My poor sister is a manager at a retail store.

[xiphias]

She's terribly understaffed, so she's going in to work on her day off. She IS trying to hire more people, but her standards are so high. She requires basic intelligence, some competence, literacy, and a non-flatlined EEG from her employees, and, of the last fifty applications she's gotten, two people made the cut.

"So, one person showed up, and had a resume. And I was all impressed, because, hey, a resume! Her last job was at 'Holliday inn express.' Only the 'h' capitalized, and with two l's in 'Holiday'. And, c'mon -- you're at a freakin' computer. SPELLCHECK! I mean, it doesn't catch everything, but it would have caught THAT."

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Re: A question for your sister, if you'd ask.

[(Anonymous)]

Age does not matter. Literate and INTELLIGENT!!??? WOW that's my dream come true :) Just remember retail IS physically draining. You need to be able to stand on your feet for 8-10 hours (although part time retail is a little less). More importantly, you need to be able to deal with idiots who want to yell at you, have no idea what's going on and want to take their bad day out on you. And you need to do it, not only with a smile on your face, but without punching them. If you think you can do that, then your primed for retail :)