I got recruited at Hollister at 16! I was shopping, and kept getting stared at by the assistant GM. Finally she approached me and asked if I wanted to apply for a job. I got it and worked there almost 2 years! It was a very odd environment and the rules on physical appearance were borderline insane!
i read interviews with past coworkers about how they slept with the managers to get the jobs. idk how true it is but as a goth kid in this era it solidified that I was "right" about the "kind of girls" who shopped there.
@@sugarskulls2817rather be worried about the grown ass managers instead of judging the „kind of girls“ who were minors with undeveloped brains and groomed. worrying mindset.
@@behindmyblueeyes99 essentially the company would approach attractive young people that fit the brand to apply. You could still apply in store otherwise but if you weren’t recruited more likely than not you wouid get hired as a stock associate in the back.
I had a friend who worked at BOTH Hollister and Abercrombie. She needed a job because of family financial troubles and she was the oldest. She also had body dysmorphia and hated her body because she couldn't keep food in her system like she wanted to. They (mainly her boss) fed on that RELIGIOUSLY, saying she's so lucky she doesn't have to worry about food making her fat. She quit both jobs after three weeks and went to work where she wanted to originally at Pets Mart. Those places were horrible to a teens self-esteem and confidence. My mom NEVER let me shop there and I didn't want to. Like my mom wasn't a fan of Hot Topic either, but at least they didn't fat shame you or told you to keep using an ED you medically had no control over.
@@kittysoftpaws3677 facts!!! It used to be muuuuch more catered to emo/goth styles, but now it’s a bit more diverse. They’ve also got a new sister store that’s specifically catered to fandoms called BoxLunch, and I’m loving it 😍
@@evahoffmann5683 I thought BoxLunch was related to Hot Topic but wasn't sure. And Hot Topic did boosts for my self-confidence, they always allowed you to embrace your weird which is what you should do any, imo.
Fun fact that giant taxidermy moose head is actually a reference to what Abercrombie and Fitch originally was. An outdoors adventure outfitters. Where you could get stuff for safaris, hunting/fishing trips, back packing etc...
@Dwight K. Schrute yea in my opinion it definitely was. The company pushed unrealistic standards on teen girls (I was one of them) and pushed white centric fatphobic work place. Id say thats pretty cringey. Also the clothes they sold were objectively ugly. Im not a billboard for your company.
I was wondering what that was. I'm too young to have heard of it, but I'm not surprised that was a thing considering tanning culture (my older sister was right into it). NGL I thought it was maybe an unusual scar and ignored it
My best friend and I got randomly recruited at Abercrombie back in the day, but I honestly think it was just because they desperately needed a couple of black employees lol. We'd been window shopping at different stores, and came across A&F. After barely putting two feet in the store, a woman was in our face, calling us beautiful and asking if we'd ever thought about being "store models." Within 15 minutes, we were hired and on the next week's schedule for training. This was during the whole racial discrimination suit, so she was probably like, "Yes! A two for one special!" 😂🤦🏾♀️
@@jrenee1040 Yes, both of us did actually start, but *I* quit after about a month or so lol. It was bizarre, we weren't allowed to be on the register-we were just supposed to walk around the store, greeting people and folding clothes. I'd be literally counting my steps, walking around in circles, that's how bored I was-because I never even got to work with my friend, and very few of the other employees interacted with me (but, that could've been on me too, I was super shy). We were never scheduled for the same shifts, which was the actual only reason why I accepted the job in the first place. This was during the summer, and I already had a part-time gig. What teenager needs two dead end jobs? Lol.
As a NYC kid without a mall , I never went to Abercrombie, but a classmate of mine from Long Island was recruited. He was a buff ginger guy, and his job was to stand outside shirtless and talk to people to entice them to come in. He only lasted a couple of hours, because the manager told him to stop talking to uggos and black people. He quit on the spot. I’m glad I missed being a prep or following aughts trends, because eff that!
@@BirdWord03Ughos is slang for ugly… you can extrapolate from there. I guess he only wanted hot white teenagers in that particular Abercrombie. Gross right?
as a child walking past even the smell of cologne and perfume had me coughing. my mom ended up buying me the “kids version” of perfume and i got used to it.
