LITTLE GEMS
Petco next to Aldi’s on Edwards Boulevard.
There’s a woman who works there named Cindy who was hired a number of weeks back to work the floor in the Petco store. Cindy spent seventeen years as a general manager of a large national company but thought it was time to change when she was sitting in a chair, waiting for service, and a Labrador Retriever walked up to her and licked her ear. That was it. An omen. A sign from God. Cindy decided to work with animals, but the people who come into Petco get a real benefit from Cindy’s caring about their animals. Cindy gets the job done.
One of the GSR staff called in to order a special bag of cat food. Cindy put the employee on hold and went to check to see if it was in store inventory. Cindy came back to report that it was. The GSR staff member indicated that he’d be in to pick it up. Cindy told him it would be at the counter. Fifteen minutes later he showed up. Not only did Cindy have it at the counter but after the sale she carried it out to his car. Now that’s the way customer service is supposed to work. Tina, the manager of Petco in Lake Geneva, made a great hire and we all should thank her too.
The lights in downtown Lake Geneva are getting switched off.
The Lake Geneva Business Improvement District is all about creating a thriving beautiful district and the holidays are celebrated big. Additional white lights have been added during the recent past holiday season. The lights were received well, and, with the support of the majority, the BID decided to keep them up all year round. The downtown trees, park pavilions, and the lake railings are illuminated with strands of white lights, but the city building and zoning department discovered the wiring is not up to code. The main concern is the flowering pear trees that are wrapped in lights and the cords that supply the electricity are not compliant with the national electric code (NEC).
After all the time the lights have been up, and lit holiday after holiday, the city has never shown resistance to this beautification. The members of the BID are visibly disappointed that the lights are not allowed to stay up and some are convinced this is all a power play between Mayor Mayor and the BID. This is not a farfetched conspiracy, as that could well be what’s going on with the recently elected alderpersons and the mayor. The BID is looking at ways to keep the lights and meet code requirements.
According to NEC regulations the lights need to be changed every ninety days, which is a timely expensive process. The issue with the cords and electric supply is an even bigger issue as the city would have to work with the BID and would need to update the streetlights and have them hardwired with permanent lines for the BID’s lights. This is a timely expensive fix that is most likely not going to happen. The BID is out of ideas and, at least for now, the only solution is to illuminate the downtown and the trees during the holiday periods only.
Person of the Week
Peter Wilson…the superb new superintendent of Lake Geneva Schools.
