Official R. E. Steele

At the Fantastic General Store, sometimes employees switch jobs within the company. Selling Cinderella’s brand of shoes isn’t for everyone, neither is selling Sleeping Beauty’s rose bushes. This seems like it should be an easy process of flipping a switch or two and being done with it. But no, sometimes you have to wait a…

At the Fantastic General Store, sometimes products are rearranged. Sometimes product is moved from one location another, like changing an endcap with the seasons. Summer in a fairytale village sells very different products than wintertime in that same village. Other times entire departments change locations within the store, like when there is a remodel. These…

At the Fantastic General Store, like at all retailers, we have schedules that have to be posted. Employees can’t be expected to come in if they don’t know their schedule. But there are some ground rules that need to be followed when it comes to making schedules. Schedules shouldn’t be changed within a two-week period,…

At the Fantastic General Store, we often have a lot of tasks that need to be completed. Sometimes the number of tasks is overwhelming. We are told to be more efficient in doing them, time management if you will. This can help in some instances. We do occasionally have brownies or elves help out. But…

At the Fantastic General Store, we have to receiving stock into our system like other stores do. We need accurate counts for ordering purposes and tax purposes. Noble knights and villainous hordes don’t march on their own. They need tax revenue to get paid, and they need to be supplied by us so they can…

At the Fantastic General Store, there are times when employees have to travel for business purposes. Sometimes they need to go to another location for training. Other times they are needed to help set up or run a new facility. Regardless, business travel isn’t always fun. Sometimes the means of travel is delayed. Flying by…

At the Fantastic General Store, we have slow periods of business as well as busy periods. People usually need a couple of days of sleep after a ball. Sometimes slow periods are welcome, since they give employees time to get caught up on other tasks, like restocking and cleaning. But you can only clean and…

At the Fantastic General Store, we get rushes the same as any other store. Our rushes may involve different customer bases, like wannabe princesses trying to make it to the ball, villains trying to find that last minute fix for the hero problem they are having, and troops stocking up on the essentials right before…

At the Fantastic General Store, we use tech. Yes, we serve customers in sci-fi and fantasy settings, but we still use electronic registers and email. Occasionally, headquarters will try to institute some new kind of tech from a scientist of questionable sanity, or tech that supposedly runs on magic. But the company is generally slow…

At the Fantastic General Store, we employees stock three kinds of products: products that come in automatically, products that are sent to us by headquarters for a limited time, and products that we order ourselves. I personally prefer to order my own stock, as I can usually figure out how much of something I need,…