My friends and I were the creepy little goth kids. We would go in Abercrombie with the intention to look like we were really shopping there to throw people off(not like it really caused issues, we werent menaces). It did make everyone look super conused though. 😅 So, i guess mission complete? Weird things we did as kids.
I was always confused as to why my friends and I had to go to Spencer's everytime we went to the mall even though we were preppy and would never buy anything
I worked at Abercrombie at 18 in 2007 and they were SO STRICT about what you wear and how you looked. They didn’t want you to wear anything with words on it and really they only wanted you to wear Abercrombie clothes every shift and they would give you a measly 25% discount as an employee. I didn’t have enough Abercrombie for every day of the week so I just tried to wear something that looked like it all the time. Eventually they just kept me in the back all the time sorting new shipments and spraying perfume on every item and I got sick of it so I just quit after about 2 months.
@@berrybear04 in my opinion they were all beautiful people but managers looked like they were in their mid 20s to early 30s and all the other regular workers were younger.
I did this back in 2014 but with Hot Topic. I was 16 and always in there asking to be hired, finally they did hire me (seasonal)! I thought I was so cool 😂
i’ll never forget at this store called Akira my friends and I were shopping after cheer practice and the workers started dressing me up in different outfits, told me i had the legs for thigh high boots and offered me a job. fr was the ego boost of a lifetime.
Akira sounds like a badass shop name tho tbh. I never seen one tho. (Born in 2002 but went to malls a lot. Was lucky to have a Disney store and Sanrio store. We also had Hollister and Abercrombie with Pink and Victoria's Secret. We also had Earthbound back when they sold hermit crabs in there where you could pick them up and mess with them. So glad they became so much more concious and woke tf up and stopped doing that tho. I love my Earthbound skirt and tote. They sell cute stuff rn ngl. Shop their fall fashion. You might say ew I don't wanna dress like a 60s or 60s hippie weirdo but that will go out the window once you feel how soft and airy their material is. 100% cotton too last time I checked.)
@@notavailabe yeah Akira is only in the chicagoland area I guess lol, didn’t know that until i asked on out of state friend where she shops for homecoming. Also yes I will check that store out I love 60’s clothes tysm 🧡
I have a confession to make and you are more than welcome to make fun of my stupid ass. So, I went to a local downtown shop with my grandmother and her best friend. This shop had the coolest die cut stickers and I got a lot of horror movie ones and whatnot. Then I noticed at the register they had these little stickers. Me never have touched nor seen a tanning bed in my life and being bathed in sunscreen as a little kid, asks the lady if I could have the playboy bunny sticker and asked if it was free. She said yes, holding back laughter but then informed me that it was for their tanning beds. I was like... "Oh..." She still let me keep it and I stuck it on my laptop with all my other stickers. 😭
I used to try to get recruited at grocery stores. I would always do the self checkout or the ones that didn't have employee baggers and bag the groceries super fast and efficiently and in the proper order and think some manager was gonna come up behind me and be like omg you're so good im gonna hire you. 😅😅😅😅
I was recruited when I was like 18 in college. They had roles like models and stock room people. They choose who was which based on attractiveness. I was encouraged to wear crop tops and act shallow/cool when greeting customers. It was really dumb, cringe, and I was bored out of my mind.
Haha same I was recruited since 15 or people would always ask me if i worked there. Finally when I turned 18 the age A&F hired you at, I went and worked there for about 5 years…my store manager is now on Real Housewives lol
Lmao which real housewives and which person was your manager? don't know why that's simultaneously hilarious, extremely weird, and oddly makes sense, in my mind. What 'humble beginnings' I guess 😂
i got "recruited" at both Hollister and Abercrombie when i was 17/18 and because im of asian ethnicity (born in the united states), they encouraged me to talk in a "tropical and exotic sounding accent" when talking to customers. i put up with it for a year and a half, and quit after that, once they told me that i couldnt tint my naturally pitch black hair, red. lmao. theres a documentary out right now that explores the hiring process, creepiness, and scandals of these company's creator and ceo. yall should search it up.
