inbetween

I got to work this morning. It probably would have been just as easy for me to ice skate to SUBtext today, but oh well. I like snow. It makes me happy.

That's right, I'm back at SUBtext. It's a little odd, but fun, nonetheless. I like Norm. We have the same sort of philosophy for the store, but he has business skills and experience.

I look around the store and things have changed, but only slightly. When Norm started here, he didn't really make any significant changes. He didn't feel the need to completely change the store and make it his. He didn't rip down any of the interesting things that Cathy had done (did she actually do anything interesting with the store?) and make the store in his image.

When I left, and Cathy took over, that's exactly what she did. She ripped the hand painted murals from the windows. Took down the posters. Changed all the forms, and the advertising. The staff complained to me, but I told them that it was her store, and they should give her the chance to proove herself. I did everything I could to support her.

Just before she quit, everyone in the store and the other departments realized one very important thing. There had been no advertising for two months, and there would be no advertising in August or September. Her staff claimed that she had forgotten. They told me that Cathy had been saying that I had spent all the advertising budget before I had left. That was in a previous budget year, and she was on her own budget. That's when her supervisors realized that it was time for her to go.

And now there's Norm. He's reasonable, doesn't condescend to the customers or the staff, is very laid back and fun to work with.

I think things will finally be different.