People...
... getting to see them from a different angle is always a good thing in my thinking!
At this time of year every single person in the company, from the Receptionists to the CEO, are out in the off-trade (that's supermarkets etc) ensuring that our wines and spirits are in the face of consumers, well not literally of course... well just about not!
Means I've been dealing with the BWS (beer, wine & spirit) department, customers on the floor and travelling local buses!
I'd have to say that the most interesting, and annoying, are the bus types. Since I've now turned into an overland train commuter, I no longer have the close up bus encounters that I used to. Sad to say that the kids are still obnoxious, the pram pushers still do not know how to collapse a pram, and the elderly are their usual complaining selves. I know that very stereotypical, so tough!
Probably the most harassed is the poor BWS lady at the store I'm 'looking' after over this mad festive time! Considering the amount of alcohol that is currently flying off the shelves, she still has all her hair and looking mostly relaxed. Not her fault if instead of the 23 cases of stock I would like to put out on the shelves only materialises as 3 due to the stock system having a fit and not ordering anything!
I'd have to say that the customers in the store are the most funny... do I know where the gift bags are, which size is more value for money (99.99999999999999% of the time it's the larger size!), and is this brandy darker than this one???
It's amazing to think that at this time of year we sell 40 to 50% of the year's total for some of the bands! Also quite amazing to see the picture of the CEO pushing out a trolley of stock, in his lovely red fleece, though the cynic in me really wants to say staged, Staged, STAGED!
All I can say is that it's great fun, and thank heavens I do not have to do it every day, all year!
At this time of year every single person in the company, from the Receptionists to the CEO, are out in the off-trade (that's supermarkets etc) ensuring that our wines and spirits are in the face of consumers, well not literally of course... well just about not!
Means I've been dealing with the BWS (beer, wine & spirit) department, customers on the floor and travelling local buses!
I'd have to say that the most interesting, and annoying, are the bus types. Since I've now turned into an overland train commuter, I no longer have the close up bus encounters that I used to. Sad to say that the kids are still obnoxious, the pram pushers still do not know how to collapse a pram, and the elderly are their usual complaining selves. I know that very stereotypical, so tough!
Probably the most harassed is the poor BWS lady at the store I'm 'looking' after over this mad festive time! Considering the amount of alcohol that is currently flying off the shelves, she still has all her hair and looking mostly relaxed. Not her fault if instead of the 23 cases of stock I would like to put out on the shelves only materialises as 3 due to the stock system having a fit and not ordering anything!
I'd have to say that the customers in the store are the most funny... do I know where the gift bags are, which size is more value for money (99.99999999999999% of the time it's the larger size!), and is this brandy darker than this one???
It's amazing to think that at this time of year we sell 40 to 50% of the year's total for some of the bands! Also quite amazing to see the picture of the CEO pushing out a trolley of stock, in his lovely red fleece, though the cynic in me really wants to say staged, Staged, STAGED!
All I can say is that it's great fun, and thank heavens I do not have to do it every day, all year!
posted by Tresi at 11:05 pm
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