I remember wanting to dress like that so bad but was too poor and my mom got me a Hollister shirt for my birthday and when I wore it to school people kept saying I was trying to be a prep now and trying to be with the cool people so I never wore it again 😭😭 middle school is the devil
You didn’t even have to spray any perfume in stores because they literally suffocated their customers with it. They sprayed all of their clothes with it in store too lol.
This isn’t for Abercrombie or any clothing store but I was once approached by a literal modeling agency at a mall idling around in the food court. I think I remember being like 14, incredibly gangly (skinny) and shy. I look back at it and am incredibly grateful my mother said ‘no’ for me because what the hell??
my dream job then i started working at hollister at 16 and decided 7.25 an hour wasn’t enough to clock in to an environment that felt exactly like high school😂not worth it
I got recruited at Hollister when I was 16. I worked there for like 3 months, and then quit to work at a restaurant. It was so awful lol. But I think I’m just not great with retail. The playlist of the same 12 songs playing over and over and over, no windows/low lighting so you never have any idea what time it is, constantly folding clothes and trying (and failing) to politely prevent people from shoplifting made me feel like I was going insane every shift. You can only hear the same remixed awful song so many times in a day before you start to just lose your mind lol. I also worked at Twin Peaks when I was 20 for a total of 2 weeks. Hated it.
I worked at Arby’s at the time and the GM of Hollister pulled through the drive through, saw me and asked my manager if I wanted to be a model for Hollister but my manager shut him down! My manager gave me the number from him though but I never called for an interview and I’m glad I didn’t, because now I know it’s not a pleasant place to work for! That was 2005. In 2004 & 2006, I was also asked to work for Hollister while shopping there with my best friend, (both times), and it was super awkward because they were only interested in me and not my friend.
One time I got recruited in a target but I've always looked way older than I am. I was 12 when it happened and I was like "I would but I'm only 12 right now"
The Abercrombie used to be the best for me, I used to steal my sisters shirts. But the “Abercrombie” of this generation is either Spencer’s or Hot Topic. But honestly everything she says i relate too as I have 2 older sisters who were def 2000s Abercrombie girls. 🤣
I remember when Hollister recruited me as a model. I never went back after the interview because of the physical restrictions that they put on their employees. It’s gross
My friend and I went into an Abercrombie once to look around when we were 16. The two girls working there just stared us down and gave us dirty looks while they whispered to each other and laughed. I just bought a pair of shorts and we left. Never went back to that store again but hey at least I got a pair of cute shorts out of it 🤷♀️
I got recruited at Abercrombie when I was 19. I was one of the oldest ones there and while the manager was absolutely wonderful, I’ve never worked with more airheads in my life since. ✌🏻
Idk why but this is a different kind of nostalgia. There's some we go oh yeah I remember that - and then there are ones like this where I'm like "no I didn't think anyone else did this" 😂😂😭
I never knew that getting asked to worked at Abercrombie was a big deal until recently, 40 year old me is kicking 18 year old me for not knowing that 😂 I didn't take the job but I did work at Hollister for 2 months.
@@anaccountimadesoicanwatchyt when people are looking at clothes, they tend to shove all of them to one side of the rack just so they can see a piece of clothing. so apparel associates usually finger space in order to get the racks looking uniform and neat again. it’s easier than guessing how much space you need between each hanger
I am a 35 yo Millennial who never even knew A&F “recruited” because I would not have been caught dead at one when I was 16. lol I was the pseudo goth/punk kid who only went to the mall to hang out at Hot Topic, FYE, or Barnes & Noble. 😂
I'm old enough that these stores were too "young" for me, so I never shopped at them. Except the one time a friend wanted to go into A & F for some reason and I almost choked from the smell. Needless to say, I felt ancient being in there and not even shopping for a kid that I didn't have.
i was recruited to hollister in 2005.. standing in that dark ass loud mf store at their computer applying and the group interview lmfao dont even get me started.. i ended up accepting a job at the Limited
I got recruited at Hollister at 16! I was shopping, and kept getting stared at by the assistant GM. Finally she approached me and asked if I wanted to apply for a job. I got it and worked there almost 2 years! It was a very odd environment and the rules on physical appearance were borderline insane!
What were the rules on appearance?
@@selinajuliaaaaa yeah I wanna know too 😀
I’m also commenting on this thread to find out the physical appearance rules lol
What were the rules?
