A Day in the Life of a Retail Assistant #69 Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having a great bank holiday weekend?! As always we are still open and bank holiday hours are 12-5pm so make sure you come and say hello.
On Monday, it seemed to be a never ending day of online order picking. Josh and I spent a lot of time picking our orders but as always we get them all done. I served a lovely couple who were on holiday from Nottingham, they just wanted pipe tobacco but I said while they were here they might as well have a look in our pipe room. They were amazed at how many pipes we had! The gentleman decided to get a couple of Corn Cob pipes as he had seen them online but not in person and decided to give them a go. Later on in the day I helped out the packing department, packing up some orders to give them a little boost.
Tuesday was my marketing day, and boy did I have lots to do! I started by writing and taking pictures for my article on the C.Gars cigar library. This time I decided to research Flor de Selva, you can read that article by clicking here. During this time, I was talking to Laura, one of our directors about changing the layout of my articles to make them less magazine style and more mobile friendly. So I spent a bit of time experimenting and we came to an agreement with the style and I think it does look much better! What do you think? Afterwards, I carried on creating my content for the C.Gars magazine. We have a strict deadline to meet and I would say I’m a little bit behind but I’m sure I will catch up. I can’t wait for you all to see the magazine, many people have put a lot of effort into this and it really looks stunning!
I had the next couple of days off and came back on Friday. I was back in the shop with Josh. After our pickings I went back to working on the C.Gars magazine. Josh was working on improvements to our humidor, which hopefully you will see very soon. Josh was very understanding with me on Friday and served most of our customers so I could concentrate on my magazine content, and thanks to him I got most of the written information done. In the afternoon we completed the Cuban stock count. Near the end of the day, I served a lovely lady who comes in from time to time always purchasing aftershave for her partner. She loves the Cuba Original Mens Cigar Style Aftershave – Wild Heart, but this time she also had the Cuba Prestige Platinum Eau de Toilette Spray for Him. She always likes to have a little wonder around the shop, and she stumbled across the Ron El Rumbo Superior Cuban Coconut Rum, she had a little taster and instantly fell in love! So she purchased a bottle of that too!
Saturday was a bit strange as it was Josh, Sarah and I. Usually Sarah and I work alternate Saturdays, however Porscha was away so I came in to cover. We got through all of our pickings and concentrated on stocking up, ready for the bank holiday Monday.
I hope you enjoyed this weeks going on. I hope to see you all in Norfolk very soon!
So long for now
Oliver
