March 31, 2010

Wondering What Is Required Of UK Fitness Trainers

The personal fitness trainers that are all at my gym have some kind of certification that is required by the owner of the gym. I am not quite sure what it means, but their certificates are all framed and put up on the wall when you walk into the door. I am not sure if all trainers in the world are required to have this, but the UK personal fitness trainer that I use, seems to think that it is very important.

I am thinking of just asking a friend of mine if the trainer that she uses at her gym has this certification. If not, then it is not a UK personal fitness trainer requirement, it is just something that my gym thinks will make their personal fitness trainers look better than all the rest. I sure hope that whatever it means, is something that makes them better since I know for a fact that I pay about ten dollars more an hour than what my friend pays and she is doing a lot of the same exercises that I am doing, because we discuss how hard our workouts are every day and it seems like we must be doing things that are very similar.

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March 22, 2010

Good Deal On Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer

I found a good deal on purell instant hand sanitizer at the dollar store and bought tons of it. I am going to put a bottle of the purell instant hand sanitizer on each of my colleague’s desks. I know that our office is trying to cut down on germs and we even had automatic faucets installed in the break room and each of the restrooms.

The amount of hand sanitizer that is displayed in dispensers around the office does not always get filled that quickly when it runs out. I think that the night cleaning crew is supposed to handle that, but that does not always happen. I have asked the day janitor to do it once in a while, but since he usually tells me that he will do it but it is not his job, I do not ask that often.

I am really proud of the way that everyone has been trying to think of things to do that will cause us to spread fewer germs, like the automatic faucets. If by giving everyone a bottle of hand sanitizer, I can do my part then I am willing to do it. I am planning on going into work early and putting them on the desks and not even taking credit for it.

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March 1, 2010

Selling Old Silver Coins Out Of My Store

I have been selling old silver coins out of my store for years and have seen a rash lately of people who are willing to sell off their collections. I know that silver and gold are worth more right now, but I am only in the business of buying and selling coins, not buying them to just melt them down. Finding out just how much the people want when they are selling old silver coins is hard to deal with when they are just looking at them for the weight, instead of the actual value.

I have sent many who want to sell coins, to the local jewelry store and even the pawn shop down the street. I think that both of those places are buying by the pound but that is a whole other ball game that I am not willing to get into. Maybe if one of the other stores would offer to give me a cut of selling old silver coins to them, then I would consider working with them. So far, that has not happened and I am not willing to approach them first and tell them all about how people try and sell coins to me about fifty times a day.

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