Wow. This time last year, my family and I were in Menorca. The weather there was usually above 30C every day. Even here in the UK, we had a few occasions where the weather touched 40C in August, and it was generally quite hot all summer long. Flash-forward to this latest Meerkat Muse, and things […]
Friends, meerkats, all of you, lend me your ears, it’s Meerkat Muse time! Work it… Work it Real Good No, I am not shaking my booty or gyrating my ass, or thrusting my hips. I am quite literally referring to work. Circumstances have been quite tough of late, due to a colleague being off long-term […]
Believe it or not, this post relates to both my professional career as a bathroom sales consultant, and my efforts to promote my book. Lately, I have been looking at how I can help my store attract more customers, and I am always looking at how to promote my book. Accomplishing both in a way […]
We are into July, the month that traditionally sees summer kick off in earnest. Will that actually pan out though?! Anyway, on with the Muse. Lines of Responsibility Last month (well, actually, at the end of May, or arguably early May) I made a small error with an order. The customer wanted a wall-hung vanity […]
How do you want to retire? What a question! I want to retire with a comfortable nest egg in the bank, and maybe a small measure of fame (and additional fortune) from my book(s). I can’t begin to quantify how likely that goal is to achieve, but it’s certainly how I want to retire!
For all of my complaints about the retail life, I dare say I am something of a people person. I find it relatively easy to talk to people, and in sales, all the fancy terms and processes can be distilled to one thing: communication. Being able to easily talk to people is a useful ability […]
What is your career plan? What are the working ambitions of this meerkat? Well, in terms of my job as a bathroom sales consultant, I am generally quite happy where I’m at, though if I was offered the role of assistant manager I wouldn’t turn it down. The reality is, I am not under any […]
What job would you do for free? Stop it, I know some of you are thinking rude thoughts. Just stop it, right now. What would I be so happy to do that I would require no renumeration for it? Video game tester? I can imagine that being quite monotonous after a while. Chocolate taster? Sounds […]
I don’t refer to a literal goat (that might have been easier to deal with). I refer to a particularly angry customer that darkened our doorway a few weeks back. To give him the bare minimum of credit, a problem with delivery is the original source of what unfolded next, but that in no way […]
My various jobs in retail (and my prior office experiences) have never required me to work nights. I did one ‘night shift’ when working in office supply retail, and I’ve done some late evenings on occasions of stock takes, but regular nightshifts have not been a thing for me. There was however one occasion where […]
Breached the 70K mark on my wip! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This is just sheer absolute, exquisite beauty.
I have eaten too much pizza.
I don't think it's up to you to decide what's best for women, nor whether or not men can find them attractive...
Ever since I was a cub, I have generally speaking been fond of swimming. I don’t do it often, but when I do, I enjoy it. I consider myself a reasonably confident swimmer, and I have few qualms about going out into the sea when at the beach (well, when I’m somewhere warm, with clear […]
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