Tangential retail anecdote: it always makes me laugh when customers threaten to take their business elsewhere. Make my fucking day, asshole, it's just one less infant for me to babysit. Even then, they'll probably be back once they learn that having a crying fit at the Rite Aid doesn't get them any better results.
the way some customers act about "taking their business elsewhere" and how we are "setting prices" i just assumed these boomers actually legit thought every retail hell they hit up was a worker owned cooperative where we had democratic price setting meetings and everyone got a cut of the profits.
Customer: Hey sonny, I used to run a business, have ya'll ever heard of the concept of "loss leader."
Me, having walked away from almost finishing a business degree: The urge to hit you with every over priced book I bought for business school classes increases
Tangential retail anecdote: it always makes me laugh when customers threaten to take their business elsewhere. Make my fucking day, asshole, it's just one less infant for me to babysit. Even then, they'll probably be back once they learn that having a crying fit at the Rite Aid doesn't get them any better results.
the way some customers act about "taking their business elsewhere" and how we are "setting prices" i just assumed these boomers actually legit thought every retail hell they hit up was a worker owned cooperative where we had democratic price setting meetings and everyone got a cut of the profits.
Customer: Hey sonny, I used to run a business, have ya'll ever heard of the concept of "loss leader."
Me, having walked away from almost finishing a business degree: The urge to hit you with every over priced book I bought for business school classes increases