The Gap :: Clothing Retail Sales Papers

The Gap Formating problems GAP.à  It’s on every third glass window that covers the front of the store.à  The windows display large posters and body forms, not mannequins because they don’t have heads, hands, or feet.à  They wear the latest items to arrive in the store, and look impeccable most of the time, because most of the time I dress them.à  The tiled floor between the glass doors gives way to a scratched and scuffed hard wood floor in desperate need of a wax and buff.à  The dust bunnies that seem to breed and quickly distribute themselves until they are under every fixture and on top of every shelf must first be exterminated.à  The lighting is a combination of muted fluorescent in the middle with focused spotlights on the items toward the outside of the store.à  I can catch a whiff of wool, or leather every so often, but usually my nose is polluted with Dream, Heaven, and Blue, constantly sprayed by customers testing it.à  Just smell the bottle, ok?à  Music is always pump ing out of the speakers from a tape that is sent to us from the corporate office.à  Sometimes the songs are danceable, sometimes not, but the volume is always loud enough so that you can listen to it if you get bored, but still hold a conversation over it.à  Conversations that often times occur between employees themselves.à  I’m not big on the conversing side of it.à  I listen to the music, thinking about what I really want to be doing right now.à  Do I want to fold this sweatshirt?à  Do I want to look for another size?à  No I want to put my tongue piercing back in and dance around the store busting a move for all the world to see.à  I can’t do that.à  I have to obey the corporate law because I’m on â€Å"Gap Time.†Ãƒ Ãƒ Ãƒ  Women’s items are on the left side, men’s on the right.à  Each is divided further into four sections: sections one two and three, and the denim section.à  They all have themes.à  Section one is usually seasonally casual; currently it’s filled with sweaters and wool pants, scarves, hats and mittens.à  Section two has all the khakis; it’s sometimes the Gap at Work section, or the Smart and Snappy section.à  Right now Women’s Two is filled with velvet pants, silk shirts, tuxedo skirts and pants, button up shirts, and turtleneck sweaters in merino wool.