Dominic Monaghan Quotes

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

After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'

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

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

I actually did use to sell shoes.

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've done retail before.

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

I spend my time being a retailer, not an economist.

I worked at Sears in the Woodfield Mall as a gift wrapper. I'm actually a great gift wrapper, and the customers were so nice to me. I was only 16, and eventually Sears put me in customer service because I was so friendly.

I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor.

The people that are running the bulk of the comic shops in North America aren't business people and they don't understand sales. They don't understand good product.

Growing up as a young kid, I was in a restaurant. So, you know, I always had a very good understanding of the nuances. And in a way, that was a bad thing. Because it kind of programmed me to believe that if you're going have a restaurant, this is what you need to do, and this is the way it's going to be run.

I have always wanted to own a homemade ice cream shop!

I worked for a big department store, and strangely, on my first day, they put me in charge of Christmas wrapping. I didn't know how to wrap a present and make it not look like it fell off a truck.

The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.

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

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 always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running.

I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger.

The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.

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

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.