The men at the store are important.
“Our favorite customers are men,” VSSG said. “The best thing in the world is having a male customer. He has no idea what his wife or girlfriend wants, so he just gives up the reins to the sales associate, and we pick things out. He buys them and then leaves.”
Also, let's discuss the male employees. “The man ringing up your new lingerie at the register isn’t necessarily gay like you assume," she noted. "But he probably doesn’t care what underwear you’re buying. He sees it all day.”
There is a best way to purchase a bra.
Here are VSSG’s instructions: “Immediately go straight to the dressing room to visit the bra specialist. I know that we all have measuring tapes around our necks, but I promise the bra specialist in the dressing room will do a better job than I ever could.
The bra specialist can measure you. Don’t be shy; she has seen everything. Then, tell her what type of bra you’re looking for. The dressing room area actually hosts every bra in every size (in a neutral color). So, if you’re a 34B and want a push-up bra, she can then give you all of the push-up bras VS carries in that size in the store. After you decide which one you like best, a sales associate can show you where that bra is located and what colors it comes in.”
At the end of the day, work is work.
Anyone who has worked in retail knows it is a difficult job. “You’re standing on your feet for hours at a time,” VSSG said.
Also, there are nuances to taking a job in beauty sales. “Customers always spray perfumes all over the place in the beauty room, and by the end of the day, I usually left with a massive headache and smelling like a very potent mixture of at least eight different fragrances,” she added.
VSSG also explained that the employees work in different sections that they need to monitor. “We get in trouble for leaving our zones, so if you ask a girl in the beauty room to get you a bra in another room, she won’t be able to leave.” Hear that? Respect your salesgirls!
