Wednesday 26 November 2014

Working in Retail


Hi guys!

Apologies that I haven't posted in a fair amount of time, life has been SO busy what with school, UCAS and what this very post is all about! If you follow me on twitter or instagram then you will know that I FINALLY got a job after trying for so long! It was the quickest process ever; I applied, got a phone call back 2 hours later, had an interview the next day, and then began working the day after that!


As you can see from the picture above, I'm now an employee at HMV! Not only is it a job, but one that involves products that I'm extremely interested in, predominantly music that I've been passionate about all my life. As work has completely taken over my weekends (9.00-5.30 on Saturday, 10.00-6.30 on Sunday!) it inspired today's blogpost just about working in retail in general.


So far personally I've been loving it! It is so satisfying when customers ask me questions about music and I genuinely know what to say to them, and the dosh is quite lovely. There are of course some things that come with it that aren't ideal, making mistakes on the till gets me so flustered and the hours take their toll sometimes on me mentally and physically. It can be brilliant though, like an elderly woman coming up to me and asking me for a Lil Wayne album that was apparently 'number 7 on uTunes'. uTunes. Adorable! 

So yeah I'm getting used to the ins and outs, like rude customers or erratic queues leading to coping under pressure. There are great things too though as previously mentioned, and getting to discover new music all day while you're working is pretty brilliant. Right now this is the biggest change in my life as of late, so it only seems right to base this blogpost around it. Christmas presents are officially sorted!

So, to those of you that work or have done so previously in retail, what were your own experiences?

Thanks for reading as always,

Jade xx

6 comments:

  1. I work in ASDA! You work such long hours - you absolute saint!! I can barely make it through a three hour shift at ASDA!! :)

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    1. Ooh yay that's cool!! But OH MY GOSH on Friday you will be bombarded by black Friday shoppers due the Walmart connection right? Haha good luck with that ;) But haha it does take it's toll a bit!

      Jade x
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    2. yep and I work Friday's which is going to be hellish! thanks for leaving a comment on my blog by the way - you didn't have to do that. (ps: I want to be a journalist too!!) x

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    3. Oh blimey haha that's insane, good luck with that! No problem whatsoever haha, I always believe that if someone takes time out of their day to check out and comment on my blog, then I owe them the same! Ooh that's amazing, do you know what area of journalism you want to go into? Blogging is great practice for us! :D

      Jade x
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  2. Just what I needed to read... I start my first job at Boots tomorrow and I'm really nervous and not sure what to expect! Xxx

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    1. Oooh congrats! Honestly I was SO nervous beforehand but got the hang of it pretty much straight away, everyone will be lovely and you'll be trained so nothing to worry about, good luck - being surrounded by beauty products all day = bloggers dream haha!

      Jade x
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