No Guarantees

It is a delight to me that even in the midst of a global pandemic, PJP never stops being interesting on a daily basis. (In fact, I think that really is one of my favorite things about PJP. Even when you expect little on an average day, you always get something worthy in return…and you can’t say that about many places.)

So today, we did a second round of shipping. We had so many orders that we split it into two days to ease the process a bit. Making jars is never difficult, but packaging them, tying forks, and printing shipping labels always takes more time than you would guess. Our furthest destination today? San Mateo, California. (Honestly, I don’t mind the label making process…it is always interesting to me where the boxes are going. I also don’t mind writing the notecards for the boxes because I’m lame that way. Even when we become a national company and ship hundreds of boxes a week, I’m going to insist the notecards be written by hand - and by someone with nice handwriting. But I am going to invest in a machine that securely tapes the boxes shut because NO ONE at PJP can properly use a tape gun without swearing and/or losing the tape off the tape gun.)

We were also sufficiently busy today with walk-ins, curbside delivery, and some delivery orders. We’ve been able to meet our daily sales goal each day and we can’t tell you how thankful we are. Everyone on Team PJP knows the goal number and once we meet it, we all visibly relax and the pressure is off…sort of like when you open a can of Pillsbury biscuits by whacking it against the countertop. And while we expected a completely different Easter weekend experience than in previous years, our order board is filling up quickly. (Number one request…White Chocolate Strawberry. Be sure to order for Easter by the end of the day on Friday to ensure you’ll be able to pick up your favorite.)

And finally, we started some prep work on our second Epic Pie Tasting (Pandemic Style) scheduled for tomorrow (which actually also would have been Peg’s 94th birthday). All pie tastings have sold out quickly, probably because it is a fun activity and what the heck else is there to do on a Thursday night during a quarantine? We announced our FOURTH date (April 23rd) late this afternoon and only four tickets remain. We’ve decided we will just keep doing them once a week until someone declares the stay-at-home order lifted. And while I love pie tasting, I do miss everyone in the store for a proper pie tasting. If anything, I think we will have all learned to appreciate the little things more once this is all over.

Or at least, we will get a lot of practice using a tape gun. No guarantees we will get better at it.