My Diary ; I Am a Wife of a Naval Officer and Mother of Four Children. What Follows Is the Story of My Busy - but Always Complicated - Life...

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As yet another year bites the dust, so does yet another career. OK, so a temping Christmas job hardly constitutes a career, but I have been told that, due to my 'misconduct', I cannot ever again be considered for re-employment by the shop in which I worked for the past seven weeks, so in effect, any career in retail is a nonstarter.

Misconduct. What would the average Joe, shopping in one of the UK's most famous stores, consider to be misconduct? One's hand in the till? Nicking things off the shop floor? Telling a belligerent customer where to stuff their fat butt? None of these transgressions applied to me, thank God, and even though there were times when I most certainly didn't want to be there, like dawn on Boxing Day, I somehow, as did my colleagues, managed to smile between gritted teeth, apologise for the long queue and check the customer had the correct size (so many of the hangers are erroneous), and asking if the sir/madam will be using the store's credit card. If not, why not? It has many advantages and so on and so on.

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My Diary ; I Am a Wife of a Naval Officer and Mother of Four Children. What Follows Is the Story of My Busy - but Always Complicated - Life...

Failure to ask if they will be using their store card results in disciplinary action, just...

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