Ever since my return, we have had new people join the staff. We have had another person join today. One of the first things we did was move some clothes from the back room to the middle room. We checked said clothes for stains, holes, etc. Shortly after that, we cleared an area towards the back door per the manager's request. We were able to get some things in that area out of the back room altogether and out in the front, but there was only so much room for stuff in the latter. While I was at it, I moved bags and boxes of clothes into an area behind the backroom counter. Afterwards, I and the new person went through said clothes, separating good ones from bad ones. After that, we started hanging up the clothes. There are still a lot awaiting to be hung, but this might happen tomorrow.
While we were doing that, someone else on staff was in and out of the back room grabbing stuff. One of the boxes that had presumably come over the weekend had, among other things, two foam fingers. Said person asked if there'd be anyway the fingers would be sold but then noticed that one of them had the MIDDLE finger sticking out, so she didn't take that one to be priced. (This is not the first time we've had to dispense with something on account of the taste level associated with it.)
In closing, today's been a pretty busy day, and Wednesday probably will be as well.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 10
I know this is a day late. Don't ask me why.
Anyway, I had gone over on Thursday, but it turned out that the manager was able to make it in after all, so I went home. I did my full shift on Friday, though.
There was a while when I covered for the manager on the register, per her request, until the cashier for the afternoon came in. For the rest of the day, I believe I was mostly in the back. I mainly hung up some clothes, cleaned up the hanger area, and went through some bags and boxes. Yet, I don't feel like I accomplished a lot. Oh well. Maybe I'll have better luck next week.
The Humane Society had its garage sale today, and whatever items they had leftover went to us. I wonder what lovely things will await me on Monday.
Anyway, I had gone over on Thursday, but it turned out that the manager was able to make it in after all, so I went home. I did my full shift on Friday, though.
There was a while when I covered for the manager on the register, per her request, until the cashier for the afternoon came in. For the rest of the day, I believe I was mostly in the back. I mainly hung up some clothes, cleaned up the hanger area, and went through some bags and boxes. Yet, I don't feel like I accomplished a lot. Oh well. Maybe I'll have better luck next week.
The Humane Society had its garage sale today, and whatever items they had leftover went to us. I wonder what lovely things will await me on Monday.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 9
The manager is still out recovering from surgery. According to our morning cashier, she probably won't be in for the rest of the week. Tomorrow is when the recycling center is supposed to come and pick up the rejected clothing. From my understanding, the manager is usually around to oversee that, but since she's out this week, I will likely go in and do that. I'll do that maybe after I have dropped off an application, or I can do the application thing after I've been around long enough to oversee the recycling thing.
For most of the day, I priced and put out clothes per the morning cashier's request. (We're trying to get on top of things in the manager's absence.) After I did that, I moved some clothes from the back room to the middle room for when and if more tags were freed up. It's still pretty crowded in the back though. (You could practically swipe one or two things out of there, and nobody would notice.)
That's been my day today. I don't know how long I'll be in tomorrow, but it'll be long enough to help get the recycling truck loaded up.
For most of the day, I priced and put out clothes per the morning cashier's request. (We're trying to get on top of things in the manager's absence.) After I did that, I moved some clothes from the back room to the middle room for when and if more tags were freed up. It's still pretty crowded in the back though. (You could practically swipe one or two things out of there, and nobody would notice.)
That's been my day today. I don't know how long I'll be in tomorrow, but it'll be long enough to help get the recycling truck loaded up.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 8
The manager had originally expected to return today, but evidently, she needed more time to recover from her surgery than she thought. So, per her request, I filled in for her on register today. I managed to sell over thirty dollars worth of stuff. In the slower periods, I ran white-out on the used tags and removed tape on the hangers.
We're currently selling our colored hangers. (I sold three bundles today.) One of staff members who normally works in the back said that even when we do sell hangers, they keep coming back as people use them for the clothes they donate. Someone else on the staff said that oh well, we'll just sell them again.
After someone else came in and started their shift on the register, I went to the back to see what I could do there. I went through some clothes and put some dirty dishes in the sink. At one point, someone brought over some pet-related stuff, including some dog sweaters. They weren't sure if we'd sell them there. I told her that if we didn't sell them there, we might send them to the Humane Society. (After all, some of those dogs might need sweaters in the winter.) The latter is most probable.
That's been my day today. I'm hoping the manager will get better this week.
We're currently selling our colored hangers. (I sold three bundles today.) One of staff members who normally works in the back said that even when we do sell hangers, they keep coming back as people use them for the clothes they donate. Someone else on the staff said that oh well, we'll just sell them again.
After someone else came in and started their shift on the register, I went to the back to see what I could do there. I went through some clothes and put some dirty dishes in the sink. At one point, someone brought over some pet-related stuff, including some dog sweaters. They weren't sure if we'd sell them there. I told her that if we didn't sell them there, we might send them to the Humane Society. (After all, some of those dogs might need sweaters in the winter.) The latter is most probable.
