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I gave her the day off due to it being her birthday as I did with all my reps. I would work in their position on those days and pay them whatever commission I made. I was hell on wheels as a sales rep so they were always excited about me doing their job and them getting paid.
I went above and beyond to be good to my people, but at the same time I was an equal demon in the event that they screwed up. I tried to manage by the spirit of creating quality employees by positivity, empowerment and delegation. I tried to create the environment to where my employees wanted to do a good job rather than feeling pressured to. |
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I actually see the opposite, where they bring me 1's more often than not. Sometimes I'm not sure how to take it. I can either, think to myself "thanks for giving me 1's so I can tip you properly w/o having to get up and go to the cashier and ask for them for change" OR "Hey you SOB you better tip me more than $1.50." |
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If someone forgot to do that. We solved it by..."Give me your name and phone number and when we close out tonight, we will call you if we are over", which of course was followed by a lot of yelling, cursing and screaming in an attempt to intimidate us. It's a sad world when I have to teach my children to watch out for this scam when they sell Boy Scout Popcorn or Girl Scout cookies. Even worse is when the scam is reversed on the customer. I could have sworn one day that I gave a toll booth attendant a $10 instead of a $5 but did not look at the change until I had pulled out. Last edited by omasou; 02-19-2019 at 11:04 AM.. |
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Spot on, and on a side note. There are a few restaurants in Toronto that now only accept digital payment. NO CASH. I have an issue with that but what I'll say on point is that this is going farther down the hole where folks aren't required to think.
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My comment regarding my ability to trash the majority here in math was also an effort to try to defend the current generations. I wasn't necessarily attempting to brag for my own ability. I believe that the younger generation has far more means to progress then the older generation in math/science/etc based on how education has developed over the years. Technology has its benefits to those who know how to use it properly. Advanced classes are more readily available then they were in the past. They have much more capability at their finger tips. |
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So true. Now, instead of having to calculate the tip % in your head, write it out on the receipt, and add it to the total (soooooo much math) you just punch the button on the tablet at the counter.
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That's the cycle of life. I'm Gen X and we were constantly found to be lazy, worthless, dreamers, by the older generation. Now the torch of bitterness has been passed as we look down on you little punks in judgement, secretly envious of your mastery of technology.
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This past weekend i was passenger in my niece's car (because they came to house, not because I needed a driver) and I noticed the TPMS warning was STILL on on the dash. While wife/niece ran in to get coupons from CVS, I broke out the pristine owner's manual, found the link of page 478, and fixed it for them using the computer interface. |
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When I was a kid we learned long math, column addition and subtraction. It was a necessary skill at the store because the registers didn’t compute change back in the day, and the cashiers didn’t always get it right. I remember my mom going over the register tape when she got home, matching each item from the grocery and re-totaling the slip - and going back in when she found an error!
People from her generation could look at a column of numbers (3+ digits each) and tell you at a glance if the total is correct. I can’t do that (although I try). But I can do change in my head faster than the clerk can take my payment and key it into the register. Now with electronic registers, that is no longer needed. Mistakes are rare, and not a math problem but a “data entry” problem if there is an error. The old skills are cool, but really that’s about it. Tech is definitely better, if less satisfying, in the same way that a Seiko keeps great time but lacks the what, romance?, of a hand made watch. |
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It's not that I'm technologically inept, I just dont find enjoyment in dealing with it. I can fiddle with something mechanical or electrical for days but my tolerance for mindless sifting through on screen menus and settings is virtually zero. I'm totally behind the times because the "old" ways still work fine for me. I watch people fumble with tier phones and try to make Apple Pay work; I just slap down a $20 and go. I thought it was funny a few weeks ago when I had some garage time to tinker with my bikes. I added some Hp to both the Guzzi and the boardtracker by increasing fueling. Same result, accomplished in two totally different ways. I got no pleasure from the process of upping Hp on the Guzzi by loading a new fuel map. Yanking the carb off the boardtracker, spilling fuel all over the shop, ripping it apart on the bench, cursing as I lost a tiny jet on the floor, stripping a bolt and having to drill it out and chase the threads... Now THAT'S a great Saturday. |
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