Week 2: Tuesday
(If you've been following along from last week, you should know that Pietro gets up at 6:00am each workday morning to eat, exercise, use the bathroom, and take a shower. There will be no point in me addressing that in each daily post now.)
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I added one sign outside the store on the wall. It's an "OPEN" sign, but in simlish. This is meant to draw in customers as well. Everything is so pricey. Because that sign brought Pietro down to a little under 1,000 simoleons, I didn't buy anything else for now.
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The store opens at 9:00am. Sergio shows up for work around 9:20. The two stood around and talked autonomously. Sergio started the interaction. Pietro learns that Sergio has the Active trait. Something the two have in common.
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Around 12:40, two customers are ready to be rung up. The brunette is first, then the blonde. I hope Sergio is ready to restock. Pietro needs to make sure he is able to grab both customer sales.
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The brunette customer wanted the female mannequin outfit. She really looks good in it.
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Pietro then focuses on the second customer. As he is doing so, another customer is ready to buy. One of the celebrities that has been showing up everyday. He hasn't always bought something, but he's made the effort to make it into the store.
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The blonde female buys the green chair (The Flowery).
Sergio has his work cut out for him, but I trust he'll do his best to get these things restocked. Why? Because another customer is ready to be rung up.
The celebrity buys the other chair (Tempting Teak Lounge Chair).
Pietro almost lost a sale. The final customer ready to be rung up had a red shopping cart that was pulsating. This is my first time playing the retail part, so am guessing the customer was ready to change her mind and not make a purchase. It turned blue once he got to her and took out his sales pad. She buys the planter (Tiered to Simplicity).
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The store has only been open for 5 hours and Pietro has 4 sales under his belt. This is good. He just might beat yesterday's count of 10 items. The more sales Pietro can make, the more upgrades I can do to the store. I need to try and get Pietro to hit 17,000 simoleons as well to begin work on the upper level where he'll live. So I cannot go spending crazy on the store. I think using more perks might help. No more using perks today, though. Want to see how well this cheaper restocking works.
Which brings us to Sergio. He is hard at work restocking. The more skill levels he gains, I am guessing the faster he'll be. He'll be the fastest stockboy in town.
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As Sergio continues to restock, Pietro works his socializing skills. He makes sure to greet all his customers and see if they have any questions. Less celebrities in the store today than he normally has been having.
One customer was trying on the male mannequin outfit. Pietro makes sure to let him know the outfit is clean. Or that the store is clean. Not exactly sure.
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A little after 3:15pm a customer announces they are ready to buy something. As Pietro is ringing him up, Cassandra Goth is spotted close by. Her father, Mortimer, bought a swimsuit from the store awhile back. Maybe he talked her into checking it out. She looks like she wants the mirror. Buy the mirror, Cassandra.
Oh, snap. The current paying customer bought the mirror. Sorry, Cassandra. Pietro's employee will get this restocked momentarily.
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Pietro goes over to praise Sergio for working really hard on restocking. He's been moving quickly. As soon as the mirror was sold, Sergio had everything else already restocked.
The lady nearby looks like she is needing attention as she's trying out the female mannequin's attire. Pietro takes the chance and allows Sergio to ring up customers for now. He's off work in 2.5 hours and let's see how well Sergio rings up others. This will allow Pietro to help customers and grab a quick bite to eat.
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A little before 5:00pm, Sergio has his first customer to ring up. Pietro stands off in the distance to spy and check on Sergio's ringing up skills. Cassandra is a bit distracting while she does something with her hair. Even one of the other customers isn't exactly sure what she's doing. His first customer bought the green chair (The Flowery).
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However, Sergio neglects to help the next customer, Cassandra. Her shopping cart begins to pulse and turns red. So Pietro will help her. Sergio will go back to restocking. He seems to be better at doing that. Sorry, Sergio. No more ringing up sales. You did great on the first one, but decided to play on your phone afterwards. You don't need to text your friends you rung up a customer.
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Pietro was able to save this sale. Now we need to see what Cassandra wanted to buy. I'm guessing the mirror, but we'll wait to see after the transaction is complete.
And not a shocker, it was the mirror (Natural Beauty Mirror). She patiently waited for it to be restocked. Pietro likes those types of customers. So do I.
As Pietro tries to get Sergio to restock, he's told it's time for Sergio to get off work. It's only 6:00pm. He went home at 6:30 yesterday. Oh, well. Guess Pietro will have to restock.
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Pietro tries to restock but another customer is ready to make a purchase. He recognizes her. She's Bob Pancakes wife, Eliza. She was trying on the female mannequin outfit earlier.
Two items need restocking. Why did Sergio have to leave so soon? This will be a third item. And Pietro is hungry.
Eliza decided on the lounge chair (Tempting Teak Lounge Chair). No time to eat. Need to restock. Pietro needs to try and make another couple sales before he closes up.
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Pietro was able to get one item stocked before another customer wanted to check out. She was gathered by some others. It got a bit crowded, but we know Pietro is a hard worker. He can get this sale done. She ends up buying the planter (Tiered to Simplicity). 2 of those sold today.
Back to restocking. Pietro was able to restock, grab some yogurt and take a quick restroom break.
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10:00pm rolled around but there were customers waiting to be rung up. 2 of them. They both happened at the same time, so not sure if Pietro can get to them both. He succeeded last time.
The little girl is first. She ends up buying the girl mannequin outfit. She looked cute in it.
Next, the gentleman who wanted to buy something. Pietro made it in time. He buys the lounge chair (Tempting Teak Lounge Chair).
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Then another customer wanted to buy something. Don't close the store quite yet, Pietro. We need these sales. Even if the rest of the customers buy out the rest of the merchandise. That is okay now.
As Pietro rings up the customer, 2 others in the store seem to hang around to see what he buys. The planter (Tiered to Simplicity) makes another hit.
It's now 11:00pm. Pietro stayed open an extra hour to make those final sales. No one else was ready to buy, so he closes the store. After he restocks the rest of the items.
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Pietro's best day so far. 12 items sold and he made over a little 450 simoleons in profit after restocking and taking out wages for Sergio. We'll use the same perk tomorrow to cut down on cost of restocking. We'll also buy some advertising. With the mark ups getting higher now, we'll want to pull in these sales for a higher profit.
For now, Pietro gets to sleep.
(As like the morning, it is obvious Pietro will go to bed after work, so there will no longer be necessary screenshots detailing that. His days off could be different.)
To Be Continued...
