Cold!
It's too cold outside.
When I left for work yesterday, it was a balmy 3F. By the time I hit Fabyan and Kirk, it was -1F. It's pretty much stayed there since. Brr.
(My favorite sign company had one a few weeks ago that read "Brrr!" Then, two weeks ago, "Grrr!" Last week? "XLI!" Now? It's too cold to change the sign, I'm sure.)
Luckily it's been slightly warmer at work. Of course, our back room, which isn't too far from the service bay doors, still hovers in what I'd guess would be the low to mid-60s. I hate coming back from lunch cold.
We are no longer accepting any deliveries at work, unless they have to do with closing. The FedEx guy seemed royally confused by that. No UPS today, though.
Work yesterday was surprisingly busy...in terms of sales dollars. We no longer have a plan, but we've made over $1K these past couple days. We'll take it. That's pretty good for us. It helps that our calendars went to $1 yesterday.
Today? Idiots. All of them. It was like there was an idiot convention at my store. I should not have to spend 20 minutes discussing the same three booklights and batteries with just one person. It didn't help that Pa. was two hours late. He called at 9:30 and said he was having car issues but he should be in soon (he was due in at 10)...and then didn't come in until noon. By that time, I wondered if he really had "car issues" or what. He was rooting for the Colts, so I wouldn't have doubted that he'd had a much better time than whomever he was with (me? I'm indifferent about the whole outcome). But no, he had legitimate car issues. I'd thought about calling to be like, uh, where are you, but figured after dealing with Booklight Guy I'd probably be out for blood. That would have been bad. Realize that Booklight Guy was there for a good hour, too; he finally checked out...for the second time...when Pa. arrived. I had no patience today. This would also be the reason I yelled to a woman setting off our alarm system, either move forward or backward; just make the noise stop. Really. I can't believe the people who just stand in the doorway who are oblivious to the fact that they're the ones setting off the system. Hello, no one else is around you; the thing wasn't going off before you arrived; MOVE YOUR DUMB ASS. I've been making these lists of what I'll miss or won't miss about the store, and I certainly won't miss the system or the stupid moocow customers who just don't get it.
It was kind of a long morning. Can you tell?
And, when I finally got home and checked my mail, I had this nice long letter typed up. I was getting to the end when the lights started flickering. They'd done that earlier, so I decided to copy my letter. The bad news is that I didn't paste it anywhere, so when the power blipped off for a second less than a minute later, my letter disappeared. Boo. And I don't have the energy to rewrite it tonight. Rats. I think I had some good stuff in there.
Ugh. Hope you are staying warm. I'm trying to; I'm even wearing nylons under my pants. The only problem is that these nylons don't like to stay in place, so after a few hours they're slipping down my butt and taking my underwear with them. That's not exactly the best feeling to have while you're at work. Luckily (?) we didn't have that many customers in the store, so I was, er, able to make some adjustments.
When I left for work yesterday, it was a balmy 3F. By the time I hit Fabyan and Kirk, it was -1F. It's pretty much stayed there since. Brr.
(My favorite sign company had one a few weeks ago that read "Brrr!" Then, two weeks ago, "Grrr!" Last week? "XLI!" Now? It's too cold to change the sign, I'm sure.)
Luckily it's been slightly warmer at work. Of course, our back room, which isn't too far from the service bay doors, still hovers in what I'd guess would be the low to mid-60s. I hate coming back from lunch cold.
We are no longer accepting any deliveries at work, unless they have to do with closing. The FedEx guy seemed royally confused by that. No UPS today, though.
Work yesterday was surprisingly busy...in terms of sales dollars. We no longer have a plan, but we've made over $1K these past couple days. We'll take it. That's pretty good for us. It helps that our calendars went to $1 yesterday.
Today? Idiots. All of them. It was like there was an idiot convention at my store. I should not have to spend 20 minutes discussing the same three booklights and batteries with just one person. It didn't help that Pa. was two hours late. He called at 9:30 and said he was having car issues but he should be in soon (he was due in at 10)...and then didn't come in until noon. By that time, I wondered if he really had "car issues" or what. He was rooting for the Colts, so I wouldn't have doubted that he'd had a much better time than whomever he was with (me? I'm indifferent about the whole outcome). But no, he had legitimate car issues. I'd thought about calling to be like, uh, where are you, but figured after dealing with Booklight Guy I'd probably be out for blood. That would have been bad. Realize that Booklight Guy was there for a good hour, too; he finally checked out...for the second time...when Pa. arrived. I had no patience today. This would also be the reason I yelled to a woman setting off our alarm system, either move forward or backward; just make the noise stop. Really. I can't believe the people who just stand in the doorway who are oblivious to the fact that they're the ones setting off the system. Hello, no one else is around you; the thing wasn't going off before you arrived; MOVE YOUR DUMB ASS. I've been making these lists of what I'll miss or won't miss about the store, and I certainly won't miss the system or the stupid moocow customers who just don't get it.
It was kind of a long morning. Can you tell?
And, when I finally got home and checked my mail, I had this nice long letter typed up. I was getting to the end when the lights started flickering. They'd done that earlier, so I decided to copy my letter. The bad news is that I didn't paste it anywhere, so when the power blipped off for a second less than a minute later, my letter disappeared. Boo. And I don't have the energy to rewrite it tonight. Rats. I think I had some good stuff in there.
Ugh. Hope you are staying warm. I'm trying to; I'm even wearing nylons under my pants. The only problem is that these nylons don't like to stay in place, so after a few hours they're slipping down my butt and taking my underwear with them. That's not exactly the best feeling to have while you're at work. Luckily (?) we didn't have that many customers in the store, so I was, er, able to make some adjustments.