feel pain you just go numb after awhile #meanwhile my shift is spent almost in tears and then i’m sleeping 10+ hours to recover #anyways life is fucking wild. how has your week been

[can-a-tuna-fish]

Don’t let him fool you, she has the worst case of senioritis you’ve ever seen.

#I like to think Jeremy has pretty crooked teeth so he smiles with his mouth shut out of habit and it’s so goofy looking #he’s literally X] #she/they/he Jeremy is very canon to me #adding another freak to the senior year designs #if the world was kinder I would be gifted a groundbreaking plot to write them into #but for now I’m just pointing at them and going ‘yeah this guy is failing highschool BAD.’ #and making them work retail #(true fact about me btw I have a post-canon fic sitting in my notes about Rich and Jeremy literally just being coworkers) #(not even in a fun way either) #if you ever need someone to write an extremely mundane plot based on the least normal source material ever I’m your guy. #call them retail workers the way they’re working retail #be more chill #bmc #jeremy heere #bmc jeremy #bmc musical #be more chill musical #undescribed #my art

[mmyashas]

ive gotta say, no matter who they add tomorrow this is going to be the weirdest prison escape ever

#qsmp #like in cubito lore youve got #retail worker #demon thats hiding as a cat #Satan #normal guy #person with the ability to nuke the server

[handweavers]

What happens if you make $500 in a year. Like how do you get by?

living with my mom and getting help from family members so i can pay my bills 🥴 i was receiving a considerable amount in student financial aid via grants and scholarships that helped a lot, but i'm now banned from receiving them for several years bc i dropped out of classes too many times due to family crises + mental and physical health issues so i can no longer afford to go to school. and the main family member who was helping me died last year so uh. yeah. currently applying for welfare and trying not to kms ❤️

#my only other option is to move back to msia and live with my dad. love malaysia but my father is abusive so i will not be doing that lol #if i could find a way to live there w/o living with him i would. or live here. or live anywhere #& my chronic health issues prevent me from having a normal job i used to work 30 hrs a week retail and then i got sick #so i am entirely reliant on my family helping me

[barry-j-blupjeans]

TAZ NC Day 9: Your Job AU

@taznovembercelebration

Look. Look. The chances of running into someone else who knew magic were very, very small. Lup understood that. Magic, while great, tended to be isolating. She was incredibly lucky to have Taako. Lup couldn't imagine what it was like to grow up not knowing what was wrong with you— maybe not ever knowing there wasn't anything wrong with you. If it hadn't been for their tía, Lup wasn't sure if she would have ever accepted that part of herself.

Yes, magic was rare. Yes, it wasn't typically used in public.

And yes, she was ninety-nine percent sure that this Office Depot employee was magic.

It was just— okay maybe Lup was biased in her belief that you had to be a little magic to be able to work retail. Like, there was no way anyone was getting through that shit with no magic whatsoever. But Lup had been here for exactly ten minutes while Magnus went around looking for a new desk and there was definitely some kind of magic here.

The employee at the print counter had been doing nothing but sorting paper since she got here. Maybe it was a slow day, because while Lup wasn't sure what the print center did, it was probably more than just sorting papers. But this guy had been at it for ten minutes straight, easily separating different types of paper (which all looked the same!) into several different piles. It was getting ridiculous at this point. He was barely even looking at the paper while he did this. There had to be some kind of tomfuckery going on.

Lup looked over her shoulder. There was a lady further into the store browsing through different file folders and she could barely see the top of Magnus's head over the shelves, looking at the desk displays in the back. With the coast clear, she made her way over to the print counter, leaning up against it. The employee had ducked under the counter a second ago, a stack of paper in his hands.

When he rose back up, he jumped slightly upon seeing her and said,

"Oh shi—" He coughed, cutting himself off. His name tag was shiny and had a skull sticker (?) attached to it. It read, Barry and then, on the line below it, I love printing banners! "How, uh— how can I help you?"

"Do you really love printing banners?" Lup asked, instead of the magic-related words she wanted to say.

Barry's eyebrows raised a little. "Love it," he said. Lup gave him a look. "Yeah, nah. I— banners suck. Unless you want to get a banner—?"

