Since yesterday was “Dressing Jewish” today must be “Bitching about Jewish Shoppers.” After spending the whole day looking for something to write about I finally settled on taking my inspiration from a very boring article I found at Jewilicious just because I was bitter about the job I left last week and tired of looking for something good to write about all day.

Since April, I’ve worked in American Apparel in Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv but happily quit last week. You wouldn’t believe how many Israelis just can’t get enough of the expensive, simple socialist clothes AA sells.

We have regulars, lots of them, who come in every week on the day that we get our new shipment and ask, “something NEW, I already own everything here…”

I think on the inside: Was it really necessary to tell me that you own everything here?! What do I look like your shrink or something? And come on, I would give anything not to have to wear these clothes and act like a hipster every day. Like OMG, get a life OUTSIDE of Dizengoff Center.

Another great moment is when Israelis come in and ask for the “American T-shirt,” which is actually a baseball shirt. I just get to laugh (on the inside) and take my Israeli liberty to be rude by saying that all of the T-shirts are American. If your are looking for the baseball shirts they are located right …. blah blah blah.

But honestly, the best part is when the Americans come in, try on everything in the store, get to the register and then realize that it costs more to buy the clothes in Israel. Even after we explain how much it costs to ship something from LA and pay import taxes they still proceed to dump their clothes clothes and say they will buy it when they return to the US next week. Come on’ what are you doing in AA in Israel anyways. You’re a tourist for god’s sake–find something Israeli to bring home at least.

Anyhow, retail sucks from America to Israel. No doubt about it. Even more pathetic than the shopaholics are the poor suckers like me who have to babysit nervous consumers and make sure that they don’t have nervous break downs when they can’t find the size 2 Orchid colored boxer briefs to complete their collection.

As for AA the company, I thought they were an ok company because they pay their factory workers almost $13 an hour and the owner and founder is Jewish . However, after working for $5 for them in Tel Aviv and having to stare at their overy sexy and very sexist (it’s always the women who are nude) advertisements I’ve decided to file them in the companies that suck file instead.

Good thinking, now that I’ve quit I have a list of plenty of reasons why not to ever go back again.