So like many retail companies in recent week my company also layed off 1400 people last week in an effort to reduce costs for 2009. As the news began leaking over the last two weeks about my company, I couldn’t help but read the various articles that were being written about the company. Along with the articles I made the mistake of reading the comments.
I understand that there are many people in this world and even in my life that find the products in my store expensive and not practical. I disagree, I believe quality items like my cookware will last a lifetime. I also firmly believe that my store brings families and friends closer together by creating meals that are cooked at home. I respect these peoples opinions after all everyone has the right to speak their mind.
However, I draw the line at random people bashing my place of work for having to lay off associates and saying they will never shop with our company again as some comments suggest.
I firmly stand behind my company and believe with all my heart that they did not want to lay off anybody. We are a family, I spend 40+ hrs a week within the walls of my store and my co workers see more of me than anybody else in my life. My little store was lucky we did not lose anybody, but not every store was lucky and people were let go. Last week was a tough emotional week for my company and several other companies in todays economy, and I wish people would realize that it is rude to write mean comments.
I mean I don’t like coffee and have even had horrible service the few times I have been in a starbucks, but you know what I feel for the 6,700 employees that will lose their jobs in this fiscal year because of the economy.
Well that is my little rant and I know the whopping five readers of my blog would never write mean comments about my work on random news articles, I guess I felt the need to just vent
So I keep getting tagged in notes on facebook about 25 random facts. Being that I haven’t posted a blog in awhile, I thought it was a perfect excuse to kill two birds with one stone.
So here I go…
1. I have seen every episode of Beverly Hills 90210 and I am not ashamed to say that. I grew up with that show, from junior high through college.
2. I have owned over the last 4 years 3 espresso machines and 2 coffee machines, and yet I don’t drink coffee ever.
3 I am afraid to make chocolate chip cookies.
4. I am really really good at singing christmas carols.
5. If I am going to be home for longer than an hour, I will always put on my PJ’s
6. I am far better had completing 5 tasks at once, rather than just one.
7. I was introduced to Sonic rt.44 diet cokes by andrea and I can not imagine my life without them.
8. Despite what people may think, my favorite movies are actually war movies
9. I hate flying
10. When I am angry and frustrated, I tend to take a bath. Who knows why
11. I am jealous of people extended families, I never really got the chance to know mine.
12. I do things just because that is the way they have always been done. For example, I grew up having spinich casserole at Thanksgiving and Christmas and never ate it. However as soon as I began cooking my own thanksgiving I made it just because that is what is done. I didnt try it until 3 years ago and man I was missing something good all these years.
13. I learned to cook because in college I wanted to spend my monday nights with 15 cute guys, so I cooked dinner for their house every monday night with 2 friends.
14. I read really really fast.
15. The only book I have never finished was American Pyscho.
16. I spent 2 years hating my best friend because I thought she was immature, then I got to know her.
17. I want to own a lake house some day
18. I know how to knit, cross stitch and sew. My mom taught me.
19. I think my sugar cookies are the best, and I have never ever tried one that I thought was better. (Yes I realize that sounds stuck up)
20. I have really high arches
21. My hip is double jointed.
22. I once drank gasoline when I was a child.
23. I used to take photographs, but have no photographs of the last 8 years of my life. I only have my memories.
24. I really really want to be a runner, but can never make myself actually run
25. I could take or leave music, it doesnt affect me.
