What has retail become?

I work in the retail business, pretty much like most other young people, and i cant help but notice an odd change in the last few years in this kind of industry.

1. DISCOUNT:Whats with everyone always wanting discount off of everything?sure its nice to get a bargain but hey mate people need to make a living here so how about you pay that price thats nicely been printed onto that tag for ya ;) and if there having a hard time reading it im sure one of our lovely, friendly (and hellishly loathing you) members of staff can scan ti and tell you that price out loud! I mean there not special so why do they get a purchasing bonus of discount.....isn't that the whole point of working in the first place.

2.VAGUENESS:Now when im wanting to make a purchase, generally big or small, i will research the product first so i dont go into a shop like a cleaned up zombie. Now i happen to work in a bike shop but when you ask if there ok and the response you get is 'im looking for a bike', ya just wanna say NO SHIT SHERLOCK YOUR IN THE RIGHT FUCKING PLACE!!! now really it takes what 10-20 mins of your super busy schedule, but dont worry you weren't born with that phone in your hand it can be put down.so please the next time your going to make a purchase at least know what the hell your looking at, its not hard.

3.RUDENESS:When i get asked if i need any help (and because of the above point i normally dont need any), i will politely say 'no im good thanks' with a look to at least let the person know they are there because yes every other day of the week im in that place too so when i myself ask someone and im met with a grunt that would indeed make our Neanderthal ancestors possibly jealous and what could be described as a grimace all i can think if FUCK OFF! I know it can be quite annoying sometimes when all you really want to do is look but come on, we've all been there pushed by our managers to run after the customers like little lap dogs after that next big sale! So please cut us some slack, we hate doing it as much as you hate receiving it so lets have a mutual agreement, you give us some acknowledgment that we exist as humans and we'll not bother you until you want us too.deal? deal!

4.STUPIDITY:do people really need protecting from themselves?it would appear so yes.recently we have had to do a health and safety check ont he whole shop, now general major safety yes, but having to label every single bump, lump, nick and hole really takes the piss.come on people we were blessed with colour vision and brains so lets be good and use them shall we?I mean people if you fall down its your fault, you cant blame someone else for all your stupidities! if you walked in a woodland and tripped on a route would you sue the tree for not anticipating years in advance you may walk there oblivious to everything?or would it be the council for not trimming them down properly for you?

And last but not least number.....
5.MAIN MANAGERS: Yes they are the bane of the average workers life but sometimes why do we need them.In recent trends they do even seem to deal with customers complaints unless they get really out of hand an alot of the time they dont even help to make the environment better for the workers, if anything they make it more hostile and divided!They say they want workers to coem tot hem with problems but do they really?really?all it means is either more paperwork for them or just a ton more hassle, and do they really want to listen to you as a worker when the person telling them to do something promises a nice little rise in their pay packet if they do ;) Yes im am an unhappy worker and i work with many unhappy workers, we dont ask for much but when there not even met with a serious response but a 'you'll be fine' it kind of takes the piss.

Id like to say lets revolt against these people but at the end of the day we need the money, yes the source of all our unhappiness, though anyone will have you believe it makes you happy. I wouldn't be surprised if soon were asked for sexual favours in addition to their products that they just got discount off...because another shop does! and when the only person you have to turn to is that manager....well id be lubing up my friend because just like the rest of us your about to be royally fucked!

My oddly good day

After my little vent yesterday; yes it was probably a tad dramatic, i actually felt pretty good today. Though a little tired from the coffee binge i decided to go on at 10.30 last night (which hopefully explains the madness of the blog) i felt a little lighter today and maybe a spring in my step? no thats a bit too red riding hood, as as i mentioned before im trying to be more man than woman!
Well anyway for anyone that doesn't know me my names Russel, im 19 very nearly twenty and im not doing a great job or anything right now. Thats probably all you need to know. However right now, well not this exact second but in this time period of my life, im having a little awakening! now thats scary! Iv finally decided to live for what i want to do not what other people expect me to be doing.
So career choice:not got one
Relationship:Only with my bets mates
Kids:cant stand them
Right now iv realised im actually happiest just doing my own thing so im gonna write about my super saturday!
To start with i was up at around 7.45, and this is on my day off, but i love being up early as i feel i get a full day that way. I pretty much moped around the house all morning waiting eagerly for the post to come as i was expecting some parcels i had ordered. I have to say im like a child at christmas when it comes to receiving parcels in the post, even though i know what they are!
After this i went climbing with my best mate jamie and my other bast mate....jamie! what are the chances! either way it sure makes the climbing that much more fun, especially when the fatigue sets in and the sillyness is about all you can muster from yourself. Paul and his missus also came which is always good to see new people giving it a try.got to try everything once...i suppose!
This is the best climb i have had in a long time though, we all got some amazing climbs done and i could see everyone was pushing the limits of what they could do, myself included. Nothing beats the sweet feeling of achievement, which normally happens to be that amazingly drained feeling where you feel a little ill from hunger.

After a couple of hours break, a borderline nap in my case, we went to see a film (diary of the dead) at the cinema. This time it was me, jamie and Adam Breen, another cool mate from old times at school, and i just loved that chilled out feeling of hanging out with guys. Theres no serious talks about where our friendship is going, though sometimes im not sure if jamie is checking me out.....(only joking jamie!)haha

When i got back i was knackered but i think that has literally been my most productive and exciting day in a long time!Its so nice to have that warm glow of accomplishment but not with some monetary gain or pat on the back but just the personal knowledge you have pushed yourself that little bit harder than you ever have before.

I think next time im just gonna write a food list before i start getting too emotional.....otherwise i think i might end up writing love poems to all my mates.now that would be worrying.

well for anyone thats reading thanks and good night.maybe ill write one of these in the day sometime...nah ill be far too busy!

*all characters in this story were fictional apart from me, jamie, jamie and adam breen.

My personal view on my modern life.

Now i dont want to sound ungrateful for the technology we have developed and gained in our society but i cant help but notice how useless it has made us.
After recently booking a camping trip (my first) i have been watching programmes featuring Ray Mear's. Now watching someone like himself survive naturally and with very basic tools made me realise we have become all but useless in our environment. After watching him i realised i couldn't even do something as basic as light a fire without some elaborate tool that does this for me, and today was the first time i have lit a fire with out some intricate gizmo.
I feel it is a little sad that in our society we have neglected our ancestory and that it is a minority that is able to do these things and not a majority. We spend so much time in gyms yet we have no real use for all this fitness and strength we seem to want.....is it so we look better in our desinger clothes? is it simply to attract the opposite sex? or do we have an instinct that strives to be back in the wild?
Personally, since i re-became single again, i have strived to go back to basics. At first i felt lonely without a girl in my life, but is that simply because that is what iv been taught to believe? but without ripping off fight club too much is what we need in our life another woman?I do believe that unfortunately men are moving away from what we started as, and we pretend its for the better yet what is 'better' is destroying our environment and any natural knowledge we have. I cant help but think we are all becoming the ones who look after the home as none of us have the ability to hunt (and by hunt i mean the ability to catch food without intricate weapons).
But maybe this is all a big contradiction as im writing about this on a computer that has cost me upwards of £1000 with an xbox at the side of me......
thanks jamie even though this probably makes no sense but its been bugging me.if i think of anything clarifying i may re-post in a sensible way.
first blog over and out.