Well, today is a miserable day at work. Big truck to process and put out on the floor, we're short a person, and the air-conditioning has broken.

The one problem with trying to get these Advent fics done is I'm working holiday hours in retail.

Ways customers baffle and frustrate me in drive-up:

- send check and filled-out deposit slip in
- get annoyed when I deposit your check

Apparently they wanted the check cashed. On further examination, the deposit slip had the entire amount of the check in the Less Cash line. However, I see people put their totals there on accident all the time.If ( Read more... )

Work is making me absolutely miserable.

I finally got permanent, and the place I'm permanent at has changed since the last time I was there. For one thing, they're putting me in driveup. I've found, after a week of working there, that I can't stand the people in driveup. They're hypocritical, whiny, and rude ( Read more... )

Sometimes I have to pretend to be a shark in order to get through a shift at work. You stop moving, you die.

Our seasonal section at work is a mix of Mardi Gras/Valentines/St. Patrick's/spring/Easter stuff. It's a bit mind-smacking.

Put up a Tinkerbell endcap. This was fun, as it first involved taking down the previous endcap, then arranging the hangars and shelves to spec. Then it was time to load up on boxes, bring them out there, and get out the boxcutter! (Yes, part of the equipment I've collected in my work-apron is a boxcutter. I also have a permanent marker, a pair of ( Read more... )

You remember those "what I did for my summer vacation?" essays teachers liked to make you write when you came back in the fall for another round of 'can I do something fun and interesting during the six or seven hours I have to be at school ( Read more... )

Reasons Why My Boss is Made of Awesome ( Read more... )

So I'm going to be at work for another two hours tonight, since I agreed to take T's shift. Not too bad, since my boss leaves, oh, about now, so I can just sit around here for the next two hours and go over my Art History notes ( Read more... )