The Atrium

The library subscribes to hundreds of newspapers from around the country -- which certainly makes for interesting reading. Last week I was looking through the "want ads" in a daily newspaper of another city and came across what I think is an interesting job description. I've listed the functions of the position below. (The company and product names have been removed.)

Essential Job Functions:

• Create an environment of outgoing, personal, theatrical cheese retailing.
• Provide interactive guidance of cheese merchandising through proactive selling and superior product knowledge.
• Ensure an entertaining and educational experience to meet operating objectives and sales goals.
• Ensure an environment that looks and feels like XXX cheese boutique.
• Maintain knowledgeable, efficient, friendly staff fully trained in XXX operations and products.
• Ensure all XXX and XXX policies, boutique operating standards, and procedures are communicated effectively, maintained, and followed at all times.
• Organize work throughout the boutique in a manner that facilitates great customer service and education, as well as a profitable operation.
• Ensure that all cheese shoppers follow health, safety and sanitation guidelines for all products.

Yes, this is the actual ad, and the position is with a company which employees more than 300,000 people. Cheese retail: theatrical, entertaining, interactive, and educational. Who knew?