work-in-store program

so what have i learned after two days working at my local store?

• it is non-stop working with customers, shelves, floors and products--associates feed off the energy
  
• they sell a local brand of ice cream from aglameses bros
• managers are held accountable for every single corporate initiative out there
• meetings can be long and detailed
  
• packing meat is cold bloody work
• scanning with the CAO gun is weird and non-intuitive
• the web tools that we make stores use are also weird and non-intuitive
• parking is an issue for associates
• the day crew is pretty different from the evening crew
• bagging can be fun but also can make you feel like a lonely puppy when you greet customers excitedly and they give no acknowledgment
• it's really tough work doing what stores do