Where is August?
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I think you've forgotten that most companies list their shops on the first day of the month, which is three days away.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
I think you've forgotten that most companies list their shops on the first day of the month, which is three days away.
No idea why this posted twice; usually if I accidentally double click it tells me I can't make the same post twice.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2014 12:19AM by dspeakes.
No idea why this posted twice; usually if I accidentally double click it tells me I can't make the same post twice.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2014 12:19AM by dspeakes.
I figured going into the first week of the month, a lot more would be up by now.
I am "slammed" for almost all of August already! 
I have a full plate for august. I started doing my August shops this
past weekend. Never too early to get a head start.
past weekend. Never too early to get a head start.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
Any bets on how long it will take someone to come along and jump all over you for violating the guidelines?
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Same here, I have already scheduled my August, except for the last week. It always happen when I am planning
to take a break from mshopping.
to take a break from mshopping.
I can't plan that far out so I haven't even looked yet. I'm still wading through desperation emails to close out July shops and I can't do any shops until at least Wednesday this week.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
And I have been shopping for a few months now again but august seems unusually slow slow far.
Sorry I made the mistake of coming back to this forum too.
Sorry I made the mistake of coming back to this forum too.
I'm about half booked. The intention all along was to take at least a week off, maybe two. This week got so busy I actually had to push some shops into next month
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
August? I'm pretty much booked solid through the first week of October.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
LisaSTL Wrote:
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> I'm about half booked. The intention all along was
> to take at least a week off, maybe two. This week
> got so busy I actually had to push some shops into
> next month
Don't wory, I will have a drink in your honor during my
time off in August.
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> I'm about half booked. The intention all along was
> to take at least a week off, maybe two. This week
> got so busy I actually had to push some shops into
> next month
Don't wory, I will have a drink in your honor during my
time off in August.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
Don't worry, I'm still going to have time off when you do.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
even without time off, we always have time for that.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
Get a room, you two!
I've booked all my favorites except the ones posted by ICCDS, and it's a nailbiter to see if I get them. After that, it's sweeping up bonused shops for companies with weird deadlines.
I've booked all my favorites except the ones posted by ICCDS, and it's a nailbiter to see if I get them. After that, it's sweeping up bonused shops for companies with weird deadlines.
shopsuey Wrote:
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> Get a room, you two!
Who needs a boring room? Much
prefer the beach as a backdrop
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> Get a room, you two!
Who needs a boring room? Much
prefer the beach as a backdrop
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
dkk, I don't know what guidelines were violated either. Beats me. Why do you regret coming back to the forum? Is it because of the comment on the guidelines?
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
I think it was techman saying he had already started doing his August shops.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
To clarify my guidelines comment was directed at tech and was a joke.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Hmmm..........the shops I have scheduled for August say they will not accept any reports submitted prior to August 1.
Just a few to do this week and then relax a day or so, I suppose.
Just a few to do this week and then relax a day or so, I suppose.
No I just think half these remarks are cocky, snarky and add no value. And what one person considers booked might be child's play to another so I will quit wasting time here and get back to searching and scheduling.
dkk5685 Wrote:
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> No I just think half these remarks are cocky,
> snarky and add no value. And what one person
> considers booked might be child's play to another
> so I will quit wasting time here and get back to
> searching and scheduling.
I'm reading the comments on this topic and I honestly didn't see anything as cocky or snarky. Some people book lots of shops, and some don't. I only have 8 scheduled for August. I kinda enjoy the humor between LisaSTL, Techman01, etc. Don't worry, in a few more days, you'll see plenty of more jobs.
Congrats on coming back after a 2-year hiatus. I keep telling myself I'm going to take a break, but mine only last a week or so
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> No I just think half these remarks are cocky,
> snarky and add no value. And what one person
> considers booked might be child's play to another
> so I will quit wasting time here and get back to
> searching and scheduling.
