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Michael Fiore - Garden Center
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Michael Fiore - Garden Center
@Michaelfiore
Owner- Smith’s Gardentown (Wichita Falls, TX) Growing Plants, a business, and a family.
- Haircut was $23.00. I like to give at least a $5 tip (my haircuts take about 10 minutes). I had $27 in my wallet or a $100 bill. So I hand her the $100 so that I can make change for her tip. She says “I can’t break that. Bank is closed tomorrow.” Ok, I give her the $27. She
- My kids are going to miss 4 days of school for an upcoming vacation. Booking flights 4 days later to match their school’s vacation was going to cost me $7,000 more. Easy decision.It’s 2025 and I actually have parents trying to defend pulling their child out of school for a vacation. I get a death. I get granny is turning 100 and lives out of state. But to get a cheaper vacation- nope. Can’t ever support that.
- Replying to @barrettjoneillWow, people buck at the price of a large vehicle, but then you see this. I know there’s no price you wouldn’t pay to save the lives of your family. So glad they’re ok.
- Today is my wife’s interview and test to become a US citizen. She’s nervous, I’m excited. She’s gonna do great.
- I present to you the world’s most over engineered children’s sandbox. 600lb limestone blocks on top of a 6” slab. My grandchildren’s children will play in here.
- This crap is hilarious to me. Put on hard hats and pretend to dig in your slacks and dress shoes. Meanwhile one of the actual construction workers had to spread that dirt on the street for your photo op and he will have to pick it right back up.
- My grandad used to tell us to take care of the customers in the store before answering the phone because “The phone never handed him a $20 bill” Well, this morning a customer called and bought $9,000 worth of trees over the phone sight unseen and gave us credit card payment over
- I have a friend that owns a business but is getting close to retirement. His tolerance for BS from employees has reached levels near zero. Example: First day of work for a new high school employee. Kid shows up right at opening time then pops his head into my friend’s office and
- If you bought flowers from a garden center and a hailstorm destroyed them a couple weeks later… would you call and ask for replacement plants for free? Because, uh… people are already calling…
- I once had an employee drop a glass pipe on the middle of our store about 1 minute before opening. Whole store reeked of weed. (Texas BTW). Instead of firing him, I gave him a write-up and told him he’s no longer allowed to drive company vehicles or equipment. He said he was
- This is the World Trade Center building in Dallas. One of 3 buildings that comprise the Dallas Market Center. It’s essentially a giant shopping mall, except all the prices are wholesale and it’s not open to the public. Only registered retail buyers can attend.
00:00 - Replying to @BeskaOk, your local pet store really needs to sponsor you a full tank setup and then get this story to the news outlets. It would be incredible marketing. They could donate $500-1000 (sorry for using freedom units) worth of product and potentially make national news.
- Replying to @MattDurshDolphins protect bridges. Got it.
