Hang on a minute..!! we ain’t that romantic.. lah..!! the anniversary we are talking about .. is our store’s anniversary.. lah..!! “pontong steam” eh.. muahahhahaha!!
8 yrs in business.. and 7 yrs in Canada… it’s a very long time indeed. I haven’t been home.. and i miss home alot.. and miss the food more. Well.. i’m sure you all know by now anyways.
So yes.. 8 yrs in business.. from a clearance center .. to what we are today. PB bought out his ex-partner.. after 6 months into opening this store.. and of course he acquired a free/instant partner .. who became an owner by association ONLY. No easy feat to carry on a business for 8 yrs.. ! we have our ups and downs.. and of course.. “GREAT” ex-workers in the past. There are perks with being your own boss of course.. and that’s no more time for yourself anymore.. ! everything you have or own.. will indirectly go back to the store.
Do we have a luxurious life..?? owning your own business.. ! Jeez .. no..!! far from it..!! But you know what our biggest mistake was..?? Hiring too many ppl to man the store.. and thinking that they will have a sense of ownership.. and help you make money because it never happened for us. Everyone that we’ve ever hired.. except for Mike and Ryan from Halifax.. expects us.. to just keep giving.. and when we are tired of taking their nonsense… they decided that we are “BAD ASS” employers.
Middle of December 2006, took a turn in our thinking about the whole employee and employer thing.. when Ms Selfish resigned .. and subsequently tried to bad-mouthed us. But you see .. it was a blessing in disguised.. ! for with her departure.. we finally decided to do things differently.. and adopted a whole new concept to our business. Exactly 8 months later today.. we’ve never felt richer.. in all our 8 yrs.. in business.. because without hiring new employees for this store.. we were able to concentrate on other things.. and use the money from the past employees salary and put it in good use.
Sure we worked alot harder now.. and Chloe needs to be in the store.. for a good 6hrs at a time.. but overall.. this is working out so much better for us.. because no more worrying about slacker ex-employees.. or all their ranting.. and bitching.. and so forth. And yes.. this year.. we’ve done so much better than the last 2 yrs.. overall. So if you are in business like us.. small business.. a word of advice.. try not to have too many employees.. and try to put in as much hours.. as possible.. to get your results way quicker.. and less headaches.