#party store

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[brinedpickle]

i feel like liquor stores are called party stores in the midwest simply bc liquor/booze is all that is required for a party in the midwest. it's the main ingredient for partying. decorations are a maybe. if the party is special

[brandanray]

Hi! This is me now, and some illustrations I have made :)

I regained access to my old tumblr account I used from 2011-2017 only to delete it and begin new here. It's rebirth season baby.

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[111notstraight111]

[astoriaugly]

Got behind on my balloon reports.

[musicmakesyousmart]

Red Dawn II / Xray Eyeballs

Party Store

[puppy-faggot]

PSA to anyone shopping at Party City or Halloween City

Gonna start by saying I was a former Party City manager. I don't care for the company. They exploited the shit outta me. However that doesn't mean I think customers should treat the employees like shit.

Firstly and importantly, BE PATIENT AND BE NICE. If you've worked in retail you've experienced Black Friday. You know how hectic that can be. Now imagine Black Friday but it lasts two months. Regular cashiers can't apply extra discounts or change prices. They need a manager. There's usually one or two up front but there's maybe four to seven counters open. So they have to come behind nearly every transaction to apply extra changes. For a lot of kids this is their first job. Don't be mean over a costume. Your patience is appreciated.

Second off, PLEASE LOOK UP THE COSTUME NUMBERS FOR THE COSTUME YOU WANT. Do you know how many variations of the same costume there are? Saying an Elsa costume is absolutely no help. It also makes things more difficult for the costume pickers in the back. By giving a number they can identify it through their numerical system. Just a vague character name would require for them to search through way too many boxes. And that's not including the size. Typically the online info on the costume gives you a rough estimate of how many of that particular costume, of that particular size supposedly exists. Theft is also common. Which fucks up the costume counts. Just go to partycity.com and do a bit of searching before hand. Also the popular costumes go very fast. If you show up on Halloween for a costume you won't be finding much.

Third, it's still a party supply store! There will be customers trying to celebrate other occasions. Balloon orders are a thing. People will be doing online pick ups for costumes, supplies, balloons etc. It will be a mad house. Balloon orders, especially on the weekends can take up two hours with all the numerous walk up and preorders. And they have to be down in-between customers. Which brings me back to the first thing I said. BE PATIENT AND BE NICE! They're doing their best.

Lastly, THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNS AND EXCHANGES IS TWO WEEKS BEFORE HALLOWEEN. Please! Please! Please! Understand this! It's one the front counter when you go up to it. The cashier is supposed to remind you. It makes things so much harder for everyone when you try to return something on Halloween Eve when everyone last minute buys their costumes and each has a claim that it was placed somewhere cheaper then the tag says. It's against policy to do the return after the deadline. I'm sure it reason I didn't get in trouble was because Halloween was my last day working there. It's frustrating. Just return it sooner. And please have your recipient, prior to the two week deadline, to do your return/exchange. They can only search previous purchases through your email/phone number or with your recipient. There's literally nothing else they can do about it.

There's more I want to add but these are the most important. I honestly had the worst time there due to the abuse from customers and being overworked and underpaid. My love of Halloween has been soured by my experience and by the nastiness of customers. Don't do that to someone else.

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