Now I am manageing a small bookstore in a women's university. It is not my main job, and my main job is still to sell books to libraries and scholars, but I am enjoying the new job.
For the previous manager quited the job recently, my boss ordered me to replace it.
The store is very small. From the viewpoint of business, the store can't make a big business. But the store is important for the unversity students, because they have to buy many textbooks there. The store is mostly only for their textbooks.
Actually, if we can't sell their textbooks there, the store have to close soon.
The revenue of the store is mostly earned when the new educationl year, April in Japan, starts. Because the most texbooks are bought then.
So, for business, it is reasonable to open the store only in April. But, of course, it's impossible. If we do it, the university will kick us out soon.
In the bookstore, we sell not only books but also many other goods; snakcs, stationeries, women's stockings and so on. Recently a cosmetic maker visited me offering their goods and supplemets.
Because I don't know whether their goods are good or bad, I am asking some young female coworkers for their opinions now.
Before the job starts, I thought it is an annoying one. But, for everything is new for me, I seem to enjoy it. I will try to understand my customers (young female students) completely.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
VS Deconstruction
Today, Aeon Hon-Atsugi school is being under deconstruction.
The school will move to a new place, from 1st and 2nd floor to 4th floor in the same building. I heard the new place is more beautiful and gorgeous. Actually the place was used by a estheetic salon before. It must be more beautiful and gorgeous.
Around ten years ago, I visited this school by chance. Since then, the school's location has been same. So, although the movemnet of this time is small (because it's just floor change.), I feel it's a kind of turning point of the school.
Refelcted by the growning down of Japanese population, the number of the students is decreasing, with the decreasing number of the teachers. So, two floors are too many now. I can ubderstand this decision is right. 4th floor might be a disadvanatge to get new students, but strange people might not be able to come into the school easily.
3rd floor? It's Izakaya.
After the lesson, we can move to a drinking place, just only for TEN SECONDS!!
I am not sure whether it is good for our study, but it must be welcome for busy people.
The school will move to a new place, from 1st and 2nd floor to 4th floor in the same building. I heard the new place is more beautiful and gorgeous. Actually the place was used by a estheetic salon before. It must be more beautiful and gorgeous.
Around ten years ago, I visited this school by chance. Since then, the school's location has been same. So, although the movemnet of this time is small (because it's just floor change.), I feel it's a kind of turning point of the school.
Refelcted by the growning down of Japanese population, the number of the students is decreasing, with the decreasing number of the teachers. So, two floors are too many now. I can ubderstand this decision is right. 4th floor might be a disadvanatge to get new students, but strange people might not be able to come into the school easily.
3rd floor? It's Izakaya.
After the lesson, we can move to a drinking place, just only for TEN SECONDS!!
I am not sure whether it is good for our study, but it must be welcome for busy people.
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