"I have the credit card statement."
"I want one that doesn't feel like anything," she said, crossing her arms. "And I don't want to see it under a white t-shirt. And I want the straps to stay up. And I don't want to spend more than twenty dollars."
A or essay about a hypothetical "nightmare" scenario for a retail worker in the lingerie industry? The Lingerie Salesman S Worst Nightmare
We only sell bras. We don’t perform them.
But let's think of something original. I'll write a story about a lingerie salesman named Derek who prides himself on being unflappable. One day a man walks in wearing a trench coat. Derek thinks he's a flasher. But the man is just shy. He wants to buy lingerie for his wife but doesn't know her size. Derek tries to help, but the man keeps looking around nervously. Then Derek realizes the man is his daughter's new boyfriend. And the lingerie is for Derek's own wife. Yes! That's a twist: the salesman's worst nightmare is selling lingerie to his daughter's boyfriend who is buying it for the salesman's wife. That's a great soap opera twist. "I have the credit card statement
This stigma can make it difficult for salesmen to take pride in their work, and may even affect their self-esteem and confidence.
Better: a story of a veteran lingerie salesman who has seen it all, but then a customer walks in who is his high school bully, now a successful woman, and she needs help picking lingerie for her new boyfriend - who is the salesman's ex-wife? No. And I don't want to spend more than twenty dollars
She insists on trying the 34B. The band rides up her back. The cups overflow like rising bread dough. The center gore floats an inch off her sternum. She looks in the mirror and declares, "Perfect."
Desperate to save the sale, the salesman asks if there’s a photo. The customer pulls out his phone. He scrolls past pictures of his dog, a blurry photo of a sandwich, and finally finds one."Here!" he says triumphantly.The photo is of his wife standing three hundred yards away, wearing a heavy winter parka and a ski mask, in the middle of a blizzard in Vermont.