Ouch, sounds dreadful. But maybe you'll have luck there, since the ones I've seen seem to be glorified stock boys, they must want people with real experience.
Here's hoping. It could be a fun place to work...lots of stuff going on, and being able to work with a team and laugh about the stoopider customers. Good for stories. ;-)
Plus they likely give nice discounts. Mmm...discounts. And maybe free shirts and such, for what that's worth. Hey, at least it'd mean not needing to dress up.
We'll see what comes of it. It wouldn't be sales, which I wouldn't wanna do. Prolly get a cool little backroom area with lots of nifty workbenches and such.