History YMMV / Retail

*** Val ''does,'' however, realise that she might have been out of order [[http://retailcomic.com/comics/november-21-2012/ further down the line]] and Marla is quick to agree.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on their sides, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was, especially when he is on the receiving end of Stuart's idiotic policy.

** In August 2016, there was a storyline where Marla missed a company meeting because her car broke down. Stuart believe she was lying, while Brice gave her the benefit of the doubt. Turns out [[spoiler: that Stuart was right, and Marla did skip the meeting because she's become that jaded about her professional life. Many readers were upset because it was so uncharacteristic of Marla, and that Stuart's jerkass attitude was actually justified for a change.]]

*** Val ''does'' however realise that she might have been out of order [[http://retailcomic.com/comics/november-21-2012/ further down the line]] and Marla is quick to agree.
* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on their sides, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was, especially when he is in the receiving end of Stuart's idiotic policy.

** Readers were also opposed to the storyline where Scott is intending to propose to Marla because Val blamed Cooper for the rest of the Grumbel's staff finding out before Marla did, and for Marla assuming that the real rumour was that Stuart was quitting and she was going to get his job. ''This was entirely Val's fault''. Cooper told her about the engagement, and she was the one who told everyone else. She was also the one who made up the lie about Stuart, despite knowing that Marla has wanted the manager's position for ''years''.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on every employees' sides, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was, especially when he is in the receiving end of Stuart's idiotic policy.

** Val ''does'' however realise that she might have been out of order [[http://retailcomic.com/comics/november-21-2012/ further down the line]] and Marla is quick to agree.

** A storyline dealt with Val finally admitting to her father that she's been lying about being a professional writer and that she really works at Grumbel's. She tells Cooper that she's going to tell her father over dinner that night, and oh by the way, Cooper ''has'' to be there for back-up, despite the fact he's never met her father before. When Cooper expresses concern that maybe it wouldn't help matters if he was there, Val gets all passive aggressive on him and walks out. Readers were outraged by her attitude, especially since she gave Cooper literally ''no warning'' that they were having dinner with her father that very night, and were even more put out when Val was never called out on how badly she had acted. Granted it was sweet when Cooper ''did'' show up, but readers felt Val had still been out of order.

** A storyline dealt with Val finally admitting to her father that she's been lying about being a professional writer and that she really works at Grumbel's. She tells Cooper that she's going to tell her father over dinner that night, and oh by the way, Cooper ''has'' to be there for back-up, despite the fact he's never met her father before. When Cooper expresses concern that maybe it wouldn't help matters if he was there, Val gets all passive aggressive on him and walks out. Readers were outraged by her attitude, especially since she gave Cooper literally ''no warning'' that they were having dinner with her father that very night, and were even more put out when Val was never called out on how badly she had acted.

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* InternetBackdraft: In August 2016, there was a storyline where Marla missed a company meeting because her car broke down. Stuart believe she was lying, while Brice gave her the benefit of the doubt. Turns out [[spoiler: that Stuart was right, and Marla did skip the meeting because she's become that jaded about her professional life. Many readers were upset because it was so uncharacteristic of Marla, and that Stuart's jerkass attitude was actually justified for a change.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: While he's usually a jerkass, Stuart congratulates Marla on both her wedding and pregnancy, and even gives her $100 as a gift for the former.
** Cooper working 70 hour weeks just to be able to afford to take Val to New York to see a musical on Broadway. Made all the sweeter by the fact that poor Cooper isn't well off at all.
** Marla and Scott making up after an argument about getting married. The arc leading up to the reconciliation also contained a bonus heart warmer in the form of Cooper taking it upon himself to talk to Scott about the situation, noting that Marla is "like my big sister."

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: One storyline had Grumbel's being forced to layoff employees due to massive budget cuts. Stuart, of course, planned on using this as an excuse to get rid of Cooper (even telling him to "[[{{Jerkass}} don't let the door hit your rear on the way out]]" when he gave him the pink slip). What happened next is that Lunker flipped out and pretty much ''threatened'' Stuart into letting Cooper keep the job by splitting the hours. Stuart, scared shitless, agreed and immediately ran out. Lunker is probably the only employee at Grumbel's who has ever intimidated Stuart, but then again, Lunker's a huge, super-strong guy.
** Lunker has an off screen moment of awesome when faced with someone who was trying to rob the gas station he and Cooper were working at. The guy had a knife, yet ended up in hospital with broken ribs.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on every employees' sides, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was, especially when he is in the receiving end of Stuart's idiotic polict.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on every employees' sides, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, tends to micromanage everyone and be a thorn on every employee's side, but he is portrayed more sympathetically than Josh ever was.

* JerkassWoobie: Marla's new assistant, Brice Tanner, can come off as this sometimes.

* InternetBackdraft: In August 2016, there was a storyline where Marla missed a company meeting because her car broke down. Stuart believe she was lying, while Brice gave her the benefit of the doubt. Turns out [[spoiler: that Stuart was right, and Marla did skip the meeting because she's become that jaded. Many readers were upset because it was so uncharacteristic of Marla, but that Stuart's jerkass attitude was actually justified for a change.]]

** Marla and Scott making up after an argument about getting married. The arc leading up to the reconciliation also contained a bonus heartwarmer in the form of Cooper taking it upon himself to talk to Scott about the situation, noting that Marla is "like my big sister."

* JerkassWoobie: Some readers consider Brice Tanner, Marla's new assistant, to be this.

* JerkassWoobie: Some readers felt that Brice Tanner, Marla's new assistant, to be this.

** As of late 2013, this trend has diminished somewhat, with Cooper's promotion to stockroom supervisor and the introduction of the Delman's managers, the sympathetic Greg and the manipulative backstabber, Mina.

** Marla and Scott making up after an argument about getting married.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: One storyline had Grumbel's being forced to layoff employees due to massive budget cuts. Stuart, of course, planned on using this as an excuse to get rid of Cooper (even telling him to "[[JerkAss don't let the door hit your rear on the way out]]" when he gave him the pink slip). What happened next is that Lunker flipped out and pretty much ''threatened'' Stuart into letting Cooper keep the job by splitting the hours. Stuart, scared shitless, agreed and immediately ran out. Lunker is probably the only employee at Grumbel's who has ever intimidated Stuart, but then again, Lunker's a huge, super-strong guy.
** Lunker has an off screen moment of awesome when faced with someone who was trying to rob the gas station he and Cooper were working at. The guy had a knife, yet ended up in hospital with broken ribs.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: While he's usually a jerkass, Stuart congratulates Marla on both her wedding and pregnancy, and even gives her $100 as a gift for the former.

* BetterThanItSounds: A comic about retail workers doing their jobs.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The health care plotline in 2008 depicted the fate of most US service workers by showing Cooper facing medical bankruptcy after a hospital trip due to the fact that most retail workers (as part-timers) do not qualify for and cannot afford health insurance.