The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-13
The Plant of a Clerk.

come Dehinu the counter OF ufy g0ods
store," said a salesman IN the lace de-
partment Of Boston retail house che
other day. ~ doi.'t believe you will
find such good opportunity any~hsro
e'se. When you were 10y. il any
body ever rubbed your nose the wrong
way, you felt at liberty 10 holler aud
make fuss, and likely as not punch
the other boys head for him but when
one Of these confounded, angular, elder
y females comes nOising around, dis
turbing your digestion and destroying
your peace Of mind, yeu don't feel at
liberty to do anything bat grin and
bear It. OF course a man Il not nj.
ways able 70 control himself. Not
very long timo ago, in Que of our dry
goods stores, there was young fellow
waiting on customers, working I,ar,l,
standing on his feet al day, getting no
thanks, aud having altogether ds,sced
hard time Of 1t. One night, about
tiIae FOR closing az, one Of these elder
ly, angular females speak Of got hold
Of him. She was looking for piece Of
goods asd couldn't fad what she want-
ell. lie knew kbo couldn't End what
sho wanted, anil woulda't find what
she warted under any considerations
before be had been showing her the
stock for Gve minutea.a But she hong
on and persisted in looking at every
thing. IL wss dark everybody was
going home or gene st''re was all shut
up. and Siill khe wou!dn't go.
well be say, madam, ] don,
think ] can snit you anyway
"well, you're here to wait on folks,
amt you = she said.
40, yes,' Le says, sareastIcally,
that's what pm hired fol. I'll wait
on you ell night II you say So
'CAn't You show me remnant Of
that material 7 she saws
40. yes he says, Il cav. hut ia no.
what you want. ! kno~.
How do you kto~ i,'.n.t What /
~ant , Perhaps sm - better juds Of
what i want than you -rs. PihsIss 1
am
"IIe got out the rennan, aud nnwonul
it from the board. She leaked 1T it
and fult Of il aud shook her head
No, don't liLe that, at ALL
"rhat was more than the fellow could
stand. lie caught up the boarj aud
bit ber a clip over ,Le head ~Ib i'."
"'Well, how 10 YOU like that y hs
says. Then of course there VAS the
deuce TO pay. The elderly, angular
female y ent OF in high dudgeon, and
the next morning complained at head.
quarters Of what she called the ou.ra.
geous conduct of the salesman. But
when the manager came 70 hear his
side Of the story, he said he thought he
should have done the same under the
same circumstances and sent him back
70 bis desk. Discourtesy 20 customsrsl
Why, I aim much Of writer, but .Pll
be. could write a narrowing book
about The 6isceurtesy Of customers. OF
course, there are people who are pleas.
ant and sffnble, and know what they
want, and know how 10 90 toiwork and
get it, but you'd be surprised to 6nd
how small the number is. Besides, ont
elderly, angular female viii make yor
feel worse in Eve minutes than an hour
with pleasant customers. Why elderl,
and angular ! 0, don't ask me. I'm
sure | can't tell. That's one Of th'
mysteries Of the trade but / hav'
noticed somehow that our troubles oom,
mostly from that class of females.
don't know of any particular reason fol
it. els ua
snow, don't suppose that the,e ar
any moro unreasonable people ia on
sex than in another but as | am in
, lace department, / see more of womei
than Of men. I've heard some YER
shocking stories about the experience
of ladies trying TO get waited on, th
neglect of clerks, the insolence Of sales
men, etc. The other night wa
waiting Oh some ladies, when red.fA,
! J ed and raw-Iooking female pranced !
. and called out 'Yonng man, youn
4 man, l want to get train. Can't yo
wait on me at oncsf Well, I left o
to wait on her, aAsm 'Haie So 'ii~
"'I want one ofthem 37.cent fishool
with The plain, figure ! saw here Il
n other day .., '''sssss
. 81 guess you didn't SEQ them her
i madam we haven't got them
3 : stock al eso1it.
sIIain't9 / 'spose l done kno
what I'm talking about. I saw the
here, I'm very sure. Can't you loc
and see I want to catch my ira
i ! 4 asa M.N tf 4
Z down to the eastern depot 2
. /" But we haven't any fchu Of th
>. description in stock, madam
1 Well, but you don't know. X
h..o,,. looLa1 flow mucb are tho