Part of my retail experience has been the tedium and misery of conference calls. In this meerkat’s view, conference calls are a waste of everyone’s…
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Tag: retail
When you work in sales, irrespective of whether it’s field sales, telesales, or retail sales, there is a certain unwritten code of conduct. Salespeople are…
It is said that confronting thieves is a big mistake when you work in retail. After all, the stock they steal is insured, but it…
Those of us who work in retail will all share a loathing of certain situations. None of us are especially enthused to see customers the…
I have worked in retail for 17 years, across different fields, and for companies both big and small. There is something I regard as consistent…
Here we are. This is the first Muse of the new Meerkat Musings, so it’s all exciting and fresh and new! At least, I hope…
Time for another story of retail mischief. We journey back to my Staples days, and an intriguing little moment one evening. One of the skills…
In an earlier post, I recalled an experience with a man who grew quite grumpy, because we could not magically get his laptop repaired quicker…
When Meerkat Musings began back in 2014, I was working for Staples. We sold office supplies, and this included laptops and PCs. As with most…