"I'm good," Lup said, not knowing what she would even use a banner for right now. "I was just— I came with my friend to look at desks but that's super fuckin' boring—" Barry nodded. "— so I've just kinda been walking around."

If Barry had seen here crouching behind the boxes of paper and staring at her, he didn't say anything.

"And then I was wondering what, uh— what kinda paper options you have. Forrrrr. Printing. On papers."

Lup was so good at this. Barry's lips quirked up into a little smile.

"Depends on what you're wanting to print," he said.

"Forms? No. Photo…graphs. Photographs."

"Well," Barry said, wisely choosing to not question the mess that Lup had just made with her mouth. "Usually for photographs, we've got, uhm— glossier options? Hang on." He ducked back under the counter and returned a second later with two pieces of very shiny paper. "Eight point," he said, handing her one. "Ten point." He handed her the other.

These were the same paper. These were a hundred percent the same paper. If Lup had doubted her reasoning before, she knew now. Either this guy was fucking with her or he had wizardly magics to tell them apart.

"What's, uh, what's the difference?"

"This one's thicker," Barry said, pointing to the ten point.

It wasn't. It really wasn't. Lup weighed them in her hands. There had to be some kinda spell to tell the difference, right? Or maybe this guy was just magically attuned to paper? That was probably a thing that happened. Probably. Like Merle's thing with plants.

Actually, Lup really, really hoped it wasn't like Merle's thing with plants.

"It's hard to tell," Barry said comfortingly in Lup's silence.

"I can tell," Lup said, like a liar. She had to let this guy know she was in on the secret somehow. But he didn't seem to pick up on it. Or, if he did, it was hidden behind the customer service mask. This was getting her nowhere. But she couldn't just straight up ask this guy if he had magic. That'd be weird.

"So, uh, do you have a prefe—"

"Are you magic," Lup interrupted.

"Am I… magic?" Barry repeated.

Lup looked over her shoulder, toward the desk displays. Magnus was currently with another employee, showing them a picture of something on his phone. Probably his dogs. Or his office, if he had managed to stay on track. Lup looked back to Barry and set the papers down. She held out her hand and summoned a flame.

"Ah." Lup wasn't good at reading people, but there was something in Barry's expression that made her think he understood. Or maybe it was the customer service mask again. "That is— that's a fire hazard, ma'am."

#taz november celebration #taz nc #lup #barry bluejeans #taz #taz balance #inspired by the several customers who have asked me if I'm magic just for being able to tell apart paper types #which i get. like. i know a Normal person usually cannot tell the difference between 65 and 110 cardstock but #it Is my job to know and feel the difference sldfksfd #this was fun ! #ise cube writing #mine #retail employees can have a lil magic. as a treat.

[thehappiestgolucky]

Oc posting. As a teen I tried shoving all my ocs into one universe and now i’ve separated them out and I find ‘broke college crew just trying to exist and also this random angsty teen gets tossed in there’ universe extremely fun to draw they’re goofy goobers

my persona has a species now. ig. this creatures name is Eclipse. And meet gods angriest teen, Saiya

#doodles #my ocs #eclipse #saiya #sometimes your a tube baby bio weapon getting tossed to another universe where a giant void creature is stuck in retail trying to survive a #-normal life #the other girl does have a name and story but she’s a reworked oc like saiya is so i need. to make a new name for her #tossing random ocs out like hehehehe. get oc’d idiot (affectionate)

[benevolenterrancy]

Ianto in this? And maybe Tosh in a tux to play on Dinner and a Show?

Would love to know what undercover mission requires this get-up and how Ianto drew the short straw

(Owen isn't pictured as he immediately laughed himself sick upon seeing Ianto and had to be sent for a lie down)

#torchwood #ianto jones #jack harkness #janto #currently listening to an audio drama where jack somehow convinces ianto and gwen to go undercover and RETAIL WORKERS #could not pay me enough to return to retail now that i have a career outside of retail #a dress is small cookies compared to that #still ianto is usually in a 3piece suit covered from wrist to ankle i have a hard time seeing him loving this arrangement x3 #at least in a work setting #anyway now everyone gets another reminder that i Can Not Draw Dresses sorry if you were hoping for better... dresses are my archenemy #well at least this style of dresses i can do a bit better with full skirts where i can at least attempt to hide my sins #but i had to really quickly pivot from what i was drawing to knock this out because i LAUGHED #gwen cooper #toshiko sato #my art #will draw tosh in a suit later because 👀 yes. i care about that a normal amount.

