Total Retail Hell: Microsoft Store Employees Forced Into Electric Slide Dance

Just sent to us from Dustin. Retail Slaves at a Microsoft store in Southern California do the Electric Slide to the Black Eyed Peas song "I Gotta Feeling." WTF? They don't exactly look thrilled to be doing it, which means management probably said "It's an expectation to participate in the all store dance." We are vomiting straight out our asses. Somewhere Will.i.am just fainted and Fergie is reaching for her shotgun. It brought back such bad nightmares for Freddy, Carolanne had to calm him down with whiskey and xanx.

Comments

[Spritzy]

Those poor poor dears. We already have required straightening hour...next thing we know we'll have required dance-dance fever hour.

[Jit]

Oooh man... poor them. It's one thing to do something as such voluntarily. It's another thing entirely to be forced to humiliate yourself like that. >.<

[atombomb1945]

Can't...watch...to...painful...must...close...eyes...Like...watching...train...wreck...can't...turn...away...

[Cocktail Slave]

It looks like the camera tried to focus on the employees who were at least trying to act like they were enjoying themselves, while the others who looked less than enthusiastic were kept in the background

[Anna]

What is this? Obligatory aerobics session?

[Eric]

Well, if they don't work for Macro Hard, this is what they should expect. Only Bill Gates can anagram his name into "I Get Balls".

[Lu]

There is no casual rate in the world to compensate for having to do that!

[Silver]

Brings back memories of dancing to YMCA fifteen times a day at a certain musically inclined restaurant super-chain.

[N/A]

Am I the only one that thinks that looks kinda fun? Maybe it's because singing along to the radio was a popular pastime at my store but of course that wasn't forced and we had managers who totally got it when we'd sing the Weird Al lyrics instead.

[Retail Drone #37]

It's probably be more fun and appropriate to do this before you start your shift in the back room or somewhere not in front of the customers. I would be terribly embarrassed.

Doesn't Wal-Mart make their employees do the chicken dance?

[ps]

It's that snot-nosed cow in the green shirt - she was the ring leader. I'm willing to bet her body turned up a few days later, covered in contusions, in the alley behind the store. Cause of death - disgruntled underlings wielding iron pipes.

[Carolanne]

That is fucking terrible!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck microsoft!

[Natalie]

oh, whatever. i work at a (locally owned, well run restaurant, which is usually an oxymoron) that makes us do synchronized dancing a few times a week. it's voluntary, as long as you want the money shifts, and it's NOT THAT BAD. for real.

[M]

Oh hell no!!!no retail slut gets paid enough for that shit, I know I dont.

[TechDeath]

I glanced at the comments while watching, and at 2:15 there's a girl who picks something up and shoves it into her bag before joining in...hands free convenience or taking advantage of the situation?

[WildcatWaitress]

hahaha I love that they are doing the electric slide!