[quote name='Eagle3ye']I hate how goodwill and their employees are such a hit or miss. It's something I don't really see at other stores. I mean yeah occasionally you'll get the asshole working at GameStop or the pissed of Wendy's drive through woman, but it seems like from my experiences and everyone's stories that goodwill hires an incredible amount of unhappy and unhelpful workers. Does working there really suck that much? -_-[/QUOTE]
Honestly man, it was a fun job. The only bad part is hanging clothes. Goodwill was my first job. The guys I worked with were awesome, and we all said this job sucks, so lets make the best of it. We had fun at work, and we were all positive. Management said we were the most productive shift and we sold a lot of stuff. You get pretty ripped working there too, with all the lifting and labor you do. Some of the workers there though man would suck the life out of you whenever they just entered the room.
Goodwill's mission though is to provide job opportunities for people of special needs. My previous boss was more worried about hiring eye candy women, to sell more items. He knew business well, but he dicked me over bad, and I left. Nobody in the store really had much to do with those of special needs. Then again much of the work force was in the back of the store. Anyways, there was a man with Down's syndrome who came in with his guardians, I would always do my best to make that guy happy because you could tell he was bummed out about not getting to look in the store. His family would just leave him in the store, while they walked around. I would bring him near my register and talk to him, and try to make him feel like he was a person. He would grab a wheel chair, I'd help him set it up and he would hang out. I have a lot of sympathy for people diagnosed with that condition.
To stay on topic though, when I would sort donations, when I found one game, I would typically find more games. Nobody really donates, just one single game, since they could just throw it away. At Goodwill when you see one thing gaming related, there is usually going to be more, if you're not too late. You can always ask a worker if any related items was put out, to try and get some idea. It's against policy for workers to tell you what is in the back of the store though, which is one thing to try to avoid asking them.
The nicer you are to the workers, the nicer they will be to you. Everybody has their favorite customers. I had mine. I organized a guy I liked talking to who was a regular a Tomb Raider set. All original playstation copies and the Lara Croft memory card. I sold him everything for $20. My friend sold the same guy every season of Dragon Ball Z for $70, there was a $120 price on it. Price changing is also against policy.
I hope I'm some sort of help to you guys. As I said before, any questions just ask me.