So This Is Pretty Stressfull
Jun. 27th, 2018 04:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_qFinal sales are not easy, goddamn. I knew that, but still it surprised me. (I probably shouldn't mention in CV that now I have done final sale & closed down a shop three separate times? Though it does show that I'm a scrappy survivor? Or possibly cursed. I mean, when I reach the three year mark, the shop goes under. Is it me, or just bad luck?)
Monday was the worst, the line to the cash register ran around the shop, and it stayed the same all day. It was hectic and exhausting, not to mention that there was an incredible mess left behind from people trampling through. Our beautiful store, that I took such care to look after, torn to pieces like its nothing.
So, when we closed the door behind us, I pretty much crumbled on the spot and started to cry - in the middle of the shopping mall. Yay. (Ask me if I had waterproof mascara on, I dare you)
Yesterday was both better and worse - less people because we cleared bulk of our storage on Monday, but more of our regular customers coming in to tell how sorry they are that the store is closing, and how are we holding up? One bit odd but nice regular held my hand and wished me best of luck - and fuck, I almost cried again (good thing I was too shocked by the surprise hand shake to really react). I put up a brave face, and waited all the way home to cry this time. Progress!
So today we just have cleaning up left to do - it is still undecided what will happen to the shop interior (shelves, cash register, dish washer, coolers, that sort of things - and there is tons of little bits and bobs that keep a store running behind the scenes, you would not believe), but it won't be our problem, it's our last day. I can pretty much guarantee that I will also cry today, the exciting bit is at which point? Maybe I'll try the street, just to shake things up a bit.
I'm really getting into this crying business, I might have a go tomorrow too, you know, just for the heck of it - what goes better together than crying and unemployment bureaucracy?
Monday was the worst, the line to the cash register ran around the shop, and it stayed the same all day. It was hectic and exhausting, not to mention that there was an incredible mess left behind from people trampling through. Our beautiful store, that I took such care to look after, torn to pieces like its nothing.
So, when we closed the door behind us, I pretty much crumbled on the spot and started to cry - in the middle of the shopping mall. Yay. (Ask me if I had waterproof mascara on, I dare you)
Yesterday was both better and worse - less people because we cleared bulk of our storage on Monday, but more of our regular customers coming in to tell how sorry they are that the store is closing, and how are we holding up? One bit odd but nice regular held my hand and wished me best of luck - and fuck, I almost cried again (good thing I was too shocked by the surprise hand shake to really react). I put up a brave face, and waited all the way home to cry this time. Progress!
So today we just have cleaning up left to do - it is still undecided what will happen to the shop interior (shelves, cash register, dish washer, coolers, that sort of things - and there is tons of little bits and bobs that keep a store running behind the scenes, you would not believe), but it won't be our problem, it's our last day. I can pretty much guarantee that I will also cry today, the exciting bit is at which point? Maybe I'll try the street, just to shake things up a bit.
I'm really getting into this crying business, I might have a go tomorrow too, you know, just for the heck of it - what goes better together than crying and unemployment bureaucracy?
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Date: 2018-06-29 02:54 pm (UTC)Good luck finding a better job soon. I think I recall you were never 100% sold on this job, right?
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Date: 2018-07-01 06:00 am (UTC)The problem with this job was that it was part-time without possibility of more hours (Christmas season the only exception), but that's a problem with all the sales positions really (a full hours sales jobs just doesn't exist, unless you are an entrepreneur or in a manager position). I liked the people I worked with, so that's what I'm going to miss the most - it really helps a lot if you are working with people you like (customers can be bastards, so it's nice if your coworkers aren't :D)
I'm trying to think positively - and at least the cleaning is all done! :D