Review: Needs title change to "man whore complains about everything"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
Unlike the name says, this book does not have real, secrets of retail. Only the pessimistic, narcissistic thoughts on retail. The book is about Wade, who works at a big electronics store, something like Best Buy. The majority of the book is about Wade's sexual conquests and getting drunk. Every now and then he goes to work. The sexual conquests weren't even interesting to read. "We had sex for hours"...REALLY?? Sex for HOURS and that's all you've got to say about it? Fine. I didn't need a blow by blow in a book that's SUPPOSED to be about working retail. The time Wade does spend in the store, he is either trying to pick up girls, or trying to find the most polite way he can insult the customer in front of him. The only thing that kept me reading this book? Those snarky things he managed to say. Things I have often thought of saying to similar customers, when I worked in retail. All & all, the parts of the book about him working were pretty funny. The other pages were a lot of extra filler. This book is riddled with typos and grammatical errors, it definitely could have used some better editing. I gave it 3 stars, because, having worked in retail most of my life, I have become just as shriveled and pessimistic as Wade. Once you find yourself THAT bad, you need to switch professions!