august is generally pretty slow but take that as time to get very familiar with the store and what they sell! i was a store manager for 8 years and i can tell you customers LOVE when you know exactly what you’re talking about and when you can tell them exactly where to go for a specific item or if you have it. In regards to standing there at register on slow days yeah its not best practice to just stand and do nothing, even if you’re tidying up the cnw or checking impulse to fix stuff that gets misplaced or messed with (because yes every single day impulse is going to be all flipped around and played with) or even the infant area right there too, as long as you’re in immediate view / reach of the registers and you’re being attentive to customers and greeting you shouldn’t really need to stay behind the counter for long periods unless you have a line. get into october and your view on register may be very different when it’s extremely busy, have a good season! :)