WoW….I want to remind all businesses that we are in a recession.   That means that every dollar earned is worth gold to paying bills, staff and yourself.   I was getting some small items for the house (fixing the sink) and needed some items.   I’m not the most handy man on the planet, but I figured I would try to replace the sink.  I head to the Canadian Tire (as it took me like 3 hours to replace a sink before I realized I needed a part).   I got there at 4:50pm.  Remember it’s Sunday and 5pm is the closing time.   There is a guy standing at the door….just itching to lock the doors.  I walk up, (fully knowing I had 10 min to get the part) and was stopped to be told that the store is closed.    Closed?   There’s 10 minutes left.   I had to negotiate with him for 3 min about the time I was going to take to get the $10.00 part.  He finally, reluctantly, approved me to come in.   As I’m walking in, there was about 5 people behind me, also running a bit behind obviously.

I totally appreciate that people want to go home on Sunday, however in this economic time I just couldn’t help but ask myself.  How much in sales was lost from the 5 people that were told “sorry, were closed”.   Before it was actually closed.   The key to making it through these rough times, is the ability to swallow a bit of your time when people are coming to buy your product.

That’s my 2 cents…but then again…this coming from a guy that loves to work.