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DudlyDjarbum t1_je59lwq wrote

Also do you generally enjoy the work compared to other retail?

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marzipan-daydreams t1_je5sa0q wrote

Its retail.

Like no matter what its retail. But since it's something so personal, I'm also my regulars therapist, life coach, shoulder to lean on, etc. We wear a lot of hats.

But its way cool.

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MikeLowrey305 t1_je6qweo wrote

Any job opportunities? Is the pay ok? I have growing experience & knowledge of a lot of strains.

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marzipan-daydreams t1_je71dgp wrote

The states full of opportunities, it's weird to get your foot in the door, admittedly. I know some of the bigger grows post their shit on indeed when they're hiring, you could go that way.

I'm on the retail end, the pay is a lot better than what I was getting, i don't have a dress code, nobody's expecting me to yes sir no sir

And I get to smoke at work.

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Hollywoodjenks t1_je606su wrote

At first it was magical that magic fades real quick in a retail setting

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DudlyDjarbum t1_je62jin wrote

I just can't imagine getting dickish to people selling me weed. After the decades of black Market I still walk out looking over my shoulder but with a huge grin.

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marzipan-daydreams t1_je6bewr wrote

Brother you'd think that

I've been yelled at that my scales are off, that I'm shorting people, that I'm ripping people off, all sorts of shit

Its to the point that when someone's nice to me and doesn't just bark out their order I start sliding them discounts and freebies for not sucking ass

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monsterscallinghome t1_je6osb5 wrote

Is that why they're always throwing in free prerolls on my order? I'm old man, I can't take a whole joint of this modern weed. Anything more than my old sneakatoke and my ass is macrame-d into the sofa for the rest of the day, and I have shit to do! (see: old.)

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marzipan-daydreams t1_je718o3 wrote

You're telling me man

I'm damn near 40 and some of the weed nowadays is fucking wild strong.

But yeah it means the budtenders like you.

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monsterscallinghome t1_je71tcf wrote

I've gotten to just asking for whatever sativa or hybrid strain has the lowest thc. Then I get my ounce, pay the human, and go on about my day. I can imagine they deal with some...interesting characters...a bit more often than most places expect to.

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Karen_Moody t1_je7lzri wrote

I too have noticed that asking for something that explicitly does NOT get me shitfaced has resulted in some amazing customer service. As a bartender, when someone asks me for "something strong," I roll my eyes and give a standard pour of whatever.

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marzipan-daydreams t1_je6bjlt wrote

Also if anyone in this thread is a budtender in the state feel free to crawl into my dms I'd love to have some industry friends lol

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Psychological-Bear-9 t1_je6aqjc wrote

Brother, you have no idea. Some people are really cool, but some of the worst people I've dealt with in retail have been in cannabis. People that are too dumb to understand we aren't a trap house and have rules and laws we have to follow. As well as people that think the people working at the store are for whatever reason responsible for the strains we have.

A lot of nuts that think that we're watching them to report them to the DEA or Maine state government. It's unreal the stupidity.

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Slmmnslmn t1_je69k4y wrote

Same. I remember being happy it came in a bag. I used to bring my own just in case.

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