Jeremy Gutow is a Cleveland-based male nanny and private chef. He also manages a beauty salon.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

On Working At the Cleveland Museum Of Art Store

     Page Two Hundred Eighty-Seven.
     I still can't completely wrap my head around the fact that I work at the museum. Granted, I don't have enough hours and the pay isn't great, however, I am networking and that's exactly what I'm supposed to be doing right now. But also, the fact that I work in their store is amazing. It's kinda fancy and expensive. Please don't break anything.
     Last Sunday, our sales goal was an unrealistic $6600.00 while $4500.00 would have been much more attainable for a typical Sunday. As it was, we ended selling $10,100.00. Afterwards, we realized it was Labor Day weekend and it's the last week of a special exhibit on Yoga Art. So there you go. It's a modest-sized store, perhaps 1/2 the size of a Walgreen or CVS, but it can generate over $10,000 worth of sales in one day. And it's not even December yet, Lord help us. I'll bet you anything that we'll have 15 or even 20 thousand days in a couple of months. I sometimes feel like I work in Tiffany's.


Monday, September 1, 2014

An Emergency With A 12 Year Old - Update

     Page Two Hundred Eighty-Six.
     You may remember a blog from about a month ago in which I wrote about babysitting a 12 year old boy, unexpectedly, overnight. I ended that blog by saying that I barely made the final cut for his older brother's Bar Mitzvah a couple of years ago because their father and step-mom had no clue how fond their boys were of me. (I'm typically employed by mom.) I was however hopeful that this summer's emergency situation would educate dad and step-mom appropriately so as to invite me to the younger one's upcoming Bar Mitzvah with greater awareness. They did.
     The shindig will be in 6 weeks and looks like it will be plenty fancy. I should start saving up calories now.