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#203
Posted 20 April 2005 - 12:00 AM
Darkstarexodus Escribi�:
Well, I'm off to determine my future.... I mean, write my first exam. Need an A or better or it's menial work for the rest of my life.... so not prepared to write an exam, despite 8 sober days of studying... *sigh*
wishing you the very very best for your exam! you'll sort that out.
i passed all relevent exams that winter and so will you :D
love is all.
#209
Posted 20 April 2005 - 1:33 AM
whirlygirl Escribi�:
I work at Tower Records, the megalomart of record stores.
I love my job but sometimes it feels like the same old rut, day in and day out. I've seen a lot of change in the company over the years (mainly the eradication of the art department, which is where I worked) and the company isn't run the way it used to be. Tower is up for sale and has been up for sale for over 2 years now, and we still haven't had any biters. It's even worse now that the company filed for bankruptcy to make good on it's outstanding debt but it's like Tower is barely trying to stay afloat in a dying market. Right now we're literally owned by the banks - it's all about the bottom line and how much product they can shuffle from the warehouses to the stores, and back to the warehouses again. We slate all this product for return, send it back, then literally a couple days later we get in a fresh shipment of the same product so the sotres are overflowing with product - it just looks bad. It's no way to sell records...
dammit! i love tower, they always have all of the shit i cant find anywhere else! and rare electronic stuff is really hard to find down here, well i guess theres always amazon...
#212
Posted 20 April 2005 - 4:42 AM
TheFlamingDead_ Escribi�:
whirlygirl Escribi�:
I work at Tower Records, the megalomart of record stores.
I love my job but sometimes it feels like the same old rut, day in and day out. I've seen a lot of change in the company over the years (mainly the eradication of the art department, which is where I worked) and the company isn't run the way it used to be. Tower is up for sale and has been up for sale for over 2 years now, and we still haven't had any biters. It's even worse now that the company filed for bankruptcy to make good on it's outstanding debt but it's like Tower is barely trying to stay afloat in a dying market. Right now we're literally owned by the banks - it's all about the bottom line and how much product they can shuffle from the warehouses to the stores, and back to the warehouses again. We slate all this product for return, send it back, then literally a couple days later we get in a fresh shipment of the same product so the sotres are overflowing with product - it just looks bad. It's no way to sell records...
dammit! i love tower, they always have all of the shit i cant find anywhere else! and rare electronic stuff is really hard to find down here, well i guess theres always amazon...
Tower's still in business - but for how long... They did file for Chapter 11 which is basically another way of saying the company worked out a deal with their creditors/banks and reassessed the massive amounts of debt the company accrued over the years - mainly the 90's when lots of irrational cocaine decisions were made in a bid to outdo every competitor and open up more stores for no good reason. Except now, Tower is having a hard time keeping up with places like Best Buy and discount places like Target and Walmart.
Shop away, it'll keep me employed! ;) The only thing going for Tower is the selection.
be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
#214
Posted 20 April 2005 - 12:29 PM
I'm late :'(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STICKY
HAPPY BRITHDAY TO STICKY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR STICKY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.........YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D ( I made it sticky cause o type boy with the golden eyes alln the time would ruin the flow of the song )
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STICKY
HAPPY BRITHDAY TO STICKY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR STICKY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.........YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D ( I made it sticky cause o type boy with the golden eyes alln the time would ruin the flow of the song )