Merchandise Replenisher Wanted

By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever

I know that every employer wants to make his job sound important, and I truly believe that every employee deserves respect for whatever job he does; however, I find new titles for old jobs to be very amusing.

A national chain store is advertising for a “merchandise replenisher” position for early Friday and Saturday early mornings.

In other words, they wanted to hire a part-time stocker but didn’t want to say so.

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