On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Ward Oldham wrote:
> Now the reality check. > > Anyone know how many employees we have? > Including the Mayor and myself, we have 6. Surprised? Yeah, you should lay some off. Overstaffed ;) On the reality check, I assume that at least 1 person from MacTown goes to the meetings, if not more. A reality check there is that you go as a representative of MacTown and not as an Apple-techie. An assumption, but I imagine it's very hard not to bring work into such a situation. So why not just save yourself the drive, and also have the ability to put money in the till. Basically you're already doing the more hours in this instance. On the original hours grumble, it's not longer hours but the wrong hours that I'm grumbling about. Most small computer shops have the same problem [Computer Outlet on Hurstborne does]. Your hours mostly match the hours in which people work, so the only business you might get is someone buying for their company or someone at lunch. Comp Outlet are especially painful here as they open at 9:30, and yet I've had to wait longer than that to get in. A pain when I'm already late to work just to get in the door. MacTown are open on Saturday morning. I don't know about others, but that's not a lively time for my wife and I. Our shopping occurs in the afternoon and we usually head passed MacTown an hour after closing. We represent only 2 potential customers, but the internet lets us be loud and state unhappiness :) The obvious solution to this is something every shop knew about 30 years ago [I assume. they did back home anyway]. Shut sometime in the week, and work a full saturday. Most chinese take-aways seem to know this too. Take Wednesday afternoon off, or all of Tuesday or something, and work weekends. I've never been involved in a consumer business in Louisville, but it seems that that would help make more money. Every consumer job I've worked in was busier on Saturdays and dead at some times in the week. Also, I guess MacTown have other things going on than straight consumer sales. Training, evangelism, renting space out etc. This clashes. Just ideas. Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be October 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
