Jasper Carrott Quotes

I worked at Suncoast Video for two years during the summer in high school.

I had a job for a year, working in a high-quality whiskey-and-wine shop.

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.

I think by my father owning a store, I was definitely aware of the commercial aspect of selling clothes. His shop was a place I enjoyed spending time in as a boy, so I learned things almost by osmosis at times, by literally just being around all the action and not really despite myself.

I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store.

I loved the fact that if you put goods on the floor, you could watch them sell.

My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16.

I worked at a school supply store as a cashier.

I did retail. I worked at TJ Maxx before. I did fast food at Shake Shack.

I'm not from a retail background, but I am a shopper.

Working in a store and being a shop assistant, if you don't know what to do and you like fashion, I think it's a great way of getting into the business because you do windows, cleaning, and everything. That was my school for two years, working in a shop, and that's how I met people in magazines and designers.

I worked at a Books-a-Million in Louisville for several years.

This is my hobby: growing stores, adding stores. It's fun.

I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

When I was 15, I got a job at the first Hollister that opened up.

I don't have a problem to say I am a good merchandiser, because I love objects.

I've done retail before.

Honestly, being a store manager was the best job I ever had.

I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods, selling shoes and stuff like that, for a couple of summers.

I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.

Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost.

I probably wanted to be a shopkeeper, because I like tills.

I've never worked behind a cash register before.

My first paying job in Los Angeles was taking tickets at the Bing under Ron Haver.