Quote Originally Posted by On_Her_Face
I'm pretty sure everybody in life has to settle for less at some point to make ends meet. Congratulations on getting the job you wanted at this time, but the opportunity will not always be there, no matter how hard you work for it. I was saying it's very dumb to say "fuck retail, I won't sink that low", well sometimes you have to take a step back to go forward (QD might be saying the exact same thing, I'm going to speak for others though).
I know the opportunity will not always be there...this time it was and I went for it BECAUSE I didn't wanna waste it. And I never said working in retail was "low" or said I was too good for retail. I just refused to settle for it now when I had the chance to work with something better. THAT was what I was saying. If I really needed a job ASAP and couldn't get the ones I normally get, then yes...I would've gone to retail. I wouldn't like it, but I'd still do it because sometimes you gotta do exactly what you said..."take a step back to go forward". Does it make more sense now?

Quote Originally Posted by blacknightteg View Post
how is working in retail a bad thing? how does it not get you anywhere in your life? i have been with best buy for 5 years come this october and am in school. it doesnt matter what the job you have is. you can put something like that on your resume and it be respected by a future employer. why? because of the long term commitment that you gave to that company. that shows that you will more then likely do the same for the company that you are trying to work for. working in retail is not bad, it allows you to work on a lot of skills; both business and people related. i wouldnt sell it short. as long as you make the job what you ant out of it, any job can be enjoyable.
yes, but you're in school and I am not. I've never had a REAL retail job (unless you count the medicinal marijuana, but I worked behind a desk then too), as I stated above, I've always had a desk job, so if I desperately needed a job I would've gone into retail, but I didn't. Even if I had gone into retail, it wouldn't have been for very long. It would've been temporary until I got the job I really wanted. Something to just hold me over...so the whole "commitment" thing wouldn't really work with that. I understand what you're saying though. It's just not where I would've been.