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Posted by Firebird on 28-09-2007 at 13:20:

Huggles Springie can understand not wanting to be near either of them. FOrtunately for me my ILs are in Australia though when we met got along really well.

Just my mum I want to escape from.

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 28-09-2007 at 14:00:

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Originally posted by Springie
You've got that right, TJ! And my parents are pressuring us to stay...I think I'd like to live in Timbuktu right now...

No you don't! You want to live in California! I'll see if I can find you a place down the block from me.... Big Grin

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 28-09-2007 at 14:02:

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Originally posted by Springie
Yeah, funny that he expects me to drop it, during the school year...just like that...and I am the breadwinner of the family...and have been for a long, long time...(yeah, scary isn't it...we're living on a teacher's salary) because his business is so up and down (mortgages)...and it has been down lately...that's why he's looking for another job...and of course, the IL's are taking advantage of this to pull at us to move...

Springie, they need to respect you and your job more. Just stand up to them and tell them that your job is JUST as important as your DHs, and if they get offended, well that's just too bad.

Huggles

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Posted by Metaliant on 29-09-2007 at 14:10:

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Originally posted by Ebonyswanne
Well speaking of retail mentality ...they are taking me out of my store when I am short staffed to work in another store because they are short staffed...and want to know why I am now behind in my work!

Strangely enough, it's the same thing at my store. We give other store our staff if they are under staffed but they won't give us any of their staff if we are under staffed.

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Posted by Metaliant on 29-09-2007 at 14:18:

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Originally posted by clouddancer

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Originally posted by Metaliant

SJ, we have customers like that. Our old uniforms were totally green with the polo shirts with an orange collar. They still come up us and ask if we work here.

Our uniforms now have HOMEBASE in big letters on the back and we must have name badges, which even a partially sighted person like myself can read and EVEN then they ask us if we work here. I have couple of times said that I didn't work there.

Oh! The memories!!! I remember working at a Nursery/Greenhouse/garden Centre and being asked that question. We would wear the apron and/or green shirts with the company name on it. Or, the even bigger clue, be holding a watering hose watering the plants.

How often I was tempted to say "Uhhhh, NO, I am just holding this hose becasue I like watering." Or "Did you not hear? You have to water a row of plants before they let you walk out of here."

I think it is just a way of people opening a dialogue with a store employee. Or habit. How often have you walked into a store, tried finding an employee to ask a question to and when you do find someone you discover they do not work at the store they are a customer too. (Or maybe I am the only one silly enough for that to happen to.) Looney

This is true but if people are wearing aprons or green uniforms and there are more than one person wearing aprons and green unfiroms and wearing name badges, then SURELY are staff. It's true that some people will start of the conversation with "Do you work here?" But I would stick with "Ca you help me?"

I did have a customer who wasn't happy that I simply look at my name badge with HOMEBASE on. I do have the feeling that I am really partially sighted and everybody else is.

Also we have 2 trolley parks right outside of the double doors we have. They can't see where they are and as for the double doors, which ae automatic.....One is for entrance and one is for exit. If you go in through one of doors and try to go through them again, surely thay means that they are for going into the store and you should go through the other set of doors?

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Posted by clouddancer on 29-09-2007 at 21:40:

One funny situation I saw at the Garden Centre, we had young boys to do the carry out of heavy items/loading of cars. These boys all wore red shirts and red baseball caps. When one of them was needed, a call was made over the radio "Red Cap to ....." Well the customers knew to look for the "Red Caps" for assistance.

One customer went up to a gentleman who was wearing a red cap and accosted him about some problem. The poor man had to explain he did not work at the centre.
This was funny to me, but the poor gentleman was not laughing.

What I am trying to point out is, you may be wearing a green shirt but so may a customer, so to ensure you are talking to an employee you get the "Do you work here?" instead of "can you help me." That statement could even lead to: "I do not work here but I might be able to help you, it depends on what help you need." if you thought about it.

OTOH, if people really stopped to think about what they were saying, a lot of miss-communications would be solved.

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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 30-09-2007 at 05:20:

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun

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Originally posted by Springie
You've got that right, TJ! And my parents are pressuring us to stay...I think I'd like to live in Timbuktu right now...

