Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-13
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-, pain Her aud she Feels That she's
Bafs'' terribly IIi-used.
nh.b! feel as II my feet had gone
hnl.senr' said the sales-girl, as she
p noad No. 3 foot in No. slipper
sfDiD, solid comfort out OF these old
80. wben come home in the even
rppJtb my feet hurting so can hard
R ad Shoes too tight? Not a ut
~ Nv shoes are always too large
~ hut standing all day swells my
m.ana makes them painful.
lee s,rhe erst day went into the store
~ IA die before six o'clock, but
'uO' ssu ret used to any thing except be-
one seolded-that | never can get used
y no matter how long ! may stay in
store. Why am ! so naughty as to
m' scolding? 1t amt me that's
N htv It's the customers. do get
n'1 od sometimes that ! could Jump
the counter and beat EN-! They
o w. not no notion OF buying wben they
o In but all the same they want TO
This that and the other thing, and
q they make me take down box after
~ and then they stand there, worry
=. The life out of me, asking no end OF
4astons, and crowding out other folks
sho might buy If they could only get
nance; and when all's said and done,
Nov walk away without my making a
,,le and then get a scolding from one
THE bosses. Which one? Well, most
.Irays it's our buyer spoke back to
MIN the other day! Says /: 1t takes
smarter girl than me to make folks buy
vbeu they amt got no money to
Inv with Why. bless your heart!
Sometimes women, wearing hats
and wraps that I'd be ashamed
n be seen in, will come to my
rounter and make me show EN- my
highest priced lace. They amt the
ouly kind, though, that only come to
Ook. There's them in sealskin sacks
and $50 bonnets who will spend hours
in store, and go out without buying a
benny's worth. Them's the sort that
make me nervous when they come
round, because 1 get my awfullest
scoldings on their account s'pose it's
fun for them to come and see what
we've got, and then go Oh to see what
they've got in other stores, but it amt
no fun for the girls who are expected to
make sales.
"Are We expected to lie profession
ally? What do you mean by that? Oh,
to get off goods on customers Well,
some OF the vognr Ia lies will do it be-
cause it's in EN- and they can't help it,
but lies amt paid extra as in some
stores where a girl gets commission on
her sales of out-of-style wraps and
things Employers Christian men? l
don't know as our bosses are extra
Christian but ! heard one of EN- say
Cnce that lying wasn't business-like
You see our store has a reputation to
keep up Talk about salesladies saying
what amt so, you ought to hear the
customers! When | was in the cloak
department last year | was every day
sending off goods c. o. d that did nothing
but come back to me again The ladies,
when they said they'd take them, had
no more idea of paying for them than l
ssd.
"As for sass, let people say what they
will, I'm sure there's them that come to
buy that's sassier than any of them that
sell My, how sick and tired l used to
get OF trying sack after sack on a Gus
toner, and when I'd tell her it was a
perfect fit, having her ask me if called
wrinkles ftr OF course a sack will be
full Of wrinkles when woman is twist
ing around in front of the mirror, trying
to see her own back. On my sacred
Tord Of honor, I've tried thirty sacks on
one customer, and then, after taking up
my time for two hours or more, and
maybe preventing my getting my lunch
I'LL $3.50 in the afternoon, she'd go away
laying that probably she'd come in again
The next day, and then she hoped she
would have more obliging young wom-
an to wait on her just the other day
was STOPPING down behind the counter,
putting away some lace. when, the first
hing | knew. somebody poked me in
he back with great umbrella, and .
when | looked up the customer that .
lone it began business by threatening
o report me for inattention.
81 tell you, with all the work l have
o do, and all have to put up with, no
'ody ought to grudgc me my ten dollars
week. A fair salary, you say? Yes, l
pose IL is. l know it is twice as large
S what some girls getin common stores,
ut then in common stores they employ
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