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Nope, sometimes I feel like the only person who never did. I'm pretty introverted and shy, though, so I think all of the interacting with strangers constantly would have made me nervous!
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Right after I graduated from college, I worked at one of the Williams-Sonoma brands. Right around the time I started, I also got a full-time job so I ended up doing retail part-time for about a year and a half. It was awesome to be able to furnish my apartment with nice things at a discount, but in hindsight I wish I'd bought a little less stuff and put more of the money toward my student loans, or into savings, or something more practical. I STILL, seven years later, come across things now and then that I've totally forgotten about and am like, "why on earth did I ever buy that?" Anyway, I quit when DH and I started getting serious, since it was really hard to fit everything in and I wanted to spend more time with him. I did two Christmas seasons (ugh) and figured I'd paid my dues! It was a pretty pleasant place to work the rest of the year, though.
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I worked at a surf shop for most of my HS years. After that, I worked at a boat dealership and all around boating center. I didn't sell boats, but handled sales of boating accessories.
I actually miss retail quite a bit. I was really good at conversing with strangers and at making sales, and I loved getting to be in charge of displays!
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I worked at a shoe store the summer before I started college. I also worked at the gap for about 2 weeks in college (hated it), and then worked at the school bookstore, which was awesome because I got 50% off textbooks!
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Yes, and do currently.
I worked at a fabric store in high school. Crap pay, crap discount, crap job.
I worked for Victorias Secret for 4.5 years through college. It was a fun job, I liked working there. Great 30% discount! plus lots of free gratis items (free bras, free perfume, etc). I kind of miss it. I used to do their visual merchandising and I enjoyed it. I also miss getting to see all the pretty stuff before it went on the sales floor and first dibs on semi-annual sale stuff.
I currently sell Apple products, but don't work directly for Apple. I work for a marketing company as an Apple MSC. I like it. Its a laid back job, get to make my own schedule and my boss is super nice.
Overall, I actually like retail. I'm a pretty decent sales person and I like getting to talk with strangers, etc. Id love to own my own bridal shop or something one day.
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I never did but I did try to get a position in the summer between highschool and university but was unsuccessful. I basically applied way too late and positions were all filled. The rest of my summers were all filled with summer school! Gosh I was such a nerd.
I would love to work at Nordstrom during their Anniversary sale but I think I'd spend all my money there! I would also love to work at West Elm, Crate and Barrel or Ethan Allen for the discount.
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@LindsayInNY: I worked at a CVS too and loved it there!
I've worked at CVS, a grocery store and a teachers store up until college. Ahh I miss retail sometimes...
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Very briefly, let's just say it's not for me.
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I worked in a family-run pharmacy in high school and I loved it!! The store had been there for about 65 years and we had "house accounts" still - and I loved wrapping gifts at the holidays. It was a cute store, the pharmacists were great as all of my friends worked with me! I even did the summer after my first year in college.
I still go in and visit the pharmacist whenever I am home - he is so sweet and still gives my mom & dad a discount!
I did a very short stint at Abercrombie in 1999 in college - HATED it. I think I worked there a month then quit.
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I worked at a local gourmet kitchen store (like WS or Sur La Table) during college and off and on for awhile after, and then I had another similar job while hubs was in grad school. I actually really like it (except at my last job when I had to climb on really high ladders to get things down--I don't like ladders). But I love interacting with people and helping them find a product that's a good fit for them. Lately I have been wishing I could do that again, but I think retail hours are too hard to mesh with my husband's schedule, and I'm not quite willing to give up our family time on the weekends.
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@lavender: Same here!! It helps that I had awesome coworkers.
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I worked at Target for a holiday season, it was horrifying. I also worked at Build a Bear for 6 months, that wasn't too bad and was fun at times but I hated the schedule.
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Yep, worked at victoria's secret for a couple of months during college!
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I worked at bookstores: Waldenbooks and Borders for five years total. Too much of my paycheck went back into the stores!
@cmomma17: I loved being able to check out books! And 40% off day was the best (or worst, depending on your point of view).
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