Having worked in one for a couple of years, we got to know the routines, the sorting through, the identifying of good pieces, the display skill which our deputy-boss had and I just followed her lead. On the clothing side, we steamed and cleaned, other items were also cleaned and if possible, repaired.
This took labour, which cost money in the case of boss and deputy but I never realised how much until I went for the deputy job at other charity shops … it was reasonably paid, given she was the one doing the most work. The boss got vastly more and then the district boss, then the national, who was on high five figures.
The volunteers were just that … unpaid. All that was fine in my eyes, as long as we had good stock, well sorted. We did have because we were in an upmarket city with upmarket outlying villages and stock was often nice … yes, I dressed from there too, the cafetiere, other knick-knacks were from there … set of large coffee mugs … by the way, we did pay the going price on them to the shop but yes, we also had first dibs.
The whole point of the charity shop rounds in those days, for mainly ladies, was quality bargains … for example, there was much Autograph, nice coats etc., probably deceased stock for the good pieces … and so it went. Long story short … it was worth the effort.
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