It doesn’t seem like it, but I mostly count my year from the time I do inventory at the store to the next time I do inventory. Christmas falls somewhere in between and the dates of inventory change from year to year. I must say for my first year back in my old store things went relatively well, that is to say I didn’t kill any customers, nor did I truly want to. People need to know a few things though about Christmas shopping and I think I will point them out, granted they are not obvious but come on.
1 It’s not the employee’s fault that we sold out of a item, either you came to late in the day or the company didn’t buy enough. If there is more to get we will try and get some more it’s Christmas try and be a little happier.
2 Presently we don’t sell Wii’s and frankly trying to buy one two days before Christmas….come on.
3 I don’t control Apple’s production line. Trust me even though I don’t make any money selling Apple computers, if I could have gotten you a 27″ so that your Christmas wasn’t ruined I would have. Same thing applies to the Magic Mouse, don’t look at me like I have two heads when I tell you I haven’t seen more than one, why would I lie I don’t know you and if I did again why would I lie.
4 On Christmas eve you should not be shopping for gifts five minutes before the store closes. If you haven’t got all your presents before the nice lady comes over the intercom to announce that we will be closing in 15 mins. your screwed go home. Some of the staff have families and would like to go and spend what little time we get at Christmas with them.
So now that inventory is done I can start a new year and get ready to do it all over again, but I think first I will take a vacation and forget about this Christmas and inventory it will make doing it next year so much easier.
