I was rather impressed by the intern’s presentation on how our company had the potential to save around four hundred dollars a month by switching our office supply company. I had never thought too much about it since we had been using the same local company for the past ten years.
The new office supplies company that the intern wanted us to switch too was an online company. I saw my boss’s eyes when he realized that he would not be supporting the local merchants. This was always something that he prided himself in but hard times call for hard measures. If he wanted to save money on office supplies then he would have to switch to an office supply company that was not local.
Our entire staff had voted to change office supply companies and to do it by the end of the month. My boss wanted to be the one to call our current supply company and explain why we would be dropping them. I think that they took it better than to be expected. They understood the reasoning and knew that they could just not compete with the internet companies that were popping up everywhere. They figured that by the end of the year, they would probably be out of business anyway since they could not offer the same prices as the bigger national companies.
Our local high school was having a carnival fundraiser for the town. My son was in charge of coming up with funny t shirts for the volunteers to wear while they were working. He knew of a website that had some that might work. The funny t shirts that he chose were so cool. I could not believe that they were also cheap t shirts and everyone could afford to buy one. I took the order and helped him make sure to enter the sizes for everyone’s funny t shirts properly. I did not want anyone to be left out. The cheap t shirts were delivered to our door in about three working days.
I just had everyone pick up their t shirts from our house since we live across the street from the high school. The funny t shirts were a big hit at the carnival and I had even purchased a few extra for the kids to sell and make a little profit. We ended up selling out of them by noon. We decided that we would order double the amount next year since they were such cheap t shirts and we turned a big profit on them.
I was placing my order online for some funny t shirts for my husband and decided to order some for myself too. I ordered some offensive shirts for my husband since he likes wearing those all the time. The shirts that I got for myself would just be considered funny t shirts that would not offend anyone. I wear funny shirts all the time to work but they would not let me stay if I had on some offensive t shirts.
My husband on the other hand drives a semi seven days a week and only stops in at truck stops along the way so no one really cares that he wears his offensive shirts to work. If he ever had to get a job where he worked with the public then he would have to get rid of all his t shirts, or at least only wear them at home. He laughs when I say that to him, because he never plans on getting out of the trucking business to work with the public. He says that he wears the offensive shirts to keep the public away.
I on the other hand work in a chocolate factory and we give tours three days out of the week. I cannot wear offensive shirts, but cute and funny t shirts are okay and my apron usually covers those up anyway.
Our church was hosting a fall party for all of our members and the community. We had been planning this party for about six months and it was all coming together. We were anticipating on having about two hundred guests for it.
I was in charge of the funny t shirts station. Anyone, young or old could walk up, choose a plain t shirt and then decorate it with the many items that were on the tables. We had gotten most of the decorations donated but I had bought some extra things like buttons, rhinestones and some glitter. Everything seemed to be going great and I had seen some really creative funny shirts being designed in front of me.
By the end of the party, one hundred and fifty people had stopped by my station and decorated their funny shirts. Since the t shirts would have to dry for a couple of hours, most of the people would have to return for Sunday service and pick them up then. It ended up being a great way to insure that we had a packed house for our Sunday service.
Plans for next year’s fall party have already started and it will also include the funny t shirts station along with some new things.