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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: The Last Day

  • October 2, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
In the final chapter of Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer, the author looks back to the feeling of a last day at work.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: Job Titles

  • May 1, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
Brian Brehmer goes into the confusing world of job titles in the joy of working in retail. This is how management get away with paying you less.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #16 The First Day

  • March 8, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
After this, I was handed over to a department, given a walkie talkie with which to communicate and told to work. The department I received first? Men, shoes and baby. Seems I could not escape shoes even if I tried.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #11 The Annual Review

  • February 3, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
After a year of mind-numbing repetition, Brian faces up to the enticing prospect of reflecting on his actions in the annual review. Retail Tales, with Brian Brehmer.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #10 The Worst Jobs

  • January 31, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
The soul-crushing tasks that make up the world of working in retail. Whether it’s mopping up sewage, or taking babies’ passport photos, you can count on Brian Brehmer to take you through the worst jobs.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #9 The Employee Handbook

  • January 24, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
The employee handbook. Time to knuckle down and get ready to give everything, even your life, for the multi-national corporation in which you work. This is the nature of retail. This is Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #8 Muzak

  • January 18, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
A voyage into the world of unintentional music today. Maybe you don’t notice the music, or muzak, that plays away while you shop. Why would you? Well, the workers do, believe you me. Retail tales with Brian Brehmer is back. It’s time for ‘Retail Tales’.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #7 The Break Room

  • January 10, 2021
  • by Brian Brehmer
Eager to escape from the drudgery of the floor, Brian Brehmer heads for the supposed sanctuary of the break room, only to be greeted with anything but the tranquility he desired.
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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #1 Eleven Years of Selling Shoes at Kmart

  • October 28, 2020
  • by Brian Brehmer
Brian Brehmer tells the inside story of 11 years of selling shoes in that most American of institutions, Kmart. Expect exploitation, pointless management, poor pay and a nod to the death of an American ideal.
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