“Look policy” trauma! They used to make us shave in the back when we forgot 💀
abercrombie CEO in his 50s:
“tell the sales associates to recruit hot teenagers…and i mean only the hot ones”
i read interviews with past coworkers about how they slept with the managers to get the jobs. idk how true it is but as a goth kid in this era it solidified that I was "right" about the "kind of girls" who shopped there.
@@sugarskulls2817rather be worried about the grown ass managers instead of judging the „kind of girls“ who were minors with undeveloped brains and groomed. worrying mindset.
@@kiki-hn8vhAgreed. Damn
@@kiki-hn8vhshe means thats what she thought at the time, when she herself WAS a minor with an underdeveloped brain😅
Should they get ugly models 💀
I used to work there 😭 I got “recruited” all the time shopping at like 16 and my mom thought it was the creepiest thing ever 😂
I am not from the USA, so could you plz explain me why it was important for teens to get recruited there?)
@@behindmyblueeyes99 essentially the company would approach attractive young people that fit the brand to apply. You could still apply in store otherwise but if you weren’t recruited more likely than not you wouid get hired as a stock associate in the back.
It literally is the creepiest thing ever!!!!
Same! Did you ever take home one of the seasonal murals and cover your bedroom walls with it? 🙋🏻♂️ I did! 😂
@@hijxtin ooh is it just like what brandy melville does? i found that super creepy as well
I had a friend who worked at BOTH Hollister and Abercrombie. She needed a job because of family financial troubles and she was the oldest. She also had body dysmorphia and hated her body because she couldn't keep food in her system like she wanted to. They (mainly her boss) fed on that RELIGIOUSLY, saying she's so lucky she doesn't have to worry about food making her fat. She quit both jobs after three weeks and went to work where she wanted to originally at Pets Mart. Those places were horrible to a teens self-esteem and confidence. My mom NEVER let me shop there and I didn't want to. Like my mom wasn't a fan of Hot Topic either, but at least they didn't fat shame you or told you to keep using an ED you medically had no control over.
It's horrible what they did. I hope that girl is okay now. Much love to you as well for shedding light on it ❤
And Hot Topic would never feed on that, anyway. Very good company.
Hot topic is just a nerdy pop culture emo kid store, which is why we love it
@@kittysoftpaws3677 facts!!! It used to be muuuuch more catered to emo/goth styles, but now it’s a bit more diverse. They’ve also got a new sister store that’s specifically catered to fandoms called BoxLunch, and I’m loving it 😍
@@evahoffmann5683 I thought BoxLunch was related to Hot Topic but wasn't sure. And Hot Topic did boosts for my self-confidence, they always allowed you to embrace your weird which is what you should do any, imo.
Fun fact that giant taxidermy moose head is actually a reference to what Abercrombie and Fitch originally was. An outdoors adventure outfitters. Where you could get stuff for safaris, hunting/fishing trips, back packing etc...
That sounds so cool though. What it became was so cringey
that’s pretty cool
@Dwight K. Schrute yyyyeah. It became a cringe yuppie brand.
@Dwight K. Schrute yea in my opinion it definitely was. The company pushed unrealistic standards on teen girls (I was one of them) and pushed white centric fatphobic work place. Id say thats pretty cringey. Also the clothes they sold were objectively ugly. Im not a billboard for your company.
That’s right! I watched an episode of “I Love Lucy” and they mention Abercrombie in one of the episodes. I think it was to get fishing or hunting gear
The sunburn tattoos always just end up looking like ringworm 😭☠️
I was wondering what that was. I'm too young to have heard of it, but I'm not surprised that was a thing considering tanning culture (my older sister was right into it). NGL I thought it was maybe an unusual scar and ignored it
😂😂😂
God yes 😂
My best friend and I got randomly recruited at Abercrombie back in the day, but I honestly think it was just because they desperately needed a couple of black employees lol.
We'd been window shopping at different stores, and came across A&F. After barely putting two feet in the store, a woman was in our face, calling us beautiful and asking if we'd ever thought about being "store models." Within 15 minutes, we were hired and on the next week's schedule for training. This was during the whole racial discrimination suit, so she was probably like, "Yes! A two for one special!" 😂🤦🏾♀️
Now how long did that job last though 😭 Did you actually start?
