What Goes Wrong: Money goes missing. Very bad. Books also go missing.... usually inventory error, but that really irritates the customers! Also, my town has a lot of panhandlers -- we have to chase them away from our doors frequently, because they irritate the customers. But the big thing that 'goes wrong' is when books don't come in, or come in for a special order, then get misplaced... then you have to deal with irate customers and THAT is NOT fun. AT ALL.
Who Thrives: Readers who are very active and want to share. Very organized people. People who like to Serve other people. People oriented people.
Anything Else: Its a lot of walking! And a lot of reading, that you might not usually do. I get handed books from the local rep and my manager and told "Here, read this and tell me what you think." and lots of times its not something I'd pick for myself... but I have to read it anyway. sometimes the books REALLY STINK, too. *sigh* Also, Christmas time is VERY VERY stressful... and for us 'Christmas time' goes until the end of January... (All those gift cards and books that we sold before the holiday come back AFTER the holiday!)
so. That's Job #1! That is a full time job, and my job that 'pays the bills'.
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Job #1 part 2
Date: 2003-04-23 10:40 pm (UTC)What Goes Wrong: Money goes missing. Very bad. Books also go missing.... usually inventory error, but that really irritates the customers! Also, my town has a lot of panhandlers -- we have to chase them away from our doors frequently, because they irritate the customers. But the big thing that 'goes wrong' is when books don't come in, or come in for a special order, then get misplaced... then you have to deal with irate customers and THAT is NOT fun. AT ALL.
Who Thrives: Readers who are very active and want to share. Very organized people. People who like to Serve other people. People oriented people.
Anything Else: Its a lot of walking! And a lot of reading, that you might not usually do. I get handed books from the local rep and my manager and told "Here, read this and tell me what you think." and lots of times its not something I'd pick for myself... but I have to read it anyway. sometimes the books REALLY STINK, too. *sigh* Also, Christmas time is VERY VERY stressful... and for us 'Christmas time' goes until the end of January... (All those gift cards and books that we sold before the holiday come back AFTER the holiday!)
so. That's Job #1! That is a full time job, and my job that 'pays the bills'.