took me this long to recover. everything went relatively smoothly. S was yelling at us to keep our hats on forwards, not backwards like a bunch of "gangsters." meh. ill be glad when she's gone. i ran the trivia contest for the third time in a row and it went ok. there was one girl who was really obnoxious and annoying and kept asking me why i didn't call on her more often. she had already won like four prizes. she was practically on the stage with me waving her hand in my face. later when i was walking around on the floor handing stuff out she tried to reach in and grab some for herself. i slapped her hand. there was another group of teenagers that were trying the same thing, but after the third "oh hey can i get four more for my friends" i told them they were cut off. and then some guy came up and asked for ten so he could give them out as christmas gifts. S happened to be standing there at the time, and she was like "no." even i was astounded by the sense of entitlement that guy had. just because its free doesn't mean you get as many as you want. jerk.
the costume contest consistently gets the most complaints. the employees wander around and pick their favorites and then the top three are announced and they win some prizes. K announced winners at 10pm. a lady walks up to me at 10:03 and asks what happened. "well, she announced the winners already."
"but i was told to be here at 10, and its only 10:03."
"oh, im sorry you missed it. she must have done it just a few minutes early. but the winners were announced."
"that's not fair."
"pardon?"
"i was told to be here at 10."
"well, all she did was announce the winners. the employees wandered around and picked the top 3. the 10pm thing was just to gather everyone so she could announce the winner, there wasn't like a parade or anything."
"unbelievable. that's not fair."
"um, ok, if you feel that way im sorry, but it was done to the best of our abilities. if you'd like to speak to a manager--"
"i will."
dude, come on. you are 40 years old and dressed like a slutty version of elvira. the contest was only for kids anyways. she compained to all the managers, like they have nothing better to do than to listen to your whiny ass complain about a damn costume contest.
and then at 1130 when we started lining people we were trying to keep the main aisle and the front doors as clear as possible. you know, in case of a fire or something. me, M, T, S, and H were all walking up and down the main aisle shouting at people to keep clear. if their number was in the 500s or something, they needed to be in the back of the building, not hovering lilke they were first. we got the aisle clear for maybe 30 seconds before these douchebags closed it up again. someone asked me where i wanted them to go and i said, "it doesn't matter. just as long as you're not in the main aisle or in front of the door." i was hoarse and tired by that point and politeness had gone out the window about an hour ago. M got up on a chair and yelled "if you don't want a Great White incident up in here, move out of the main aisle, thank you."
and then the people who didn't reserve a copy were milling about outside and we had to keep yelling at them to get out of the middle of road. one of my coworkers got called a ridiculous bitch because she wouldn't let her in. it was almost 2am and pretty much everyone was out. we were on the last 3 people and S told us to not let anyone else in.
aya. thank god its over.
the costume contest consistently gets the most complaints. the employees wander around and pick their favorites and then the top three are announced and they win some prizes. K announced winners at 10pm. a lady walks up to me at 10:03 and asks what happened. "well, she announced the winners already."
"but i was told to be here at 10, and its only 10:03."
"oh, im sorry you missed it. she must have done it just a few minutes early. but the winners were announced."
"that's not fair."
"pardon?"
"i was told to be here at 10."
"well, all she did was announce the winners. the employees wandered around and picked the top 3. the 10pm thing was just to gather everyone so she could announce the winner, there wasn't like a parade or anything."
"unbelievable. that's not fair."
"um, ok, if you feel that way im sorry, but it was done to the best of our abilities. if you'd like to speak to a manager--"
"i will."
dude, come on. you are 40 years old and dressed like a slutty version of elvira. the contest was only for kids anyways. she compained to all the managers, like they have nothing better to do than to listen to your whiny ass complain about a damn costume contest.
and then at 1130 when we started lining people we were trying to keep the main aisle and the front doors as clear as possible. you know, in case of a fire or something. me, M, T, S, and H were all walking up and down the main aisle shouting at people to keep clear. if their number was in the 500s or something, they needed to be in the back of the building, not hovering lilke they were first. we got the aisle clear for maybe 30 seconds before these douchebags closed it up again. someone asked me where i wanted them to go and i said, "it doesn't matter. just as long as you're not in the main aisle or in front of the door." i was hoarse and tired by that point and politeness had gone out the window about an hour ago. M got up on a chair and yelled "if you don't want a Great White incident up in here, move out of the main aisle, thank you."
and then the people who didn't reserve a copy were milling about outside and we had to keep yelling at them to get out of the middle of road. one of my coworkers got called a ridiculous bitch because she wouldn't let her in. it was almost 2am and pretty much everyone was out. we were on the last 3 people and S told us to not let anyone else in.
aya. thank god its over.

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