{"id":186,"date":"2004-10-16T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-16T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2004-10-16T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-16T15:28:00","slug":"186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/186\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>[Can anybody fly this thing?]<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>Things I actually like about work:<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Working alone, and actually having stuff to do, even if it&#8217;s putting up stock and rearranging the entire area just to fit in some tacky corduroy pants.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Helping kids find clothing items that they get all excited about.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Using my youthful eye for fashion (!!!) to help parents find clothes that their kids will like.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When cute teenage boys come in with their mothers and act awkward and embarrassed about everything, especially if we have to talk about pant size or I have to bring out the measuring tape.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Assisting the occasional gay man who prefers shopping in the boys&#8217; department.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Getting paid every week.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ Wearing nice clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Things at work that frustrate me:<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When old men come to the big boys&#8217; department, ask where the coats are, and I take them to the boys&#8217; coats, only to have them look at me like I&#8217;m stupid and say, &#8220;I think we&#8217;re in the wrong department. This is the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">boys&#8217;<\/span> department. I&#8217;m a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">man<\/span>.&#8221; My reply? &#8220;Sir, you came to the big boys&#8217; department to ask about coats, so I thought you were shopping for your grandson.&#8221; His snide rebuttal? &#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Why <\/span>would I do <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">that<\/span>?&#8221; My ineffective explanation? &#8220;Because a lot of grandparents come in to shop for their grandchildren.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When people change dirty diapers in the fitting room and the stench permeates the whole department.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When the language barrier between me and the customer is so great that our communication is reduced to charades.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When I have to work with a lot of people and either take orders about where to put stuff, or listen to\/participate in pointless conversations.<br \/>\n<br \/>+ When people return things that were bought more than three months ago and argue with you about getting back the full price, since most of the time, we&#8217;ll only pay what it&#8217;s worth upon return, which is substantially less.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Can anybody fly this thing?] Things I actually like about work: + Working alone, and actually having stuff to do, even if it&#8217;s putting up stock and rearranging the entire area just to fit in some tacky corduroy pants. + Helping kids find clothing items that they get all excited about. + Using my youthful eye for fashion (!!!) to help parents find clothes that their kids will like. + When cute teenage boys come&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1jWWl-186","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}