Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ya'll think that a part time job at a gun shop/range would be fun right? Well....it was until the mobs of people come in and 95% don't know a da@# thing about guns! I became a clerk standing there for hours and checking people in and out. Sure I sold a few guns here and there but dealing' with the shooting public got real old! I never did it for the money I did it because I like being around guns (imagine that?) I sure feel better knowing when I go back there it'll be to shoot not WORK!!! I guess my point is that working at a guns shop and shooting range is not what it's cracked up to be! Adios! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Good for you Rye! Now we can spend Sundays shootin instead of workin' When it warms up a bit anyway! --Dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It is rare that a hobby interest can be turned into a business interest and remain both. Now that it is closing in on SPRING, what do you plan to do about the Cleveland Indians? You could give them some batting practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 My hunting partner, the local archery dealer, has told me on numerous occasions that the quickest way to ruin a hobby is to make it a business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bristol Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It is never a fun job when dealing with the public. I have seen many people with new carry permits who have never handled a firearm except at the permit class. Now they are at the shops not knowing what they want. A salesman has to have a lot of patience when dealing with these people. I watched one customer the other day handling at least 20 different models in the 1/2 hr I was at the store. Another was asking the salesman about loading, cleaning, disassembling, should she start reloading. It went on for over 1/2 hr. And I watched 6 or 7 people put stuff down and walk out because they were tired of waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 If ya think RETAIL is bad , (done it for 18 years ) try GUNSMITHING you will not belive what SOME folks do CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 You need the right attitude and a lot of patience to work in any kind of job that puts you in face to face contact with the public, especially now and especially in a gun shop. It's easy to stamp the customers as idots after hours of dealing with them. But they aren't all idiots, just ignorant and in need of education and guidance. I really feel sorry for gun shop owners and employees who are so overwhelmed right now due to politicians' actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I agree with Bob, I have been a horseshoer for well over 20 years. I prefer new horse owner compared to horse owners who think they know everything. At least with a new horse (or gun) owner you have the chance to educate them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notso Slim, SASS #67301 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 If ya think RETAIL is bad , (done it for 18 years ) try GUNSMITHING you will not belive what SOME folks do CB Try teaching the future "leaders" of the world. We are in trouble if we expect this "entitlement generation" to take care of anyone but themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 NS I don't know , how you can do that . Running a crew of younger folks , was about all I could do some nites without choking some of em . CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 My Father once said..."You got a hobby ? That's good ! A hobby should not be like "work". When it gets like "work", change you're hobby !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 I agree that the new customers are not all idiots but some are! The problem was is I was working part time it was NOT my business. It would have been a different story if I owned the place. One thing I did notice is that the new shooters are "needy", Examples: Can you fix my sight, it's loose, This gun is jamming", Do you have a bandaid? I can't hit in the center of the target" "You got any 9mm slugs? I need a clip for my gun" Geeezz Loueeeze..... Yea it was time for me to go! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal barnes sass #5792 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I,too, gave up my part time job in a gun shop. I worked there for 11 1/2 years after I retired as a LEO. It started to get hectic after the last election and got insane after the Sandy Hook shooting. I was standing behind the counter the day after Christmas, back hurting from the concrete floor, and head hurting from trying to help more people than I could truly manage. I had an epiphany. Good pension, my SS, wife's pension, her SS, everything paid for, and money in the bank. Turned in my notice that afternoon. Been gone a month now and LOVE it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Seen #16162 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 After 18 months of unemployment any job would look good right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 I worked mainly on Sundays, we opened at 10:00 am and by 10:30 we had a waiting list to go back and shoot. There's 14 stalls and it filled up that quick. It was non-stop until 5:00, no breaks, no lunch, just whatever you could stuff in your face on the run. I'm too old for that crap. I have a nice piano tuning business and make decent money plus my SS check. I don't need to work in a sweat shop! Gun shops, especially with ranges are brutal places to work nowadays. Rye, lookin forward to warm CAS weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ T. Sites Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Life's to short to work to death if you don't have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Life's to short to work to death if you don't have to Amen brother! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Had a P/T job in a little gun store here awhile back. The owner/boss new from the git-go that I would not work weekends, he was the one that offered me the job as I wasn't look'n for one at all. Third day, he calls me back to his office an sez..."your gonna have to work this com'n Saturday and Sunday". I sez "NOPE, do you remember our talk about weekends?" Boss sez......I gotta do what he sez cuzz he's 'da-boss'......Sez I "You ain't my boss anymore". With that said, I walked out and ain't been back. The place has since changed owners. Gee, wonder why? LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Well, ya gotta do what ya gotta do, Rye. Just wish I was in good enough shape to shoot. Won't be ready sight wise until probably June or July by my estiments. sometimes it just ain't worth the headache.......Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Buck Understand , Health challanges . I have to pick and chose , when I an gonna go to a match All I can say , us DO the best ya can , If ya QUIT trying , you are DONE JMO CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Yeah, I know. Another surgery to go yet, then new corrective lenses and I should be good again. Just takes so much time.......Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I worked mainly on Sundays, we opened at 10:00 am and by 10:30 we had a waiting list to go back and shoot. There's 14 stalls and it filled up that quick. It was non-stop until 5:00, no breaks, no lunch, just whatever you could stuff in your face on the run. I'm too old for that crap. I have a nice piano tuning business and make decent money plus my SS check. I don't need to work in a sweat shop! Gun shops, especially with ranges are brutal places to work nowadays. Rye, lookin forward to warm CAS weather! Piano tuning business reminds me of an old joke....you may have already heard it being in the tuning bidness!! THE PIANO TUNER A man moved to another state where he didn't know anyone. In the move, his old piano was jarred, and of course it needed to be tuned when the man arrived. So he asked around, and was told that Earl Opporknockity was the best piano tuner in the area. The man called Earl and hired him to tune his piano. Earl had a keen ear and a deft touch, and did a wonderful job tuning the old piano. The man was able to play beautiful music once again, and was very pleased. After a year or so the old piano started producing sour notes again. So the man called Earl, and asked him to come work his magic on the old piano again. To the man's surprise, Earl refused, saying "Sorry, I can't accept the job." "Why not?" the man wanted to know. "I'll pay you twice as much as last time if you'll just come tune my piano." "Haven't you heard?" Earl asked, "Opporknockity only tunes once." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Old old joke but still good, thanks for that! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 GGGGRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 RYE ya can tune a piano , BUT , can ya tuneafish ? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 No but I specialize in tuning "G" strings!! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Dang, Rye!! Ya beat me to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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