I need help! Please help and I can help you be entertained even further! Thanks for all of the support! Most serious conversations between managers happen behind the doors of manager offices. There are times when managers do get together[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Secret Santa gifts can be fun. The hunt for the right item, the sneaky information gathering you have to do to find out what the gift receiver likes. It’s a good challenge. An altogether different challenge is keeping secret how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Inspired by an email from Tracie: “we have meetings at my store to go over numbers, what’s going to change, and to remind us what we signed up for when we took the job. Just the normal boring stuff they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are all sadly based off of true stories. Granted, not all of them were perpetrated by a single manager, but it goes without saying, there are a lot of stupid people that get into management positions that have absolutely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Any time there’s a change in categories for our books and subsections, it is the worst time. Holidays are upon us, earlier than ever, so we’re busy setting up all of THAT crap and we’re expected to change up all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not the only one who wears boxes as hats? A lot of them just happen to fit my head. I can’t help it.
I still don’t know what to think of this S’mores frappuccino. I’ve had it at least ten times and the only instance of me enjoying that drink was when a new hire in the cafe messed it up.
The work day right before your day(s) off is probably the most torturous shift to get through. You’re ALMOST out of it, you’re ALMOST having fun! It gets real hard to get up and get going on days like that.
Lark could never make up his mind on anything. Signs changed, displays shifted, he would change who to blame for his mistakes on a daily basis. It was tough going some weeks at the bookstore. You never knew what you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When one hears customers complaining that the music selection is out of season, we have a problem. I bet home office is laughing about how we’re forced to listen to that garbage. I bet they get to listen to whatever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Work days can be affected in dramatic ways depending on who the Manager On Duty is. I’ve asked this question about certain managers, I’ve had many coworkers ask this question, I know you have all asked this question. The answer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I saw some article that I glanced at about how an author took his self published book and set it up on a Booksellers’ store shelf and it sold. That’s cool and all, thanks, random author, for messing up our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think we either attract some bold-faced stupid idiots, or the population at large contains a lot more sociopaths than I thought. These four panels are sadly based off of real things that happened. One specifically to me, a couple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got an email from Melissa about ripping out pages and defacing books on the sales floor: “I have worked in retail for almost 30 years and I am still shocked and horrified by ignorant people. Two cookbooks totaling $90 had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a funny story from Fathme a little while ago: “I was calling costumers about their books being in the store. The usual calls “Your book is in you have till Blank} day to pick it up, we are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Coming in to work at a new location can always be a little intimidating. All the new people, new customer base, new hours, new commute… It’s nice to see that other coworkers from Westgate were able to find placement, if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, everyone! Meet Charlotte! Charlotte’s been bugging me for a while to put her into the comic and here she is! It figures that of course by the time I get around to adding someone to the comic that someone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
