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'I like it when people leave happy,' explains Tyler Reid, who works at the Wildlife Thrift Store in downtown Vancouver, where proceeds from the sale of used goods go to the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia. Unlike a traditional 9-to-5 job, the hours are flexible and Mr. Reid does a bit of everything: picking up donations, pricing, moving furniture and selling goods. The store once allowed haggling, but as it tries to expand the business it is moving away from the flea market mentality, 'There is leeway and we judge it person to person. ... But we're a thrift store, so we want, you know, people to come in and if it says five, to pay five.' Though he admits there can be downfalls to working in retail, he says the positives outweigh the negatives. 'There [are] so many good things about this job and about the way this business is run.'