For the 30 hours a week I'm there...."It's MY store" IF I actually owned the store I would expect any employee to feel the same. (That's the attitude that generates midyear and $3500 Christmas bonuses)

Besides the way the store is run we are all managers and partake in choosing what to carry, order product (which really messes with the vendor's heads they don't know who's ass to kiss and when) The owners deals exclusively with Yamaha Piano Division. The rest of us call in orders as we see a need of give them to our routine order guy. We determine pricing and when to make a sale at what price. We all take ownership of the store. have a couple "meetings" a year maybe LOL. Pretty loose for a 7 day a week 12 hour a day store in a MAll. But it works and has worked long before I got there. I would not work for a store that was run with an iron fist owner with approval processes and procedures for everything.

The owner makes us feel its our store shares the profits and pays well. Commissions are the icing not the cake.




[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-15-2009).]

No need to brag which doesn't impress me in the least...your a salesman in a store & not the owner or anywhere near that...so "WE" doesn't make sense to me when stated in this context sorry ...but I'm glad you enjoy your work & your new WS.... I have friends that generate millions in bonuses in the stock market... so what?



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 02-15-2009).]

Brag? LOL I am proud to work for a great and generous business man..I will brag all day long about the store yes and claim ownership.We are more than salesmen, we are also stock boys, money counters,janitors, bank runners, stock orderers,shelf stuffer s, warehouse operatives,teachers,toilet cleaners and NAMM representatives.....We do more than sell. Sometimes I WISH all I had to do was stand out front demoing the Tyros but I would be bored to death...LOL AS far as bonuses go thats a rarity in any retail business for employees. Ask a Best Buy or GC employee what his midyear bonus was....Its not like "our" store is on Wall Street. LOL

You wrongfully assume I want to "impress" you as well. For what purpose is beyond me.




[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-15-2009).]

I think you have the right idea Donny...doing what you love, and doing it really well.

Seeing you perform at the arranger jam sure gave me a whole new perspective on how you operate.

When you're doing what you love...it ain't work.

Ian

If you reread your post above you'll see how I came to that "IMPRESS" conclusion...sorry if I offended you with my honesty...good luck to you in whatever application you utilize at that store.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Ian....you dont know how right you are



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 02-15-2009).]

Hmmm

That statement bothered you so much as to reprimand me that it wasn't MY store? Are you frigging kidding me?

You were "offended" or apparently insulted intellectually by my use of the word WE so much as to reprimand me and remind me it really wasn't "MY" store...."I'm just a salesman". Again for what reason only you could possibly know. God forbid someone think I own a music store as if that is even something to wave a "hey look at me" banner about? I have achieved much loftier ambitions with far less headache I assure you.

I don;t understand why the word "WE as in ("us" not MINE)were slammed yesterday" would be come such an issue for you....really.

I realize there are some older people on this board, after reading pssing contest after pissing contest,,,,,,I write it off as bitterness of some who's dreams passed them by .. but thats a tad too "cranky" for me..

I guess i should have said.."The store that I work for was slammed yesterday" Would that have made you happy? The definition and origin of the phrase "Cranky Old Men" seems appropriate here sometimes.




[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-15-2009).]

Exactly that would have been the correct terminology...I have a few friends that talk in the "WE" tense just to pretend they are more important then they really are, I'm not saying you meant it to be like that but it's a personal pet peeve of mine that irks me... so when I read it Braggart alarms went off inside. I never begrudge any one's occupation, I just rather hear about it WITHOUT all the fluff.

My Hate List
1. Waitresses that say “Do You Need Change”
2. Waitresses that only give you cream. And you have to ask for MILK
3. Bad Toupees drawing more attention to yourself
4. Old men with died jet black hair
5. Restaurants with a big waiting line outside. Take a number? Not me!
6. Greek Diners with SUPER bright lights, mirrors,& overpriced bad food
7. Women with shaved eyebrows that are now DRAWN on with markers or tattoos
8. Women with Too Much Makeup & Perfume
9. Women & Men with Facial plastic surgery…Yikes!
10. Banks that take your Fingerprints to cash a check
11. People that talk in the WE tense
12. Way Over priced Bar Drinks with too much ice
13. Burnt Egg Omelets after you tell the waitress NOT to do it
14. Smashed Hamburger Buns McDonalds, Burger King etc, etc, ..
15. Suits & Ties on people…So Barbaric & Outdated!
16. Two News People Idiots that read teleprompters {ping-pong} effect
17. Yanni & John Tesh music
18. Small Cars with no room to move around
19. Car Salesman and Idiot Managers asking a million questions..
”Lets Make a Deal”
20. Subway” Sandwiches (with No meat) for $7.99
21. Trying to find good food late at night after 11pm
22. Crowded Loud places where I have to scream at the person next to me
23. Jug Handles that take 3,4,5 lights to get through them
24. Bumper to Bumper traffic for miles for no reason… rubbernecking
25. Credit Cards no need for them. Use cash your always in debt with them
26. Hot Muggy Weather…with No Air-Conditioning
27. Stopping for Highway Tolls every 5 miles
28. Wait staff with Multiple Facial piercing when serving me food
29. People that drive in the Extreme Reclined Seat position
30. People that have tons of stuff hanging off their rear view mirror
31. Driving in a snow storm slipping, sliding around on ice
32. People that talk “Baby Talk” to infants!!!!
33. Companies with letters instead of numbers to dial
34. Hate to hear the term “BOOB JOB”
35. Hollywood Shows eg: Access Hollywood etc,…who cares?
36. WAWA computer screen to order a freaking sandwich!!!!
37. Bank Officers without secluded private offices in the middle of bank floors everyone hears your business
38. Franchise restaurants with no menu prices on fancy drinks
39. Basketball & Hockey coaches in suits? why?




[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 02-15-2009).]

WOW....Relax.. enjoy life. You are going to have atroke allowing yourself to be "bothered" by others words, actions, looks, choices, the weather, ,,,,jug handles? and other peoples lives in general...

My God. How can you leave your house and come back happy? ever...LOL

Heres my hate list:

The word "virtually" Legal term for the false advertising that follows it. A giant disclaimer. Would you get on a plane advertised to "virtually" make it to it's destination? They should strike that word from the language because what follows it is meaningless and renders that which proceeds it totally moot....

Thats pretty much it....The rest I can handle ok. Even painted eyebrows and cranky old men with comb overs of three hairs even though I want to scream. Get a friggin wig already!! I just laugh instead......I laugh a lot.

Ah life in the real world....



[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-15-2009).]

Hey Kingfrog--watch that cranky old man crap--I resemble that remark!

Gary