The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-02
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8 x APage Devoted TO Food Products

IproccDman Some women seem to think
that it is great Joke 10 keep the per.
son at the other end of the phone guess
ing Who they are
TO thS groccDIrans question. 'Aud
who d, M, talking plca'ct' come, the
reply. "Nrcm, tu inc YOU ought TO know
my voice D., TIM, time as many order,
as ! phooc IN to You I'm Just going
to let YOU gucs, again
Time Wasted
Then. perhaps after he ha, finally
/ guessed her or succeeded in getting
her all "pccycd up" because her voice
happened 10 sound very much the same
as Gity others, and she has ro tell him
who It Is, the street number must be
asked and IN many case, several more
minutes that are very valuable to the
groccryman IN the morning, when he
Is trying 10 get his order ont are wasted
because she insists, You surely have
q poor memory ! have to tell you
every day where live You must have
your MUD ON how YOU arc going 10 get
more money out oi us pcopN
All Of thi, and much more uSelcs,
chatter often take, fifteen or twenty
minutes OF time right IN the busiest
part ol the day when the actual bushes,
oi the transaction should have been llu.
ishcd IN two or three minute,
This all sounds perfectly silly and
ridiculous when put mp IN this fashion
vet | realized when heard it that !
had been guilty OF some OF It myself
II is hard to realize that. the person at
the other end OF the line hasn't as much
time as We have.
Since talking to these men ! have
taken the occasion 10 tell several WON
en- that / asked different grocer, this
question I'll you could discipline you
trade what.would be one OF the first
things You would teach them"
Would Cut Useless Talk
\ And the sum OF the answers was
II would teach them 10 do their order
ing anil buying in a busincss-likc man
llNl "lNdNIlk pNl hlI llllll'N' NNh'N l'l'N
ing and useless talk"
Nearly every woman admitted that
they were more or less Rullty-thoughl
lcsSly. OF course-of this act
The real business manner of conduct
ing the ordering should be this form
"ls this the Blue Front grocery' This
| is Mrs, A & Adams. 10 Brooklyn ave.
nue." always give the full name and ad
! dress even If You are the merchant
great aunt or wiic--lt saves umcl
Have the order in mind or written down
I so as a. save all ul that "Wcll-lct'
see what else Get through and Civ,
someone else q chance at the phone.
These men declared that the customc
| is in a measure 10 blame for a grca
deal Of the expense Of foods.
Would Help Stores,
! II they would order their groccric'
the day before and order all at once
j instead OF several orders Of a few Ar.
ticlcs three or four times each ray, tn,
efficiency OF every store would be in.
creased 100 percent Thi, would allow
them to do all oi the delivering IN tive
circuits say at o'clock and at ,
o'clock in the afternoon
The rest Of the tune these men could
be used in the store keeping the stock
in shape waiting on trade and filling
orders
/ lIousekecpers should realize that
good help is scarce and that every tim,
/ they ask the grocer, lorcomc to thcll
/ house with extra orders they are put
ting an extra burden ON the service o
the store which they pay Tor IN ,h
long run
Someone Must Pay
The overhead expense OF the grocer
bu,uc,, could be- reduced greatly 1t IN