Running Meetings
It’s hard to fathom that a manager, or the management team in general doesn’t devolve into passive aggressive threats and outright insults when holding the daily store morning meeting. Now, I have been...
View ArticleNew Janitors
There are little things that can lead you to believe that you may not have the best janitors working in your store. They leave trash bags everywhere, they don’t change out empty soap dispensers, the...
View ArticleNew Product
So a new Nük tablet came out yesterday… with all the fanfare of an awkward fart. It was unexpected for the most part, and once it came out everyone wondered why we weren’t warned about it sooner....
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Recall
There have been recalls of products before, heck, there’s a pretty recent one that happened this past week: Can anyone spot the glaring typo? I’m just wondering if there ever was a product that had...
View ArticleClean Up
We’ve had some bad smelling people walk into our store recently. Really bad. So bad you can smell them across the store bad. I’m pretty sensitive to odors and this guy had me hiding in the stockroom...
View ArticleSeasonal
It happens every year. It happens earlier every year. I get angrier every year. Holiday creep is the absolute worst. We aren’t allowed to celebrate any other holiday besides Christmas. Just after...
View ArticleScreening
Sadly, not every interview is this easy to sniff out the feeble and uninspired, those looking for a job and hoping you’re desperate enough to hire ANYBODY. I’ve had coworkers from that type of...
View ArticleDumbfounded
These are all sadly based off of true stories. Granted, not all of them were perpetrated by a single manager, but it goes without saying, there are a lot of stupid people that get into management...
View ArticleNever Goes Away
Glitter. Glitter is the worst. I think the reason that Mariah Carey movie bombed was from the title alone. If the movie is called “Glitter” everything else about it has to be awful. This time of year...
View ArticleReturned
For all of those instructions from home office saying that a ten inch Lego box will fit on a seven inch tall shelf, or how the flimsy cardboard displays they say will hold forty copies of the World...
View ArticleCounting
We got a ton, a literal ton of plushy toys over the holidays. We sold quite a bit, but we’re still finding more hiding in nooks and crannies. We never get enough giraffe plushies though…
View ArticleI Have A Question
When you’re working in a customer service oriented job you’re going to face a lot of questions. Sometimes these questions won’t come from a customer but a coworker. Maybe a new hire needs a little bit...
View ArticleVarious Variants
So here’s the very first $10 Patreon supporter guest appearance! I’m a man of my word! Thanks so much for your support, Rachel! The re-categorizations are still taking place. Some moves and changes...
View ArticleHunky Dory
I got an email from a reader a little while back: “I got to work today I was told by all my fellow booksellers that the new store manager was talking crap, “…kids is a disaster, books everywhere,...
View ArticleLight Recall
I have a patreon! Check it out! Maybe you’d like to be part of the comic like Evil Chris here? You could totally make that happen! I love Star Wars. I also love the new Star Wars movie for not being a...
View ArticleMumble Mumble
I need help! Please help and I can help you be entertained even further! Thanks for all of the support! Most serious conversations between managers happen behind the doors of manager offices. There...
View ArticlePeople Need This
I need your support! Thank you so much! I think a lot of people need a sharp, hard slap in the face. Political warriors on both sides of the party, lazy “customers” who abuse your job and what you’re...
View ArticleStore Alerts
This Patreon helps me keep the site running and the comics updating, a dollar or two a month goes a lot farther than you think! Please help! There are Home Office side business decisions and store...
View ArticleDown With Paper
Please support Mike: Bookseller through Patreon! It helps a great deal! I’ll hazard a guess that not everyone is aware of this devil company. You may have seen their products here or there, you may...
View ArticleSales Pitch
Want to be in the comic like Suzi here? Check it out! It helps support me and the site! Thanks! Selling those memberships is one of the most stressful parts of being a bookseller. I understand the...
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