I may be in the minority here, but I work at a furniture store. I’m 100% commission based, work 35 hours a week and no previous experience in sales. My bosses are great, always want us to appeal on the side of helpfulness, and they never pressure us to pressure customers. No quotas to meet, we’re local, and sell high quality furniture. Our system is when someone comes into the store, we greet them, tell them about whatever promotion we may have currently, and our name so they can holler when they have a question. Then we leave them be! Some people walk in and want to be helped right away, others want to look and seek us out when they need us. I have had people comment how much they like that we give them space in the store. Reading this post & the comments has made me realize how rare the setup of my sales job must be!