first sales - day 1

i prayed, hoped, and believed in whatever god could give me a successful first sale. 

sure enough, my first customer was a successful sale, but someone who wanted a deal.

eager, innocent old ppl waiting for their deal, stalking the front doors.

it seemed to be going well until my senior manager noticed the mattress they wanted, they wrote down the price for it wrong and thought it was $192 when actually it was a $132 mattress. and instead of giving them the deal or letting them know they made a deal...

he manually changed the price to reflect the price the old people thought it was.

and it just felt a lil slimy a bit. my first sale, i was excited they were even going to buy anything.

but it just seemed.... oh god.

this is the job, right?

he did give them some extra things like a mattress protector and a spray kit for the extra money he charged them and made them feel like they were getting free stuff kinda.

but it just still felt. a bit slimy.

they were innocent.

i'm definitely an empathetic salesperson.

not sure how i'm going to go about this job.

i felt good about my sales when i got home, but once i got in the shower to kind of wash off the day

sure nuff

i cried my fucking ass off.

its been awhile since i've cried that hard but there's a lot of reasons i hurt.

i really wish i could just be a normal human being.

but i feel i'm stuck here.... in this situation.

with an ex military general manager who is a military time stickler and 15 minutes of unpaid early = on time.

sucks booty butt.

and my check after what seemed like 3 fuckin weeks of work was like, $700.

not terrible, but lord knows I could make that in an hour or 2 of something else.

hard work is hard work.

and for what? lol people told me to do this to make friends and social connections

yah shark with the other sharks

these ppl aint all your friends lol..

may i never forget that cute little vet couple. the veteran guy talking about how he'd like a good mattress, and the wife who was so worried about getting a proper bed for her nursing granddaughter/niece who was coming to visit.

she just wanted to go workout and go to the gym, and the husband talked to us about how he'd like to come back one day to get a better mattress for him and his wife...

we are taught a lot about empathy in sales... especially in training and at the mainstore.

but on my floor, its shark infested waters for sure.

i pray to meet that cute little vet couple again and thank the for being my first customers <3

even if they were just trying to get a quick deal. i pray to meet them again on better terms