May 27, 2010

Today was the Real Skate Team demo here at ESS. Before all that even started I went around the warehouse and receiving area and introduced myself to some of the workers. Several of them skate the same way I do. It's amazing how several people in this industry do and don't skate. All of them are all fans of the sport and I like that. I askes of the people in receiving of what they do and he showed me. Just doing the invoice like I did at DaVille skate shop. I was also introduced to David who does a lot of the maintence. I helped him in getting the park cleaned for the skate team. He also showed me how they store the packed products in and how. I wish I got more time to do it but the skate team was closing in so we couldn't stay long there. I ended up vacuuming the bowl that in the park until they got there. I should find out what I will be doing Tuesday. I hope its's going to be fun.

H - 5.5

May 26, 2010

A little update on my status. I won't be working at ESS due to a work conflict with my job. All the people at my position have called out and I'm the last resort. I will miss the demo for Real and I'm going to see if I can do anything that day with ESS. No promises though. at 11:23 A.M.

11:34 update. Currently I'm still doing research under the Sales Manager on all the products we carry and all the different vendors we buy off. The skate section I've basically got down, it's just the surf section that is way out of my league. I've always stayed with skateboards. However, surf is apart of this company so I have to put in double time with that industry. I only know of one pro surfer, but that equalivent to only knowing Tony Hawk in skateboarding. I have to really get on the ball on this one. Also on Friday I should have a schedule of what I'll will be doing each week.

5:30 update. I will be coming back down here tomorrow but only for a short period of time do to my work schedule. I will find out what I will be doing tomorrow.

H - 9

May 25, 2010

For now I'll be working here on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This week is one exception because I'm off from my job on Thursday so I will be here again to work. I just hope my body can keep handling the drive back and forth, as long as I have my music on the trip I should be fine. I was able to sit, observe, and listen on to different scenarios that arose when I was present. From what I can gather it's just common sense when dealing with customers on the phone. I was giving the tast of research the Real Skateboard team. They are doing an demo that is not open the public on Thursday. I'm researching to see what the team is up to now, anything and everything about it. I'm going to see if there is anything else I can do for them, if not then I will be just watching in amazement.

H - 9

May 24, 2010

Today is my first day at Eastern Skate Supply. It's a two hours drive to commute but the experience is more than worth it. I got a tour of the facility and met several employees. It's still unclear of what I will be doing here but once I find out I will post it. One thing I did was research what type of vendors ESS deals with. I spent the entire day researching all the products vendors. I've always knew about the different companies but I never thought about where they came from or who makes them. That was a surprsie to me. I say companies that I never heard of and companies that I knew but didn't know it was them that made them. A lot of companies make more than one type of products. I have a better understanding of a distribtuion center. I knew they send out products but the concept of it all was unclear to me. It makes total sense of why they exist. I should have a better idea of what I will be doing tomorrow.

H - 8