You know sometimes in my off-and-on 20 years in retail, I have at times questioned the hiring of certain individuals. I don’t think I have ever questioned it more than a current co-worker who has had three months total retail experience after driving truck for how many years he did that. Two TOTALLY different worlds [...]
Wednesday nights have been really strange at work as of late. This past Wednesday was no different. A female customer (who sorry to say looked as if she was a few Aces short of a full deck) asked me if we carried fresh cranberries. Legitimate question. I politely explained that we did not. After I [...]
Excitement abounded the last few days in Etown. Last night, I got the happy privilege of calling the boys in blue following an accident in the parking lot of the store. No injuries, thankfully. From what we could determine, once again, a young woman had been talking on (guess what) her cell phone and backed [...]
We have recently become even more technologically advanced at work. We have just installed check readers. Instead of needing to completely fill out the check, all the customer has to do is sign their name. The check is then run through the reader for approval. NOW comes the drawback: each time the customer uses the [...]
And nowhere was that more apparent then at work today. When I arrived, the indoor had it’s usual mind of it’s own during blustery days. So, I locked it much to the chagrin of customers who still tried to push it open without heeding the “Please Use Other Door” sign. People actually thought we were [...]
Unless of course you are reading from some part of the world which is still living in October 31st. My holiday was EXCELLENT even with the working part. Friday, I got into my vampire costume complete with double-layered cape, full facial makeup, tuxedo, the whole nine yards. I even got to frighten my young nieces. [...]
a woman and her four kids come into the store and use the ELEVEN W.I.C. vouchers she started the month off with at once. Ordinarily, you would expect people to come in and use the last one or two coupons they have at the end but to use all of them at once. Apparently, the [...]
My Labor Day Weekend beginning Saturday afternoon was full of labor (at least the first two days of it). Overnight Saturday into the wee hours of Sunday, a group from our sister store across the state line came and stripped and polished our floors… not a job I would be first in line to accept. [...]
Apparently, there was some type of gremlin caught up in the works of our happy little site but I see that it has been irradicated. The past two has has been a relatively busy one in our small little neck of the woods. Friday and Saturday was our town wide garage sale in which over [...]
As with last year, I had to work on Independence Day. I usually flip-flop Fridays and Saturdays with a co-worker. This was SUPPOSED to be my Saturday off so I did not feel the need to ask for it off. Sure enough, I was informed that I was going to be closing. Funny thing is, [...]