u/Dear_Cloud8464

I will die on this hill, but I think our generations problems with retail being a laughing stock for anybody that’s high on the totem pole all stemmed from the late silent generation up to the early baby boomers generation. My reasoning being is full service pumps were at an all time high, at this point in time the job market was insanely good to the point you can get a full time job right outside of high school. inflation was barely high to the point that part time jobs were supplying enough to live comfortably, full time jobs you could invest in a car, a house and have those paid off in 2 to 3 years. THEY DIDN’T HAVE IT EASY BY ANY SORTS OF THE IMAGINATION, I thought I would make that very clear. But I think it stemmed from these generations because retail was seen as a luxury as today it’s seen as it’s an everyday need.

And the biggest thing is The Disconnect**:** back then it was walk into an office, ask for the manager, and look them in the eye nowadays they genuinely do not understand that doing this today will get you turned away at security or blacklisted by corporate HR. Retail has shifted from customers always right but be polite about it to customers are always right no matter how rude or unruly they act.

Retail is the pinnacle of a laughing stock because people found out that no matter how rude they’re if they voice it loud enough they can get away with it and when an employee steps in the employee get blamed from the company and the customer.

EDIT: I have took out 99% of everything that people were telling me I was wrong for saying. Retail was my target audience not everyone telling me I was wrong for the information I had. So this right here was the core of my argument…

Obviously, by the title, I want actual lookouts experiences and kind of what their days off look like? And I’m assuming so, but does this also vary between location mainly towers that you can drive to and towers that you have to hike to?

The reason I bring this question up is because every lookout influencer on any social media makes it sound like days off are one limited to the point you barely get any even though you’re mandated 2 days off and two that even if you have days off it’s just better to stay in your tower then actually go hike or backpack a couple miles away. Now I understand that when you’re under a red flag or a storm is rolling through you’re mandated overtime in the tower. But I just don’t see the benefit of being cooped up in a tower for 4 to 5 months if all you’re gonna do is stay in the tower for 4 to 5 months because there is absolutely no way that there is storms every month all day and a fire that last maybe 2 months in the best case scenario. Mind you I am not throwing shade on the people that just want to relax for 4 to 5 months straight lmao but really I just wanna hear from people’s experiences of if this is true or not.