Author: Amanda
One of the perks of running a family owned business is the ability to bring your pets to work. For those that have stopped by our lobby, chances are you’ve seen our ‘shop dog’, a golden lab named Casey. My mother, and owner of Next Day Signs, almost every day loads Casey up into the car and brings her to work. She started coming to the shop a year and a half ago when our older dog passed away, With Casey being such a social individual, it didn’t seem right to leave her at home alone.
Since then she has made friends with many of our vendor delivery people, our postal workers, UPS deliverer, and even our business neighbors who come out to see her on her quick afternoon walk. She knows the work rules about where she can be during the day and when she can go “visit” with customers. I have seen many a patron light up upon seeing her. And she’s helped us here at work, there are few quicker bad day relievers than a game of tug with a dog.
So many work environments are filled with stress. We enjoy having our stress-reliever here with us and hope she brings a bright spot to many others each day as well.