I'm reading the comments on this topic and I honestly didn't see anything as cocky or snarky. Some people book lots of shops, and some don't. I only have 8 scheduled for August. I kinda enjoy the humor between LisaSTL, Techman01, etc. Don't worry, in a few more days, you'll see plenty of more jobs.
Congrats on coming back after a 2-year hiatus. I keep telling myself I'm going to take a break, but mine only last a week or so
I'm confused. The question was about August and we all have different levels of work scheduled. The jobs techman is referring were started on July because that's what the client and MSC requested hence my joke about someone accusing him of bending the rules. I have one "August" project that had to be started on July 20. It is due on the 3rd and if I waited until August 1 they would be ticked at me and worried I wouldn't make deadline. Plus I would be working my arse off for those 3 days.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
and being too exhausted would not be a good thing!
= + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = +
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
I would consider something started July 20 to be a July shop. But I guess it's a tossup which month you would assign to a shop that takes more than a day to do and crosses the end of a month.
when I do certain bank shops for Maritz, they start with a phone call, then you have up to two weeks to do the onsite. They count them in the month that the phone call is made, not the month in which the report would be done after the visit. That's how I record shops on my spreadsheet, based on the start date. I guess it could go either way, though.
when I do certain bank shops for Maritz, they start with a phone call, then you have up to two weeks to do the onsite. They count them in the month that the phone call is made, not the month in which the report would be done after the visit. That's how I record shops on my spreadsheet, based on the start date. I guess it could go either way, though.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
I have 65 booked for August, just a bunch of mickey mouse stuff. I said I wasn't going to work that much during the summer but I was able to pick up some recurring inside jobs (love that expression, inside jobs) as in think air conditioned instead of outside on a Texas hot lot. A few of them are stations I can do really early or after dark so I can avoid the heat on those.
Agree totally this thread has not been snotty or snarky in any way. A person saying they have a lot of shops booked is just stating facts, exactly that and nothing more. It's a good day when someone will share that kind of private information. The original post was about not many shops being available and where I am that is simply not true. If a person is picky about the type of work and refuses to take shops below XX dollars, then there may not be as much available. I am talking strictly about where I am and my situation will not be the same as yours. My take on this thread is people were responding with what they had been able to book in their areas as a matter of information and not bragging in any way.
What is going on here lately that the most innocent responses are being perceived as inappropriate? Are we in some weird phase of the moon or what? Lord have mercy, it's enough to make you get to the point you won't tell anyone anything.
Agree totally this thread has not been snotty or snarky in any way. A person saying they have a lot of shops booked is just stating facts, exactly that and nothing more. It's a good day when someone will share that kind of private information. The original post was about not many shops being available and where I am that is simply not true. If a person is picky about the type of work and refuses to take shops below XX dollars, then there may not be as much available. I am talking strictly about where I am and my situation will not be the same as yours. My take on this thread is people were responding with what they had been able to book in their areas as a matter of information and not bragging in any way.
What is going on here lately that the most innocent responses are being perceived as inappropriate? Are we in some weird phase of the moon or what? Lord have mercy, it's enough to make you get to the point you won't tell anyone anything.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
It doesn't really matter which month we feel it should be, if the MSC considers it August, August it is. My invoice will also be for August, not July.
dspeakes Wrote:
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> I would consider something started July 20 to be a
> July shop. But I guess it's a tossup which month
> you would assign to a shop that takes more than a
> day to do and crosses the end of a month.
dspeakes Wrote:
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> I would consider something started July 20 to be a
> July shop. But I guess it's a tossup which month
> you would assign to a shop that takes more than a
> day to do and crosses the end of a month.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Surprisingly Los Angeles actually offered up a whole bunch of bonuses for the last week of July. I hope it is the start of a new trend. Bonuses in Los angeles! Of course I missed every one of them by seconds as they got pounced on by bonus starved anglenos.
FYI...I found out that August is in Osage County.
FYI...I found out that August is in Osage County.
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