This past Saturday, I drove six hours round trip to Columbus to buy shelving for my storage-deficient kitchen. Now, I know that shelving is available in many stores that are only minutes from me, but I still woke up before the sun on a Saturday to make this trip.
Why? Well, a couple of reasons. I bought it from The Container Store and the Columbus store is the closest to Pittsburgh. I have purchased this particular brand of shelving before and I like it. I worked for The Container Store for almost 6 years while living in Illinois. And the shelving was on sale!
While I didn't do any research, I probably could have purchased this exact same thing at a much closer store and saved the gas money. I could have even had it delivered if I chose. Again, cheaper than the gas. But I actually wanted to go. Thus began my journey to visit a store that I had never been too, but was so familiar.
The Container Store, or more specifically the people I met while working there, was a big part of my life - fellow employees and customers alike. Have you ever hugged a salesperson while shopping? Me either. But I have been hugged by a customer after designing her closet one New Year's Eve. Several years later while designing a closet, another customer and I started chatting about Ireland. She had been and I want to go. When she picked up her order a couple of days later, she left a note for me with information on where to stay and what to do if I ever made it to Ireland.
Of course, my co-workers became like family. We would play trivia on Sunday nights at TGIFridays and were completely loud and obnoxious. They threw me the best going-away party right before I moved to Pennsylvania. We just had a lot of fun together, inside and outside the walls of the store.
Although retail is not a career I would ever want to pursue, it was a fun job with fun people. So that is why I drove all that way to buy shelving. And to be honest, I would do it again. Although next time, I want to go during Gift Wrap Wonderland. If you like gift wrap, and expensive gift wrap at that, then you should definitely visit The Container Store around the holidays. Or shop online and save yourself the gas money.
Why? Well, a couple of reasons. I bought it from The Container Store and the Columbus store is the closest to Pittsburgh. I have purchased this particular brand of shelving before and I like it. I worked for The Container Store for almost 6 years while living in Illinois. And the shelving was on sale!
While I didn't do any research, I probably could have purchased this exact same thing at a much closer store and saved the gas money. I could have even had it delivered if I chose. Again, cheaper than the gas. But I actually wanted to go. Thus began my journey to visit a store that I had never been too, but was so familiar.
The Container Store, or more specifically the people I met while working there, was a big part of my life - fellow employees and customers alike. Have you ever hugged a salesperson while shopping? Me either. But I have been hugged by a customer after designing her closet one New Year's Eve. Several years later while designing a closet, another customer and I started chatting about Ireland. She had been and I want to go. When she picked up her order a couple of days later, she left a note for me with information on where to stay and what to do if I ever made it to Ireland.
Of course, my co-workers became like family. We would play trivia on Sunday nights at TGIFridays and were completely loud and obnoxious. They threw me the best going-away party right before I moved to Pennsylvania. We just had a lot of fun together, inside and outside the walls of the store.
Although retail is not a career I would ever want to pursue, it was a fun job with fun people. So that is why I drove all that way to buy shelving. And to be honest, I would do it again. Although next time, I want to go during Gift Wrap Wonderland. If you like gift wrap, and expensive gift wrap at that, then you should definitely visit The Container Store around the holidays. Or shop online and save yourself the gas money.
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