October 03, 2003
Missed Sales
We missed a big sale this morning. A middle aged guy came in to buy a belated birthday gift for his wife. Woody did show the guy stuff but not in his usual great form and as things were deteriorating, for some reason known only to God, he said something about Kobe Bryant. Why he would mention that cheating fool is beyond me, but that clenched the "none sale" and the guy left, never to return I suppose.
I was so mad that my eyes were bugging out. As I may have said before I have this anger problem...Woody and I are Ice and Fire...I managed to not scream at him until he seemed to say something like "Well if you had stepped up and sold him I wouldnt have made a damn fool of myself" Wrong!!!! I blew my stack! I told him that he did the worst job of "romancing" the product ever and that if he wanted to sell a hesitant, but romantic guy mentioning Kobe wasnt the way. In fact one should strive to make the experience the most plesant possible so people will want to return...no chance of that when for some stupid "not a brain in my head" reason you equate a loving gesture of a faithful guy to the "sleezbag of 2003,
Let me buy you a 2 million dollar purple diamond ring cause I cheated on you and you gotta stand by me so I wont go to jail for 20 years" gesture. I wanted to show my Aloha by wrapping a chair around Woody's wooden head.
That was a 900.00 sale out the door and it didnt have to go down that way. I told him that it was really time for him to get out there and get a job. Starting tomarrow, hes to hit the bricks. No more waiting for something to fall into his lap. He has to get a job. I will not go without and be a "blue tarp" person, cause he wont try and get a job. This store isnt big enough for both of us.
It was never ment to be. This is my thing. Woody has to accept that. This is my baby I created Azure Seas, its mine.
And so it goes. Woody saw a old carlot customer walk by and he stopped in. Woody wasn't able to sell the guy, but I did and then upsold him. No it wasnt a big sale, but it was something. Thank God for the small ones they make the big ones seem bigger.
Sales come and go. We are a low pressure, low markup, feel good sort of place. I need to earn a living, but I also want to create an atmosphere that is filled with Aloha. I want people to be happy when they come and when they go, that cant happen when you talk of bad things. This is a part of my home that is slightly detached from the rest. I miss my kitties they would make it puurrffeect.
later......
John had a third interview today at a place here in Hilo. They are filling about 6 different jobs he ought to get one of them. Three interviews??? more like five or six will take place. Why? As I said in previous posts the ICE thing makes for difficulty in hiring so they test you, and see if you are motivated to pursue a job. They do a huge background check and verify references. It really helps if you are related to the family or know someone that way they can forgo some of the checking, but it makes it nearly impossible for the newcommer to get a real job here. I know I have yet to get a serious interview in any of my
fields of expertise. Being a large, loud, outspoken and knowledgable female doesnt help either. Perhaps I have missed a few sales myself???
I worked on my Blog. Got some great links now and will be deleting my Zonkboard. I dont want to pay for it. I will be adding a link to
Aloha Joe Net Radio so you can get your fix of Island music anytime you Blog in!
