Interesting Times

I know we have been studying creative thinking in class and I have tried to use this while explaining to my bosses why we shouldn't have to stay at pappy's until midnight on saturdays for the after hours catering service. I've gone the logical way by stating how much money we lose by only serving one person from nine to midnight, and that didn't work. Recently I took a poll from all the employees from pappy's and rack 'n roll bowling alley that are tied up in this catering event and they all agree that we shouldn't be doing this. Guess what, that didn't work either. So last weekend on Halloween I decided to take a more creative route and throw a little shock value into it. I closed the store two and a half hours earlier than normal and we all walked out. Yes, this may not have been the smartest move to make but nothing else was working, and yes I did recieve a warning but it got their attention and they held a meeting because of it. Due to the action that I took, the catering after hours event that we are doing for the bowling alley will be canceled at the end of the semester and one person each saturday will be allowed to leave the store two hours earlier than the other two employees that must stay. This wasn't the result we were expecting, but at least now the ball is rolling in the right direction.

James Costner