None of the offices I worked in did crazy stuff like fill peoples’ workspaces with packing peanuts, balloons, or ping pong balls. Nor has anyone wrapped the contents of someone’s office in aluminum foil. My boss at Caribou used to enjoy asking new hires to get the toolbox out of the basement for her. The [...]
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Last week, I worked one of my shifts with a coworker named David. That afternoon, he answered a phone call just as the drive-thru tone beeped in our headsets. I was looking at him when I answered the drive-thru call, and what came out of my mouth was, “Hi, David, err, uh, welcome to Caribou!”, [...]
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Sarah’s video doing so well in Mutt Madness has provided us with unexpected cash. I have to admit, I really liked Howie’s philosophy when we talked about what to do with the money and he said to me, “money you’ve earned with your camera you should use for cameras”.
For almost ten years I’ve been wanting [...]
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I had a great day at work today, with many of my favorite customers popping in during my afternoon shift. We also had a birthday girl come through the drive-thru. She pulled up to the window and handed me her coupon and photo ID (to prove it was her birthday). I smiled and wished her [...]
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Because my friend and co-worker Amanda’s been promoted to Manager In Training (congrats, Amanda!), we’re short-staffed at my job. Add to that the people down with the nasty flu bug that’s hit so many this year, and you get an idea of how tightly the schedule’s running at work.
So, I worked more the last week [...]
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