Good points, FHN. I remember dealing with angry customers, watching customers treat store greaters and cashiers harshly. I remember having to work three departments because the management did not want to staff enough people and then getting raked over coals because I could not get all three departments in tip top shape before the next shift. Bear in mind that I was working the three departments and helping customers which would sometimes include leaving my department to help move a customer's furniture purchase to their car.
Sometimes, I was just too busy to go back and straighten shelves in three departments.
But I enjoyed the exercise working as a stockman / cart pusher. Working outside and everything. But I had to work in rain and snow, extreme heat and cold temperatures. All for $6.00 / hour. I wasn't married then but I did have a son and was paying child support. There was hardly nothing left over in my check after taking money out for medical insurance and other benefits (which were crummy). I would've preferred that the premiums be a tax that went to fund universal healthcare.