There's a Meerkat in all of us
Part of my retail experience has been the tedium and misery of conference calls. In this meerkat’s view, conference calls are a waste of everyone’s time. The information that we’re expected to run through...
When you work in sales, irrespective of whether it’s field sales, telesales, or retail sales, there is a certain unwritten code of conduct. Salespeople are hungry and greedy, this might as well be a...
It is said that confronting thieves is a big mistake when you work in retail. After all, the stock they steal is insured, but it goes without saying that staff are not so easily...
Those of us who work in retail will all share a loathing of certain situations. None of us are especially enthused to see customers the moment our doors open, but the ones that grind...
I have worked in retail for 17 years, across different fields, and for companies both big and small. There is something I regard as consistent across the larger companies, and it’s a tendency for...
Here we are. This is the first Muse of the new Meerkat Musings, so it’s all exciting and fresh and new! At least, I hope it is! Let’s dive right in. Closing a Chapter...
Time for another story of retail mischief. We journey back to my Staples days, and an intriguing little moment one evening. One of the skills I learned at Staples was how to reset a...
In an earlier post, I recalled an experience with a man who grew quite grumpy, because we could not magically get his laptop repaired quicker than he would like. He was annoying, but he...
When Meerkat Musings began back in 2014, I was working for Staples. We sold office supplies, and this included laptops and PCs. As with most forms of electronics, laptops can be delicate, and unfortunately...
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