Help Wanted Quotes

“These days, Potterstown was as much museum as city, its past glory evident less in its people - many of whom walked around with something of a shell-shocked look, as if modernity itself had caught them unawares - than in the fine old buildings that had outlived the purposes for which they'd been built.”
― Adelle Waldman, Help Wanted

“In surveys and focus group, customers' number one complaint about Town Square was that they often had trouble finding either the items they were looking for or an employee to direct them.

This was hardly surprising, given how much staffing levels had been reduced in the past several years. (To keep customers from recognizing that the lack of employees on the sales floor was a deliberate choice, corporate constantly posted large banners reading HELP WANTED- the implication being that any lack of staff on hand was a function of the tight labor market and/or a lazy populace's unwillingness to work service jobs.”
― Adelle Waldman, Help Wanted

“Travis smiled, assuming that since he was a recent hire, Milo had meant to make a good-natured crack at his expense. But it hadn’t occurred to Milo that his words might reflect on Travis. Milo’s own reality was generally too vivid and overpowering for him to imagine other people’s.”
― Adelle Waldman, Help Wanted