CafeNeves

Wow! The first 60 days of the new store have breezed past us and I havn’t posted anything here. I mean it’s not like nothing is happening. So now I just need to figure out where to start. Hmmm…..
The first few weeks that the store was open we did pretty good business. People seemed to [...]

Last year the comapny I work for, Ninth House, merged with another company, Personell Decisions Inc. Since PDI was a bit larger (700 employees vs 60) we have adopted several of their policies and procedures. One of them is their annual performance reviews which are done every year in April and May. We are given [...]

So the store opened Saturaday to… well, nothing really. They are working on a big “Grand Opening” but that won’t be until May. So it was kind of quiet. I showed up at 3pm to find a laptop that needed a PC Tuneup *and* a virus removal. Also that the owner was coming back with [...]

T’was the night before the opening, and all through the store, not an item was out of place, not even the door.
The product was lining the shelves to bursting, in hopes of customers coming in first thing.
The ink was all hanging on their pegs, the toner on the shelves.
The printers were shiny, the notebooks piled [...]

So there I am, minding my own business at the EasyTech counter wiating for a system restore to complete when this dude walks up to the desk and starts mumbling about wireless access and getting a bad signal and disconnecting and he got the thing for the laptop but now he needs the other thing. [...]

Okay, so another day working at Staples and another story. Now this is second hand so I can’t guarantee it’s truth, but even if the guy who told me this made it up, it is worth sharing.
Thursday afternoon a gentleman in his 50’s, of central Asian descent (Indian, Pakistani, etc), comes into the store and [...]

Well, not that I quit my old job. I got a 2nd job working at Staples. They are opening a new store here in Levittown and I figured we could use the extra money (and who can’t!) and it would get me out of the house, which is a problem when you work from home. [...]

My buddy Tom Lillis has finally “escaped” from CGS. He handed in his notice last week and will be leaving on Wed Nov 21. Congrats Tom!
Here is your very own Countdown Timer that is counting down to 5:30pm Nov 21
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Wow, it has been busy the past week or so. I have started my new job working for Ninth House, today is day 2. So far so good, it looks like I will be spending the better part of the next month just getting up to speed, but that is to be expected. I am [...]

Before we get on to the much easier Things I will Not Miss About Commuting list, there is one other thing I thought of that I will miss, the 45 minutes down time each way on the LIRR when I would either read or grab a quick nap. That I will miss.
Now on to the [...]