Today started out rough. I had to throw out my morning coffee because it tasted like an old ashtray. On my way to work, a car zoomed across where I needed to be, forcing me onto the wrong road, so I had to turn around. However, we finally got a shipment of paper towels for the restroom dispensers, after over a week without any, and the public's ( Read more... )

Honestly, work today wasn't too bad-- I had an hour or so before it got busy, I didn't get called for a single spill all day, not too much fighting with the customers. ....but it was a morning shift, so I came home, zoned out for several hours in front of the comp (my watch fell off my wrist and I didn't bother picking it up.) Eventually, I ( Read more... )

Today, a customer actually bumped into me. He was looking around, walking slowly, and I thought he saw me. a little light tap as his basket touches me. He looks at me, wide-eyed, and walks off in the direction he was already going in. *shrugs* There weren't any calls for me to go anywhere until after lunch, so I did my regular tasks, plus some ( Read more... )

Ok, so today I worked morning shift again. Spot mopping (the removal of dirt blotches from the floor) seems to have again risen in priority among those in charge, so I did quite a bit of that, mostly upon request. I saw a co-worker who's been out sick (who has been rumored to not be coming back) come in for his paycheck, and he smiled and said the ( Read more... )

Ok, so since I wind up telling Miss K and/or Sweetnfat (aka Eku) and/or Shadow Lady how my day went every day, I might as well actually use my blog and tell everyone. Brevity, as always, is the challenge. I worked morning shift today, which makes me tired since it's tricky for me to remember to go to bed early enough the night before. I was ( Read more... )

Physical Exam last week: bp 122 over 82; wt 174 lbs; ht 5'11 and a half" (am I getting shorter still?) Doctor was actually a Nurse, suggested Prilosec for my stomach trouble, seemed unable to see past that to notice any other minor problems, which hopefully means all other problems really are that minor ( Read more... )

By the way, I passed my yearly evaluation at work. I should soon be receiving a 40-cent raise, bringing me up to $7.55 an hour. One of these days maybe I'll post some of the anecdotes of my life among the Blue-Vested People. Collectively, I call such anecdotes 'The Janitor Diaries'. I'm not sure whether I can get a realistic novel out of these ( Read more... )