Lisa McMann Quotes

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

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.

I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in the stock room of Ralph Lauren. I graduated to salesperson at Ralph Lauren, which was a big deal to me. I've been a P.A. I've been a stand-in. I've been an assistant's assistant.

I worked at a school supply store as a cashier.

I've done retail before.

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

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

I worked in Dad's stores, moving boxes - I remember quite well one stockroom that was upstairs - sweeping floors, laying tile. I also had paper routes.

I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

I didn't want to be a retailer. I hated to wait on people.

I don't think I've had a job since I worked for my father's construction company.

I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.

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

I've always wanted to buy a bookstore. You know, sell some of those muffins and a little coffee. I don't care if we make any money. I don't want to lose a lot of money, but we could visit with people and get books.

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

I got two stores, two streetwear stores, at home. Have to tend to those. Play Cloths. Have to tend to that business.

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

I've always been a blue collar guy, and I think it shows in my body of work and the way my career has developed.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

I've been in the service industry. I've bar-tended. I've waited tables, and I've worked at pizza places; I've made pizza. I've had a lot of jobs, and many of them were in the food service industry.

Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.

I actually did use to sell shoes.

I've been an assistant to a folklorist and a teacher. There may or may not have been some sandwich-making at a certain sub chain in my past as well.

I had a job at a movie theater for like a year and a half and then a job at a health food store for, like, two years. Those were the only two jobs I ever had.

... that shirt salesman from Kansas City.