Bwahaha! Big announcement and a dream come true!

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by Bill86

The people that own those places are lying f**king scumbags.

You're painting with a very broad brush.

A very, very broad brush. I know a few cigar shop owners here locally. They are very nice stand-up people. I wish Ian the best in his new line of work.

[Azaelius]

Originally Posted by Nathan King

A very, very broad brush. I know a few cigar shop owners here locally. They are very nice stand-up people. I wish Ian the best in his new line of work.

Indeed! Jeff, who owns Racine & Laramie's is a very very stand up gentleman who has been running his tobacco shop for over 40 years, and I couldn't ask for a better boss.

Dave, who runs the joint (basically) is a man I highly respect and enjoy working with, and he's glad to have me on the team too, which makes me quite happy. They want me and the other employees to succeed, because that makes them succeed, and they are willing to help us (the employees) in any way they can so long as it is within their power.

last night, I asked one of the other workers if he even liked working there, and he just looked at me, pipe in hand, and told me "I f*&^ing love it here, man." And he meant it, otherwise, I wouldn't see him and every other employee hanging out at the shop on their days off, hahaha.

This is going to be great. Possibly the best job I've ever had, and I start sometime this week.

And again, thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement!

[Ranger_B]

Congrats. Looks like a great place to work. May want to look over Tobbaconist U. Some great info if you are getting ready to serve customers. Can not wait to see how you like the job.

[CoreyD]

congratulations, I wouldn't mind working part time or something in a cigar related field. Sounds like an open door to enjoy.

[Azaelius]

Originally Posted by Ranger_B

Congrats. Looks like a great place to work. May want to look over Tobbaconist U. Some great info if you are getting ready to serve customers. Can not wait to see how you like the job.

My boss actually just recommended I check it out. Been reading for a few hours now on and off haha

[Barcode]

Congratulations Ian

[Louistogies]

That's very cool, congrats! I've always wanted to work at a cigar shop.

[Azaelius]

And here I am, necro-ing my old thread, with a very late update! :3

So far so good with the cigar shop job. I still love it, and overall, it's the best job I've ever had. Employees are mostly awesome and smoking all day is great. It's in a tourist town, so lots and lots of foreign visitors which is always interesting, but we're definitely crazy busy sometimes, and having 60+ people in your tiny shop while almost none of them know English and ALL of them want your help can be a bit... flustering.

I've learned a LOT about cigars and the business behind it, but I'm still nowhere near a master of tobacco knowledge. Will be posting a picture of myself smoking at the shop soon enough here on the Pictures Of You Smoking thread.

Well, that about sums it up for this post, hopefully you'll be seeing a bit more of me in the coming weeks

[BHalbrooks]

Originally Posted by Azaelius

And here I am, necro-ing my old thread, with a very late update! :3

So far so good with the cigar shop job. I still love it, and overall, it's the best job I've ever had. Employees are mostly awesome and smoking all day is great. It's in a tourist town, so lots and lots of foreign visitors which is always interesting, but we're definitely crazy busy sometimes, and having 60+ people in your tiny shop while almost none of them know English and ALL of them want your help can be a bit... flustering.

I've learned a LOT about cigars and the business behind it, but I'm still nowhere near a master of tobacco knowledge. Will be posting a picture of myself smoking at the shop soon enough here on the Pictures Of You Smoking thread.

Well, that about sums it up for this post, hopefully you'll be seeing a bit more of me in the coming weeks

Better buy a couple copies of Rosseta Stone

[Azaelius]

Originally Posted by BHalbrooks

Better buy a couple copies of Rosseta Stone

Ha! For Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Italian, Hungarian, German, Bavarian, Farsi, and Arabic? Plus quite a few more I haven't mentioned? No thanks. Might as well by the whole catalog and become a linguist! XD

Congrats brother I felt the same excitment when I started at my B&M! I hope fortune continues smiling on you man!

[Blak Smyth]

Awesome, congrats brother!

[irratebass]

Ya lucky bastige! Seriously congrats!

[fencefixer]

You're lucky dude.. tourist town? Perfect place to pick up chicks and not have to call them back.. and you get to smoke all day long. Very nice.

[cjhalbrooks]

Congrats man one day i want to be like you

[Skywalker]

Great photos!!!

Congrats!!!

[Texan in Mexico]

Congrats Ian, so many work tirelessly at something they dont enjoy.
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[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Be forewarned, sometimes you have to do that to sell cigars. A customer will ask, 'how's this cigar?' and you reply 'it's not too bad'. Knowing you can't stand it.

Welcome to the club!

There is a cigar for everyone brother, your trash is another persons treasure. It would be a shame to down talk a cigar that has the possibility of being the best cigar they have ever had, just because you don't like it. Highly unlikely of course, but hey, it's always better to say "That ones pretty good, but for the price, I personally feel this smoke is much better." That way you make your favorite look appealing without completely slamming on the bad smoke. And who knows, they might try the other one just because you said it was alright.

[Hem]

Congrats man! If you're happy where you work, everything else in life is just better