"a 2 for one special" omg 😭😭😭
@@jrenee1040 Yes, both of us did actually start, but *I* quit after about a month or so lol. It was bizarre, we weren't allowed to be on the register-we were just supposed to walk around the store, greeting people and folding clothes.
I'd be literally counting my steps, walking around in circles, that's how bored I was-because I never even got to work with my friend, and very few of the other employees interacted with me (but, that could've been on me too, I was super shy). We were never scheduled for the same shifts, which was the actual only reason why I accepted the job in the first place. This was during the summer, and I already had a part-time gig.
What teenager needs two dead end jobs? Lol.
A two for one special is crazy
and we woulda did it too for a check 😂
As a NYC kid without a mall , I never went to Abercrombie, but a classmate of mine from Long Island was recruited. He was a buff ginger guy, and his job was to stand outside shirtless and talk to people to entice them to come in. He only lasted a couple of hours, because the manager told him to stop talking to uggos and black people. He quit on the spot. I’m glad I missed being a prep or following aughts trends, because eff that!
i’m hoping he reported that manager because W T F.
And THAT is exactly why they are not in business anymore 😭
Who was the manager referring to as “uggos”? I’ve never heard that word before
@@BirdWord03Ughos is slang for ugly… you can extrapolate from there. I guess he only wanted hot white teenagers in that particular Abercrombie. Gross right?
@@BirdWord03it's something girls used to say back in 2004~2010 ish
I couldn’t even go into that store. Too much perfume always gave me an instant headache
I used to cough just walking by it
That was me with half the stores in the mall: Abercrombie, Banana Republic, Hollister, the lower half of Macy’s plus a few others.
Same here. Instant headache, runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes, etc.
as a child walking past even the smell of cologne and perfume had me coughing. my mom ended up buying me the “kids version” of perfume and i got used to it.
Or too much stomach
I'm surprised we all don't have heart and star shaped cancer spots on our hips
Was it just made with make up?
@@londonn_27she made it with make up for to replicate when she used to put a sticker there before tanning to have a tan line!
@@sunshinexplayz ohhh that’s actually kind of cool and smart
My friends and I were the creepy little goth kids. We would go in Abercrombie with the intention to look like we were really shopping there to throw people off(not like it really caused issues, we werent menaces). It did make everyone look super conused though. 😅 So, i guess mission complete? Weird things we did as kids.
I was always confused as to why my friends and I had to go to Spencer's everytime we went to the mall even though we were preppy and would never buy anything
@@c457jajsudbe It was like being on the other side of the fence for a moment. Haha
That sounds fun AF. Sometimes I like to do the same going to ritzy places with my cowboy boots and gruff face.
Favorite Comment on here!❤
Tbf they had some good black basics
I worked at Abercrombie at 18 in 2007 and they were SO STRICT about what you wear and how you looked. They didn’t want you to wear anything with words on it and really they only wanted you to wear Abercrombie clothes every shift and they would give you a measly 25% discount as an employee. I didn’t have enough Abercrombie for every day of the week so I just tried to wear something that looked like it all the time. Eventually they just kept me in the back all the time sorting new shipments and spraying perfume on every item and I got sick of it so I just quit after about 2 months.
Same
I have a question…. did the managers and higher ups also have to be young and attractive?
@@berrybear04 in my opinion they were all beautiful people but managers looked like they were in their mid 20s to early 30s and all the other regular workers were younger.
Worked for them for a year in 2011. All FACTS 🤣
Honestly 25% is not bad, but not worth it for the conditions it sounds like 😂
I felt so honored when someone asked me if I wanted to be a “model” in the mall. Turns out model means Hollister employee lmfao 🤣
Someone asked me if I’m working hard while I was at the dollar store buying tampons… 😅
Used to spend every cent of my paycheck there in high school. Now the perfume alone would give me a massive migraine lol
I did this back in 2014 but with Hot Topic. I was 16 and always in there asking to be hired, finally they did hire me (seasonal)! I thought I was so cool 😂
*me a gen z kid who cannot relate at all but can’t stop watching these videos lol* 🫢
Edit- thanks for the likes!! ❤️🫶🏼
I'm early Gen Z so I lived through the 2000's but only as a child! I remember the older girls wearing these styles though!
