i want to be a journalist but instead i sell washers at sears.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892 and 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Evansville, Indiana. The company was bought by the management of the American big box chain Kmart in 2005, the Kmart management formed Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger. In terms of domestic revenue, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until October 1989, when Walmart surpassed the record. As of 2017, Sears is the 23rd largest retailer in the United States overall. Sears had divisions in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, but were sold as well as several other subsidiaries within its brand. Richard Warren Sears came from a wealthy family, but lost it all in speculation. Sears then started working as a railroad station agent in North Redwood, Minnesota, as well as in Minneapolis. While in Redwood, a jeweler received an impressive shipment of watches which were unwanted.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "i like to write"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you?  I'm interested in ancient '90s strip-mall stores, like Sears.  Even though Sears was founded in 1892, it reminds me of the '90s."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i work at sears"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "How do you like it?  Do you happen to work at one in Indiana?  The first Sears store ever built was in Evansville, Indiana.  I'm sure it was quite the affair at the time."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i sell washer"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wasn't Sears bought by Kmart?  I think in 2005...  How did you feel about the merger?  Were you with the company at the time?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "i was"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They bought Sears for $11 BILLION... can you imagine?  I just think of Sears as the place my mom used to buy tires from."}, {"role": "user", "content": "wow thats a lot of money"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I mean, I suppose it makes sense.  Sears was the biggest retail chain in the US until 1989.  So it must have been pretty valuable, still, if you account for real estate, inventory, and all that."}]