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Retail retail retail. What to do with you. J'adore faire du shopping, but working retail is (as James Swensen would say) another animal completely. These are some things I will not miss about working at Victoria's Secret (only one S. She only has one secret. I hate it when people call it Victoria's Secrets.)

1. Caring about stupid things (like whether someone did or did not complete the Beauty Replenishing Template, leaving marketing out in places where it does not belong, or left too many air bubbles in the window vinyl cling that is crooked)

2. The music that plays (i love the Beach House, Metric and Beegees, but I cannot take anymore Alanis, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj or Owl City)

3. People who steal (i'm not stupid. i know when you're stealing. i know you're re-selling it. i know that you do it for a living. you're despicable.) 

4. People who return bras (the wire is sticking out because you've worn it every day for a year and wash it in the machine, not because it is defective. it's dirty and gross and i don't want to touch it)

5. People who come in right when we close

6. Needy customers who come in for friendship rather than to shop (i'm sorry, i don't have 2 hours twice a week for you to tell me how much you miss your husband who died 10 years ago.)

7. Minimum-ish wage for maximum effort/stress 

8. Working on Sundays

Reasons I did not quit and will stay on their payroll until I graduate this April

1. Free bras

2. Discount

3. I love the girls I work with

4. Shopping in the backroom

5. Working at Christmastime. It's the most fun.