Meet the New Staff!

As both the promotional product side of the business (The Simple Laugh) and the geocaching web store side of the business (Geoprovisions) continue to grow, I decided to organize a team for assistance in the New Year.  My parents owned a restaurant in Pittsburgh and they hired cheap labor...US...the kids.  My two sisters and I participated in restaurant duties anywhere from doing dishes, prepping food, and bussing tables to packing empty beer bottles into boxes from the chute.  So, following in my parents' footsteps, I decided to do the same in bringing on the "kids".  After all, it *is* a family business.

Introducing the new staff for The Simple Laugh/Geoprovisions:

Biscuit - Inventory Manager

Responsibilities: Track both inventory levels of catalogs and samples for The Simple Laugh, as well as geocaching products for the Geoprovisions online store.  (A business degree is not required and neither are two front legs nor two ears.)

Restrictions:  Goods delivered by UPS/FEDEX will be received outside by the owner, in order to avoid *SQUIRRELS* and fast-moving vehicles that may cause more bodily damage.


Nestle - Accounting Manager

Responsibilities:  Maintain both accounts payable and receivable reports, as well as preparing monthly, quarterly and year-end reports.  Restraint in chewing the calculator is required.

Restrictions:  Frisbees are not permitted inside of the home office, and will not be thrown outside until the work day has ended.



Hershey - IT Manager

Responsibilities: Provide computer support by installing new software, repairing hardware problems, installing new hardware and troubleshooting problems.  Most importantly, ensure computer cables do not become disconnected while hiding under the desk on top of them.

Restrictions:  Power strip licking is forbidden.


Peanut - Shipping Manager

Responsibilities:  Ensure smooth-running operations in the warehouse (attic), on the loading dock (front porch) and within the logistics office.

Restrictions: Sleeping on the shipping materials while on the job will not be tolerated.  On the other hand, we adopted her from the "hood" in Norfolk, named her "Queen Latifah-Shaniqua-Shanene-Peanut-Jones-Jackson" and we know that she will cut a b*tch, so we will allow it.

On behalf of The Simple Laugh/Geoprovisions Team, I wish all of you a healthy and happy New Year, and I thank you in advance for supporting my small family business in 2014 by keeping my four girls busy in their new positions!

Signed,
~Jodi...Owner of The Simple Laugh/Geoprovisions and Full-Time Pet Sitter