This is one of my favorite times of the year.  The echinacea are finally ripe enough for the goldfinches to eat their seeds.  I've counted as many as 7 or 8 on the blossoms in past years, ripping them apart ( Read more... )

Lots of laughs at work lately.  A woman whom I'd judge to be a grandmother was strolling the aisles with her grandson, who asked me for help.  Where is your salsa, he wanted to know.  Aisle 13A, opposite the soups, I replied.  The grandma then inquired, "Is it in jars?" which threw me for a moment.  I mean, what else would it be in?  So I asked her ( Read more... )

When I went in today, my boss told me she now knew I'd sold 23 of the gadgets between the two days.  She's ordered 60 more, plus tomorrow we're due to have a visit from the Wegmans (probably Danny and his daughter, Colleen), and management at our store decided they want me demoing the corer/slicer during the visit.   Now honestly, folks, the ( Read more... )

My day yesterday started out sad and ended up happy.  Saturday we had a storewide event, with demos in several departments.  A few of them used my equipment.  They were staffed by very young people plucked out of the cashier pool and plopped into these roles.  Obviously they really didn't know what they were doing.  My direct supervisor was off, ( Read more... )