Helloooooooo LJ!
So - haven't been around much - mostly because I am not a blog about what is going on type of person, and also because I am guessing about 2 people actually read this site (Hi Kass and Katie!) But - and yes, this is a prologue for those of you reading this - I have come to the conclusion that I want to be writing about my business somewhere. I don't want to post it to facebook, partially because it is WAY public, and partially because I have customers who are my friends and that's not always a good person to witness your venting. Plus - I don't think anyone wants to hear about my business. So this way - they don't have to. They can read, or not read. End prologue.
I have been running the coffee shop for 3.5 months now. Wow. 3.5 months. That is a really long time, especially since some days I feel like we just opened last week. We are basically out of money and running by the skin of our teeth at the moment - which is a small business in it's first year way to be, I think, but I really am not happy about it. I have cut back on the hours other people work so I am paying for about 50 hours a week and most of those hours are overlaps on lunch time so I have someone to help when we have several people at once. I am currently considering let one of the staff members go because I keep having issues with her, but I am not quite fed up enough to do it. She only works 2 days in January, so maybe that will help me calm down. ;) Or not. So - I need to come up with ways to get more people into the shop. Oh. OH - today I found out the woman who owns the re-sale shop across the street tells people NOT to come to my coffee shop because my coffee is cold. Seriously? Grrrrr. That frustrated me. Great. Big. Bunches.
I have been running the coffee shop for 3.5 months now. Wow. 3.5 months. That is a really long time, especially since some days I feel like we just opened last week. We are basically out of money and running by the skin of our teeth at the moment - which is a small business in it's first year way to be, I think, but I really am not happy about it. I have cut back on the hours other people work so I am paying for about 50 hours a week and most of those hours are overlaps on lunch time so I have someone to help when we have several people at once. I am currently considering let one of the staff members go because I keep having issues with her, but I am not quite fed up enough to do it. She only works 2 days in January, so maybe that will help me calm down. ;) Or not. So - I need to come up with ways to get more people into the shop. Oh. OH - today I found out the woman who owns the re-sale shop across the street tells people NOT to come to my coffee shop because my coffee is cold. Seriously? Grrrrr. That frustrated me. Great. Big. Bunches.