Be open for business on Sundays and holidays. Offer evening appointments. When staffers complain, tell them about that big salon in the next town where they groomed 100 dogs on Christmas Eve. Act extremely put-upon when employees request a day off for a family reunion, their sister s wedding, that Aerosmith concert or the trip to the Bahamas they won from the radio station. Remind them how you used to walk to work through hip-deep snow just to groom those dogs.
Someone has to do the work around here.
If anyone is heartless enough to point out that weekends don t matter to you because you haven t had a date in six years, grab a tissue and run into the bathroom sobbing. Take no interest in their lives. When you ask Peggy if she will be bringing Bob to the Christmas party and she reminds you that they have been divorced for two years, just shrug it off. When George tells you of the rare piece of French Colonial furniture he bought at the Antiques Fair last weekend, keep buffing your nails and tell him It s all just old junk to me. If anyone takes offense to your remarks, tell them to get over it.