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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Jack Date: July 5, 2018, 3:07 pm
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=515.msg6938#msg6938
date=1530816532]
Is storing the (deflated?) bounce houses an issue until such
time as they are put in to use? it seems they would take up a
lot of space.
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We haven't taken delivery on all of them at this time, and I
actually have warehouse space in at least two other buildings,
so no, it's not really a problem.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Zyngaru Date: July 5, 2018, 8:01 pm
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The only real issue I know about bounce houses is when they are
outside and the wind catches them with kids in them and they go
flying. Some times it is because the tie downs were not used.
Other times they were tied down, but the stakes just didn't go
deep enough to hold with the gust of wind they were having.
I haven't heard of any issues with bounce houses indoors. I
have a niece that has one in her living room for her two boys to
play on. They are 3 and 4 years old.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Adric Date: July 6, 2018, 8:46 am
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This
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-44672923
is the
story about the explosion in England. The more common incident
in outdoor settings is wind-related.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Jack Date: July 26, 2018, 4:44 am
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Thought I'd mention that they have completed all the interior
construction on the building. I'm supposed to go in and double
check it today, and we're supposed to have the city inspectors
come in and inspect everything next Monday and/or Tuesday.
I said 'interior construction', because they still have a bit of
work to do outside, mostly putting up new signs.
I'll wait to say anything else until after I've done the
inspection.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Jack Date: August 9, 2018, 4:39 am
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Everything is set, and we're going to have our grand opening
weekend the 18th of this month. However, we're going to be
opening before that.
Every year about this time, there's an event where we (the Huff
Foundation is one of the organizers) gathers together groups
that help match needy families with resources. We usually have
pediatricians giving free exams and vaccinations, school
supplies, even clothing, as well as helping people sign up for
after school programs and meal programs, among other things.
Normally, we also serve some kind of food at the event.
This year, the event is going to be this weekend, and it will be
held in the parking lot of Pump Up the Jump. PUtJ will also be
open, and we'll be giving limited free use, and some free food,
as well as coupons, and we'll be giving away a free birthday
party once an hour. There were a lot of things unsure about
this, so it was harder to schedule the actual opening, which
also means harder to advertise it. I'm hoping that this will
not only be fun for a lot of families with limited resources,
but it will also be a great way to let people know we're here
and get them talking about us.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Leti Date: August 27, 2018, 9:57 am
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Hola Jack!
How did the opening go?
I hope that everything was fine and that Huck is doing great!
;)[emoji195]
Hugs
Leti
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Jack Date: August 27, 2018, 4:18 pm
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The grand opening went well. So did the Back to School Fair.
Remember, it's only been a couple of weeks since we opened, and
school started during that time, but our weekends are pretty
busy, and we've already had a lot of reservations for birthday
parties - nearly through Thanksgiving last I heard.
Huck is doing well. I found an older (compared to Huck) guy who
was looking for a job. He has some management experience, but
isn't interested in doing that anymore. He did agree to work as
Huck's assistant manager for a while, so he can help train Huck
or let me know if he feels Huck or the business has any rough
spots, and also help train new people. He seems happy to be
getting decent pay without worrying about (long-term) pressure,
and he's willing to keep acting as a 'keyholder' even after Huck
has a good management team in place.
At this point, we don't have a lot of business in the evenings,
but we're still keeping some people on staff. There are often
at least a few teens that come by in the evenings, play around
for a while, and sometimes eat something, so we're not losing
money, and it gives us a chance to see what hours will work best
for us.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: kalico Date: August 28, 2018, 12:36 am
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That’s great that everything seems to be going great for the new
business ....
Sounds like everything has worked out with staffing that’s
great....
Hugs kal
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: David M. Katz Date: September 4, 2018, 12:26 pm
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=515.msg8376#msg8376
date=1535404705]
At this point, we don't have a lot of business in the evenings
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That would seem to be expected with school starting back and all
of the related extracurricular activities going on.
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Re: Busy with Business/Pump Up the Jump
By: Jack Date: September 4, 2018, 12:47 pm
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=515.msg8552#msg8552
date=1536082019]
[quote author=Jack link=topic=515.msg8376#msg8376
date=1535404705]
At this point, we don't have a lot of business in the evenings
[/quote]
That would seem to be expected with school starting back and all
of the related extracurricular activities going on.
[/quote]
It's not unexpected. We're just trying to figure out when we
need to be open, and how much staff we need at different times.
We are doing pretty well some days. It turns out we have
several home schooling families who will come in for an hour or
two as one of their exercise classes. I should probably make a
point of going in to meet some of them.
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