Office Snapshots

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Office Snapshots is a website filled with just that, photos of offices of companies, mostly tech companies. Some you've heard of: Google, eBay, Craigslist, Flickr (above). This fits in nicely with my fascination with biographies and autobiographies - how people live.

I work in an oddly shaped building. It's fairly old but was very cutting edge for back in the day. The window offices now hold 1 or 2 people. I work in a very large office with 2 of us - used to be 5 in there at one point. Being a computer company, we were at our peek employee-wise in 1998 and 1999, before Y2K.

The interior offices, of which there are just a few now, are your typical cube farm. So I was interested to see that these modern companies shown on Office Snapshots, still use cubicles. I don't know what I expected - something new and innovative, I guess. Though typically, it seems the walls are all low, whereas ours are highish walls. I wish we'd get rid of some of the empty cubes and open up the space, but that's just me.

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I worked my October shift at Enchanted Rose Garden on Saturday. I met a new vendor, Lisa, a jewelry artist. She worked half the day, then I worked with Eileen the owner, the rest of the day. We were fairly busy so the day went faster than previous days there, I thought. I still managed to get some stitching in, during the slow times. The thing that amazes me about that store is that in the 3 days I've worked there, there is rarely a time there isn't a customer in the store. It's a nice steady flow.

And each check is higher than the previous, so I'm definitely trending in the right direction, as they say. Checks are cut twice/month and my last check covered my rent. I've covered my rent in sales both months I've been there, but it's nice to do it in one check, not two. MJ was right, this is a good store - I think things will only get better.

I took my Halloween pins in and Eileen and Lisa both loved them and each bought one. So we all wore them Saturday. I was going to put them in my booth, but Eileen put them in the Halloween/Fall section, which was terrific. I sold one Saturday to a customer too. So I've been making more to have at the show at MJ's house this week.

Oct 18, 9:00-6:00

Oct 19, 20, 9:00-4:00

MJ Inspirations 4th Annual Home Craft Sale

342 Pannell Road, Fairport, NY 14450

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