There is another tower of oranges in the storeroom. Next to it are slightly smaller towers of clementines, mandarins and satsumas. The towers give off an aromatic, citrus aroma, like a pleasant version of a disinfectant cleaning spray.
I have a memo from the Turtle.
It says that all the oranges have to go out onto the shop floor today.
It says that we should create an imaginative display, something that will boost sales.
It says there will be another delivery tonight.
I have a meeting with the replenishment assistants. We discuss what the ‘imaginative display’ could be.
Denis suggests a display ordered by size.
I suggest towers of each type of orange.
Freddie suggests a pyramid.
I ask him to demonstrate, and he scampers around, piling up netted sacks of clementines into a four-sided pyramid about 1 metre tall. He does something clever with some tough plastic strapping from a pallet to stop it from collapsing.
It looks good. I ask him how big we could build one.
About 3 or 4 metres high, he says. We’d just need some more strapping.
We build a pyramid of oranges by the entrance of the Fresh Produce department. It is 3 metres high and 4 metres along each side of the base. The foundations are made of Seville oranges, and the upper reaches constructed from layers of clementines, mandarins and satsumas. The tip of the pyramid is an ugli fruit. We build four small pyramids, one each of oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, around the base of the main one.
We stand back and admire the display. Shoppers comment on the pyramid. They buy lots of oranges. We deconstruct the big pyramid to replenish the smaller ones.
At the end of the shift, the Turtle appears.
Well done, she says, a lot of oranges sold today, but we need to keep sales up. Basically do it all again tomorrow.
I have a memo from the Turtle.
It says that all the oranges have to go out onto the shop floor today.
It says that we should create an imaginative display, something that will boost sales.
It says there will be another delivery tonight.
I have a meeting with the replenishment assistants. We discuss what the ‘imaginative display’ could be.
Denis suggests a display ordered by size.
I suggest towers of each type of orange.
Freddie suggests a pyramid.
I ask him to demonstrate, and he scampers around, piling up netted sacks of clementines into a four-sided pyramid about 1 metre tall. He does something clever with some tough plastic strapping from a pallet to stop it from collapsing.
It looks good. I ask him how big we could build one.
About 3 or 4 metres high, he says. We’d just need some more strapping.
We build a pyramid of oranges by the entrance of the Fresh Produce department. It is 3 metres high and 4 metres along each side of the base. The foundations are made of Seville oranges, and the upper reaches constructed from layers of clementines, mandarins and satsumas. The tip of the pyramid is an ugli fruit. We build four small pyramids, one each of oranges, clementines, mandarins and satsumas, around the base of the main one.
We stand back and admire the display. Shoppers comment on the pyramid. They buy lots of oranges. We deconstruct the big pyramid to replenish the smaller ones.
At the end of the shift, the Turtle appears.
Well done, she says, a lot of oranges sold today, but we need to keep sales up. Basically do it all again tomorrow.
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