The Mankato free press., 1923-06-29

! second at e:15. Each is held one
haE hour. AS the attendance is
compulsory they are held on the
! stUreS LIme so mat no one Can com
fIaIn. On every tuesday mornIgn q
meeting Of the heads OF the depart
LnentS IS calIeu. Iuen once .I-UAln
Lne store SOCIAL CIuD Nous meet
lug Ii the evening at Wnicu time
about one hour Is devoted to busl-
ness anu the rest o. the evening Is
devoted 70 uanclng and goUd .Ine
III general. CuCe III d nile d SpSdh
er from The outSIue Is secured. At
lnlS time Our buyers returning from
their New lork IrlpS tell the boys
ana glriS of the new advanced styles
ana SHOW some OF The new mercnan-
disc to put new enthusiasm mto
tnenl for the coming season.
The name OF rur CIuo Is the
Weco club meaning we CO. o-operate.
II is run and 0fficered enurely
among the employees, the mem pers
OF the firm having nothing to say as
10 its management.
The Friday morning meetings
are also conducted by one OF the
older employees. We do this as we
believe discussions will be freer aud
more things are likely to be brought
out if the proprietor is not present
TO hear Of the mistakes. These
meetings age taken seriously and
every one is enthusiastic about
them.
When a salesperson does some
thing to offend or make a customer
dissatisfied the person so offended
usually makes 1t his business to
spread the news among friends TO
make them share his resentment.
They are not only offended at the
the store in general.
"Salespeople should be taught to
realize that they can't afford to Of
fend customers for the customer is
the one who pays the salary. That
enemies do not come to them as
customers and without customers
they cannot make sales. When they
fall down on sales their usefulness
with the firm is past.
"All salespeople should be taught
too that they really represent the
firm for which they work, for Gus
toners coming into the store judge
the entire store by the services re-
ceived from the first salesperson
with whom they come in contact.
This brings to light the impor7
be that spirit of helping each other
as we'll as themselves. If the store
as a whole grows each one can
share that success and that can only
be accomplished by each doing his
or her level best.
There are many quick and cer-
tain ways in which friends and Gus
toners can be lost. Avoid sarcasm
as you would snake. There is
nothing that will fire a. temper
quicker. Never allow misrepreseuta-
ton or shoddy practice. And there
is nothing more provoking to those
waiting than to see group of sales
people talking together paying no at
tention to them or of stopping to
finish what they are doing while the
customer waits.
They should be taught to seek
and respect advice and council from
those who have been in the service
long time. They should be taught
to realize that they can get the bene-
fit of many years experience for the
mere trouble of only a few minutes
listening. Well I remember in my
own experience about the time I
thought l knew more than my father
l ran across little candy heart with
rhyme on 1t which ran something
like this Remember young man that
your worthy dad worked with a
knowledge you never had" The
more I thought of that little rhyme
the more l realize the truth Of it
and from that time on It was the re-
suit Of my getting many valuable
pointers.
Among other things all employees
should be taught the importance OF
living within their means. If ex-
travagant habits are INDUCED in and
one gets behind 1t is hard matter to
again get square with the world and
the constant bounding by their credi-
tors is a great temptation to steal.
In our institution we have no place
for those who cannot live within
their means"