We returned to work with the Osborne’s again this year but
at a different Pumpkin Station. This
year we worked at the Chula Vista one that we worked the trees last year.
What a huge difference in so many ways!
The location was so much nicer. Being out in the middle of a Mall parking lot
had its many annoyances which being in an open area by the college had its
perks. It was quiet for the most part,
the only noise we heard were sirens since we were located by a hospital and
fire department but we would take that over the shopping carts being picked up
and parking lot being cleaned at the wee hours in the morning.
It was busier, but then again this year’s numbers were way
up across all of the stations but it did more business than last at either
location so it was nice.
The clientele was so much better to get along with, not that
everyone was but at least there weren’t as many grumps as there were last year.
The employee pool was far better than we could have ever
imagined. Yes, we had a few where we had
to let go and a few we had to continuously tweak but it was so much easier managing
a big percentage of well-adjusted workers compared to the opposite percentage
of incompetence we dealt with last year.
There was one time where there were no customers on the lot
so we decided that Jerry and I would make it down the big slide…Jerry did once...
As for me...well…I hurt my toe instead…
Then we just let young ones have some fun until
customers pulled up and it was back to work.
Having bosses that get it and who care about us is just so
much better than what we dealt with the other Pumpkin/Christmas lots we worked and
we are so grateful for finding these guys.
The physical part is next to nothing, especially in
comparison. We get our deliveries and they
unload the pumpkins, set them up and price them. If they were behind schedule and our workers
were available we would have them assist them.
Yes, there were several times I still needed to remind Jerry about that
since he still has it in his head that we need to work physically hard if we
are to have our dreams come true.
Of course that is not entirely true and we are learning to
adjust our stinking thinking ways to be more aligned with how it really should
be in the work place. We had fun, we
worked and we made some money…what more could we ask for?
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