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So today I'm working at the wholesale club. I get to work early, give CR a belated Xmas present (Cherie Priest's "Boneshaker," since CR's a fan of steampunk and zombies, and this book has both), and while I'm chatting with him, these guys take two of those rolling shelves from the freezer loaded with milk. They'd paid for it all, but they take it outside. Neither he nor I thought too much of it at the time, though in retrospect we should have.
Sure enough, when I'm outside later, I see the shelves have been left in our cart corrals. So, I tell Hoss I'll be a minute taking them up, leave him working on carts, and take the shelves up to the store.
As I'm bringing them through the front door, I pass this semi-regular customer. Now, before I mention what he said, let me paint a picture. My right arm is still sore from my fall the day before (see this thread), especially my wrist whenever I put pressure on it or flex it. My left leg is also sore whenever I put pressure on it when bending the knee (a more minor injury from the fall), and it's F'ING COLD OUTSIDE! My expression is not the happiest, not the least because I have to drag these shelves back inside when they shouldn't have left the store in the first place.
Well, semi-regular sees me doing this and remarks, "Hey, they finally gave you a job you can actually do!" And not in a sarcastic, joking manner. He sounded dead serious.
Now, I realize people can make jokes in that same tone, but I wasn't in the mood for it. I even told him so, giving him a glare and saying, "You know, I'm really not[/I] in the mood for jokes like that." And I kept walking.
Really? You're gonna make a joke like that to someone's face?
Sure enough, when I'm outside later, I see the shelves have been left in our cart corrals. So, I tell Hoss I'll be a minute taking them up, leave him working on carts, and take the shelves up to the store.
As I'm bringing them through the front door, I pass this semi-regular customer. Now, before I mention what he said, let me paint a picture. My right arm is still sore from my fall the day before (see this thread), especially my wrist whenever I put pressure on it or flex it. My left leg is also sore whenever I put pressure on it when bending the knee (a more minor injury from the fall), and it's F'ING COLD OUTSIDE! My expression is not the happiest, not the least because I have to drag these shelves back inside when they shouldn't have left the store in the first place.
Well, semi-regular sees me doing this and remarks, "Hey, they finally gave you a job you can actually do!" And not in a sarcastic, joking manner. He sounded dead serious.
Now, I realize people can make jokes in that same tone, but I wasn't in the mood for it. I even told him so, giving him a glare and saying, "You know, I'm really not[/I] in the mood for jokes like that." And I kept walking.
Really? You're gonna make a joke like that to someone's face?
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