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What It's Like Working in a Music Store

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:51 am
by JRNYMAN
My local ABC news station did a story today on the top 10 most stressful jobs and one of them was Music Store Employee. To illustrate just how stressful it can be, they showed this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xX7iWvzbo

This guy's face says it all. :shock: :lol: :lol:

Re: What It's Like Working in a Music Store

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:02 am
by Babyblue
JRNYMAN wrote:My local ABC news station did a story today on the top 10 most stressful jobs and one of them was Music Store Employee. To illustrate just how stressful it can be, they showed this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xX7iWvzbo

This guy's face says it all. :shock: :lol: :lol:



:lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:03 am
by artist4perry
http://youtu.be/ixqpSpx88EA

This would be me playing............ :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :wink: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:56 pm
by Andrew
I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:14 pm
by Michigan Girl
Andrew wrote:I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

lol ...
Really?!? You seem so approachable and sane!!

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:26 am
by gr8dane
Andrew wrote:I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.


Which store in Toronto and when?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:48 am
by Deb
Michigan Girl wrote:
Andrew wrote:I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

lol ...
Really?!? You seem so approachable and sane!!


LOL that made me chuckle too. Can just picture it, our fearless wombat in a cage in the corner. :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:16 am
by Greg
Wait, they still have music stores not named Wal*Mart?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:26 pm
by Andrew
gr8dane wrote:
Andrew wrote:I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.


Which store in Toronto and when?


Sunrise Records. Yonge St store and also First Canadian Place store. It was 1993...great fun.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:28 pm
by Andrew
Michigan Girl wrote:
Andrew wrote:I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

lol ...
Really?!? You seem so approachable and sane!!


Doing something I love :)

But general retail sucked and so did my customer service skills. I considered most customers morons and gave the appropriate service :)
Called a few of them dickheads and threw a few others out of the store because they were tools. Good times :)

PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:14 pm
by artist4perry
Andrew wrote:
Michigan Girl wrote:
Andrew wrote:I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

lol ...
Really?!? You seem so approachable and sane!!


Doing something I love :)

But general retail sucked and so did my customer service skills. I considered most customers morons and gave the appropriate service :)
Called a few of them dickheads and threw a few others out of the store because they were tools. Good times :)


You seem quite rational to me! :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:48 am
by gr8dane
Andrew wrote:
gr8dane wrote:
Andrew wrote:I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.


Which store in Toronto and when?


Sunrise Records. Yonge St store and also First Canadian Place store. It was 1993...great fun.


Sunrise Yonge St. is still hanging in.They are specializing more on DVD's these days,and got great selections.
A&A and Sam's are long gone unfortunately.HMV are barely hanging in here.Sign of the times ehh?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:23 am
by yulog
artist4perry wrote:
Andrew wrote:
Michigan Girl wrote:
Andrew wrote:I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.

lol ...
Really?!? You seem so approachable and sane!!


Doing something I love :)

But general retail sucked and so did my customer service skills. I considered most customers morons and gave the appropriate service :)
Called a few of them dickheads and threw a few others out of the store because they were tools. Good times :)


You seem quite rational to me! :lol:


Thats because of the meds :shock: :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:46 am
by Andrew
gr8dane wrote:
Andrew wrote:
gr8dane wrote:
Andrew wrote:I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.


Which store in Toronto and when?


Sunrise Records. Yonge St store and also First Canadian Place store. It was 1993...great fun.


Sunrise Yonge St. is still hanging in.They are specializing more on DVD's these days,and got great selections.
A&A and Sam's are long gone unfortunately.HMV are barely hanging in here.Sign of the times ehh?


A&A closed while I was there. Loved Sam's...great big store. HMV a bit generic, but good to see a few stores still hanging in. Thanks for the update!

PostPosted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:51 am
by Triple S
I remember when one of the last A&A's in Calgary closed - we came out with armfuls of vinyl at 1.99 each. Some of it I've never even opened or played.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:04 pm
by ceedj
Andrew wrote:I worked in a CD store here for 6 years-ish... And 12 months in Toronto also. Great fun most of the time. Retail sucks though. Period. Will never do it again.

I wasn't allowed near customers much in my last job before doing this fulltime.


Wow, I've been in that store in TO, though it was a couple of years before you worked there (school went to see Les Mis). That was a fun trip. :)