well.. i guess.. the bad news first.. get ready folks.. this is a long one..

i dont think we will be getting a spirit halloween store back in our area this year.. which downright makes me very angry.. i have worked there the past and only 3 years we have ever had one.. the building we usually have the store in is all boarded up.. it really is a crappy building (which i always loved because it fit us nicely)..

i have made numerous attempts to contact the real estate department for spirit.. i have the home office phone numbers.. either noone ever answers..noone returns calls after leaving messages..and the one time i actually spoke with someone.. she promised to call me back and never did.. it disgusts me in their lack of professionalism.. i have scoured the area.. finding and speaking with real estate agents..finding square footage..addresses and phone numbers for locations that would be ideal for a spirit.. and noone wants to help me. i am at my wits end.. i dont know what else i can do.. any suggestions on anything i am missing?

i think what makes me so upset about all of it.. is not only because i love the discounts..the freebies..and extra cash.. but because we have absolutely nothing in our area besides walmart and target that appeal to halloween enthusiasts.. ive been told that noone wants to come to our location..that its too far out of the way.. but for christs sake..we are a half hour away from the next to nearest location..
the district manager we had for the past 2 years..he does not want to do it because of unprofessional love drama bullcrap he was involved in with one of store employees.. its pathetic to me..
i just dont see how we can NOT have one here.. every day in the month of october..we were between 4 and 10 THOUSAND dollars over goal per day.. we make that company so much freakin money.. i just dont get it..

i have considered trying to go to the next nearest location to work.. to let them know i will work from open to close on my days off from the book store..and open to close on weekends.. it is no problem for me to work a 12 plus hour day.. i have been offered manager position there previously but have had to decline because i just hate to make a commitment that i cant stay 100 percent commited to.. i dont want to sound egotistical but i am a great employee to that company.. i am obsessive with organization and neatness and i can NOT stand laziness.. no to mention that i pretty much know how everything works in order to open and run the store..

i just dont know.. it seriously upsets me..

but for the good news.. i spoke with a place that does a haunted house every year in my town..they have been around about 17 years and make quite a bit of money..i told them that im trying to move on to something bigger because where i currently put my work.. they just dont seem to serious about haunting.. they dont put forth much effort.. my stuff made the whole place (not to sound egotistical again.. but its kinda true)..

it took a little while of talking to him.. at first he said he didnt think they could use my services.. i would not settle for that.. do NOT tell me no.. i explained to him everything i do and have done.. said i would provide a portfolio of my work.. told him about my online haunting community.. he kept saying over and over.. "surely a person who does what you do would want some sort of payment" even though from the very beginning i said i wasnt doing it for money.. i was doing it to get my work out there in other places for people to see.. i finally convinced him of that.. and voila! the conversation actually went from not needing my services to letting me know that he and his wife are in charge of the haunt.. are retired..and would consider having someone else take charge of the haunt and get paid a portion of what is made at the door..

sweet!
 
im gonna keep my eyes open this year.. see what its like.. its a whole brand new place to me.. and go from there.. im not even remotely thinking this is whats gonna happen.. i never get my hopes up.. but it could be a possibility.. and one that i just might like to tackle.. the only thing though.. he did say something about parents of children complaining about gore..that they try to keep gore to a minimum.. so if its up to me.. thats gonna change real fast.. the more blood and guts the better in my book..

so we will see.. im gonna have a whole lot of time on my hands if spirit doesnt happen here.. i hate to even say that..

and ps.. i got 14 new nick cave albums this weekend.. and i am estatic..