Ours is the same way. I have a lot of people that I work with that I enjoy working with but the great majority of us would be out of there in a heartbeat if we could find something else.
I wonder how many people who say "if I could find something else" are even really looking?
I hear tons people at my store say "I'm going quit when I do X".... and then I always ask them what they have done towards doing X? And 99.9% of the time the response is always "nothing" or some (usually lame) excuse why not.
I am too old to care anymore, so I smile and go to work. But these young people I work with? The mental gymnastics they are playing with themselves is just sad.
One young guy at work dropped out of school. He is always walking around saying that he is going to go to school to get his GED soon. Actually, he just told me that again last night.... that he will be going to school to get it "soon".... well, he told me that months ago.... and from what I hear from other TMs, he has been telling everyone that for the past 4 years.
Then we have another that constantly goes around complaining that no one ever calls her for an interview. I asked her how many jobs she applied for in the last year and she says "2".... really? That's the extent of the effort of your job search over an entire year, and you are complaining no one will call you?
The list goes on.
On the opposite side, I have seen countless TMs in my years go to college, graduate, and get the hell out. These TMs were motivated, competent, didn't make excuses, and didn't quit trying. And don't say these TMs were setup in life by parents or something, because most of them weren't. Lots of them lived on their own, some got kicked out of home, and had many other problems in life. But at the same time, they didn't drink, do drugs, hang out with idiots that got them in trouble, or make any other stupid moves in life that I see lots of TMs do.
The fact is, if you are not going to put in the effort, make excuses, or not be willing to help yourself, then you will never get out of retail.
This is not directed at lovecats, but is a general message to the people who make excuses for why they can't get out of retail.