Don't Listen to the Reps!

I hate it when my boss listens to the vendor reps. They tell her certain products are selling well in other stores, so when they don't sell in our store, she freaks out. It drives me crazy! I always want to ask if the other stores are comparable to ours.

For instance, if another store only sells tea kettles from the rep's company, they'll probably sell well. But if we sell tea kettles from five different vendors, then we probably won't sell as many from the rep's company.

Peanuts

A woman wanted me to box up a fragile item so she could take it home on a plane. She asked me to pack it full of paper to keep it safe. Realizing it would take a lot of tissue paper to fill up the box, I asked her, "How do you feel about peanuts?"

Now, what I meant was, "Is it ok if I use packing peanuts instead of paper?" Unfortunately, the way I worded the sentence sounded like a non sequitur to her, and I suspect she thought I was asking her if she liked the legume!

Once I explained what I meant, she was happy to have me use packing peanuts in her box.

Four Hours

I managed to work four hours today. That's a whole hour more than I managed in the entirety of last week!

Maybe by Sunday I'll be well enough to work a full eight hours. Cross your fingers!

Ouch!

I think the store was trying to kill me on Monday. First, as I was reaching for a new roll of register tape, a shelf leaped out and whacked me in the forehead. Later, as I was hanging up some product in the back room, an item that I had just hung up fell down and bonked my head.

Luckily, Monday is my "Friday", so I had two days to hide from the store. Hopefully by tomorrow it will have forgotten its vendetta!

Why Do You Care What I Think? (Take 3)

customer: You have so many cool things! What's the coolest?

me: Oh, everybody has their own favorite.

customer: Well, what's your favorite?

me: My current favorite is _________.

customer: .... oh ....

Hide and Seek

I just love it when customers play "hide and seek" with me. And by "love", I mean "hate".

Here's how it's played: A customer crouches behind a display or stands behind a spinner, then they mumble something that sounds like "Mfth" or "Mamn", and then they get cranky because you didn't come help them.

It's so much fun!