Monday night a crippling blizzard took aim at my local area. One by one my employees began calling out because they couldn't see their driveway let alone their cars. All thirteen of my employees called out except for one who refused to leave me alone in the store where I would surely be until the storm past and the travel ban was lifted. For the next 36 hours my hourly associate and I ran the store--together--as a team.
I have to commend him, thank him, and give him an extreme amount of credit for helping me keep my store open, ringing sales, and pumping fuel. I am certain that without him and his contributions....I would have collapsed from sheer exhaustion before noon time on Tuesday. We tag teamed shoveling, stocking, food prep, coffee making, floor mopping, bathroom cleaning, cigarette counting, register ringing, fronting/facing, and every other aspect of store operations. We even took turns sleeping in the backroom on an air mattress that I brought from home.
There is no doubt that everyone in my area will have a story to tell about this storm--in total, we got 38 inches of snow, had sustained winds of 30mph with gusts up to 65mph. Years from now when people tell their story of where they were when the blizzard of 2015 hit, my tale will include the 36 hours that my employee and I worked together when no one else dared to travel the highways and byways of central Massachusetts. So, Javier--as you sleep off the toll that 36 hours of work took on your mind and body...THANK YOU!! I owe you beyond what words can express.
I have to commend him, thank him, and give him an extreme amount of credit for helping me keep my store open, ringing sales, and pumping fuel. I am certain that without him and his contributions....I would have collapsed from sheer exhaustion before noon time on Tuesday. We tag teamed shoveling, stocking, food prep, coffee making, floor mopping, bathroom cleaning, cigarette counting, register ringing, fronting/facing, and every other aspect of store operations. We even took turns sleeping in the backroom on an air mattress that I brought from home.
There is no doubt that everyone in my area will have a story to tell about this storm--in total, we got 38 inches of snow, had sustained winds of 30mph with gusts up to 65mph. Years from now when people tell their story of where they were when the blizzard of 2015 hit, my tale will include the 36 hours that my employee and I worked together when no one else dared to travel the highways and byways of central Massachusetts. So, Javier--as you sleep off the toll that 36 hours of work took on your mind and body...THANK YOU!! I owe you beyond what words can express.
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