I may need to hire an employee for the Bookstore

[RetroLounge]

If I move to the new space, I will need to be open during the day, and I work days, so...

anyone want to come to Milwaukee and work in my bookstore?

:shrug:

RL

[Droopy]

1. That would be a cool gig

Maybe in 5 years I'd be able to do it, but right now I'm all about the money. Besides, I don't think you'd be able to keep me out of the nudie section and behind the register. :)

[SPKrazy]

2. move your bookstore to a warm area with a beach

not in Wisconsin

like say

Florida

or on the Atlantic or Pacific

and give me a back room to crash in

I'm there!

:D

[RetroLounge]

7. Florida? No way...

I was thinking Tahiti...

:hi:

RL

[SPKrazy]

13. sounds good!

I'm available :P

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

15. As long as you don't mind native girls

in skimpy bikinis bring us non-alcoholic drinks with littl umbrellas in them...

:D

RL

[SPKrazy]

16. oh the sacrifice

:P

[krispos42]

53. Wait about five years...

Retro will have palm trees out front and Lake Michigan out back. Thank you, global warming...

[RetroLounge]

66. ...

:rofl:

RL

[lizziegrace]

3. Lelapin and I would love to.

I do payroll taxes, withholdings and returns. I could at least help you with all that "stuff".

[RetroLounge]

6. Lelapin can go to UWM or Marquette

and Chicago is pretty close by... but there be Zombies there...

Oh, heck, she could go to DePaul! Now I follow your thinking... :D

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

9. duh...

I see this as a win-win-win, don't you? ;)

There is the whole issue of that Zombie thing... :scared:

[graywarrior]

4. Man, that is so tempting.

[RetroLounge]

8. It snows here...

But at least we don't have flying alligator-sized cockroaches here...

:hi:

RL

[graywarrior]

11. I miss snow.

I miss any change of weather.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. That would be awesome

I could commute from Minneapolis, really I could...




























If I were independently wealthy...

[Sock Puppet]

10. I thought you were...

Weren't you recently talking about buying big-ticket items like sailboats and sportcars, and bragging about some kind of huge settlement check? Or do I have you confused with someone else?

[RetroLounge]

14. That would be me!

Wanna go for a ride on my Yacht?



:hi:

RL

[mzteris]

27. is that your Titanic,

baby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eanqIbjPDPA

edit to add - you have to wait until 1:22 in to get the reference.

[Pierre.Suave]

17. I did get a settlement

but it is not quite as grand as you have made it out to be.

Yes I want a small sailboat and have changed my mind about the sportscar.

Small sailboats are not that expensive.

[Solon]

12. I would seriously consider it...

The biggest barriers are the fact that I don't have a place to stay in Milwaukee, I'm injured(left shoulder, pinched nerve), so I have difficulty lifting heavy objects above my head, and I've been unemployed for a few years because of it. Oh, and I don't have a car.

Other than that, well, I've worked retail(Wal-Mart, it sucked), and I've worked Security(Wackenhut, also Sucked). I've done inventory, ordering, etc. I'm also halfway decent with math and also have some managerial skills, and I'm good with computers.

[RetroLounge]

22. ...

:hi:

RL

[mzteris]

18. hmmmmmmmm......

So what are the "fringe benefits"?

[RetroLounge]

19. We can work that out during the interview...

:evilgrin:

RL

[mzteris]

28. do you have something like

a casting couch, maybe?

[hisownpetard]

32. Yes, but smaller (I think he calls it a laptop). And I warn you - this man is shameless!

}(

[RetroLounge]

42. Shameless? Moi?

I resemble that remark...

:9

RL

[hisownpetard]

55. Yes, you do, Sir.

[Writer]

20. YES.

((RAISES HER HAND HIGH))

[RetroLounge]

21. HIRED!

:highfive:

:loveya:

RL

[Writer]

23. I am packing my bags now.

I'll see you soon.

[RetroLounge]

24. Bring Mr. Writer...

We could use the help moving books.

:rofl:

RL

[Writer]

25. Hmmm... let me think about that...

Naaaaaaaahhhhh.

[RetroLounge]

26. Ok... I'm good with that...

:loveya:

RL

[leftofthedial]

29. when do I start?

[RetroLounge]

35. Now would be fine...

:hi:

RL

[leftofthedial]

44. are there any good singer-songwriter gigs in Milwaukee?

gotta do something when I'm not selling books . . .

[BarenakedLady]

30. If your store was around here,

I would totally work there.

:D

[LeftyMom]

31. I have retail management skills and I love books

But I go to school for free here and mostly like the work I do.

[hisownpetard]

33. And what will you be doing, nights?

[RetroLounge]

34. I need afternoon help

I'll work the night shift...

RL

[matcom]

36. $50.00/hour

full bennies.

401k with a 10% match.

I like to take a 2 martini lunch.

I need to be home by 4:00 pm.

During cold weather I demand indoor smoking.

I'll stock the Porn section for you.

Hired?

[RetroLounge]

38. You had me at Porn...

:rofl:

RL

[stuntcat]

37. I wish

I love stacking sorting and flushing, I used to work for Borders everywhere I moved. It's the one job I'd ROCK, Bookstore Employee :headbang: I loved helping people find things too!

But alas..
Well I hope you'll find just the right person.

