Storeman is the common name in the retail world for the laziest person in the store. Known to appear to be doing something when in fact not actually achieving much or
anything at all.
Frequent activities include: Leaning, Playing on computers, riding on
pallet jacks, and reading newspapers.
Fred: Hey is that dude your boss? He's doing
zilch.
Andrew: Nah, he's the
storeman.
James: Do we have anyone running the backdock?
Jim: Not really, unless you include the storeman.
*bell rings for 5 minutes*
Fred: Where is the storeman?
Peter: I'll check.
Peter: He's
out the back, but he says he's busy reading newspapers.
