Among co-workers and customers, Gary Best is affectionately known as Mr. Canadian Tire.

The longtime Salmon Arm Canadian Tire employee is proud of the title 91裸聊视频� one he picked up more than 30 years ago when he worked at Canadian Tire in Kamloops. As Best explains, a customer came into the store and asked to speak to Mr. Canadian Tire. At first no one knew who the customer was talking about until he described Best.

The name stuck, which is fine with Best, who considers it a show of respect.

91裸聊视频淧eople respect you for all the help,91裸聊视频� explained Best. 91裸聊视频淲hen there91裸聊视频檚 something they can91裸聊视频檛 find and other staff don91裸聊视频檛 know, they would go, 91裸聊视频榃here is Mr. Canadian Tire? He knows where everything is in the store.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淎nd it91裸聊视频檚 not just stuff here. I tell customers to go to Rona, Home Hardware, all the businesses in town. I91裸聊视频檓 a homeowner too91裸聊视频� When they say they91裸聊视频檙e coming to see Mr. Canadian Tire, I also help out other businesses, not just our business. I talk about the community.91裸聊视频�

Best says that91裸聊视频檚 something he91裸聊视频檒l definitely miss. He91裸聊视频檚 retiring next month, after working 10 years for Canadian Tire in Kamloops and 30 in Salmon Arm.

The Salmon Arm store91裸聊视频檚 owner, Mario Schuchardt, said staff will be gathering on May 2 to celebrate Best.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 always been the face, I guess, he91裸聊视频檚 been the go-to person that people look for and ask for help from91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� said Schuchardt.

Best first got into retail when he lived in Nova Scotia. He worked for Woodwards from 1972 to 1976. Later, he worked at a steel plant in Sydney. When the plant closed down, he moved to Kamloops to work with his sister, who91裸聊视频檇 already been working with Canadian Tire for eight years.

Best91裸聊视频檚 Canadian Tire career began on March 2, 1982.

There are a number of reasons why Best has stuck with Canadian Tire. While he speaks highly of the wages, benefits and the store91裸聊视频檚 profit-sharing program, Best explained it has more to do with people 91裸聊视频� his employers, co-workers and customers.

Over the years, Best has amassed a collection of Canadian Tire memorabilia, from early cans of oil and transmission fluid to an array of limited edition die-cast vehicles. He said one day he91裸聊视频檇 like to display it all at the front of the store.

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Not surprisingly, Best also has acquired a large amount of Canadian Tire money.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been collecting Canadian Tire money since I was a wee boy, before I came out here. I don91裸聊视频檛 know how much I have but I never, ever spent a penny it,91裸聊视频� said Best.

Looking ahead to retirement, Best hopes to get out fishing, riding his Honda Goldwing 750 V45-Plus on motorcycle trips with friends, and returning to Nova Scotia to visit with family 91裸聊视频� something he hasn91裸聊视频檛 been able to do for the past couple of years due to the pandemic.

91裸聊视频淎nd maybe go to Barbados one day, where my dad was born, and see the countryside,91裸聊视频� Best added.

While he will miss waking up in the mornings to head for work, Best plans to continue shopping at the Salmon Arm store, and won91裸聊视频檛 be surprised if he finds someone in need of and/or asking for help from Mr. Canadian Tire 91裸聊视频� which he91裸聊视频檒l happily provide.

Set up near the store91裸聊视频檚 staff room and administrative offices, a large white board is covered with well wishes for Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 Mr. Canadian Tire. Another thing that fills Best with pride.

To those co-workers just starting out, Best says there91裸聊视频檚 a long, fruitful career ahead with Canadian Tire if they want it.

91裸聊视频淭ry to achieve your goal if you want to stick with Canadian Tire91裸聊视频�,91裸聊视频� said Best. 91裸聊视频淐anadian Tire has a lot of people working for them. It takes a mountain of staff to run Canadian Tire, from our end to merchandise managers to designers and store planners, you can get into Canadian Tire for just about everything for a career.91裸聊视频�

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