Futon Blog

This is the moment I’ve been waiting for, well, one of them anyhow. Every holiday season manufacturers will usually send holiday goodies to their retailers, thanking them for another successful year and such. At my former job, any holiday treats would go to the store, where the owners would get their choice, then the sales staff would descend, clearing out the rest. Two or three days latter, the warehouse guys would see the remnants in the back room and be allowed to take their stale sugar cookie or maybe a sour quince log. No canned truffles or tasty pastries for them. When I first got into the futon business I started at the bottom of the ladder (in the warehouse) and as such I never really had the chance to taste the rewards of running a successful business until today, when one of my manufacturers sent me a box of baklava for the holidays. A Christmas miracle.

BTW, I’m giving most of them to the senior center where my grandmother lives rather than hoarding them for myself.