1. Sometimes you have to turn on the charm, no matter your mood.
2. Hangers should always face inward. Otherwise the world descends into chaos.
3. "Let me check in the back for you" = opportunity for a mini-break.
4. You become a machine at folding shirts. Crisply.
5. Customer being rude? Snapping at you? Take a deep breath. Otherwise you'll throttle them.
6. Relying on your coworkers for back-up is the only way to get through the day.
7. People will buy anything if it's "buy one get one half off."
8. Nice customers get sale prices that technically ended an hour ago. Jerk customers don't.
9. People will do unspeakable things in fitting rooms.
10. You deal with plenty of non-English speakers, and learn to say the same 10 words in six languages.
11. And you memorize sizing across two sexes and three continents.
12. You become a pro at hiding from your manager so you can text on the floor.
13. Nothing scares you after dealing with holiday weekend crowds.
14. You develop the ability to spend two hours folding three pairs of jeans.
15. You can also cash out the registers, clean and close the entire store in under seven minutes.
16. Forced listening to the same store soundtrack for months on end does strange things to a person.
17. This is a Brannock device. It's a useful tool, except in the summer, when it's a instrument of torture.
18. The stock room can be even more treacherous than the floor.
19. It's not worth picking up smoking just to get extra 5-minute breaks. Probably.
20. Work uniforms don't have to be washed after every shift— until you help a really smelly customer.
21. It's crucial to be friendly with employees when you're out shopping for yourself.
