December 21, 2013
The GNC
was actually closed when we arrived yet the front door was still unlatched.
“Sorry, we are shut!,” came the voice from the back of the register. “That’s
okay, we understand, we just have a question, do you have avocado oil?” “No” As
we departed, the clerk shouted out “Thank you for being nice! Have a wonderful
night.”
This
was our last stop of the night, searching high and low for things like expelled
or cold-pressed Caster Oil, Avocado Oil, Sunflower Oil, the ingredients to make
some sort of facial wash for holiday gifts.
According to the website, they are common items, found in any grocery
store. Sure. The level of anxiety increases as the retail hours draw to a close
and Christmas gifts are attended to, after finals week, end-of-Semester
performances, work study employment coming to a close before Break and
exhaustion has taken over. Santa’s helper wasn’t much of a resource,
unfortunately. The “in” I have with the 88 ¾ year old wasn’t particularly
helpful in this case, either.
One
must have persistency, consistency, patience, commitment, be willing to
sacrifice and yell, scream and cry-out at times, in order to be a creative,
spontaneous, have a need for achievement, some pride, and time, to
make-your-own goodies for Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, and such.
Tonight, as I arrived for my wine demo, the Manager commented “I thought
you were coming yesterday.” I could have
argued that I spoke to her directly on Monday, giving her an idea of the
varietals of product I need to pour, confirmed the time and date, and let her
know I am looking forward to selling their full line of Barefoot product. Quite
a few customers, whom I nearly tripped-up to get them to sample the Bubbly, gave
me the shaft. I was inept and frustrated this evening. Word to the wise, eye
contact and a smile to the demo person is always a bonus to us. Even if you
don’t try the samples, at least acknowledge we are there, in front of you, and
doing our job.
Thank you!
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