Melinda Slade

I’m not one of those people that hates Mondays but when they are rainy days and Monday, yeah I’m not all that thrilled about them.  Nothing starts the week off worse than a dreary, rainy Monday.  Now if it’s sun shining and it’s Monday, doesn’t phase me at all.  It’s just the lack of sun and the rain on top of it that totally ruins my Monday!!!

A friend of mine that owns a consignment shop needed a new receipt printer since her’s decided to quit working for her. I’m big on saving money and so is she which is why she started her store, to help others to save money too. The last thing she needed was a high expense that wasn’t totally necessary so she found what she needed at a great price and saved everyone money at the same time.

Have you ever heard of about POS systems? I hadn’t before now but they have some really great items for small businesses that will help them out a great deal.  They offer retail, restaurant and salon systems.  They have barcode generators and readers to help you keep track of your inventory and make ordering a lot easier too.  Not to mention they also have all sorts of software to help you with things like inventory and even barcode systems.  Wish they could make my job a little easier.

Boy is this economy and job market tough or what?  A good friend of mine is looking for investment banker jobs since the branch they worked for closed down. They’re not afraid to move either so this web site is great for them.  It helps you to find investment banker jobs all over the country.  It amazes me just how many web sites there are out there that really do help people find jobs.

I got this by email from a friend and it really hit home to me.  I hope it does for you too!!

How to save some American jobs and we can help!

I want to share with you some great information that I found out purely by accident. I believe it can also save and create jobs in America while giving people better customer service.

So how many times have you called a company’s service phone line and found that the rep.can barely speak English? Once with a major mortgage company it was so bad I demanded to speak with someone who spoke English. Right at that moment I broke the code, the secret password for customer service.

Come to find out that every American company using overseas operators must transfer you to an American rep. by saying…….” I want to speak to a representative in America “. (Don’t take no for an answer on this)

This was confirmed by the American rep. that they must transfer you after that request. I’ve tried it on a half a dozen major companies including cable, bank, phone and mortgage companies. It works every time and I actually get my issues taken care of.

Last thing to help save even more jobs…. don’t use the automated check out lanes they are pushing at the big box stores. Once again I found out that if we use those check outs rather than cashiers people loose their jobs too. I’ve refused to use the automated check outs and have had two cashiers already thank me for help saving their job.