Retail fun...
My old Boss… 1996 -1999 - wavy lines again….

Working for a well known electrical retailer – these were some of my best days…

When we were under staffed and rushed off our feet – rather than offer us a motivational chat and encourage us to sell quick and get the money in the till. He opted to give us some Speed. Not the powdery crap you get these days. This was the paste and pretty much kept you awake for several days. At one point I was the only saleman in the shop and single handedly served every customer. I was on Fire!!!

He would ‘forget’ to give customers their Credit Cards back so he could send the Cards back to the credit company and claim a ‘reward’. I remember there being about 15 credit cards in the safe just waiting to be sent off…

Let us ‘borrow’ Sega/Nintendo games and then write them off at the yearly stock take.

But the best thing in the world was the Cricket.
You can make a good improvised cricket bat using: A vacuum cleaner handle, corrugated cardboard and lots of masking tape. The ball was just bubble wrap covered in masking tape.

Next take a Delonghi ‘Dragon’ oil filled radiator (http://p.mdcd.net/product_images/full/2f0c5cc9ec8edbb392ca201876840508066a0105.jpg) which made a great set of Wickets, place it at the rear of the store and set out the team. It was 1 run for hitting near the white goods, 2 for TV’s, 4 for Vacuums and 6 if you hit the front door or the cash desk. Games would become pretty competitive and there were many occasions where customers had to wait until the end of an over before we’d serve them.

Why was work much more fun when you were younger….
(Pat mustard, Fri 8 Jul 2011, 13:07, 1 reply)

Brings back memories
of playing football in our bookshop with a bubble wrap/parcel tape combo. Happy days. Happy, low paid, days.
( Pig Bodine., Fri 8 Jul 2011, 13:39, closed)