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Sunday, December 10, 2006

UGH!

I just got told that on Wednesday the Vice President of cafe operations and the Regional Cafe Manager and the District Manager will all be in the store. Great! As if we don't have enough freaking stress with Christmas right around the corner and the Festival of Lights (yeah, I can't spell hannakauh or however it is spelled). Here is how it goes, however good you are set up they think "If this is what it is like when I am here, then what is it like when I am not here?" So if you have a good solid operation it has to be 5X better so they get the idea of what it is really like. Obviously we are all scrambling to get it extra polished which means we have less time to deal with what we are actually there for. . .making money. So tell me, is this visit really good for the company?

2 Comments:

At 11:30 PM, Blogger Gumby said...

So, are you taking the day off?

 
At 12:35 PM, Blogger Morgen said...

Ha.
I just posted in my Sunday stream of consciousness ramble about uppity up retail corporate big wig visits.
I feel for ya, Vinnie, I really do.
I NEVER understood their visiting during the holidays -- because you're exactly right, you should be doing customer service not spit polishing the little knobs on the whoosie-gigs.
(I'm into technical terminology, can't you tell?)
Best of luck to you & your barista elves!
ho ho ho
mo

 

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