Working the Store

My poor pregger wife is feeling under the weather, so her awesome husband is filling in at the shop.

I have to throw this out there to anyone who can handle a retail sales environment for eight hours a day: "I don't know how you do it. You are better than me."

Even when things go perfectly, it is a frenetic and harrowing environment, frequented by persnickety and unpleasable people.

I pride myself on being a people guy -- pragmatic and reasonable. In my own career, I think I'm patient and a good listener. But today -- filling in at Q Chocolate and Coffee -- all of that was tested.

Fortunately, I kept it together. My wife shouldn't have to fire ne today.

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