When I lived in an apartment I always knew someone who worked at Wal-Mart or Woolco or some similar large retail place. Came in handy a few times.
Kind of odd to think about it - it's like my circle of friends all moved on from low-end retail at the same time I moved on from renting. Birds of a feather...
I also know no one who works at Burger King anymore, and that's the only way to get their food any good.