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I bought a black jean jacket and a “Prince Valiant” wig on eBay, then had my friend’s GF that cuts hair style the wig to look like AC’s hair in the movie. I bought a surplus medical oxygen tank on eBay as well, and bought a 6 foot length of red pneumatic hose and the appropriate connectors from...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo I’ll be with you shortly, just had a series of things come up.

These guys are pretty correct, 50/50 Franks and butter or something similar, then use some other hot seasoning to adjust the spiciness level. I’d suggest sticking to something that’s very hot but relatively flavorless to avoid throwing off the “hot wing” taste, Dave’s Insanity Sauce works pretty...

When I carried at work, no one ever made me, and the gun never was off my person unless I was taking a delivery to the jail and had to go through the metal detectors. I did a lot of campus deliveries, and while carry on campus is technically prohibited, the courts have supported a dropping off /...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo ^ Sorry, I can see how I was less than clear and caused some confusion there. What Charles said that was so familiar to me was his labor pattern, how he’d end up with extra people on the clock because of an unpredictable rush pattern, and that...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo NicksPizza: I actually intended that as an outrageous scenario to illustrate the futility of thinking that simply getting rid of the internet would inspire someone’s employees to suddenly start cleaning while he wasn’t in the store. I won’t...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo Penelope: Oh, I don’t think that cleaning project are optional, I just think that they are best handled by means of daily, weekly and monthly check lists rather than being dropped on whatever employee is unfortunate enough to get caught...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo Charles: Thank you Charles, this is more what I’m talking about than having a bunch of people just goofing on the clock, simply having a relaxed atmosphere when the chores have been done. It sounds you had a similar order pattern at...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo pizzafanatic: Actually, my family has been in the retail business for years, my father owned a chain of record stores in 4 states and my mother owned several plant shops and a candy and toy store, which I started my own retail career in well...

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo NicksPizza: The thing is, Nick, that I’ve seen my model work and have made it work when I’ve been left in charge of a store, it just takes a different way of looking at things. I think you’re reading too much structure into my system, I’m not...

^ Par for the course, I’m afraid. What ever else you do, don’t ever mention gambling and or his various medical maladies around Dman, trust me, there are things in life that you’re really better off not knowing…

Re: “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” - labo Most of this philosophy comes from my own personal experience, both in the retail/restaurant sector and in the tech work that I did when I was younger. A lot of the newer tech companies have found that people will work much harder using a...

To get back to the thrust of the OP, it seemed to me that he was less concerned about damage to his POS system from web usage and more interested in giving his employees one less means of entertaining themselves when he’s not in the store. I think this idea that if there is less to do people...

^ Y’all do realize that dman is another TTPG poster who’s only here to troll Gregster, right? They have a longstanding grudge on TTPG, so dman thought he’d come over here and try to make Greg look bad in front of people who he hasn’t ruined his credibility with yet… Though it’s only a matter of...

pizzafanatic: I’ve bolded the important part of your quote above, and that is what you really should be concerned with, productivity. What yardstick are you using to measure your labor efficiency by, hours worked or work accomplished? There is a significant difference, and it can be used to...

Easygoer13: Ahh, but there is a perfectly good reason for people to be idle in a restaurant, and that is that everything that needs to be done has been done. Everyone has been there, it’s a slow night, all the prep is done, all the cleaning that can be has been done early, there is well and...

Interestingly enough, the last few places I worked at had nothing in their employee agreements specifically addressing employee carry, though I imagine that they wouldn’t have been thrilled to discover that I was carrying at work. I’ve always thought that “don’t ask don’t tell” is the best...

Pizzamancer: Thank you, you just hit on one of my biggest pet peeves and the solution to it. Make up checklists of what you expect to be done, and as long as they get completed, who cares what the employees are doing with the rest of the time. I’ve worked for enough managers with the “always...

I saw this place on Man Vs Food on the Travel channel, Big Pie in the Sky Pizza in Georgia. The host and a partner were trying to eat a 13lb+ monster called “The Carnivore” as part of a food challenge, it ended in vomit… What got me is that when they were talking to the shop’s owner, he was...

Re: How to change long running special? Help desperately nee When one of our local chains here in Seattle had to raise prices for the first time in years, they made up a “dear valued customer” style letter, and mailed one to every person in their delivery database, along with a coupon. They...