So I spent 6 hours on a register today. People who never even work on the floor were on the registers today. Standing more or less in one spot can wear me out and make my back hurt more than twice as many hours walking about the store. It was fairly steady but never packed. I was stuck on self-checkout the whole time. That means that besides ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't get the full-time position at work I'd been hoping for. It took them 3+ weeks to make a decision but they gave it to a woman who's actually had it before and did a good job of it. So I don't feel so bad, especially since they obviously gave it some thought. Disappointed as hell but I understand. To add insult to injury on the day I ( Read more... )

Yesterday wasn't too terribly bad, just very tiring. One of the things I dread most about the whole Black Friday crap is the press of borderline insane people who congregate around the wrapped pallets of stuff that won't go on sale for a couple of hours. They're like paranoid animals who're afraid they won't get their share of the kill and they act ( Read more... )

Black Friday gets earlier and earlier. Truly, for many big box stores it's now Black Thanksgiving. Someone told me that KMart started opening on Thurs instead of Friday at midnight and that Walmart and others followed suit to stay competitive. I don't know if that's true or not but it's definitely a plus in the column of consumerism ( Read more... )

I am so freaking tired. It's just before midnight. I've been up since 5:30 am and I'm going to try desperately to stay up for another 2-3 hours. By that time I'll have been up for 21-22 hours. Why am I taping my eyelids open in an attempt to stay awake? Because I have to go to work at 7 pm on Thanksgiving and work until 7 am on Black Friday (my ( Read more... )

Only one day left of my vacation.

Now I just have the thought Escapade - four months away in February! - to comfort me through the hell and madness about to be unleashed.

Black Friday and Christmas.

*headdesk*

It was every bit as horrible as I thought it would be. When I got there the extremely large parking lot was pretty full but they hadn't begun encroaching on the employee parking lot yet. Employees that came in just an hour later had to park about 2 blocks away in the Home Depot lot. During the thick of it people were parking about 3 blocks away. ( Read more... )

I'm about to embark on the journey to the insanity that is Black Friday at WalMart.

Pray for me.

Well, I made it until 3:30 in the morning. At 3 am I took a full melatonin. I know they don't work for everyone but they do a pretty good job of knocking me out. When I was going through my meltdown and not getting enough sleep I'd take 1/3 of one so I wouldn't be a total zombie the next day ( Read more... )

Whenever I need to go to bed and get to sleep early all my body wants to do is stay awake. Now that I'm really trying to stay awake until about 3 am (minimum 2 am) so I'll sleep late tomorrow in preparation for my 9 pm Thurs to 8 am Fri shift for Black Friday I'm having a hell of a time keeping my eyes open. No matter what I try to do all I want to ( Read more... )