Ok. There are some things that just NEED to be said about what it's like working at a paint store
*Warning: The following blog post has been flagged because the content is full of Alexie venting her frustrations about work and may be considered annoying to some viewers ;)
1. Working with only boys kinda sucks horribly. I am the only girl at my store with five other guys. So basically no one who comes in trusts my opinion or doesn't think i know what I'm talking about.
2. The guys I work with curse like sailors!
3. People are dumb: trying to explain stuff to people about paint or stain sucks when they think they know what they're talking about. Ya that old phrase" the customer is always right", FALSE.
4. People who come in five minutes to closing are mean.Especially on a Monday or Saturday.
5. People need to realize that the world does not revolve around them, if I have four paint matches already lined up, I am not going to drop everyone else's stuff just because you procrastinated until a few hours before you needed this paint. A good rule of thumb is that it takes about one hour per person per match. So if there are four matches ahead of you, you will not be receiving your paint in an hour. Bring in your samples a day before you actual need it please.
One of the guys I work with is driving me up a wall lately about his complaints about his significant other. He's always complaining to me and then we she comes in to see him, HE IS SO RUDE TO HER AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS.
It really makes me appreciate how much I love my husband and that we don't make our little fights public.
85. I may not look like it but I can easily load your paint into you're truck. I've been doing this for over a year and I have loaded, delivered, and unloaded hundreds of buckets of paint. I think i can handle taking your three 5 gallon buckets to you're truck and putting them in the back. Its so funny hearing how surprised some painters are when I throw their paint into their truck. I GOT THIS PEOPLE! Lol it's just funny I guess. Or sexist. Idk: )
All in all my job is pretty cool, you know all those homes in the parade of homes that just ended? Ya I helped make the paint on AT LEAST HALF of those houses. Like that 2.7 million dollar home? Ya that's all me BABEH!
