every once in a while you need to be reminded that your way of doing things isn’t the only way things can be done. take archie mcphee, for example. if that were my store i would reorganize the bins and put things in thematic order: bottle stoppers, three-fingered chemical gloves, nuclear pants would all go together; wind-up cows, hopping lederhosen, dashboard jesus would all go together. that kind of organizational scheme would work well in a library but is a horrible, boring solution in a toy store. the delight of archie mcphee is finding a giant rubber bat in the same bin as rubber brushes and a couple of bouncy balls. the disorganization is intentional and the result is really a lot of fun. i may reconsider the way i’ve got my office set up. maybe i need more monkeys.
big ups to nikki for taking me there, twice!
But of course! I am certain you can put your new Cocktail Monkeys to excellent use around the office.
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Arrrrrr… two o’ me favorites! Sea captains and bats. Or was that Marie and Archie McPhee? I’ve bought many monkey related items with them in the past….
Of course more monkeys. But not Space Monkeys.
Sam, if you’re talking about these Space Monkeys (http://www.spacemonkeys.net/Characters.htm), I heartily agree! Creepy!