Associates Anonymous

I enjoy the great stories from working in retail, and can relate to so many of them. They have a good dynamic with each other and relate stories well. It's good and scary to know that the experiences I've had in the last 20 years are not an anomaly. Keep up the great podcast!

I'm only on ep4, and I've been thown into my FBI mode trying to figure out where Sweeps and Giggles are located and where they worked. I'm SO intrigued (and I think I have it figured out :) ). They're crude, tipsy, annoying; I want to be the company they keep so badly. I worked in retail/food for 10 years, and their horror stories remind me of so many of my own hauntings. It's nice to know we're a band of misfits, and we aren't alone.

I’m a long time listener and love the show. Saying this, the latest listener episode (#12) went too far with a suicide “joke”. It’s not a funny subject and telling someone to kill themselves isn’t appropriate in any situation. Not cool.

It’s been at least 20 years since I last worked in customer service, but to this day I occasionally have the same nightmare—me trying to close the store at 10:59 PM with hordes of customers that just keep pouring in so I can’t lock the door, and I’m never able to leave! Thank you, Sweeps & Giggles, for helping me cope with my retail PTSD. Also I nicknamed my dog “Sugar Sweeps” and he is awesome.