The vast majority of customers come into my store on a mission to complete a project. A lot of these folks are excited by their tasks and it’s quite inspiring! It makes me wish I had more home improvement projects of my own to work on. I was even tempted the other day to buy […]
“Do you sell can crushers?” “Where are the GFI switches?” “Excuse me,” the smiling middle-aged woman asked me right after I had dispatched a customer towards a product that I only had a vague idea where it was, “do you have those little pieces that go behind a lighted vanity that make the screws fit […]
I don’t know why I was feeling so overwrought and nervous. It was just an orientation. It’s not like I was really starting real work yet. Heck, I wasn’t even reporting to what is going to be my regular store. For efficiency’s sake, they combine several stores’ new employees and have them meet at one […]
Wow. It’s 9 PM and it isn’t even really “dusk” yet outside. What a wonderful day. If a day is going to be the longest one of the whole year, it should be a good one. Today definitely was a good one. Let me tell you about it… It started out so organized. See, knowing […]