No you don't! You want to live in California! I'll see if I can find you a place down the block from me.... Big Grin

Well TJ I see your now a babbling looney! Hehehee CEP has a great sense of humour!

Mmm so TJ has another motive.... for Springie come to live next door! mmm should we have desperate housewives in your street next...or just Gatch widowers because the wives are always off doing Gatch stuff together....

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Posted by clouddancer on 30-09-2007 at 05:27:

No they just want to be together so they can bounce fic ideas and pics off each other.

Psssst, Ebony it would be to our benifit if they lived on the same street.
Or.....maybe not they might spend so much time talking and laughing they would never post anything.

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Posted by Firebird on 30-09-2007 at 10:02:

I am not sure it is safe to have Springie and TJ living next to one another. It would be great for us becuase of all the fics but for the rest of their neighbours?

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Posted by kimiko on 30-09-2007 at 12:53:

When I was working days it didn't matter if I was wearing the uniform or just in civies doing my own shopping. I would always get asked where stuff was by other customers. Since I have been there since the store opened (came with the foundations) I guess they would recognise me as someone who worked there. I always have mum with me and we are generally argueing the pro & cons of whatever..prices etc... I guess we look like we know what we're talking about. But I suspect that it's just the fact that there never seems to be saleshelp around when you really need them!

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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 30-09-2007 at 13:31:

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Originally posted by clouddancer
No they just want to be together so they can bounce fic ideas and pics off each other.

Psssst, Ebony it would be to our benifit if they lived on the same street.
Or.....maybe not they might spend so much time talking and laughing they would never post anything.

What so we can catch up...you may see another 35 posts yet form me tonight...

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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 30-09-2007 at 13:33:

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Originally posted by kimiko
When I was working days it didn't matter if I was wearing the uniform or just in civies doing my own shopping. I would always get asked where stuff was by other customers. Since I have been there since the store opened (came with the foundations) I guess they would recognise me as someone who worked there. I always have mum with me and we are generally argueing the pro & cons of whatever..prices etc... I guess we look like we know what we're talking about. But I suspect that it's just the fact that there never seems to be saleshelp around when you really need them!

I just have everyone wanting my exclusive attention when I am running the shop on my own, they love to cut staff in shops...I had my store productivity hours cut by H/O by 5 hours a week, (we are still open the same hours!)that is a lot of hours in a store...

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2007 at 14:28:

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Originally posted by Ebonyswanne
Mmm so TJ has another motive.... for Springie come to live next door! mmm should we have desperate housewives in your street next...or just Gatch widowers because the wives are always off doing Gatch stuff together....

Ah yes, we are desperate housewives! Eagles and Condors, are you listening? We have two desperate Swannies here!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2007 at 14:30:

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Well..... we already bounce ideas off of each other... but it's harder when we're working and htings are busy.

But yes, when Springie and I talk it's just a laugh fest. My Dh saw my lying on the floor laughing with her and called me 'Tickle Me Elmo'. ROFL 2

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2007 at 14:31:

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Originally posted by Firebird
I am not sure it is safe to have Springie and TJ living next to one another. It would be great for us becuase of all the fics but for the rest of their neighbours?

The neighbours wouldn't care. We'd just be bothering the rest of our families. I think the DHs would care the most!!!! Wink

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Posted by Springie on 30-09-2007 at 14:31:

Hahaha...ITA! Bring on the Eagles and Condors!! Eagle Condor

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Posted by Springie on 30-09-2007 at 14:33:

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun

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Yes, it takes me days to recover from our talks! Dead2

And yes, I think both of our DHs think we're crazy! dancing

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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 30-09-2007 at 15:00:

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun

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Hey we have a sleep wear range in my shop called that...would you like to me to get you a set for when you come here in January...just tell me your size! But then I can take you into the city store and get you a discount! wink wink

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2007 at 15:13:

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Originally posted by Springie
Hahaha...ITA! Bring on the Eagles and Condors!! Eagle

Bring them on! We want Eagles and Condors!

Come out to Utoland! We need you!!!!!!

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 30-09-2007 at 15:13:

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Originally posted by Springie
And yes, I think both of our DHs think we're crazy! dancing

Well, they're not wrong, are they?

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