Be being born after 2000 and still enjoying this-
For real tho lol
Same lol I’m only 17 and enjoy these videos for some reason
Right!
Omg this song brings memeories 😭☠️
i’ll never forget at this store called Akira my friends and I were shopping after cheer practice and the workers started dressing me up in different outfits, told me i had the legs for thigh high boots and offered me a job. fr was the ego boost of a lifetime.
Akira sounds like a badass shop name tho tbh. I never seen one tho. (Born in 2002 but went to malls a lot. Was lucky to have a Disney store and Sanrio store. We also had Hollister and Abercrombie with Pink and Victoria's Secret. We also had Earthbound back when they sold hermit crabs in there where you could pick them up and mess with them. So glad they became so much more concious and woke tf up and stopped doing that tho. I love my Earthbound skirt and tote. They sell cute stuff rn ngl. Shop their fall fashion. You might say ew I don't wanna dress like a 60s or 60s hippie weirdo but that will go out the window once you feel how soft and airy their material is. 100% cotton too last time I checked.)
@@notavailabe yeah Akira is only in the chicagoland area I guess lol, didn’t know that until i asked on out of state friend where she shops for homecoming. Also yes I will check that store out I love 60’s clothes tysm 🧡
@@notavailabeno one asked you for a life story lmao
@@jacknjenna girl it’s not that deep lol
Not only in Chicago anymore, we just got an akira store out in novi
Oh my god, the tanned heart. 🤦🏼♀️ I wish I hadn’t remembered that.
Not the tan line sticker 😭💀
Edit one: y’all are blowing up my phone😭😭
Man, I used to wear those bunny tattoos in the tanning beds in 1996. 😂 Now I try not to get anymore sun damage!
I have a confession to make and you are more than welcome to make fun of my stupid ass. So, I went to a local downtown shop with my grandmother and her best friend. This shop had the coolest die cut stickers and I got a lot of horror movie ones and whatnot. Then I noticed at the register they had these little stickers. Me never have touched nor seen a tanning bed in my life and being bathed in sunscreen as a little kid, asks the lady if I could have the playboy bunny sticker and asked if it was free. She said yes, holding back laughter but then informed me that it was for their tanning beds. I was like... "Oh..." She still let me keep it and I stuck it on my laptop with all my other stickers. 😭
I worked at Abercrombie from 2006 -2007. It did feel like an achievement getting the job
Doesn't work here but she folded this shirt so wellll
I used to try to get recruited at grocery stores. I would always do the self checkout or the ones that didn't have employee baggers and bag the groceries super fast and efficiently and in the proper order and think some manager was gonna come up behind me and be like omg you're so good im gonna hire you. 😅😅😅😅
Ahhh yes, I remember those days well, for Hollister. I stopped trying to look “recruitable” when I noticed most employees didn’t look like me 🤷🏾♀️.✨
I had to watch this one twice because I was busy jamming to Cascada.
Lmao that’s how I got my first job at Anchor Blue/Millers Outpost when I was 16😂 being a teenager working at the mall in 2006 was epic🙌🏻😄
Thank you for reminding me of my youth. ❤
I was recruited when I was like 18 in college. They had roles like models and stock room people. They choose who was which based on attractiveness. I was encouraged to wear crop tops and act shallow/cool when greeting customers. It was really dumb, cringe, and I was bored out of my mind.
I find it soo funny that so many ppl in the comments quit bc it was boring😭😭 it does sound insufferable though…
The way you awkwardly run away is so funny 😅
Haha same I was recruited since 15 or people would always ask me if i worked there. Finally when I turned 18 the age A&F hired you at, I went and worked there for about 5 years…my store manager is now on Real Housewives lol
Lmao which real housewives and which person was your manager? don't know why that's simultaneously hilarious, extremely weird, and oddly makes sense, in my mind. What 'humble beginnings' I guess 😂
No no, you forgot to wear the skirt thats shorter than a bottle cap😂
Have that exact bag
NOT THE FINGER SPACING 😭😭 that’s how I know you really worked retail
How does that work? I’ve never heard of finger spacing before?
