Okay everyone, I am a day behind, but I promise I am going to make it up with this post. I just recently left my job in retail at a department store (I don't want to say the name because I really don't want to offend anyone if they like to shop there). Now that I am done there; I want to voice my opinion on something. At the front registers, there is stuff there to look at while you wait to be rung up. Typically, this is the stuff like lip glosses, candies, etc. Essentially, its a ton of garbage that is there to tempt you to spend more money while in the store. One of my now former bosses asked me to restock the shelves at the registers with this stuff, and filled a push cart with the items. It wasn't until I was stocking the shelves that I noticed something really peculiar. At the men's side register, the majority of the things I was putting out was candy like M&M's, Snickers, Twix, and Godiva chocolates. There were also a lot of different fun knick-knacks and toys like selfie sticks for your smartphone! When I made my way to the misses side registers, I started noticing the things I was putting out were diet foods, healthy trail mixes, "skinny stix" (a dieting powder for food and drinks), and protein bars. I know I am probably reading way too far into what I was doing, but I found it really peculiar that on the men's side, there was a lot of unhealthy and enjoyable foods and stuff to look at, while at the misses side; it was all pertaining to health and weight. It kind of irritated me because I feel like there was a reason why it was set up that way. No, not because of coincidence, but because there seemed to be a theme. I want to know why the dieting items are conveniently placed at the misses side registers while the men's side register has all the junk. I personally find it really hard to believe that all has to do with marketing, because I for dang sure know that if the candy was on the misses side, I would possibly buy some. I personally just feel like the dieting items on the misses side are there as a guilt purpose. I feel as if that society has really made women so insecure that marketing diet products in a DEPARTMENT store is the new norm. Ugh!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
A little bit of a rant
Okay everyone, I am a day behind, but I promise I am going to make it up with this post. I just recently left my job in retail at a department store (I don't want to say the name because I really don't want to offend anyone if they like to shop there). Now that I am done there; I want to voice my opinion on something. At the front registers, there is stuff there to look at while you wait to be rung up. Typically, this is the stuff like lip glosses, candies, etc. Essentially, its a ton of garbage that is there to tempt you to spend more money while in the store. One of my now former bosses asked me to restock the shelves at the registers with this stuff, and filled a push cart with the items. It wasn't until I was stocking the shelves that I noticed something really peculiar. At the men's side register, the majority of the things I was putting out was candy like M&M's, Snickers, Twix, and Godiva chocolates. There were also a lot of different fun knick-knacks and toys like selfie sticks for your smartphone! When I made my way to the misses side registers, I started noticing the things I was putting out were diet foods, healthy trail mixes, "skinny stix" (a dieting powder for food and drinks), and protein bars. I know I am probably reading way too far into what I was doing, but I found it really peculiar that on the men's side, there was a lot of unhealthy and enjoyable foods and stuff to look at, while at the misses side; it was all pertaining to health and weight. It kind of irritated me because I feel like there was a reason why it was set up that way. No, not because of coincidence, but because there seemed to be a theme. I want to know why the dieting items are conveniently placed at the misses side registers while the men's side register has all the junk. I personally find it really hard to believe that all has to do with marketing, because I for dang sure know that if the candy was on the misses side, I would possibly buy some. I personally just feel like the dieting items on the misses side are there as a guilt purpose. I feel as if that society has really made women so insecure that marketing diet products in a DEPARTMENT store is the new norm. Ugh!
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I agree with statement because society is so quick to judge woman on their appearance. I think it is so rude that woman are so judged based on their image and men not so much. I mean, we hear more storied about woman and self-image issues more than men. I wish that people could stop judging and let people eat, wear or do whatever they want! If I want a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, I am darn gonna eat it.
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