That's been my day today. I'm hoping the manager will get better this week.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 7
Today, I mostly put clothes on hangers for as long as I could find proper hangers for said clothes. (There are some pants, especially kids' pants that are waiting to be hung up on account of the hanger shortage.) A friend of the manager's (who also happens to know my sister) came in to help today. She went through some of the clothes, tagging ones that were good and putting ones that were not-so-good in the recycle bag. Said friend also said that if I just absolutely ran out of stuff to do, I could take the colored tape off of the hangers that had it. (The tape was part of a system established by a previous manager who left this past summer for reasons I'm not fully clear on.)
We did have a couple of donations today but not so much clothing. At one point, the manager's boyfriend came in to pick up the empty boxes. When he was asked how the manager was doing, he said she was doing fine and was ready to go home. (If you will recall, the manager had to have some surgery done today and was out today in order to recover.)
After I had gotten as caught up as I could on the clothes on the backroom counter, I went through some clothes that one of my colleagues had, on a previous day, taken out of a box that had been sitting around for a while. Some of the clothes were better than others. I had wondered what there would be for said colleague (whose schedule does not include Fridays) when she came in on Monday, but the cashier on duty said that there'd be a church donating whatever happens to be left over from their rummage sale over the weekend.
On my way out, I bought some paperbacks. I'm going to register them with bookcrossing as well as list them on my reading blog.
That's been my day today. I'm hoping the manager will be able to tell that I had gotten stuff done in her absence.
We did have a couple of donations today but not so much clothing. At one point, the manager's boyfriend came in to pick up the empty boxes. When he was asked how the manager was doing, he said she was doing fine and was ready to go home. (If you will recall, the manager had to have some surgery done today and was out today in order to recover.)
After I had gotten as caught up as I could on the clothes on the backroom counter, I went through some clothes that one of my colleagues had, on a previous day, taken out of a box that had been sitting around for a while. Some of the clothes were better than others. I had wondered what there would be for said colleague (whose schedule does not include Fridays) when she came in on Monday, but the cashier on duty said that there'd be a church donating whatever happens to be left over from their rummage sale over the weekend.
On my way out, I bought some paperbacks. I'm going to register them with bookcrossing as well as list them on my reading blog.
That's been my day today. I'm hoping the manager will be able to tell that I had gotten stuff done in her absence.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 6
I decided to go in today after all. Granted, I didn't go in until it was afternoon, but I went in nonetheless. Shortly after I had come in, someone brought in multiple clear bags of clothes. I went through putting whatever could be kept (as far as I knew) in one pile and putting the rest in a bag for recycling. I did the same with a bag of socks. Whatever remained of the socks I generally attempted to match up, and the ones I couldn't find matches to were put in the recycle bag. I had worked a few hours there, ending with checking the pants out in the front to make sure they were zipped up and buttoned.
Like I said I was only there for a few hours. I will likely accomplish more when I go in tomorrow.
Like I said I was only there for a few hours. I will likely accomplish more when I go in tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Doggie Bag Days Season 3: Day 5
I was in the back room almost all day. I was usually either going through clothes, putting up hangers, or moving stuff around. I took my lunch later than I normally do as someone was busy taking care of stuff in the "kitchen" area.
I hadn't seen the manager until sometime in the afternoon, and even then it was for a shorter time than normal. I think one or two other people had come to speak with her as well. Tomorrow night is the monthly "work night" where whoever wishes to, staff or not, can come in and help out in the evening, but because the manager will be going in for surgery tomorrow, someone else will have to oversee it.(I probably won't go to the "work night" but I might go in tomorrow for a little bit in light of the manager going into surgery.)
One of the people that had come in had come to see about some shirts that were supposed to be reserved for her to take over to the Humane Society to be used for making dog toys. Unfortunately, I had mistaken the bag allegedly set aside for her for shirts that simply had yet to be gone through. We were able to retrieve some of the shirts, but I felt terrible about the situation. Said person said she'll check to see if she needs any more shirts. Just in case that should happen, I started another bag of shirts that were not acceptable (due to condition or otherwise) and wrote an emphatic note (which I taped to the bag) to reserve the shirts or else.
That's been my day. I will let you all know if I do decide to go in tomorrow or not.
I hadn't seen the manager until sometime in the afternoon, and even then it was for a shorter time than normal. I think one or two other people had come to speak with her as well. Tomorrow night is the monthly "work night" where whoever wishes to, staff or not, can come in and help out in the evening, but because the manager will be going in for surgery tomorrow, someone else will have to oversee it.(I probably won't go to the "work night" but I might go in tomorrow for a little bit in light of the manager going into surgery.)
One of the people that had come in had come to see about some shirts that were supposed to be reserved for her to take over to the Humane Society to be used for making dog toys. Unfortunately, I had mistaken the bag allegedly set aside for her for shirts that simply had yet to be gone through. We were able to retrieve some of the shirts, but I felt terrible about the situation. Said person said she'll check to see if she needs any more shirts. Just in case that should happen, I started another bag of shirts that were not acceptable (due to condition or otherwise) and wrote an emphatic note (which I taped to the bag) to reserve the shirts or else.
That's been my day. I will let you all know if I do decide to go in tomorrow or not.
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