A Day in the Life of a Retail Assistant #93 Hi everyone! It has been another great week here in Turmeaus Norfolk.
On Monday, Sharon and I were in the shop. It really was a blast from the past as we were both picking orders and serving customers. It’s the first time since Sharon has come back from maternity leave that we have worked together in the shop and it was great. After we picked our online orders, we enjoyed a cuppa and then discussed what we needed to do in the shop. I prefer stocking up the humidors, I love the aroma of the cigars when you open a box! If you have never had that experience, you haven’t lived! So while I stocked up the humidors, Sharon stocked up the alcohol and pipes. I had to show Sharon how we do the price tags now as they are a lot nicer than they used to be. She picked it up very quickly and swiftly got to work.
On Wednesday, I was working in the shop on my own, however, due to the work done on Monday and Tuesday, I didn’t have to worry about the shop stock too much. So I decided to continue on the shop newsletters, I had received all of the shop’s content earlier in the week, so I went to work trying to complete as many as I could. While I was working on my newsletters, I was asked by my manager to take some pictures for the C.Gars Facebook and Instagram. The cigar in question was the La Flor de Cano Selectos No. 3 – this is the latest regional edition from Cuba and it is incredibly smooth and mild. They were very much appreciated it and it made its way onto our social media pages. I also served a gentleman, who wanted to get his son a Cuban cigar as a gift. He didn’t want to spend too much on a Cuban as he didn’t understand the hype behind them. Of course I mentioned the history and the tireless hours that go into crafting a Cuban cigar, he decided to try one and so I recommended the Quai D’Orsay No. 50, a nice light smoke with nice caramel nuttiness to it.
On Thursday, I was doing the New World stock count with Sarah. She did very well and counted all the cigars very quickly! And so in the afternoon I was able to catch up on general administration tasks. I also started to think about what cigars to put into Aprils New World Cigar Subscription!
On Friday, I was picking online orders, with the help of Josh and the rest of the team, we quickly picked them ready to be packed. Afterwards I fully created Aprils New World Cigar Subscription, this month it is brilliant! It has some incredible cigars inside and you always get great value for money! In the afternoon, I carried on creating the monthly shop newsletters, ready for my deadline.
I hope you have enjoyed this weeks goings on and I hope to see you all in Norfolk very soon.
So long for now.
Oliver.
