Work...

Hope everyone is having a good week. Can you believe Thanksgiving is less than a week away? WOW! Time has flown by! Before we know it will be Christmas. :)

Yesterday I was finishing some things up at work and I had a customer come in to my dept. Like normal I went and said hi and asked if they needed anything and like usual the answer was no. Now this person was very tall and athletic looking. He also wore a Adidas wind breaker with a tiny logo on the front. I went on with what I was doing and the phone rang. I answered it and it was an employee from the west store(yes this there are two stores. One for women's and one for men's, children's, home, and furniture) she asked me if there was a tall athletic looking guy shopping and I said yes. She went on to say that he was a pro basketball player(that explains the logo) and that everyone was saying he was cute and that she just had to come down the the east store to see him. I tried not to laugh but she was pretty fun getting all excited about this. Well turns out this guy is a pro basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets. His name is Morris Peterson. Click here to read his stats, bio, and to see a pic. I have to say this guy was VERY nice and acted like a gentleman. It was fun for me too cause now I can say that I have seen him in person and sold him clothes! :) Ahh just one of the perks that comes with working at a fancy mall in a big city! I have heard that famous people come into this mall all the time so there is no telling who I will see/meet next! I will just have to wait and see...

Welcome...

This cute baby here belongs to my cousin Bill and his wife Amy. This is Benjamin Richard 9lbs 14oz born on November 7th. Very cute little boy!

Update...

Well it has been a while since I last posted. Work is going well. It is different having to drive longer to get to work and also being in rush hour traffic! Just something to get used to with living in a bigger city. :) The people at Penn Square are for the most part friendly. There are some that can be snitty but those people are everywhere. The past few weeks here there has been some wonderful fall weather. It's cool and crisp and the leaves are starting to change colors! Next thing you know it will be Christmas! :) I know how dare I say that word before Thanksgiving! Just think of it as your early reminder to go Christmas shopping early! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Voting...

Did you vote today?

News...

Well it has been a while since I have posted so I have lots to share! I will start with the bad news...

Bad news...

Found out this past tuesday that our store is closing. Everyone was surprised and we are still in shock! We all knew it would one day soon but not this soon. They had just told us we were going to be a clearance store well not anymore. December 29 will be the last day its open. Everyone had to fill out transfer papers and most of us will be transfered and some will be fired or let go as they say. The first 20 to be transfered were to be moved my sun(yesterday).

Good news...

I was off this past thursday through today. I got a txt from a friend of mine asking me if I had gotten a phone call about being transfered and no I hadn't. Well people at work were saying I had gotten transfered so I called up to talk to the store manager and guess what? I had! I have been transfered to the REALLY fancy REALLY nice REALLY rich mall! WOW!!! I'm now working at penn square mall up on the north side of town. Takes about 20 mins to get there so not too bad. I went in this morning for training and everyone was nice. I will still be in men's. I'm happy that I have a job and I hope it goes well!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Update on job...

If you did not read my last post read it before reading this one. It will make more sense...

This morning I went in to work for a few hours to help with transfers on my day off. We got a lot in but the customers love it cause its cheap! At our morning meeting we got some more info on the store and what is going on and what to expect. Starting in November the new store hours are supposed to start. Yesterday they had said M-S 11-7 and Sun 1-5. Today they said Sun was 12-6 so not sure yet about that. Also in the next few weeks we will find out who stays and who gets to go. In the end when everyone is moved we will only have 30 associates working and 3 managers(dock manager and 2 ASM's) and then the store manager will stay. Also if we stay there will be no SPH(sales per hour) goal and our pay rate won't change. We will get a review and if we are making our SPH or above it then we will get a raise and if we are not making it or below it we will just stay at the same rate. This is good news. Yesterday there were rumors going around that if you stayed you would be a minimum wage because it is cheaper for the store that way. Starting today all of our shoes and winter coats are being packed up and shipped to other stores. They are slowly going to start packing stuff up. It's weird though to go up to Ladies shoes and there is NOTHING there now. I'm sure all the customers are going to be asking questions now. Well that is the latest news. I will keep you updated!

Update...

Hope everyone is having a good week. So far my week has been pretty good. It is kinda weird though. I worked sun and mon and then was off tues and I worked today and then will work again fri. So I have thurs and the weekend off. I'm enjoying though! :) Now for the latest news...

I showed up to work this morning like usual(I'm always early, I HATE being late). I pulled in and thought man there are a lot of cars here and people walking in early but thought well I guess they decided to come in early. I go in and was waiting a few mins before I clocked in and then we got the page to head up to Ladies shoes for our morning meeting. Very unusual that it was early so anyway I head up there. I'm sitting there waiting for it to start and I notice that all the dock people are there and the women that work in alterations were there as well. That was weird too. They never come to the meetings. hmmm The meeting starts(we all know what they are going to say but we still listen) and the store manager says I hate the be the one to say this BUT this store is now going to be a clearance store. Ok we are kinda shocked that it came this early because we were thinking right after Christmas and before inventory they would do this. haha We were wrong! He continued to tell us that the store would go down to about 25% staff and the rest would move to other stores. Also we will no longer get in any new stuff and all of our trucks have been cancelled including the two this week. When they make this switch(we don't know exactly when. Could be 2 weeks or could be 3 months) the stores hours will change to mon-sat 11-7 and sun 1-5. Kinda weird hours but good thing about that is if I stay I can sleep in...YAY :)...and on Sunday I can find a Church to go to and start going! Now I don't know if I will stay or go but either way I didn't see myself staying with this company much longer anyway. Rumours are going around that if you stay your pay will be dropped and it will basically be like hell working at the store, the extra managers(they are keeping our store manager and 2 ASM) will have no choice but to leave or go back to the sales floor and work, and then it was cosmetics and fragrance will be the first to go and then you hear oh nope it will stay through Christmas. Basically we don't know much and probably never will until it happens. We are just along for a crazy ride! I am curious to see what all happens though. That is the latest news from me. When I know more I will post and let you know!