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Yeah, well, I didn't write about this on here, but our "former" manager freaked out and quit and I've had to quit sharpening to run our knife and kitchen store by myself, which sucked because I know a bit about knives but not as much about kitchen stuff, and this woman did not help one bit! Actually the opposite; she made things as hard for me as she could. Long, ridiculous story I won't go into, but basically she is the only person in the world I've ever wished bad things upon. She is EVIL! But worse than that, she is STUPID! (I have more respect for people who are evil than people who are stupid and yet pretend that they are the smartest person in the world.)
Also, she just quit and took all her "notes" and things related to the store with her, just to be a b****. So I (being the VP of the company) was the one who had to go and try to figure everything out on my own and basically act as "temporary" manager until we could find someone capable enough of taking over this position.
During this time, I've had so many people tell me that I was already doing a better job than she did and that I should just take the manager position. NOOOOO! I know that I could do it if I had to (and I started to) but I don't want to! Everyone thinks I'm nuts because it's such a good "career opportunity" and stuff, but that's not the career I want! Dealing with fussy customers all day? No thank you! Yes, I can, but no, I don't want to.
But I won't go into that anymore... I just wanted to share my HAPPY news that I have found someone to replace our former manager and this new woman is at least three times as intelligent and capable as a retail manager than the former person (whom my boss hired because she was a friend of a friend, god help him...)
So the best thing is that I can go back to my REAL job of sharpening knives! Actually a lot of good has come of this for me so far. Just yesterday I overheard (as I was walking in) one of the guys say, "Man, you don't realize how much [Ashes] does until she isn't doing it anymore!" It's nice to feel appreciated!
It's only been two weeks, but they are so far behind and working so hard to get the knives done that things are getting really hectic back there. I really feel bad, because that is our main business and I hate not being involved, not only because they are so far behind, but also because I want to be there to make sure things are done right. Like, there are certain customers whose knives my boss won't let anyone touch other than me and him, so he's had to do all of these himself.
There is a lot more to this, but I'm sure you all don't want to hear it, and I've already written a lot in this post, so skipping ahead...
I hired a new woman to run the store and I will work with her on Monday and then I will go back and forth between the knife shop and the kitchen store for a while. Eventually I'll go back to sharpening knives three days a week and working in the store two days a week, which is ideal because I can still keep an eye on the store and also keep up with the knives.
I used to only sharpen knives five days a week, but then I got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to stop completely for a while. Now I can handle sharpening all day as long as I give my wrist some time to rest in between. This kind of forced me to take more interest in the store, and now I do both (among other things, such as office work and billing and stuff.)
I know this is a long, rambling post, and I didn't even scratch the surface of what all is going on, but I just wanted to post to sort of "congratulate" myself because I have done a DAMN good job of working things out and I will not feel bad for saying so! I kick ass!
~ashes
Also, she just quit and took all her "notes" and things related to the store with her, just to be a b****. So I (being the VP of the company) was the one who had to go and try to figure everything out on my own and basically act as "temporary" manager until we could find someone capable enough of taking over this position.
During this time, I've had so many people tell me that I was already doing a better job than she did and that I should just take the manager position. NOOOOO! I know that I could do it if I had to (and I started to) but I don't want to! Everyone thinks I'm nuts because it's such a good "career opportunity" and stuff, but that's not the career I want! Dealing with fussy customers all day? No thank you! Yes, I can, but no, I don't want to.
But I won't go into that anymore... I just wanted to share my HAPPY news that I have found someone to replace our former manager and this new woman is at least three times as intelligent and capable as a retail manager than the former person (whom my boss hired because she was a friend of a friend, god help him...)
So the best thing is that I can go back to my REAL job of sharpening knives! Actually a lot of good has come of this for me so far. Just yesterday I overheard (as I was walking in) one of the guys say, "Man, you don't realize how much [Ashes] does until she isn't doing it anymore!" It's nice to feel appreciated!
It's only been two weeks, but they are so far behind and working so hard to get the knives done that things are getting really hectic back there. I really feel bad, because that is our main business and I hate not being involved, not only because they are so far behind, but also because I want to be there to make sure things are done right. Like, there are certain customers whose knives my boss won't let anyone touch other than me and him, so he's had to do all of these himself.
There is a lot more to this, but I'm sure you all don't want to hear it, and I've already written a lot in this post, so skipping ahead...
I hired a new woman to run the store and I will work with her on Monday and then I will go back and forth between the knife shop and the kitchen store for a while. Eventually I'll go back to sharpening knives three days a week and working in the store two days a week, which is ideal because I can still keep an eye on the store and also keep up with the knives.
I used to only sharpen knives five days a week, but then I got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to stop completely for a while. Now I can handle sharpening all day as long as I give my wrist some time to rest in between. This kind of forced me to take more interest in the store, and now I do both (among other things, such as office work and billing and stuff.)
I know this is a long, rambling post, and I didn't even scratch the surface of what all is going on, but I just wanted to post to sort of "congratulate" myself because I have done a DAMN good job of working things out and I will not feel bad for saying so! I kick ass!
~ashes
