When I worked retail ages ago, if something special came into stock that I wanted, I’d set it aside in the back… we’ll just say, it was the mid 00s and I got discounts on a card game, and the store I worked at didn’t get many per shipment (maybe two or three fat packs and 20 boosters.)
I’d put them all aside for me (and eventually, some other employees when they picked up the game) because they weren’t hard to find at other stores—I/we just got a discount so it was better we got them than customers who could go across the street for the same price!
Buuuuut very occasionally I did have customers ask if we had them in the back. Unless they were total dickheads (which only happened once or twice), I grabbed them a chunk of what I was gonna pick up to save them the trip ;3
This is a hella specific and uncommon thing, and nowadays with what’s popular (Pokémon), you can’t just go across the street and get them anymore because people are insane.
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When I worked retail ages ago, if something special came into stock that I wanted, I’d set it aside in the back… we’ll just say, it was the mid 00s and I got discounts on a card game, and the store I worked at didn’t get many per shipment (maybe two or three fat packs and 20 boosters.)
I’d put them all aside for me (and eventually, some other employees when they picked up the game) because they weren’t hard to find at other stores—I/we just got a discount so it was better we got them than customers who could go across the street for the same price!
Buuuuut very occasionally I did have customers ask if we had them in the back. Unless they were total dickheads (which only happened once or twice), I grabbed them a chunk of what I was gonna pick up to save them the trip ;3
This is a hella specific and uncommon thing, and nowadays with what’s popular (Pokémon), you can’t just go across the street and get them anymore because people are insane.