January Is Garbage

If I’ve said it once here, I’ve said it 100 times: JANUARY IS GARBAGE. As I write this, all the aprons and towels for West are in our washer at home because the drain to the washer at West has frozen up and refuses to function, despite Jason dumping gallons of hot water down it. The good times never end.

So, here’s an update on what we’ve been up to at PJP, or a narrative of my indignation. Either way.

  1. Look, it’s been so cold and snowy that we’ve been on late start, early close, and all combinations of whatever it takes to be open. I poured coffee out of my Yeti onto the back door lock at Nifong to unfreeze the lock so I could get my key in it. Follow me for more hardware tips.

  2. Also, every time it snows, I envision someone at The Kroenke Group making a notation to charge $34,000 for shoveling per event based on nothing but number randomization.

  3. I actually said earlier today that I would rather be as miserable busy as we were one month ago today than as slow as we were today. And it wasn’t even really that slow. It just feels outrageous after working sun up to sun down and now I have time to stress about all the sidewalk salt being tracked in and all the mopping required.

  4. Our first Epic Pie Tasting of the year is this Friday. There are just a few tickets left for purchase online. I’m so organized that I’ve already chosen the recipes and typed them out and put them in a PDF for both stores to access. I usually cut it down to the wire, so this type of preparation should be noted. You won’t want to miss one of the few times a year I’ve overly planned for something.

  5. And next week, we are celebrating National Pie Day on Tuesday with 23% off all dessert pies and merchandise. Culturally, I think we all agree on 3/14 as National Pi(e) Day, but the American Pie Council is insistent it is January 23rd. My guess this is to help drive business to bakeries so people like me can stop complaining. Either way, I’ll take it for something fun in January. And for the revenue to pay off the $34,000 individual snow events.

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