Ep. 81 Carl Johnson (Loss Prevention Sacramento, Hawaii, Pacific Northwest)

2500 DelMonte Street: The Oral History of Tower Records

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“I remember thinking, if the light turns red, I’m turning in the parking lot and I’m going to do a bagcheck. If it’s green I’m going to sail on through and I’m going home. And sure as heck, it was red and I turned in [to the lot] and I’m going to do the bag check”

It’s in moments like these that you make your mark. Only five days earlier, Carl was sitting in Bud Martin’s office listening to him go on about the financial bleeding of the Tower Outlet store and the need to find out what was going on internally. As a result of that bag check and the recovery that took place, Carl made an immediate impression upon Bud and the members of the Sac Loss Prevention team.

Carl went on to be Loss Prevention Manager in Hawaii. But paradise isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Island fever took hold and Carl made his way back to Sacramento as Loss Prevention Manager. He ultimately became Regional Loss Prevention Manager and Territorial Loss Prevention Manager.

Carl tells us abou this time at Tower, his first encounter with Regional Manager Randy Mendonsa, working with Matthew Koenig & Wayne Ennes, meetings with Bud Martin asking for more resources and then trying to hold onto the resources he already had, helping to plan and coordinate Tower Marathons and Metallica In Stores and a whole lot more.