GDubsMan

I provided anonymized proof to the team and was approved. I'll follow this up with you.

Best parts:

Lots of freedom and discretion as a manager.

Building a relationship and community with loyal customers.
Having a job that is also a hobby.

Nice business culture.

Getting bonuses, even ones that reflect the company's performance and are unrelated to your store performance.

Worst parts:

Smelly customers.
Sales targets.
The online store sucking sales from said sales figures, even though my helping them in store led them to that purchase.

Working conditions and benefits that are usually above the minimum legal standard and far above other comparable sales jobs but often below those of other employers.

All hobbies are expensive. Especially the entry requirements are expensive. For Warhammer, that's the paints, tools, glue and your first kit. For Gaming, that's a computer rig or console, and then blockbuster games aren't cheap.

There's also a lot of hidden costs to making models. People often only think of the material, but the molds alone cost tens of thousands. Then there's labor costs. The design team needs paying, the production team, distribution, sales. It all adds up.

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So GW products are expensive but they're also high quality. The costs add up. I would love to see some more entry level products, and we have seen that in recent years as you can see in the smaller, cheaper products in the "Getting Started" section.

I've never seen that happen but I have seen people pack up and storm off. Anyone doing what you described would obviously be an immediate ban.

It really depends on the person. Some can be annoying, of course, but the majority of our customers tend to be men between 20-40. So I'm always very happy when we have younger customers in.