A Day in the Life of a Retail Assistant #95 Hi everyone, I have had another exciting week here in Turmeaus Norfolk, lots of exciting things are happening!
Monday was very interesting, I was in the shop with Sharon, however, she was needed to help out booking parcels onto the Royal Mail system. So she quickly helped pick Cuban cigar orders and I tackled the New World cigar orders. Throughout the day, more orders kept coming but I handled it brilliantly and thankfully I completed them all before the end of the day! In between pickings, I served a gentleman who may be becoming my regular. Last time he purchased a Tabak Especial Oscuro Robusto, this time he wanted to try the Medio Robusto and I convinced him to try the Inka Secret Blend Red Robusto. It’s safe to say he trusts my judgement and I look forward to seeing him again.
On Tuesday, I was picking online orders again. I have noticed a lot of people trying the new Kristoffs we have. Kristoff has brought a lot of new ranges to the UK, including a very interesting one called the 685 Woodlawn Perfecto. It uses some of the rarest tobaccos you can find, It may be my next purchase! In between online orders, I created an article for the C.Gars Cigar Library for the latest Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan and Shamrock. These incredible cigars are a yearly release, however, they were not available last year, but they are back with a bang! You can read all about them here. Afterwards, I was working with Sharon, updating our shop display to really advertise the Filthy Hooligans as well as other Irish related items ready for St Patrick’s Day.
On Wednesday, I was working in the shop. To begin with I helped with online order picking as there was lots to do! Thankfully Sharon did a really good job stocking up both of our humidors the day before. So I was able to stock up some of the pipe tobacco. Afterwards, I carried on my task of changing the background of the Cuban cigars. It’s a very long process but I was very happy to complete all of the H.Upmann and Guantanamera range. I served a lovely lady who wanted to purchase a cigar for one of my regular customers who always comes in on a Friday. He always has the Regius Orchant Seleccion Hermosos, however he is partial to a Cuban every now and then. She knew she wanted to get him a Cuban, and I remembered the gentleman likes Montecristo. So she looked at the prices and purchased him the Montecristo No. 5, I know he will enjoy the present and she seemed very happy to be purchasing him a cigar.
On Thursday, I was doing the New World cigar stock count with our humidor manager Billy. We completed it in around 3 and a half hours which is definitely a new record! So much so that other members of staff weren’t expecting to see us so soon!
Friday was finally upon us! It had been a challenging week due to both Ciaran and Josh being off but the team certainly rallied around and made it look seamless. I took some pictures of some new ashtrays we recently got made. My favourite is the Mitchellero one! Why not celebrate your favourite cigar brand with their ashtray! Afterwards, I served a gentleman from the East Anglia Transport Museum. He was looking for some plastic jars that he could put pictures of tobacco inside for a window display. The window display he had was amazing but it was just the finishing touches. I found some of our old tobacco jars that he could use and I then offered to take some pictures for him and try to create what he is looking for. He was so grateful! So much so that he has offered to give us a behind the scenes tour of the museum! We will certainly take him up on this offer and I can’t wait to show you all the photos! In the afternoon, Porscha and I completed the Cuban cigar stock count.
I hope you have enjoyed this week’s goings on in store and I hope to see you all in store very soon!
So long for now
Oliver
