The funniest retail jobs jokes, ranked.
3 comedians, one topic. Quoted from the source, funniest first by our laugh score: surprise of the turn (40), economy (30) and specificity (30).
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84Rodney Dangerfield It's Not Easy Bein' Me (book), 2004 · on Retail jobs
“I was an ugly kid. I worked in a pet store. People kept asking how big I get.”
A perfect Rodney misdirect: the customers think he's the stock.
- 2
74Bill Bailey Is It Bill Bailey?, 1998 · on Retail jobs
“Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.”
A tight sales-job pun with a built-in image.
- 3AH66
Alex Horne Edinburgh Fringe set, 2013 · on Retail jobs
“I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was sole-destroying.”
Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2013 – runner-up (No. 2)A neat pun about retail misery; you can see it coming.
The Guardian: Dave's funniest jokes of the Edinburgh fringe 2013, in pictures ↗All Retail jobs jokes →