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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D21

8 Dec 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

equipment & supply wasteland during its dying days   They don’t have to wait too terribly long for their answers, however, as the weights and measures fellow shows up a week later, pretty much right in line with what they’ve expected. And it’s...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - C21

7 Dec 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

One key battleground in the latest choose your own pricing adventure   Progress, or what some might prefer to simply call “activity” instead, continues on other fronts, however. As they enter the month of March, Todd announces that this will b...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - B21

6 Dec 2023 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Cigarette ads & Combos bags: just your average help desk at a natural foods store   But at least Ben’s trying, one might say. The lowest rung on this ladder concerns the tiny band of holdouts who refuse to play ball with this new regime in any fashi...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A21

5 Dec 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

product shipment optimized for foot traffic   One significant inflection point arrives during Edgar’s next trip up to Lorena. Like many other spark inducing events, this one begins by Don Evans drifting into the equipment room without warning....

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - L20

4 Dec 2023 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

an empty yet standing juice bar   As January draws to a close, Edgar receives a card from Rob and the Locke sisters, thanking him for 10 years of service. This is a welcome, unexpected touch, and helps remind him that he can realistically maybe...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - K20

3 Dec 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

a lot of space to fill, even with mountains of conventional product   This mindset is a problem in itself, yet it’s also beginning to have a snowball effect. Once the complainers realize that this is a trending, acceptable go-to, they will als...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - J20

2 Dec 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

The deepest recesses of a huge store: possibly a better place to hide than one’s office   Failing the price audit up in Lorena, though, now this is Edgar’s responsibility. However, even in this instance, he feels the bosses’ thinking on this i...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - I20

1 Dec 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

organically merchandised grocery section   The end of January finds Edgar back at his actual desk — or for that matter, anywhere else but Lorena — for the first time in a couple weeks. It’s a surreal landscape, made even more so in confronting...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H20

30 Nov 2023 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

a different kind of stagecoach holdup   For some reason you simply cannot disabuse most upper managers of the notion that they know your job’s finer points better than you do, despite their having never done it before. This even with the obvio...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G20

29 Nov 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

organically arranged produce department   Fortunately, there’s a buffer period of about a day before people truly begin freaking out about the pricing oddities. Edgar’s mostly able to get through the opening shift before that timed explosive d...