Comments on: Aching For A Paycheck

By: CES

CES — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:10:14 +0000

I know this comment is late, but I was looking through archives and had to say something…
I’m assuming 95% of clients at an orthopedic shoe store are going to be old and usually aren’t able to pumice their feet, and probably aren’t able to clip or clean under their toenails. The few who still can are those who are more active, but they still may not have enough flexibility, and if they did they probably wouldn’t need orthopedics as much.
The job still sounds crappy and it’s still gross to deal with other people’s nasty feet, but I’ve worked with older adults who are usually extremely self-conscious about not being able to clean their feet properly.

By: Ladybundy

Ladybundy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:23:01 +0000

I didn’t say their feet were huge. That’s what those women were saying…I was being sarcastic. Do you really think I’d tell people that?

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:38:16 +0000

This job sounds crappy, but a size 8 is not huge. You should know better than to call any body part (on a woman especially) huge. I hope you were able to cash your paychecks eventually!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:46:41 +0000

I once worked in a shoe store– it was THE WORST! Women are bat-shit CRAZY when it comes to their shoe size!

Customer:”It’s too tight.”

Me:”I see, shall I get you the next size larger— an 8?”

Customer: “NO. I ‘m NOT an 8. I’m a 7 1/2. Get me THAT one, instead, in a 7 1/2…”

Me: “Here’s the 7 1/2.”

Customer:” It’s too tight.”

By: TheRestOfTheStory

TheRestOfTheStory — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:39:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing this story, Mr. Bundy. How’s the old Dodge doing nowadays?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:51:15 +0000

Your boss sounds a little unstable, which makes for an entertaining story but must have been horrendous for you. Hopefully you managed to make everything you were supposed to.

By: rawr

rawr — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:41:58 +0000

Your boss and her husband suck at life. I’m just wondering how long you worked there under the threat of never actually being paid.

The explosive diarrhea is beyond nasty, but unless you have cleaning staff working during business hours, cleaning nasty stuff up usually falls to lower-rung employees. It’s the same a lot of other places.

You were working with feet. Running across nasty ones just comes with the territory. The older women being pissy about their foot size sucks, but isn’t surprising. People can get really weird about the size of their various body parts.

Bringing donuts to that final business meeting is just… strange. And maybe now you know where all those payments were going to?