The closest thing I've done to retail is I worked as a salesman for a Italian Manufacturer of components for Ready Mix and Pre-Cast concrete companies. But my customers weren't the everyday general public. These customers new the equipment and what it did. You could "Talk Shop" with them. I avoided retail like the plague because i don't take B.S. from people who I know are full of shit and are wrong, also. Even when I had my tree service company, I did let a homeowner talk shit to me, I dumped a truck load of chips up against garage and front doors to where they couldn't get out of their own house,! All because of the crap they said to me! My people skills are very poor! That's how I earned this username. Take that away, I'm a nice guy! :)