I have an interview on Tuesday for Borders!

[TakingBackSunday]

Yay!  Probably one of the only places I'd like to work duiring my last year in high school–books a plenty, movies a plenty, music a plenty.  Porn a plenty!

I'm pretty confident that I'll get the job, but who knows.  I'm excited, I'll be getting discounts on awesome books.  The first ones I plan to pick up:



And then I think I'm gonna pick up a couple Scorsese flicks too.

[bud]

good luck dude.

[MrAngryFace]

Nice, bookstore jobs rock i bet. I think aside from staples again, a bookstore is the only other place id go. I mean MAYBE starbucks but I hate working food

[TVC15]

Good luck!  Book stores are fun places to work.  At least if they let you slag off and read.

[MrAngryFace]

Big stores won't, unfortunately.

Retail is still retail

[The Fake Shemp]

Only managers can slag off mwuhahahaha

[TVC15]

Well, they will at least let you wear your Naruto headband, right?

[MrAngryFace]

Yes, naruto headband is allowed

[Van Cruncheon]

yeah, if i had to do retail, i would totally do a bookstore.

[Flannel Boy]

I'd imagine that working in a book store is better than working most retail jobs. At least most of the people you are dealing with are literate.

[demi]

[Smooth Groove]

Nice, bookstore jobs rock i bet. I think aside from staples again, a bookstore is the only other place id go. I mean MAYBE starbucks but I hate working food

Didn't you hate working at Staples?  If I had to work at retail, I would choose a high end AV store.  Those AV guys seem to enjoy what they're doing. 

[MrAngryFace]

I hated working retail, if I had to hate workin retail again I would like to hate it at Staples or a Bookstore

[MrAngryFace]

I'd imagine that working in a book store is better than working most retail jobs. At least most of the people you are dealing with are literate SNOBS.

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[Van Cruncheon]

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I'd imagine that working in a book store is better than working most retail jobs. At least most of the people you are dealing with are literate.

my wife used to work in a bookstore, and very few fully literate folks came in. most folks wanted dan brown or nora roberts or girlie manga or robert jordan or HARRY POTTA

[TakingBackSunday]

I frequent this particular Borders very often and I've NEVER encountered any assholes that walk in and give the workers there a hard time.  It just seems, all around, it's a much more chill environment than any other retail store.  Ekk, and to think, I picked up an application for Gamestop!

I know a few guys who work at the store, and they're all really cool.  If I get hired I know that I'll enjoy myself.  And yeah, they do let you read whenever you aren't really busy.

[MrAngryFace]

Its never not busy in retail!

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I applied for Borders once because someone told me they give part time employees full benefits from Day 1 (good deal).  You can only apply online, and they make you take this ridiculous 60-page test that is a fairly extensive psychological/personality profile (yes, this is for a part-time position either shelving books or making coffee).

Even though the local store had "Now Hiring" signs, apparently I was deemed too unstable to to run a register or an espresso machine.  Never got a call from them or anything.

So congratulations

Nice, bookstore jobs rock i bet. I think aside from staples again, a bookstore is the only other place id go. I mean MAYBE starbucks but I hate working food

Fortunately Starbucks does not have any profiling system to weed out malcontents like myself, so I work there part-time for the insurance while I'm back in school.  Great job -- I'd have no problem working there for years, if only the pay weren't next-to-nothing.  Basic tasks are easy, customers generally very respectful, and co-workers are all nice and enthusiastic.  I've never worked retail, but I'd have to imagine this kicks the shit out of it (at least in terms of quality, probably not in terms of compensation).

Of course, they haven't had us start slinging those sandwiches that are starting to roll out in major market Starbucks stores.  I imagine that might make things start to suck a good deal more.

[Van Cruncheon]

i can't imagine a bookstore in, say, oklahoma ever being busy

unless it sold only left behind books

and bibles

[Madrun Badrun]

Good luck.



I'd love to work in a book store but I think I'd just end up spending vast amounts of my pay check there.

I start my new job tomorow. 

[MrAngryFace]

Oh he's in oklahoma

[Mandark]

Unless you're working for a niche/indy bookstore, the customer base won't be that different from any other retail store that caters to a middle class clientele.

OTOH, I imagine the coworkers would prolly skew a wee bit more intellectual, and that could be important too.

I used to think that at a certain point, I'd be able to pick a job or career that kept me surrounded exclusively by smart, clever, well-adjusted people.  Haw!

[MrAngryFace]

No matter where you are, the stupids somehow got in too

[Madrun Badrun]

I used to think that at a certain point, I'd be able to pick a job or career that kept me surrounded exclusively by smart, clever, well-adjusted people.  Haw!

You sure picked a fine forum to browse.  That is the definition of EB right there.

 

[TakingBackSunday]

I'm in Ohio, so yeah, it's never really THAT busy.

[Mandark]

No matter where you are, the stupids somehow got in too

Yeah, but being forced to deal with people I wouldn't normally socialize with on a regular basis shook me of some pretty not-nice attitudes I had when I was younger.  I think it was pretty valuable learning to empathize with people, or at least respect their intrinsic humanity, rather than constantly judging them by my snooty teen standards.

[MrAngryFace]

Judging by snooty standards is what makes us human!

[Phoenix Dark]

you guys are more judgmental than a group of baptists 

[xnikki118x]

Good luck!