The Retailer's Blues

They go to work early,
And they get home so late.
No matter what time of the year,
They only get off Christmas day.

The retailers work hard all day long.
They probably get less respect
Than most any other worker
As they sing their song.

"I can't believe that customer did that."
"I wonder if they keep their home the same way."
"Do these people not discipline their children at all?"
"Oh look, another package missing something, too."

You may have guessed it by now,
They are singing their blues.

Breaks and lunches are interrupted
By passing customers who don't care at all.
They think all retailers should be
There for every whim and beckoned call.

"The customer is always right,"
Is such a cliché.
But the retailer's know
This is just another day.

Customers are usually wrong,
And make such a fuss.
They think they are all adults,
When in fact they are overgrown
Children who will holler and cuss.

You've seen them dragged from the store,
For making such a big scene.
Police are kind enough to help
The retailers keep their store clean.

"They left the milk on the floor
Right by the clay pots."
"Did you see the one who stole
The paint out of Big Lots?"

The retailers keep singing their blues
On breaks, lunches, and when they
Are about to leave for home.
But do the customers care?
Not at all. They just want to
Shop and go home.

They never have to help
Get the store out of disarray.
All customers care about
Is to get on with their day.

The sad truth about retailers
Is that they loose so much money
Every year to shoplifters.

It doesn't matter what the customer
Does for a living, it still happens.

"Was that..." so and so, "from church?"
Or "that attorney on TV?"
Or "my CPA?
Or "that doctor I once went to?"

Yes, they all have the retailer's blues.
You can tell them to get a better
Paying job, or get over it.
But the fact is someone else
Will take their place.

The cycle will continue,
But the customers get worse.
Diapers left on aisles,
Or someone switched shirts.

Partially eaten food to stain new fabric.
Empty packages neatly tucked away.
Employees coats, umbrellas or cars stolen.
Someday it will be customers who shall rue the day.

Until then, retailers will sing their blues,
As the are shafted by customers
Day in and day out.
And we wonder why people get so angry, raged, frustrated and worn out.