Banned for life from local thrift store!

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Working as a volunteer at a NH thrift store is probably not all that different than working as an employee at Lavalleys Bristol NH.

Except that our employees are paid.
And our new system is probably more advanced than a thrift stores.

We can take returns at all the locations of stock items. The thrift store probably is not working on SKU or bar codes and so its systems are less supportive of the staffing.

We still need a receipt for a purely cash customer because the system will do the return based on that receipt. It can't look up their account if one doesn't exist; and it sees all pure cash customers (whether they use a check, cash, or card) as one entity.

It is pretty slick when the process is followed.
But I doubt a small store would be able to afford the system and monthly service.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Except that our employees are paid.

A short sentence that's very long on personal impact and importance, and something anyone should think about before retiring.

Probably, people volunteer their time working at a thrift store because they have a lot of spare time and are a wee bit bored. Is ALWAYS better to be paid to work.

I know an 83-year old guy who used to own a car repair and tire business for 30+ years, and now he drives a car parts delivery for AutoZone Auto Parts in Worcester, Ma rather than stay home and be bored.