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This pretty much takes the fun outta everything!
Oh, there’s plenty of fun left to go around, as so ably demonstrated by quite a few people
Good Morning!! Has anyone heard about the new horizon/western rest./gas station. When is suppose to open? Also,how about the Love’s truck gas station. Have they started const. on this project, because i haven’t heard anything about it. They passed the sign height a few months ago i believe. Thanks for your information….
I needed a place to vent! I’m dealing with “the other side of owning a digital sign. First the city and their ordinances of what you can and can’t do…then the sign gets hit and shorts out. It’s been over a month since a repairman backed into the pole and the sign went dark. Two insurance companies, several estimates and now an electrical engineer (coming today, I hope!) later…still no sign. I’m grateful the lease company is suspending the payments until the issue is resolved, but missing the extra income from impulse buyers who saw our ads. Thanks for a place to sound off!
youve come to the right place….you can lean our shoulder. please tell us more….names, numbers and locations would surely help.
Someone hit your sign, Patti! Gosh! How does the insurance work on that? I would think the guy who hit it would be responsible for fixing it.
I’m impressed to hear you got impulse buyers from it. I always wondered whether the signs paid off. They sure are visible. But it seems whenever I drive by your store, the sign tells me the time and temp, not specials at your store.
I just “happened” upon your blog and wanted to say “hello.”
As a fellow Mississippian that has moved to Atlanta, it is always nice to read about the “goings on” in your home state.
I was in Tupelo last month (see my blog post http://southernofficechairs.wordpress.com/2008/08/) and we enjoyed our time there.
Mississippi is a wonderful state. We need to cherish its history and its people. It is truly the “Hospitality State.”
SOC
I am one of the “lucky” ones left working for Lane Furniture today. I watched many of my colleagues, family and friends loose their jobs yesterday. I’m just not so sure how “lucky” I am. I don’t see how we will continue on with business as usual. I have spent a sleepless night and feel sick this morning. I believe the company has been fair to those let go, but we that are left are scared and confused. We all need to pray very hard for our community, country and world. I believe this is just the beginning of a long hard road ahead for all of us.
We were treated very fairly in my opinion justhangin on. I worked in one of the offices. I would rather be gone than go in today. Everyone is gone, there are so few left. I know it will be very quiet and everyone will be sad and on eggshells. I am waiting for 2 of my friends to come get me. We are going to file our unemployment, go to breakfast and then go to the mall and spend our gift certificates. It was very nice of Lane to give those to all of us even though we were let go. I will be praying for you and praying that Lane and the economy and the furniture business in general turns around.
tupelobizbuzz, did u know that Hancock Fabrics laid off over 30 people on Thurs 22nd?..including me! Might want to get the story on that. They have laid off people who worked there for years longer than me. They did not let the employees know that they were going to lay off people..it was unexpected. Is that wrong of them to not let us know ahead of time?
I’m sorry to hear that, Suave. No, I hadn’t heard about the layoffs at Hancock. I don’t know much about the situation, but it’s my understanding that a company can layoff without notice. Sure, it puts the workers in a bind and leaves a bad taste, but I don’t think that the move is illegal. It’s Furniture Market weekend and Dennis is out of commission with a broken finger and a cast, but I’ll see what I can find out.
Until then, check out the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Web site. It has info about filing for unemployment and upcoming job fairs.
http://www.mdes.ms.gov/wps/portal
I hate to repeat rumors, but is there any truth to Prudential closing?
Good question. We’re not ignoring you or the others who mentioned it on the other post. It’s on my to-do list.
We’re shorthanded at the Biz this week with Dennis out on vacation. But we will find out what’s going on with Prudential/Gifford Global. Stay tuned.
We put in a call to Dustin Gifford this week to see what the deal is. Haven’t heard back yet.