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Retail Workout

When a person who works in retail uses their job as an opportunity to workout by speed walking, lifting numerous heavy objects unnecessarily, or often times a combination of both. Sometimes they may go as far as wearing wrist or ankle weights to enhance their regimen. The majority of time they come across as a tweaking suckass by displaying an annoying amount of energy and eagerness to do things that normal people wouldn't want to do in the process making co-workers look bad or lazy.
Bob: Hey man, did you see Steve in electronics? I think he's been snorting coke on his break.

Terry: Na, he's just doing his retail workout.
by getfisted December 12, 2012
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retail whore

a retail whore is someone that sells overpriced consumer goods to an ungrateful public of consumer-bots while at the same time forcing themselves to keep smiling so that the same asshole customers come back and buy more stuff they don't need so that the hourly employee can barely pay rent while managers get vacations.
After three years at the GAP with only a fifteen cent raise, Gabby realized she was a retail whore.
by Lisa May 11, 2004
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Retail gay

A typically flamboyant gay man that works in retail. Usually a retail gay will say something like "I work in the fashion industry for Nordstrom" this translates to "I fold clothes and sell designer clothes at Nordstrom for a living."
My friend tried to set me up with the only other gay person she knows, a retail gay that works at the MAC counter.
by TheCorporateGay March 7, 2016
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Retail Terrorist

A store customer, usually female, who vents her negative feelings toward herself and/or the world by displaying contempt for the retail stores she frequents and their employees. Retail terrorism is manifested but not limited to the following behaviors: 1) Opening, damaging, or stealing store merchandise while complaining about store prices; 2) (Mis)taking the presence of employees to mean that they are there not to offer general assistance but to act as her/his personal shopper; 3) Attempting to take any company policy to its absolute limit by making ludicrous requests such as trying to return obviously well-used merchandise with no receipt attached or that the store does not carry, or asking the store to hold merchandise for her for an indefinite period; 4) Entering the store one minute before closing and taking her time making her selections knowing full well that the employees want her to leave so they can go home; 5) Deliberately behaving in an aggressive or combative manner in order to provoke employees and then complaining about employees to store management, which complaining may include lying and/or crocodile tears.

A retail terrorist is distinguished from a disgruntled customer by the latter's genuine question or complaint and earnest desire to resolve a problem. By contrast, the retail terrorist's main objective is to spread ill will and vent her free-floating hostility on a vulnerable target.
"I was yelled at today by a retail terrorist. She accused everyone who works for the company of conspiring to get rid of her after we wouldn't take her expired coupons and her credit card was rejected."

"Carla is well-known to store employees as a retail terrorist who will buy expensive cosmetics to wear for a special occasion and then return them all the next day."

"The retail terrorist tried on almost every piece of clothing in Jane's department, trashed the dressing room, let her toddler run wild, and only bought a pair of socks that she later returned without a receipt."
by MayIHelpYou January 17, 2010
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retail hell

region of hades reserved for retail workers. Daily experience of being trapped in a dead end Mcjob.
"How's work?"

"I'm trapped in Retail Hell...please shoot me."
by j burnett June 2, 2007
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Retail Syndrome

When you go out shopping to buy a couple of things but have an urge to buy even more. Generally followed by silly excuses, e.g. I needed one of those, we're running out of them, it was on offer. Women suffer most from it.
Dude 1: I went into fake-mart to buy a pack of smarties, and I walked out with a whole cow!

Dude 2: Dude 1, you've suffered retail syndrome!
by old_chap May 9, 2010
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Retail Rescue

1. An animal rescue who purchases animals to resell while labeling the transaction as adoption.
2. An animal rescue who collects donated funds to “rescue” animals from breeders and auctions by purchasing them.
3. An animal rescue who purchases dogs from another country to bring back to the US to sell them under the label of adoption.
I went to the dog auction this weekend and saw all the retail rescues buying dogs from breeders to resell using the term adoption.
by realanimalwelfare May 31, 2018
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