The finger spacing had me rolling lol😂
I can’t with hipster jeans and little short top leaving belly button piercing showing off. ❤
I was asked to work for Abercrombie at 15 when I was shopping with my mom. I never wanted to work there, but I was so happy they asked! 🤣
That's me in the background at 0:27 seconds.
I got asked to be a model for Hollister at 15. I couldn't then but she said come back at 17. It was the best day for my 15 year old self lol.
Tbh i said "I work here i lost my unifrom. Can i have another one"?
Did it work 💀💀
i got "recruited" at both Hollister and Abercrombie when i was 17/18 and because im of asian ethnicity (born in the united states), they encouraged me to talk in a "tropical and exotic sounding accent" when talking to customers. i put up with it for a year and a half, and quit after that, once they told me that i couldnt tint my naturally pitch black hair, red. lmao.
theres a documentary out right now that explores the hiring process, creepiness, and scandals of these company's creator and ceo. yall should search it up.
that is soo crazy… how was all this allowed for so long
I remember wanting to dress like that so bad but was too poor and my mom got me a Hollister shirt for my birthday and when I wore it to school people kept saying I was trying to be a prep now and trying to be with the cool people so I never wore it again 😭😭 middle school is the devil
This video made me feel all the emotions.
Mt grandpa bought me the rectangle version of that purse for my birthday. Must have been around that year. Rest in peace, grandpa.
My 7th grade math teacher actually was a Abercrombie model before he became a teacher.
loll all the middle school girls probably had a crush on him😅
You and Jenna Barclay need to collab, I love your guy's videos 😭
The look is giving 2000s era Fergie
It's supposed to
You didn’t even have to spray any perfume in stores because they literally suffocated their customers with it. They sprayed all of their clothes with it in store too lol.
Explain the finger spacing to me please
Exactly im so confused why she was doing that at all, and why she wasn't allowed to
I was too poor to shop at stores like this but I'm glad to finally know what my classmates were talking about.
As someone who works in a store that wants us to finger space the hangers, I would never tell a customer to stop. Makes closing easier lol
Worst smelling perfume ever! Made me gag
Another factual masterpiece made by our queen!!! 💅🏼
This isn’t for Abercrombie or any clothing store but I was once approached by a literal modeling agency at a mall idling around in the food court. I think I remember being like 14, incredibly gangly (skinny) and shy. I look back at it and am incredibly grateful my mother said ‘no’ for me because what the hell??
Its the flip phone for me lol I use to love my Razor! They felt so good in your hands
my dream job then i started working at hollister at 16 and decided 7.25 an hour wasn’t enough to clock in to an environment that felt exactly like high school😂not worth it
THEY PAID 7.25??? alll those insane rules and restrictions for that measly pay?!
I got recruited at Hollister when I was 16. I worked there for like 3 months, and then quit to work at a restaurant. It was so awful lol. But I think I’m just not great with retail. The playlist of the same 12 songs playing over and over and over, no windows/low lighting so you never have any idea what time it is, constantly folding clothes and trying (and failing) to politely prevent people from shoplifting made me feel like I was going insane every shift. You can only hear the same remixed awful song so many times in a day before you start to just lose your mind lol. I also worked at Twin Peaks when I was 20 for a total of 2 weeks. Hated it.
I can't with all the coach bags in her videos😭
the way you folded that shirt so quickly i’m utterly impressed
Your videos are the best!
Hollister hired me when Abercrombie employees didn’t give me the time of day 😂
you are.. my hs nostalgia hero 😭😭 everything about you AND this.. just SCREAMS 2000s 😫😫❤️❤️ i fuckin love it 😎🤌🏼
Lmaoooo this took me back to my unsuccess 🤣🤣🤣🤣 glad to know I'm not alone
I worked at Arby’s at the time and the GM of Hollister pulled through the drive through, saw me and asked my manager if I wanted to be a model for Hollister but my manager shut him down! My manager gave me the number from him though but I never called for an interview and I’m glad I didn’t, because now I know it’s not a pleasant place to work for! That was 2005. In 2004 & 2006, I was also asked to work for Hollister while shopping there with my best friend, (both times), and it was super awkward because they were only interested in me and not my friend.
