- Dismayed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Department Store Quotes
On counters, holiday jobs, and the pull of wanting something.
These department store quotes trace early jobs, like wrapping gifts one holiday season among experienced staff, and interviews for retail positions after college that paid less than expected in the Job market.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Interview
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had 13 job offers out of college. I went to Bullock's department store and had a fantastic interview, but was skeptical. I knew retail didn't pay much.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The department store was a product of the 19th century and became a very important institution as America went into the 20th century. It provided show places in developing towns like Terre Haute, Sacramento, and Dallas.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember walking into a department store and you would hear an instrumental version of a Beatles song and it was usually kinda cheesy and very un-rock. Kenny G, for example, is a musician that I certainly dont want to sound like, but technically he is flawless but somehow the rock and roll aspect has been sucked out of it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd go into a department store now and buy everything. It's who I am. I just love cosmetics.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back when I was 15 or 16, in Dallas there was a department store called Sanger-Harris. One holiday season, I got a job as a gift wrapper there. The others were all experts who did that job every year, and I was by far the youngest person, who was totally inexperienced. In those days, department stores around Christmastime were a total frenzy.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you get older, your skin tone will change, and that means the colours that suit you best change, too. Take a trip to a department store and ask for advice, or simply hold colours close to your face in the mirror, as this should give you a good idea of what works.
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wonderful police officers who spend time with me I don't think appreciate that, but I do still drive. I do still cook: not often, but just last week, I really felt like making one of my mum's old recipes - so I did. I do still go to our local department store to buy things like maternity jeans that no one else can really do for me.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at college, I worked in a department store called Brit Home Stores, which is a pretty lackluster department store, selling clothes for middle-aged women. My job was to walk the floor and find anything that was damaged, take it to the store room and log it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020