The giant 50% off everything store sale sold everything
quite successfully. Still on shelves and
extra added tables were hundreds of books that didn’t sell. Many of them came from that giant recycle batch
of a week ago. I gave the worst to
Father Joe’s, and I put the rest out.
This day I asked if I could get rid of the messy piles of books. After I had been at work about an hour, the
boss said yes. I culled enthusiastically,
massively, without compassion. We are
supposed to be a higher end thrift store, and many of the books on the sale
tables were tired. Tired, moldy, dirty
and dusty won’t do. No dings, dents, or
fluff and folded books allowed either.
I filled all the empty boxes in the store. Ditto brown paper bags. In the end I resorted to those giant black
plastic bags with only a limited number of books in each. Never before had I moved so many books in
such a short period of time. I left for
home an hour late, but the shelves were pristine and books were well displayed.
- Himself: Another test batch of Subrogations has arrived.
- Reading: The same book on the Civil War battles.
- Balance: Watching a PBS special on PTSD. Daughter Lessa has that.
WHOA! What a formidable pile and you certainly did CULL! Didn't you? Must have felt good. :)
ReplyDeleteSad to hear about Lessa's illness. I think I suffered with that for years. Better now, may she too recover.
ReplyDeleteI just emptied a shelf of bird books into the recycle bin along with several reels of slides. Finally go the slide machine to work and discovered I had a taken a lot of bad photos. Please tell me practice makes perfect. I so want to be a good photographer and enjoy your shots, even when shelves of books. You got the gift I think. Dianne
Wow.. that's quite a difference. So, where did they all go?
ReplyDeleteHigh-end thrift shop. I keep trying to get my mind around that phrase. Only in America.
ReplyDeleteWe have a new thrift shop that took over a huge area where an office supply store was. I'll have to stop in and see if they're "high-end."
ReplyDeleteOh so excellent, Mage! You did a fabulous job.
ReplyDeleteI like the way a shopper can read the titles quickly without angling their head into an impossible dizzying angle.
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