August 06, 2013
Look, Here's The Story.
Over at the Duck U Bookstore, the Run To Rush has truly begun in earnest. While classes actually begin on August 21st, next week is when, historically, we take the next step in sales traffic. Right now, we're doing... oh, let's call it X in sales per day. Next week, we'll be doing 2X, maybe 3X. Rush Week itself, though, will see us doing 6X for a couple of days, 5X the rest. That's busy enough when you've got a full staff, but I don't.
My boss was in the store on Monday, and as always, he asked "what can I do for you?" My reply was simple: give me an experienced employee for a couple of weeks. Doesn't even have to be a new assistant manager, just someone I can have cover the sales floor while I do admin stuff. Unfortunately, pretty much every other store in our region starts classes within a week of me, meaning they'll be at least as busy as me, and loathe to release a trained staffer as well.
Which leaves me doing two jobs, though as the manager, it's all really my job. Anyway, I've got to cover the floor, unpack boxes, put incoming stock on the shelves, customer service, all that sort of thing... which I love, don't get me wrong. But at the same time, I've got to do paperwork, reorders, receiving, keeping the Home Office happy and the vendors paid... and only so much of it can be done after the store is closed.
As I'm hopping around like a frog with its head cut off all day, by the time I get home, a lot of what I want to do doesn't involve the computer. It does involve having a meal, watching the TV, and sleeping... and if I ever get that stupid graphics card back from EVGA, playing video games. ANYTHING to keep my mind off work.
So what I'm saying is that I'm going to be a little quiet here for a while. I'll probably post a random anime picture every day, or every other day, or something, so there'll still be content (or content-like substance), it just won't be the deep, probing, intelligent, thoughtful, erudite material you've grown used to from The Pond.
Like that.
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My boss was in the store on Monday, and as always, he asked "what can I do for you?" My reply was simple: give me an experienced employee for a couple of weeks. Doesn't even have to be a new assistant manager, just someone I can have cover the sales floor while I do admin stuff. Unfortunately, pretty much every other store in our region starts classes within a week of me, meaning they'll be at least as busy as me, and loathe to release a trained staffer as well.
Which leaves me doing two jobs, though as the manager, it's all really my job. Anyway, I've got to cover the floor, unpack boxes, put incoming stock on the shelves, customer service, all that sort of thing... which I love, don't get me wrong. But at the same time, I've got to do paperwork, reorders, receiving, keeping the Home Office happy and the vendors paid... and only so much of it can be done after the store is closed.
As I'm hopping around like a frog with its head cut off all day, by the time I get home, a lot of what I want to do doesn't involve the computer. It does involve having a meal, watching the TV, and sleeping... and if I ever get that stupid graphics card back from EVGA, playing video games. ANYTHING to keep my mind off work.
So what I'm saying is that I'm going to be a little quiet here for a while. I'll probably post a random anime picture every day, or every other day, or something, so there'll still be content (or content-like substance), it just won't be the deep, probing, intelligent, thoughtful, erudite material you've grown used to from The Pond.
Like that.
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At least Spa is a couple of weeks away.
Posted by: jon spencer at August 07, 2013 07:22 AM (RtbUg)
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A week previously
Mr. WONDERDUCK: Please pass on to the boss, I need more men...
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: Perhaps you can tell it to him yourself
Mr. WONDERDUCK: The boss is coming here, to Duck U....?
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: That's right, and he's most displeased about your apparent lack of readiness!
Mr. WONDERDUCK: We shall re-double our efforts! Tell the boss that the store will be ready as planned!
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: I hope so -- for your sake. The boss is not as forgiving as I am.
My boss was in the store on Monday
A week previously
Mr. WONDERDUCK: Please pass on to the boss, I need more men...
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: Perhaps you can tell it to him yourself
Mr. WONDERDUCK: The boss is coming here, to Duck U....?
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: That's right, and he's most displeased about your apparent lack of readiness!
Mr. WONDERDUCK: We shall re-double our efforts! Tell the boss that the store will be ready as planned!
REGIONAL SUPERVISOR: I hope so -- for your sake. The boss is not as forgiving as I am.
Posted by: Pete at August 07, 2013 03:30 PM (RqRa5)
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The "regional supervisor" is my boss, but your point remains.
Posted by: Wonderduck at August 07, 2013 06:35 PM (vgfzZ)
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When I worked retail in college (Software, Etc.), our regional manager would "help out"* whenever we were short-handed.
*He would ask us what needed to be done, ignore what we said, help one customer (female, cute) then remember a call he had to make/take and wander into the back room for a few hours.
*He would ask us what needed to be done, ignore what we said, help one customer (female, cute) then remember a call he had to make/take and wander into the back room for a few hours.
Posted by: Ben at August 07, 2013 07:48 PM (/Mdmg)
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