21 Secrets Furniture Store Employees Will Never Tell You

    We know your bed didn't break because you "sat on it."

    1. We will say every couch is a best seller if you’re serious about it.

    2. We say all flat packed furniture is "pretty easy" to assemble.

    3. We hate having to offer you add ons but we get in trouble if we don't.

    4. We don't know why we don't have stock even though the computer says we do.

    5. But it's probably because people steal everything.

    6. If you tell us to check the back for something we've already told you isn't there, chances are we'll just go out the back and chat to our coworkers.

    7. We know when you’re trying to shop around the store for a better deal, but we’re all on the same page and price.

    8. We might make commission, but the real reason we try to sell so hard is because we have targets to meet.

    9. Boxing day sales are hell when you have to manually enter each customer's details.

    10. Every time you come in to buy a $20 cushion, a bit of our soul dies along with our average sales transaction.

    11. But we hate it most when you come to buy a $20 cushion during boxing day sales.

    12. Nothing pains us more than when you spend two hours with us to then say you’re “just looking.”

    13. Or when you’re “just looking” with us for two hours and then buy off someone else.

    14. We despise when you make us call another store when we're busy and you have your own phone.

    15. Our hearts break any time you ruin a display.

    16. We can't stand it when you let your children run around the store and then make us look for them because you lose them.

    17. We hate the music playing too.

    18. We hate our adverts too.

    19. We honestly don't know what's going to be in the next catalogue.

    20. We also don't know when something will stop being stocked.

    21. We do however know when you're lying about how something broke.