[RetroLounge]

39. You sound like what I need...

:hi:

RL

[Initech]

40. Move to California and I'd gladly do it.

[RetroLounge]

41. and watch my store burn down?

no thanks...

:hi:

RL

[KitchenWitch]

43. Anaheim never burns.

I would love to work in your bookstore.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

47. If ever any place should...

:rofl:

RL

[Initech]

46. Just avoid any area east of I-15.

[KitchenWitch]

52. Ain't THAT the truth!

:rofl:

[Fire Walk With Me]

57. Burn down, be covered in a mudslide, shaken apart by an earthquake, flooded on the

one day a year it rains... And all this was just last Tuesday... Oy. If you don't like this particular sign of the apocalypse, wait 15 minutes for the next one.

I have a problem with Milwaukee, something personal. Almost any other town, and I'd help out. You have my good vibes always, however. :thumbsup:

[RetroLounge]

61. It's the Laverne and Shirley thing, isn't it?

:hi:

RL

[Fire Walk With Me]

64. No, and now I'm in antinomy

:cry: :hi:

[Connonym]

45. Will work for books...

especially if I can read when things are quiet :-D

[RetroLounge]

48. Oh, I like that idea too...

but things will not be too quiet I hope...

:hi:

RL

[hedgehog]

49. I hate to be a wet blanket, but why would you need to be open during the day?

Will enough extra customers come in to justify the extra hours and/or a clerk? I hope you mean the new location will attract customers in the day time, not that you need more customers to pay for the new location.

[RetroLounge]

50. Yes, it will attract more, busier location, better traffic.

the coffee shop and bagel place are quite busy.

and I would adjust my hours to meet better with theirs.

I work a day job, which prevents me from opening earlier than I do now.

RL

[hedgehog]

51. Wonderful then! That's good news!

[BlueIris]

54. In a word, yes. Well, if I can sleep on your couch, that is.

I can be your childcare technician, if you want. Non-smoker, non-drinker, no criminal record. And I have read every single last major poet of the last two centuries, a LOT.

[hisownpetard]

56. I bought the books, but I didn't know that I actually have to READ them.

Damn, I'd better get hoppin'!

P.S. Who are some of the poets you like?

[BlueIris]

59. Most of my favorite poets are represented in my DU.com journal, which is just my poetry threads.

[hisownpetard]

69. Thanks. I'll definitely check it out!

:hi:

[EstimatedProphet]

70. So, you're saying that you are your own favorite poet?

[RetroLounge]

60. Hmmm, seems like a win-win

:hi:

RL

[SeattleGirl]

58. I would love to do that.

If I had to work retail, working at a bookstore would do it for me. And working at your bookstore would be great.

Unfortunately, the commute would kind of suck.

[RetroLounge]

65. Yeah, it's a hell of a commute...

:hi:

RL

[Ellen Forradalom]

62. If you're moving to the new space..

...post when you're doing it, okay? Maybe we can round up a posse to make it an easy move.

[RetroLounge]

63. You know it!

We'll call it a meetup.

:hi:

RL

[Cabcere]

67. I'd love to!

:D

...except I'm in VA right now, and I probably shouldn't just pack up and leave five months before graduation from college...bad form and all that. :eyes: ;) You think you'll still have openings in May? :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

68. May? Quite possible...

:hi:

RL

[Arkansas Granny]

71. I couldn't afford to work at a book store. I'd spend my whole check

on books.

[RetroLounge]

72. you say that like it's a bad thing...

:hi:

RL

[Arkansas Granny]

73. On second thought, maybe I could take a second job so I

could afford to work in a book store. Hmmm.

:dilemma:
:thumbsup:
:hi:

[RetroLounge]

74. See, now you're thinking...

:hi:

RL

[applegrove]

75. Should be easy. College type people love to work in bookstores.

Just put an ad in the local paper and you will have hundreds of responces.

[RetroLounge]

76. I need someone more like a day manager

to do my job while I'm at my day job...

RL

[madrchsod]

77. hmmmmm..to far to drive!

but i sure could use a job.....

[hippywife]

78. Amazing!

This thread isn't over two hundred posts yet just chock full of applicants? Que surprising! ;)

[RetroLounge]

79. Hey You!

How are ya?

:hi:

RL

[hippywife]

80. Not so hot tonight.

Still fuming over what I heard on NPR this morning so I had to post about it in GD. This is one for the books, I tell ya...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2406017

Hope you are doing well. Sounds like it. The new place sounds like a great spot for a bookstore! I hope it works out the way you want it to. Books are real treasures!

I gotta go hit the hay. I'm spent! Have a good night! :hi:

[hisownpetard]

81. Yeah. So first he had the thread with a photo spread featuring him in all his fuzzy cowboy

wonderment, and people went ga-ga.
Then he came up with the idea of a fake "ad" to see how many people he could lure to his new bookstore
for some work, perhaps, and maybe a toasted bagel and a small cup of decaf. And he got 3,000 responses
ad 429 offers of co-habitation.
Wonder what attention-getting idea he'll comes up with for this week, but it damn well better be good,
or I'm not washing an ironing his fuzzy jammies, like I said I would.

[RetroLounge]

82. You can't iron them

unless you take them off first...

:hi:

RL

[hisownpetard]

84. And... ?

[likesmountains 52]

83. Maybe off topic..but do you take any kind of books? I need to clean up a bit and have some hardback

you can PM me if you'd like...I'll pay postage