[inktheblot]

The rotation of Christmas music that plays in the store I work at includes the following:

Any version of “Last Christmas” you could think of and then some, EXCEPT Wham’s

Various people trying to come up with weird new verses to “Jingle Bells”

Joey Ramone’s cover of “What a Wonderful World”

This one cover of “Do You Want To Build a Snowman” that’s sung in like. That specific really breathy way that pop singers do Christmas songs sometimes y’know?

The song from the Victorious Christmas episode

Three songs from the Phineas and Ferb Christmas special

“I Have a Dream” by ABBA except not the ABBA version

- DO YOU REMEMBER THE 25TH NIGHT OF DECEMBER

#there’s also a kind of bizarre country duet cover of let it go #but that one’s in the Normal Everyday music rotation #which is more forgivable to me tbh bc i don’t get people trying to push frozen as a christmassy movie #it is SUMMER in frozen. it being snowy and shit is ACTIVELY A PROBLEM #there’s a couple other pop versions of Disney songs in the normal mix too #anyway #i THINK they might have played hallelujah last year a couple times but I haven’t heard it this year so that’s a win lmao #they also start playing the xmas music literally the day after halloween #but then also it stops the day after xmas instead of dragging into the first week of january or w/e #which I’m sure is a relief for most ppl #I’m the rare retail worker who doesn’t mind/actively enjoys hearing this much xmas music #but some of these choices … bizarre #it’s interesting working at like. a b- or c-list box store #bc I’m assuming it’s harder to get the rights or the budget for certain things the big Big stores do #so we get slightly-off parallel dimension shit like this lmao #inklings #christmas #i feel like the ‘they don’t know X’ meme of the guy at the party also bc I bet most normies don’t recognize the #2000s childrens tv special songs. #and just think it’s some pop bs that never became A Classic #if they’re not tuning it out completely #Christmas Is Starting Now is an absolute banger I’ll have you know.

[gideonisms]

can tamsyn send me the google docs link to atn I have experience as a beta

#ms muir please. #and it's NOT because i'm using my fixation on her books to medicate my depression i'm normal (lying) #look i'm just saying i need a burst of energy so i can get a job and a new place and avoid the #moving back in with parents and working at a certain retailer pit #and fixating on whatever book or show of the year does achieve that #anyway i'm super normal and will NOT leave devil emojis in your google document and tell you that i'm about to bite the computer ♥️

[daphnaea]

im tiiiiired im so tired of this recent belief or idea or whatever that to like a song means you must relate to it (and therefore if there's anything even slightly taboo you need to defend yourself as a moral person) and vice versa that if a song is relatable to many people it is therefore high art and above criticism. have you bitches ever interacted with art made by people you dont understand? have you perhaps thought that interacting with it is precisely the first step to seeing their point of view???? basically what im saying is,

I Need To Delete TikTok

#text #its just argh #and i dont rlly mind when its 15 yrs old #its normal to be taking your first steps with art and interpretation at that age #but at 30???? #youve been a conscious emotional being for decades and this hasnt occured to you??? #maybe this is a bit too mean but ive started working retail and its making me Evil

[ibelieveinahappilyeverafter]

Tumblr's getting rid of tipping right after I finally tested it out smh :/ It wasn't much, but I hope you already got it through to your bank, however that works.

I saw this message last night right as I was going to bed and then logged on today to see the notification that Tumblr is indeed getting rid of tipping on June 1st 😭

I don't believe I've gotten any tips on my Tumblr last night or today? Tumblr goes through Stripe and nothing showed up, but with this site I wouldn't be surprised if it took a week to show up tbh

Thank you so much for the heads up and for the support, however!

#everafterrambles #original #Tumblr trying to take away yet another source of income from me smh #jobs are hard to find my guys and I can't even go out and get a normal ass retail sort of job #because my chronic pain and joints and possible POTS cannot handle that! #so hope and pray for me y'all