Cool pretty privilege power trip. Sick environment
One time I got recruited in a target but I've always looked way older than I am. I was 12 when it happened and I was like "I would but I'm only 12 right now"
lmao now target won’t hire no matter what
This song unlocked a core memory for me 😂
greeting the customers is hilarious 😭😭
The Abercrombie used to be the best for me, I used to steal my sisters shirts. But the “Abercrombie” of this generation is either Spencer’s or Hot Topic. But honestly everything she says i relate too as I have 2 older sisters who were def 2000s Abercrombie girls. 🤣
😂😂😂 I got recruited there at 16 and i switched to Hollister later on at 17/18
Chokes on perfume silently -
The nostalgia from this Cascade song 🥹
I remember when Hollister recruited me as a model. I never went back after the interview because of the physical restrictions that they put on their employees. It’s gross
The sticker "tattoo" from tanning really sold this for me.
Casacada's music just took me back to this time :') ✨
My friend and I went into an Abercrombie once to look around when we were 16. The two girls working there just stared us down and gave us dirty looks while they whispered to each other and laughed. I just bought a pair of shorts and we left. Never went back to that store again but hey at least I got a pair of cute shorts out of it 🤷♀️
I love to watch millennials from the late 80s and early 90s get nostalgia for their teen ages in the 2000s. 🔥
I got recruited at Abercrombie when I was 19. I was one of the oldest ones there and while the manager was absolutely wonderful, I’ve never worked with more airheads in my life since. ✌🏻
Idk why but this is a different kind of nostalgia. There's some we go oh yeah I remember that - and then there are ones like this where I'm like "no I didn't think anyone else did this" 😂😂😭
I never knew that getting asked to worked at Abercrombie was a big deal until recently, 40 year old me is kicking 18 year old me for not knowing that 😂 I didn't take the job but I did work at Hollister for 2 months.
Even as a teen, it felt weird going in there...as if I wasn't welcomed. I always avoided it.
Did you do the sign of the cross with Abercrombie perfume lnaooo
The heart spray tan thing killed me!
The heart on her hip! Is SOOO accurate I ordered mine off Amazon and used them in the tanning beds 😂😂😂😂
What is finger space
When you space the clothing hangers a finger width apart
@@ProfessorSassypants why do people do that tho
@@anaccountimadesoicanwatchyt when people are looking at clothes, they tend to shove all of them to one side of the rack just so they can see a piece of clothing. so apparel associates usually finger space in order to get the racks looking uniform and neat again. it’s easier than guessing how much space you need between each hanger
I don't get the finger spacing the hangers thing
Memory unlocked of having the cellphone closed inside-outside of the pocket like that 😂😭
Bruh I've watched this multiple times just trying to see how she folded that shirt so I can do it to my own laundry 😂😂
😂😂😂 those were the days.. and the tanning tattoo stickers that included a playboy bunny 😂😂
What is finger spacing the hangers?
i was looking for this comment
The hair bump is so accurate back then
I remember one of my guy friends got recruited to work at Abercrombie 2012 ish and he posted about it sooo proudly 😂
Lmfaoooo I literally got recruited to work at Hollister after going in there with one of my friends for the FIRST time🥴🤣
did ur friend also get recruited or just u?😅
@@berrybear04 nah, it was just me hahaa 😫😂
Did u end up getting the job?! 😂
I want that blue sweater, it’s so cuteee
The F me streaks in the hair is a nice attention to detail. 👍
I am a 35 yo Millennial who never even knew A&F “recruited” because I would not have been caught dead at one when I was 16. lol I was the pseudo goth/punk kid who only went to the mall to hang out at Hot Topic, FYE, or Barnes & Noble. 😂
Not her balling up the shirt 😂
I'm old enough that these stores were too "young" for me, so I never shopped at them. Except the one time a friend wanted to go into A & F for some reason and I almost choked from the smell. Needless to say, I felt ancient being in there and not even shopping for a kid that I didn't have.
I worked there. You didn’t miss anything lol
i was recruited to hollister in 2005.. standing in that dark ass loud mf store at their computer applying and the group interview lmfao dont even get me started.. i ended up accepting a job at the Limited