The Source of Income

 I'm thinking at least 90% of people first thought about 'their job' when they read the title today.

 Many started feeling a bit disappointed, not even knowing why....

 We are trained to think ~

1. Go to school and complete a basic education {Graduate}

2. Find a job or move on straight to College : 

 This will depend on your families income and your grades going through school. The better you do, the more choices you will have for yourself, regardless of your families financial status. 

 Many receive partial financial assistance and a part time job to fund their college education. 

 Some don't even think about college and just seek employment. 

3. Which means jumping from job to job throughout life or 

Finding a single CAREER and working for 30 years or so....

4. So you can retire hopefully with a company pension to assist your Social Security or Social Insurance or Retirement Insurance...... Countries differ on these matters..

5.So you can ~ Grow old and die. Leave what's left of your efforts to your children.

And that about sums up LIFE ~

* I watch folks everyday buy lottery tickets with the great hope of WINNING. Some just want to say they WON, or pay a bill; while others want to retire, take a vacation.

* Pawn Shops and Pay Day Loans thrive ~ because many folks can't make it from payday to payday. They do what they have to, just to buy gas to get to work and lunch money for the kids at school.

* State programs help many with FOOD assistance, enabling families to eat healthy without having to sacrifice paying rent, utilities, and gas to get to work. 

* Day cares are in demand, GOOD DAY CARES are expensive. Just so both parents can work to pay the bills and the day care bill? Sometimes it's better if MOM STAYS HOME! 

WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER!

WHAT IF ~ 

* You could wake up and randomly find a few bucks added to your PAYPAL, or DEPOSITED into your bank account while you slept? 

1 DEPOSIT could spare you a trip to the PAWN SHOP or the embarrassing call to ask someone if you can BORROW A FEW BUCKS...

WHAT IF ~ 

* All you had to do was post links to your social media accounts and ask friends to check it out. Let it be their choice to randomly purchase or not.

WHAT IF ~ 

You might actually get excited about one of the business plans and decide to host a party or buy a kit...... 

* You just scored mass products for little of nothing, plus an opportunity to make money and score more..........

WHAT IF ~

* You found yourself MAKING MONEY by being excited about a product.

WHAT IF ~ 

* You woke up and found yourself headed for a dream vacation with your family, FREE! Plus spending money, PLUS PLUS PLUS....

Because you went ahead and held a party for AUNT MARY and her friends, and they ended up having parties and you didn't realize just how easy it is to SELL WHAT YOU LOVE. 

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAID "NO" ~

I bet the AVON lady, the consultant at the last TUPPERWARE PARTY, probably an AMWAY distributor have all approached you....

YOU SAID NO, I'm not a sales person, I have a job, I can't stand up in front of people, I've heard no one really makes any money.....

Question for you ~

Do you have a friend that moved up in those companies and enjoyed the many perks and benefits?

Do you know a co worker that left the company to WORK THEIR OWN BUSINESS, because that side hustle was suddenly making more money at home than they were making by coming to work?

Times have changed ~

Your not going to see the Avon lady knocking on doors, and most product 'parties' are held through ZOOM or FACEBOOK platforms. No INVENTORY, DIRECT DELIVERY, straight from the company to the customer.....

If you LIKE PEOPLE, you can choose to sell/advertise at events as well. ..

A simple Link ~

Can start adding funds to your bank account without you really doing any effort.... 

AND YET YOU SAY NO...

The source of your income does not have to stop with the sweat of your brow. 

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

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Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.

Ch Changes

 I believe we've talked about this one before, possibly a couple times. 

 I think early on in the 'covid' experience we talked about the changes taking place worldwide and how much we all don't like to change. 

 CHANGE takes us out of our 'comfort zone', makes us open ourselves up to new experiences, tastes, people, etc. 

 If we're not careful, the 'change' might even cause 'change' in ourselves.

 

 I'm personally struggling with changes at work. {so are my long time co workers}.. 

 Our store was sold and we are under 'New Ownership'. Along with a new owner, came 2 new employees....

 They are not American and their English is limited, so communicating is one of the complications we are dealing with. They have not been in this country for very long, so they are very unfamiliar with 'the way of things'.

 I'm not sure how 'things WORK' in their home country, but their 'work ethics' for our country leave you wondering if they have ever had a job, know how to work, or have any self pride in the results of their work.

 Both young men pretty much walked into our store with the attitude that they are somehow 'new management' and not expected to 'do the work'. Mind you they love to stand behind the register and interact with the customers. Or 'play' in the 'backside' of the computer/register which jams up the registers when you have customers....

 BEFORE - Even though there were only 3 of us, we got the work done. The store 'looked good', floors were clean, garbage cans empty, kitchen clean and food prepped and prepared properly. Coolers stocked FIFO, faced forward. Shelves were full of the customers favorite products.

 NOW - The garbage gets 'pushed down' when you tell them they need to dump the garbage. The floors don't get mopped {one fella complains his back hurts} and the store is looking grungy. I don't know how well the dishes are getting washed on the nights my girls don't work. I know the kitchen garbage is stinking with yesterdays food scraps when I come in @ 5 AM. Garbage Not taken out at all. 

 It used to be there were products like the little energy shots, cigarettes and chew, loaded under the counter so we could refill and restock the racks as needed. Now all of that is locked in the office and only available when the owner comes in. Hence, we run out of a brand of cigarettes, chew or shots and customers get disappointments. 

 We've run out of many of the customer favorites, shelves are looking bare. We rearrange and stretch the products to make the shelves look as full as possible. So many regulars have quit coming in, because we DON'T HAVE IT.

 It feels somewhat like these 'guys' were not even hired to work but to 'watch us'. The fact that we are no longer 'trusted' in our own environment has caused much disturbance in the 'force'. The new owner mentions that he wants 'team thinking' yet his people present themselves as 'superior'. They don't listen to the girls, they don't follow instructions and they just don't seem to care if they get it right or not.

Ugggh! CHANGES suck!

 I was only temporary helping the previous owner out. When the store sold, I thought I would be done and able to move forward into my retirement. The new owner asked me to stay a couple weeks... It's been nearly a month. His guy can't get there by 5 AM, coming in anywhere from 6, 6:30, 7 even as late as 8 AM. 

 So to prevent the store from losing any more customers - I'm still there  5 AM TO 8 AM - Mon thru Thurs. It has to OPEN on TIME.

Sigh.....

Blessed by God

Life's good @ the Bright side of the Barn

Thanks for stopping by

Until next time, Stay Safe and Happy Trails.