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Originally Posted by Celes
Does the store you're working at have a credit card? Do they expect you to get a certain amount of customers to sign up for one? Mine does and boy oh boy do I hate bugging people to apply. Some stores are strict though and will penalize associates who don't meet the standards. I'm not trying to scare you though. Just relax and hopefully you'll be fine.
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There was something similar in the PC store where I used to work, you'd get the customer and the second thing that you HAD to sell was some insurance plan thing which all in all was pretty useless if even the customer knew sod all about computers. And it was very expensive. And it wasn't a commission item but it had the biggest margin for the company. 5 mins selling the computer, another 30+ minutes trying to sell this shit.
Usually I would quote everyone else and say, 'Don't work in retail' but it's not too bad if you need the cash. There's worse stuff you could be doing, like working in a call centre for example. You meet interesting people, as well as all the dregs of society & oxygen theives that come into the store.
In most clothing stores you'll probably start off doing loads of merchandising; stocking rails, rearranging stock, security tagging and so on. Menial but varied. Just be friendly & smile when you approach customers. Sounds obvious but some sales people don't get it.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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