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  • After two and a half weeks....

    the small-town clearance swamp store I've been helping set up opened its doors to the public today.

    Looked pretty damn good if I say so myself. A few small things needed to be done yet, particularly some pieces of furniture needed to be built as displays, but me and another guy banged out a lot of those today.

    Lot of people in the store. Then again there were a few people getting in and trying to shop (we left the entrance doors open at all times, as this was the only way for anybody to get in the building.) As I was leaving for the day a woman commented to me "Pretty nice store, dontcha think?" I told her "I hope so; I've been helping set it up!"

    One thing that I know is going to be a problem: the ad circular sent to the people in this town is the same one that goes out for all the big, full-assortment clearance swamp stores. Meaning there are several products in the circular that the small-town store will not have. It would be nice if these items had a disclaimer reading "Not available at the small-town stores" or some such, but all they do is put a note in the mouse type at the end of the circular that nobody reads anyway. I just advised people to call the store to see if they had a particular item in the future.

    Grand opening is Friday. That's also my last day there. I'll miss that place, but I miss my co-workers back at the swamp, and I won't miss the driving half an hour every day down and back.
    Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

    "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

  • #2
    You miss Moon Unit....?

    Poor Irv, you're homesick!!

    We miss you, too!!!

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    • #3
      Well....yeah, kinda. The crazy in my life has dropped to dangerously low levels.
      Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

      "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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      • #4
        Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
        Well....yeah, kinda. The crazy in my life has dropped to dangerously low levels.
        Life's not worth living unless you're up to ears in alligators¹, eh?








        ¹Occasionally!
        I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
        Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
        Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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        • #5
          It all ends tomorrow with the grand opening. Ribbon cutting slated for 8:45(not long after I get there). Door prizes. Refreshments. Big crowd expected and a lot of support help coming in from other stores, including my own.

          I'll miss the people I've gotten to work with but I'm anxious to get back to my own store as well.

          One of my projects today was to spray paint some homemade crowd control pylons the manager of the store (and my former manager at the swamp) made. PVC pipe sunk into cinder block halves with concrete and then painted white by me. No, I did not catch a buzz off the fumes. It was too windy for that anyway.
          Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

          "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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          • #6
            And now it's all over. I was a bit sad to leave my adopted team behind and they the same. But they're a great group of people. They listened, took direction, and asked questions. They will do very well.

            I got to see how this company does grand openings. They had the ribbon cutting, then they had all us workers form two lines on either side of the entrance and clap as the doors were opened and people streamed (orderly) inside.

            There was a pretty big line of people waiting to get in this morning. Like a miniature Black Friday.

            Lunch today was provided by a BBQ/pizza joint not far away from the store. It was largely responsible for me not being as productive as usual this afternoon. It was groin-grabbingly good. They sure know how to pull pork. You folks down south may be peeing your pants with laughter, but I thought it was really good.

            Oh, and here's something that may be a commentary on small-town folks or not: No SCs of any kind during this opening week at all. There was one woman the first day who I could tell was getting irritated because there was an item in her ad flier that this store doesn't carry, but she still thanked me and seemed to understand when I told her not every item in the flier would be carried in this store.

            So it's back to the swamp Monday, and we all know what next week will bring. Out of the frying pan; into Hell.
            Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

            "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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            • #7
              I hope Hell is kind to you
              "I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"

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              • #8
                Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
                . It was groin-grabbingly good. They sure know how to pull pork.
                Paging dalesys...you are needed back in Irv's thread, stat..Paging dalesys...

                "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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                • #9
                  Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
                  They sure know how to pull pork.
                  So you got you some down-home Georgia cookin'? Macon bakin'?
                  I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
                  Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
                  Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth dalesys View Post
                    Macon bakin'?
                    *wonders if dale is aware that there is, in fact, a town county in Gaw-ja named Bacon. Whether it's a 'sister' region to Macon, I dunno*
                    "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                    "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                    "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                    "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                    "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                    "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                    Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                    "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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