Shizucor

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New Design *Finally* Complete

Or is it?

I actually had the time today to finally finish up Shizucor.com. Boy what a relief it is! I’ve changed the “About” page content as well as added new work samples. I also created an “Asides” page to house my Flickr, Twitter, Last.fm, and del.icio.us feeds. Everything is looking good to me but I’m open to critiques; so please, let me know what you think!

There are still things I need to…

• beautify contact and add comment forms.
• create a better contact form with captcha — any suggestions/tips are appreciated.
• make the “Work” page more consistent.
• add a “sidebar” for the blog.

Easy stuff but I’m done messing with my site for now.

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How to Deal With Customers Intro

I’ve been working at a pharmacy as a cashier for almost 6 years now. It was my first job and boy wast it a complete eye opener. I never thought I’d meet so many different types of people as well as those who are complete jerks. Having worked as a cashier for so long, I feel like I can provide some techniques on how to deal with customers of all types.

What I’m thinking of doing is making a new post for each situation and provide my own insight and real examples. I will do my best to take notes of incidents that happen at my workplace and hope to share my experiences with anyone who is in my position. The techniques shouldn’t be restricted to drug stores, though. Employees at grocery stores, department stores, and small shops can benefit from my tips.

I’m no way a “professional cashier” nor do I think what I say is written in stone but I think what I have to say will help others who have no option (except for quitting) but to deal with customers who may be nice or worse, assholes. Feel free to add your own advice.

Look for a post soon! I’ll probably add one tomorrow. Have a great day all!

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Land of Broken Dreams

Today’s site is Land of Broken Dreams. I just joined this community and will probably find my own little place here. It will probably contain more personal things than Shizublog. If you are a member or become a member, add me to your buddy list!

In other news, I’m all through with the business cards for JOTS but I’ve decided to get an approval before I get it printed. The last thing to worry about is the website. I would definitely like to have the domain and layout up and running when the business cards have been printed. Actually, I’d like to have the content on the website by the time the business cards are printed. That’s probably too much to ask, though. Later today, I’ll add an image of the finished result of the business card design but I’m going to get a layout done (at least started) first.

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Designing for a client…

is a long process for me at the moment. Johnny has told me he doesn’t like the way the business cards look.

“That’s certainly fine with me” I say and then he says, he wants the text to be smaller.

“Sure I can definitely do that whatever you want.” I said but then he’s says “Don’t worry about it. I’ll take a look at it again and tell you then”.

I’m still waiting for a response. So, basically, nothing is happening at the moment with the business cards or the form that I sent to him to be approved. But I know he is a busy man so I’m being very patient.

At least I’ve got the site design to work on. He says he has no preference but I just want to make sure the design is what he likes. I thought I had a good layout going but after messing with it a bit more, I realized it wasn’t working for me. I’m currently working on a new layout. But for now, here’s what I have. Very boring in my opinion. I’m thinking of going for a black layout with red as the bold color. I’ll probably have this new layout done tomorrow.

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Aplus is now Shizucor’s new host!

I’ve finally moved and the transition was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. Even Wordpress wasn’t hard to transfer. So far, Aplus is a lot better compared to Brinkster. It is definitely what I’ve been looking for in a good host. I got a good deal too but it seems that I may have gotten more space than I need but the price was awesome! With that said, I’m looking for [edit]hostees! If you happen to read this and are interested, just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you!

Currently, I’m working on Walker’s Drug Store website. Because Johnny is away, work on JOTS has been put to a halt but I should get back to working on that this coming week.