Telling people you work at Tesco makes you unattractive

Times are hard and some people, especially Londoners, are suffering. You may have just lost your job and are struggling to find work, jobseekers allowance won't even cover the bare minimum of expenses and you have but one choice. Get a crappy job for a bit. But where to work, retail is suffering and there is an abundance of more experienced staff out there looking for the same jobs. However, supermarkets are doing pretty damn well these days, in fact they are probably doing better than before. Customers are switching to supermarkets' own brand products to save a few pennies and they are reaping the rewards because of the higher profit margins.

So you found a job at a Tesco, either at the checkout till or at the deli counter (if you prefer!) and you find yourself out for a quick drink with a couple of friends one night. All of a sudden a member of the opposite sex catches your eye, smiles are exchanged and eye contact is made. Assuming a reasonable degree of proficiency in flirting and a mutual attraction, you find yourself conversing with said gorgeocity.

Then something happens...

"Where do you work?", they ask.

All of a sudden a vice grips your insides and you break into a cold sweat. You didn't even see this coming, you were so used to telling people you worked at Lehman Brothers that you didn't even give your new employment status a moment's thought. You could lie, but for the purposes of this hypothetical rendezvous you get the inkling that there could be something special here and you wouldn't want to ruin the possibility of a magical relationship by basing it on a lie. You tell the truth.

"I work at Tesco", you say shamefully.

They stare at you blankly while images of you mucking out the fish counter flash through their mind. You are now both incredibly uncomfortable and the conversation trails off into awkwardness.

What if I was to say you could tell the truth without them responding in such a way? Give this a try, tell someone you work AT Tesco and see their reaction then tell someone you work FOR Tesco and see what happens. All of a sudden you go from shelf stacker to corporate heavyweight. See? I just got you laid.

Tomorrow's article: "The unemployed need love too"