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  • #31
    He's doing pretty good.. he's trying to transfer stores to one that is nearer to him and he still works for UPS. I need to give him and his wife some shirts I got them while I was up in Maine.

    I did see him a couple weekends ago and he updated me on what's going on with my ex. Let's just say.. i'm glad it (my ex and I) ended when it did. I'm gonna try and get him back on the site as I'm pretty sure he will be able to explain it better than I would.

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    • #32
      Good to hear it. I remember him from when I started here.

      Rapscallion

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      • #33
        Here's a few from my dream store:
        • There would always be enough cashiers. None of this business where we have to call people off the floor to run registers if the lines back up too much. If it becomes slow, the extra cashiers can always be sent to the floor to straighten.
        • Furniture displays would be secured to the floor or to the wall so that people couldn't take them down and move them all around. This may seem horribly customer-unfriendly, but I have a reason for this: Displays get damaged when people are moving them around. Items with damaged displays do not sell. Then we have to have somebody waste part or all of their day assembling new displays. If customers want to try something out before they buy, they'll have to call over an employee to unsecure it and then secure it again when the customer is done.
        • Mattresses, if we sold them, would be available for people to try before they buy. I understand there are some items that you really have to test out before you buy them.
        • For displays of laptop computers, I'd do like some stores do with the interactive video game displays and put the screen behind a glass partition but have the keyboard out for people to use. The screen of one of my store's display laptops is totally fucked so I again imagine that particular model will not sell


        Oh well, I can dream, can't I?
        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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        • #34
          My dream is to open a computer repair/retail shop, where I can fart around all day playing and talking games with the customers. We would only stock decent brands, and would offer discounts to good customers (people who buy a lot and don't cause trouble). My staff would all be "managers", so when someone asks for one, they could simply say that they are the manager. In the case of SC's, we would have a prominently displayed plaque saying that we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, so that the person dealing with said SC could just point to the sign and tell the SC to leave. We would custom build anything you want (within reason), from the inexpensive "my first gaming rig" to the true monsters. I would have a small metal shop in the back where i can make true custom cases, which i would then display and only sell to those who are deserving (like the samurai swords in Kill Bill). I would sell only PC games, and would have everything from the most obscure stuff to the most popular. I would also have a couple of PC's running that can handle said games so that people can try before they buy (the games would run for maybe 10 minutes and then quit and refuse to run again for another 5 mins, to keep people from coming in just to game.) If someone wants something that I don't stock (not good quality, or not something i've heard of) i would explain to them the reason i don't stock said item, and offer to order it for them (in the instance of something i've never heard of.) I'm not really sure what I would name it, but it would be awesome.

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          • #35
            My Dream store:

            1) We would ALWAYS have hours...no cutbacks and we would ONLY HIRE when WE NEEDED IT!

            2) Breaks and lunches would always be on time. NO hassles.

            3) The "lowly bagger" would not be treated like shit...but treated with the same respect given to the "higher ups" (whom are treated well)

            4) Workers would be allowed to be able to catch up on past work and customers and fellow employees wouls understand

            5) The music they play would be real music...not that bullshit crap the stores always play

            6) Luches and breaks would go uninterrupted
            NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the customer

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            • #36
              Quoth Pezzle View Post
              Like Jack Rabbit Slim's? haha
              *has to go look that up* Uh... yeah, I guess so, only... less 50's theme, more Richard O'Brien/Tim Curry themed... I might have to put a statue of Pennywise the Clown in the bathroom.
              "I call murder on that!"

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              • #37
                Well, it's not technically a store, but my 'Dream Store' would be a private pre-school/kindergarten owned by me, but run by somebody else- I just want a classroom to teach in and administrators who know what they're doing and do their jobs so I can do mine. I do want the ability to tell parents 'This is how we run things. This is why. If you don't like it, why are you here?'

                Yeah, I can dream....
                Arsenic is 'natural'. Hemlock is 'organic'.

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                • #38
                  My dream store (game store with plenty of gaming space and a cafe) rules:

                  Nobody closes alone (safety as well as two people can get everything done faster than one), and there will be always at a minimum two people in the store area (so if the cashier needs a potty break or whatnot the register is not left abandoned).

                  No slackers.

                  Customers are responsible for cleaning the game areas after they leave. Not complete cleaning, just make sure the tables/whiteboards/terrain is neat and organized and there's nothing on the floor. There is a reasonable monthly per-person 'store membership fee' for unlimited use of the area (all we ask is not too much profanity, no fights and keep it tidy), discounts for groups. There will be a locked storage area where regulars can store terrain, armies, paints, cards, etc if needed. Anyone found stealing from anyone else will be permanently banned, no refund of any paid fees (if they can't produce the stolen item, the money is given to the victim) and anything they may have left in the storage area becomes "unclaimed property" and will be auctioned off.

                  Any customer who gets argumentative and nasty is out (there might be a three-strikes rule to account for just bad days). I don't care if this is the only game store in 5 miles, should have thought of that before you got abusive.

                  Good customers and those who suggest products that do well will get a standing discount, subject to revocation at any time if they start getting sucky. If you have your own tote bag for purchases you also get a small discount (equivalent to the cost of a store bag).

                  Cafe staff has a right to ridicule/refuse overly-complicated drinks, as well as any customers who start complaining "but Starbucks does/has X!".

                  Store staff has the right to give any verbal abuse right back. Hey, the customer started it
                  Last edited by Dreamstalker; 08-03-2008, 07:07 PM.
                  "I am quite confident that I do exist."
                  "Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor

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                  • #39
                    I'm a record collector, so I've had thoughts of openning a record store.

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