We had inventory this week and even though I wasn't directly involved in it it's still affected the rest of us because we've been a little short of the kinds of staff that could actually help with customers and everyone has had to pick up the slack. Yesterday I had a surprise stint on the registers for the majority of my day because 2 cashiers ( Read more... )

Strange though that we should have a perfect fall day on August 4th. In Missouri. Land of heat and humidity in the summer months. It was downright coolish this morning when I left for work just before 6 am. Unfortunately I had to spend the first 2 hours of my shift manning self-checkout. It's the only register open until 8 am and so incredibly ( Read more... )

Last night no matter what I tried I couldn't get to sleep until way too late. I finally drifted off somewhere between 11:30 and midnight and the alarm went off at 2 am. *headdesk* Luckily there was very little going on at work today. Except one cashier called out and another was unaware TPTB had scheduled her for an opening shift this morning after ( Read more... )

I went to bed at my usual time yesterday, about 5:30 pm. I read for awhile and the last time I looked at the clock it was about 6:30. I must have dropped soon after but just before 7 I was awakened when Phouka, sleeping beside me, launched himself across my body and dove for the closet. I thought WTF!? Moments later I heard a pounding on the door ( Read more... )

At least no male cucumber blossoms. I have 3 different types of cucumber plants - Lemon, Baby Persian and Armenian - and they're all apparently going to mature at different rates, which is great! Except I have probably 8 tiny Baby Persian cukes on the vine and no male flower to pollinate them with. I've found that my cucumbers (and the summer-type ( Read more... )

First of all I've still heard nothing about the full-time job. I finally cornered the HR Mgr. yesterday to ask her about it and according to her my ASM (who's also in charge of the new position) and the store mgr are dragging their feet about it. That's not how she phrased it but since there are only 3 candidates to choose from, all in house so ( Read more... )