hey kid, i can take your money

my primary job in the summer is running the camp store. (currently referred to as the canteen, but we are open to new names if you have any bright ideas)
in this store we sell candy, drinks, slushies, and various souvenirs.

part of my job is deciding what we sell, with the approval of my supervisor of course. this is part of what i do during the school year. i research products and t-shirt designs and try to keep an eye on what the kids are wearing these days. then i get to work with a few companies that order things for me. and sometimes i get to use my dormant artistic abilities to design things.

day to day in the summer running the canteen looks like this:
morning
- check stock
- replenish what needs replenished
- place food/drink orders if needed
- place merchandise orders if needed
afternoon 
- check in with staffer working the store for afternoon free time
- restock if needed
- move a whole lot of crates of the pepsi delivery into the store room
evening
- restock before we open at 9pm or so
- clean the slushie machines
- sweep the floor

night
- oversee the running of the canteen while the entire camp can come through for a late night snack or souvenir
- take money from people (i refer to call it taking money from people, rather than checking out people)
- restock after a couple hundred people have come through with the help of the staffers
- count money
- enter some info into the computer

the tasks are rather easy to me. i think running a store fits my particular skill set pretty well. it's working behind the scenes, keeping things organized, designing things from time to time, counting money, etc. although the tasks can get a little monotonous, i enjoy this part of my job a lot.

although i have plenty of water bottles from lost and found, i still like the one my boss and i designed with the little circles. maybe someone will lose one.

yes, i am the one responsible for this display organization. the staffers hate me for it.

the slushie machines. i like to think of them as the bane of my canteen existence. they make everything sticky if not well cared for. but what is fun about them is you can put any beverage in them to be slushed as long as there is sugar in it.

finding an affordable quality teddy bear was really difficult. who knew?

but the squirrels were a great find!

this design is from a sketch i gave the t-shirt guy. it's definitely my fave this year.

snacks. lots of them.

this kind of give you an idea of the size of the store.

this is the view from the front door.

you can see a kid splashing into the lake on the zip line if you look close.

this is the view last night at sunset. the picture doesn't do it justice.