The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-27
SOME GENTLE HINTS.
10 Young Folks Who Want to
Make Good Clerks.
Taken From q Phamplet Issued by
Department Store for Use Of the

Employees.
Treat al customers courteously,
of how they may be
dressed, the contrary is inexcusable
under any circumstances.
All fixtures and property of the
house should be treated with the
greatest care; the first scratch paves
the way for carelessness.
Each day should find us doing
things better and better than previ-
ously.
Acquire the habit of promptness in,
every matter, large or small, which;
is left TO your care.
Know the value of good personal
appearance; do not think that any
detail of your attire will escape no.
tice
Learn to ask such questions as
will draw out the most profitable in
formation
Spend wisely your spare time;'
count every golden hour, every mo-
ment an opportunity; don't waste a
minute at any time.
Avoid being Influenced for the
wrong by other persons; have pnr,
pose of your own; weigh counsel
but act from your own best. thought
Cultivate a good, clear, Eegible
handwriting; many people judge
quickly on this point; a good hand
always is appreciated.
However attached to your busi.
ness, do not allow commercial sense
to deaden, but to quicken, the moral
artistic and all wholesome senti
ments.
The great majority Of errors ar,
made through carelessnesss; learn tt
care; be exact; strive to have it alb
.solutely right-making a mistake il
business is like falling down in ;
foot race-it is a setback.
In giving orders give reasons
thus teaching subordinates to thinl
for themselves.
Think to be interested in youl
work; learn to love it, and you viii
have the most pleasure Of bushes!
relations.
Cultivate happy expression ant
happy manner; feel it, mean it; the
advantage is wonderful in. every way
Learn to show a thorough inter
est in a customer or any person ap
preaching you; try to look the mat
ter from his standpoint as well a.
your own.
Make memoranda of little point
while you thing Of them; run owe
the various subdivisions of your worl
to recall any points YOU may have
forgotten.
Let every effort be towards tn
idea of permanence; do things tt
last; make the casual customer ;
permanent one throug satisfaction.
Keep your eye open for improve
ments, criticisms and suggestions
which will help any part of this bust
ness.
Pay strick attention to whateve
you have in hand, and let that fo
the time have your whole thought
Learn to leave no misunderstood
ing unsettled to the entire satisfac
ton of the other party.
Cultivate cleanliness in every spo
and corner of the house; see tina
your own section is perfectly clean
Know how to write good bust
ness letter, and be sure you are thor
oughly understood by the recipient
Be sensibly economical in larg'
and small matters, save paper, save
lights, etc, and treat each privilege
as trust.
Learn to utilize the knowledge o
others, and know every man for thu
best there is in him.
Try continually to set good ex
ample for those around you, wheth
er above you or below you in posi-
ton; example is the greatest Of al
teachers.
Be careful in all conversation:
cultivating prudence, caution, mode
and, as well, good English.
Know how to listen well; take iE
all the points you are told, and catch
the spirit as well as the letter Of the
request.
Learn to close an interview dip
lomatically, and save your time and
that of other people as well.
Avoid too much cross-examination
of customers when goods are re-
turned; this causes needless irrita-
ton.
When commission is placed in
your hands to fill, see that you put
into it yous best judgment and
thought.
Learn the great extent to which
the golden rule may be applied in
business matters with the utmost
satisfaction tc all.
Don't submit thing for approval
until it is your best; otherwise some
thing else than the best may be ac-
cepted.
All the time you are forming ousi-
ness habits take care that these are
such habits of progressiveness and
worth as you will care to retain, and
never find occasion to break.
Learn to observe as you go and
draw valuable lessons from tbs
things around you.
Let each of us do his part to make
this organization one that will stand
out in history for the men it pro-
duces.
Think about your work as whole
not merely about the little pieces of
it in hand.
We fool ourselves when, we are too
we'll satisfied with our own acts.
Do not allow little differences to