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Retail Hell - Special EBook Edition (2010)

by Freeman Hall(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1440508763 (ISBN13: 9781440508769)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Adams Media Corporation

review 1: I can't say this is very good; it's definitely a case of the author finding himself much more clever and humorous than the reader is able to. The writing is self-indulgent, lazy, and the attempt to wring a memoir out of the author's experiences in retail is doomed to failure by his apparent lack of material--where's the titular "hell?"--and his hysterical exaggeration of the material he does have. It comes across as whining that he's been forced to do the job he's paid for--god forbid anyone be forced to sit through an employee orientation! Or climb stairs into work every day! Or wear an uncomfortable uniform! Or deal with demanding and cranky customers! If Hall's experience qualifies as "hell," I'd like to see what he'd make of a job at, say, Wal Mart, or the Starbucks I ... moreworked at through high school.
review 2: Freeman Hall goes to work selling handbags at a department store he calls, "The Big Fancy." It's an elegant store with a very liberal return policy which is liberally abused -- Nordstrom shoppers will recognize it immediately. Like the store's return policy, the use of profanity in Hall's story is liberal... be forewarned. Although some sections of the book went on a bit too long, I generally found it a funny read. What did I learn from this book? Despite their polite, smiling response, the Nordstrom employee dealing with that nightmare customer in line in front of you is probably thinking the very same thing you are :-) less

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