Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (18) ¬

1. 
   HelloChelsea

   October 22, 2010 at 1:40 pm | # | Reply

   Yeah. I get to look forward to this this year. It’s my first retail job.

   • 
     Jetstream

     December 11, 2011 at 10:22 pm | # | Reply

     It’s nowhere near as bad as everyone says it is. People are just pussies.

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       thomas0comer

       August 5, 2012 at 1:14 pm | # | Reply

       I know, right? A few deaths and a bomb scare, and people just turn to whimpering husks.
2. 
   Sage

   October 30, 2010 at 7:16 pm | # | Reply

   Ahh… rereading through the archives, and relishing the fact that I will NEVER work Black Friday again. Because I take trips out of state, and warn my boss months in advance so I’m always the first one to ask off. Part-time, biznatch!

   I’ve been in retail for 5 1/2 years. I worked Black Friday once. Never again the burning times.
3. 
   wnderjif

   November 9, 2010 at 10:53 pm | # | Reply

   eh, wasnt that bad the two times i did it selling video games. what sucked was trying to go eat lunch. every 12 seconds,
   lady-”can you help me”
   me-”no”
   lady-”why not?”
   me-”cause i have a date with a pickle.”

   • 
     Jabberwocky

     November 10, 2010 at 1:10 pm | # | Reply

     That last sentence could be construed in so many delightful ways.

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       Black Ice

       December 28, 2011 at 7:47 am | # | Reply

       Do not confuse pickles for cucumbers. Pickles absolutely do not belong in lower orifices.

       • 
         Ragnal

         January 5, 2013 at 12:05 pm | # | Reply

         And cucumbers are supposed to?
   • 
     Jan arrah

     September 15, 2011 at 11:46 am | # | Reply

     Ono on! Insert Regina Spector’s “Reading Time with Pickle”
4. 
   Songbird

   December 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm | # | Reply

   I worked in a mall for a couple years and learned one thing: I will NEVER go shopping on Black Friday. People are insane.

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     chrisleech

     December 13, 2010 at 5:40 am | # | Reply

     you just figured that out
5. 
   TooLazyToGetAnAccount

   March 15, 2011 at 2:19 pm | # | Reply

   When I go shopping on Black Friday, I tend to bring along body armor, a machete, a belt of grenades, an assault rifle or two (w/ extra ammo), two large-caliber handguns, a flamethrower, and some kind of guided missile launcher — and that’s just for self-defense. I look like a pacifist there.
6. 
   Innocence

   June 27, 2011 at 7:59 pm | # | Reply

   I never had a problem with making returns on black Friday maybe that’s why my family always sends me into the stores instead of going in themselves?
7. 
   yairm210

   August 22, 2011 at 9:35 am | # | Reply

   It’s when you find yourself unable to dismiss pejorative comments from your poster that you know you’re in trouble.
8. 
   Dragoonchris

   January 12, 2012 at 8:03 pm | # | Reply

   Why don’t some people understand that working in retail means you can’t visit family.
9. 
   ilvos01

   February 19, 2013 at 8:36 pm | # | Reply

   Zecora.
10. 
    Beastlybro7

    February 20, 2013 at 11:00 am | # | Reply

    You roadbkock
11. 
    Beastlybro7

    February 20, 2013 at 11:02 am | # | Reply

    I mean high roadblock