What a [bleep] night...
Dec. 20th, 2006 01:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
candylandWork. Usually, I don't mind it too much. But tonight was HELL.
I really wish the managers would actually schedule enough people to cover the front of the store--especially during high-traffic times of the year, like the holiday season. But no, they'd rather pull us out of our nice little department when it's less than an hour to closing time and we're getting slapped with the kind of rush we usually only get on our $3.99 all-you-can-eat nights. Seriously--the line reached back to the bakery D:
AND THEY KEEP CALLING US FOR COURTESY!! I really don't mind the courtesy thing itself--it's nice to talk to the customers and such. But not when we're that busy. Not a dozen times in one four-hour shift (and I wish I was joking). And NOT after eight, when our department is CLOSED.
Seriously--WTF, shift managers? Bad enough that you're keeping me out of my department at ten minutes to close, which in turn gets me in trouble with my department bosses >.> But then I've got my hands full of labels, cold-cases, and the cleaning spray that makes me see all sorts of funny things (so easy to get high off that evil stuff...), and you're calling me to come up to the front and sack groceries for as long as you see fit. RAR D:<
Best part? Theoretically, if we start our closing procedures about half an hour before closing (sweeping, mopping, cleaning windows, putting away the pizza supplies, and basically scrubbing down everything we can), then the actually closing stuff (doing cold-cases, cleaning the case, doing dishes, putting everything away, etc.) takes around twenty minutes of fast, solid work--and we've got it down to an art. So at the latest, we should be out of there at eight-thirty-ish.
I GOT HOME AT A QUARTER AFTER NINE TONIGHT. I just kept telling myself that I was getting paid for it, so if they want to keep calling us away from our closing stuff to sack groceries, it's going on their tab, yesh. Best part was the lady who showed up at twenty after eight wanting sesame chicken. RAR.
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In happier news, if all goes according to plan (and at this point, it looks like it will), I'll be hitting the post office to send out my first batch of Christmas cards tomorrow...as well as a few very special packages ;D The thing is that I've never actually sent a package before, so it's going to be a learning experience >.> *will be calling the post office to ask how this all works--hopes they will not laugh*
AND UNLESS THE WEATHER IS DUMB I WILL GET TO SEE RYANN TOMORROW YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HAPPY THIS IS YAAAAAAAAAY!!! *ahem*![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
writergurl and Little Sister are accompanying me to pick him up from the airport :D I are excited!
Oh yeah, before I forget! *pokesmagic_truth* I demand a list of your favorite Shin/Ran fics! I DEMAND IT! SO I CAN MAKE YOU SOMETHING SMURFY!! Can't remember if you're done with finals today or tomorrow, but I hope they're not killing you. I CHEER FOR YOU \o/
...I think it's bedtime now, oh yes it is...
I really wish the managers would actually schedule enough people to cover the front of the store--especially during high-traffic times of the year, like the holiday season. But no, they'd rather pull us out of our nice little department when it's less than an hour to closing time and we're getting slapped with the kind of rush we usually only get on our $3.99 all-you-can-eat nights. Seriously--the line reached back to the bakery D:
AND THEY KEEP CALLING US FOR COURTESY!! I really don't mind the courtesy thing itself--it's nice to talk to the customers and such. But not when we're that busy. Not a dozen times in one four-hour shift (and I wish I was joking). And NOT after eight, when our department is CLOSED.
Seriously--WTF, shift managers? Bad enough that you're keeping me out of my department at ten minutes to close, which in turn gets me in trouble with my department bosses >.> But then I've got my hands full of labels, cold-cases, and the cleaning spray that makes me see all sorts of funny things (so easy to get high off that evil stuff...), and you're calling me to come up to the front and sack groceries for as long as you see fit. RAR D:<
Best part? Theoretically, if we start our closing procedures about half an hour before closing (sweeping, mopping, cleaning windows, putting away the pizza supplies, and basically scrubbing down everything we can), then the actually closing stuff (doing cold-cases, cleaning the case, doing dishes, putting everything away, etc.) takes around twenty minutes of fast, solid work--and we've got it down to an art. So at the latest, we should be out of there at eight-thirty-ish.
I GOT HOME AT A QUARTER AFTER NINE TONIGHT. I just kept telling myself that I was getting paid for it, so if they want to keep calling us away from our closing stuff to sack groceries, it's going on their tab, yesh. Best part was the lady who showed up at twenty after eight wanting sesame chicken. RAR.
[/rant]
In happier news, if all goes according to plan (and at this point, it looks like it will), I'll be hitting the post office to send out my first batch of Christmas cards tomorrow...as well as a few very special packages ;D The thing is that I've never actually sent a package before, so it's going to be a learning experience >.> *will be calling the post office to ask how this all works--hopes they will not laugh*
AND UNLESS THE WEATHER IS DUMB I WILL GET TO SEE RYANN TOMORROW YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HAPPY THIS IS YAAAAAAAAAY!!! *ahem*
writergurl and Little Sister are accompanying me to pick him up from the airport :D I are excited!Oh yeah, before I forget! *pokes
magic_truth* I demand a list of your favorite Shin/Ran fics! I DEMAND IT! SO I CAN MAKE YOU SOMETHING SMURFY!! Can't remember if you're done with finals today or tomorrow, but I hope they're not killing you. I CHEER FOR YOU \o/...I think it's bedtime now, oh yes it is...
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Date: 2006-12-20 08:11 am (UTC)Yay for getting to see people! ^^ And mailing things!
BTW, can you give me a
cleanprompt for the Shinichi/Ran fic/drabble? XD;(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 04:37 pm (UTC)Yup! Hope the roads aren't too icy...I think we've finally had our first freeze. But I shall persevere and triumph and stuff! *victory pose*
*stares blankly* A...clean prompt? o.o Ummm...okay, Shinichi and Ran and...a teapot! :D?
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