RHU Contributor Retail Slave Carmen sent us some Retail Wordage we had never heard before, but this is one Retail HORROR MOVIE we've all experienced in person:
Quarter Niners
Carmen's definition of Quarter Niners:
"You close at nine and they wait till a quarter till to come and shop and totally wreck your store and don't buy a damn thing!"
Used in a long sentence:
Freddy wanted to hangar-slap the Quarter Niner that stayed in the store until 10 pm, left handbags and stuffing all over the floor, made him hold three bags, and asked him to find two in different colors at other stores, thus buying nothing and making him miss the season premiere of Big Brother.
Check back tomorrow to read Regan's nightmare with some Quarter Niners. At Retail Hell Underground we feel Quarter Niners should be drawn and quartered!
Next we have a photo sent into us from RHU Contributor Retail Slave Kendra. She captured what's known to many of us as a:
Hot Mess
Lucky for Kendra this was not her store, she was actually shopping when she took the picture. But she felt bad for the Retail Slaves who had to deal with this Hot Mess.
Hot Mess is known by many Slaves as an area of the store that looks like it has been nuclear bombed by customers. The most severe Hot Messes occur during holiday times, weekends, and during sales. Unbelievable Hot Messes can be found in Fitting Rooms...just as our Fitting Room Correspondent Kerry confirms in her RHU exclusive Kerry's Fitting Room Nightmares.
Hot Mess used in a sentence:
Regan released a torrent of Retail Rage, head spinning, skin bubbling, vomit spewing, as her co-worker at the outlet mall cut out early and left Regan with a Hot Mess that looked like a sweat shop in Malaysia exploded.
Retail Slaves should be allowed to operate bulldozers, flamethrowers, and fire hoses in more severe cases of Hot Messes. They make us want to shout "Torch the place!"
Maybe it's a good thing there are no flamethrowers in Retail Hell.
If you have an Retail Wordage you'd like to see on RHU, send us your definition to: submit@retailhellunderground.com
I thought "Quarter Niners" was going to refer to people that queue outside the door in the morning, lol. They don't cause as much trouble but they must have a very sad and lonely life.
Posted by: Retail Therapy | July 16, 2008 at 03:23 AM
I need to find my flame retardant suit for the next sale I attend. hehe
Posted by: Lori | July 16, 2008 at 05:40 AM
here, we have the five to niners, which are a more troublesome and fucking annoying bunch of LOSERS!!
Posted by: retail slut texas style | July 16, 2008 at 07:08 AM
I can count on a hot mess this year, my dept at my store is in charge of HALLOWEN COSTUMES - WTF
Posted by: Pacified Associate | July 16, 2008 at 07:51 PM
Like they say in the GEORGE ROMERO Movie: DAWN Of The Dead :
"SHOOT Them In THE HEAD....That's The Only Way To STOP THEM!
Posted by: JaSoN.......rhu! | July 18, 2008 at 02:50 AM
I fucking HATE Quarter Niners. Grrrrr >=O
And hot mess is my favorite word <3
Niecy from Clean House uses it 24/7 lol.
Posted by: Regan | July 18, 2008 at 10:14 PM
You know, Freddy probably could have watched Big Brother illegally online on some site. It's not his fault, it's because the qaurter-niners's made him stay late; they're the true cause of internet piracy.
Posted by: Not Perfect | December 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM