Friday, June 27, 2025

What a breeze! Went in before opening and stocked books. It probably took half as long and there was no stress, no distractions. Obviously, this is the way to do it from now on. 

 

Oops. My smooth operations hit a snag. These days, I'm waiting until Tuesdays to send off Penguin Random House orders, and that frees up Wed. and Thurs. for Sabrina to make comic reorders, then I start constructing a new book order on Friday for the following Tuesday.

I forgot to hit the Send button on Tuesday. Darn-nit. It takes long enough to wait for PRH stuff to show up even when I send orders on time. I'm still working out the new schedule. 

Meanwhile, two lost boxes from Ingram. They don't use UPS and the shipper they do use is horrible. I never know when or if the boxes are going to show up. Especially when they have a new driver. And they always seem to be getting a new driver.  

During busy seasons, like Summer and Christmas, when you need product the most is when the most shipping mishaps happen. I figure the regular drivers are out on vacation, or there are a bunch of newbies just when the holiday crunch is kicking in, but it always seems to go a little haywire. 

 

Broke our streak of good days today. Not by much, but still a warning not to get too smug. A kick in the butt I probably needed. I'd been getting spoiled by what was happening, and that was probably unrealistic. Trending back to norm wouldn't surprise me.  

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