Well Christmastime in retail is pretty much horrifying. People generally seemed to be in good moods while shopping for their gifts (we can thank the turning of the economy for that). There weren't too many incidents that really stood out. I would have been blogging about the small things, but I was too tired because we close at 12am on the weekends leading up and then the week prior to Christmas.
But the time passed and I had a happy holiday at home. Then on the 26th of Decemeber I worked a grueling 8 hour shift. People were desperate to get out and hit up the after Christmas sales...but here is a word to the wise:
RETAILERS KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE OUT SHOPPING AND SPENDING YOUR GIFT CARDS! THEY MARK UP THE PRICES! YOU ARE FALLING VICTIM TO THE MAN DESPITE YOUR PLIGHT TO SAVE A BUCK OR TWO!
The good sales are happening right now at the end of January/beginning of February. The retailers know that you customers are very likely to head out and spend those Christmas gift cards within the month. That is why they do not mark much down. They want you to come in to spend your $25 gift card, see a ton of cute clothing, and then spend $25 after the gift card. That is the only way we make money as a company during the month of January. Nobody wants to shop after they ran up their credit card bill. We have to trick you into coming into the stores.
Usually the associates aren't very happy in January. The full time associates are getting part time hours and the part timers like myself got a whopping 10 hour average. How on earth does my boss expect me to pay when I'm making $80 a week before taxes?!
