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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

They call me buck naked

You sure it's not Hugh Jass?

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Thanks for the concern. That was over ten years ago, and I recovered pretty quickly from the injury, although I did miss about a week of work thanks to effects from the concussion, the worst of which being nausea and migraines. Outside the 4 and a half inch scar that I have on the top of my forhead (which is thankfully covered by my hair,) I haven't had any long term effects that I can remember. TRU paid all of my bills and compensated me completely for the time lost, which I think they did more because they were afraid of a lawsuit than out of genuine concern. (We were doing some construction inside the store, with no safety gear such as hard hats, and another employee had suffered a similar injury just 3 weeks earlier.) Hindsight being 20/20, I should have went "full retard" on them and sued their pants off.

TRU was especially strict during the overnights. The warehouse was caged off, and only receiving clerks and managers carried badges to get into the cage. When Xbox 360's, Zune MP3 players, FX lightsabers, and boxes of diapers and candy bars start to disappear from the inventory though because employees have free, unsupervised reign during the nights and days, it became a necessary evil. During my 14 months there, we fired no less than 10 different employees for internal theft for snaking stuff out of the warehouse, and wrote up several others for simply being in there when they shouldn't have. There were cameras EVERYWHERE in the back, yet people would STILL try to steal stuff. It just left me shaking my head.

Keep in mind that my experience was unique to myself, and I don't know if this is how it is at other TRUs out there. To anyone thinking of a career in retail, there's nothing wrong with it, but just remember that often work is what you make of it, and varies wildly depending on what the employer dictates down on you. No matter what though, the experience will always be different on an employee by employee basis.

I went into my TRU a few weeks ago (when I was still looking for the X-Wave) to talk to the stocker guy who helps me now and then, and he they had recently had some figures stolen.

This may sound like a dumb question so forgive me, but do the backroom jobs require a lot of heavy lifting? How strenuous? It was a concern of mine due to my scoliosis. I had a dishwashing job where we had to carry crates of saute pans back and forth for 10 hours, it was murder. I had to take ibuprofen before my shifts. Granted...I found out later that they didn't show us the proper way to lift things to minimize strain on our backs....but it's still something I'm concerned about.

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Wow Trivial. Sounds like a nightmare. I am glad you came through all of that okay in the end; that you recovered and are on to better pastures now. I can't imagine that any benefits of working retail would outweight the (for me) negatives of dealing with the public, mainly because I wouldn't be able to hide my annoyance at customers stupidity/self righteousness. It's a great job for those who do like dealing with the public though, but definitely not for everyone.

To clarify, I don't think every customer would be stupid or self righteous. Not even half or a quarter. But all it would take would be a handful a day to get me in trouble for having a snarky attitude.

Yep, I feel the same way.

I notice a lot of people have been saying they dislike customer service. Would any of you mind sharing what you do for work? I'm pursuing film, but I will be needing work to supplement my income for a good while. What kind of jobs are out there that aren't customer service heavy?