Anyone Else Work Today?

[BrenDAnn]

I worked what we at C-Store call a "cake shift" today, as in, a piece of cake. Four hours, opening shift. I went in at eight to do books, and open the store at ten, and was done at noon. The best part? Spending two hours watching would-be customers come up, pull on the locked door, and peer inside. Then they'd see the sign taped right in front of them on said door, which said in BIG RED LETTERS our hours for the day, huff, and get in their cars and leave. Here are some highlights from my short, and rather painless, day.

Yes, We're Closed
Dumbass (DA for short) comes to the door, pulls on it, it's locked. He goes to the window to the left, looks inside, and sees me. He goes back to the door and pulls again. Finally, I get annoyed and hold up all ten fingers, indicating we open at ten. DA doesn't get it. I point to the sign on the door. DA still doesn't get it. I walk over to the door, and hear him ask "You guys are closed, right?".... Yes, I answer, until ten. His response? "But you're closed, right?" *head...desk*

An Honest Question
I was ringing a customer and his (adult) son up. Dad went back to grab something, and son stood talking to me.

SON: So, did Materialism...I mean Santa...come to visit?

Needless to say, I cracked up. Hey, at least the guy was honest about things! Ha!

Christmas Creeper

I had a guy come in, that I know has been in before. He's the type you don't forget...creepy, lonely, and overly talkative. I mean, he rambles on and on. He asked me if that was my car outside. Then he proceeded to bitch about how much his car (which looked like just mine) cost him, and on and on. He talked about losing money on lottery scratchers, bitched about casinos, etc. Then I got busy, and he decided to talk to one of my customers. I would've told him not to harass my customers, but the guy seemed to know him. Eventually, Christmas Creeper got some stuff and left, but wow, was he creepy!

Last Minute Shopping?

I had two guys come in and get styrofoam plates, napkins, plastic cups, and plastic silverware. Less dishes that way, they said. More like the women of the house probably told them the men had to do dishes! Also, no, guys, sorry, grocery store is not open. It's a holiday, after all!

Random Sidenotes

There were a lot of people getting very drunk today, if the amount of beer and liquor I sold in just four hours is any indication. Seriously. I know family can suck to deal with, but wow!

I had one guy come in, wanting in the liquor cabinet. He referred to the keys to it as "the keys to success". I laughed, because, hey, to each his own, right?

Yes, we have milk, in the back cooler. Keep walking. It's back there. Keep walking. There you go! You found it! Now bring it up here so I can charge you four dollars a gallon for it.

I answered the question "how late do you work?" more times than I could count. Noon. I got off at noon. Thanks for the (fake) sympathy. No, really.

For fuck's sake...your child is screaming his head off, with tears streaming down his face. Get off the fucking phone and pay more attention to him than just picking him up! I feel sorry for the person on the other end of the line...who, it should be noted, you were chatting away with the entire time you were in the store, and in my line, and being rung up, and....need I go on?

Most people, I have to say, were in good spirits. I got a lot of "Merry Christmas" wishes, and was told to have a good day a few times. Much as I dreaded today, because I was warned about the people trying to get in before the store opened, it was actually a pretty good morning. Merry Christmas, everyone!

[VenomX]

I love when I get "guard" duty on a holiday we are closed.
I try to keep count on how many idiots keep pulling the dor, knocking, looking in, reading the sign and still pulling on the door.. etc...

Last year we had a guy that complained to me the next day that he couldn't see why we were closed when we had a guy in the building that could wait on customers.

I took great pleasure in telling him what I thought about mrons going out shopping on Christmas instead of staying home with family.. and thats all I will say here.

[Trixie]

I worked today for four hours but it was busier today than it was yesterday. Throw in the fact that we're just about the only thing open and impending snowpacolypse coming and the line never went down. And over course everyone and I do mean everyone was sooooo sorry that I had to work today. Merry freaking Christmas.

[Zenova]

was meant to be off today but was offered £25 an hour if i worked it, so I worked 8am - 1pm.
Wasnt really a big deal as my family dont have dinner until 3pm.

It was really really busy tho!
I work in a call center for a major mobile phone network, and everyone was calling up to activate SIM cards for their new iPhones

[paintballworker]

Worked my first shift as a Manager today, from 11am to 6pm.

ARRGH!

*goes from the vodka*

[Lady_Foxfire]

I worked 2-9 today, and boy howdy did it suck. The lines never got too long, but it was nonstop customers all day, and far too many of them insisted on paying with change, except of course for the ones who wanted lotto tickets, who kept trying to pay for them with credit cards. Fortunately, due to a last minute schedule rearrangement, I got to work with my awesome and competent CW R, instead of my decidedly less awesome CW E, who I'm amazed hasn't been fired yet.

[Cole's Law]

Worked four hours today. I'm in academia, so outside of the semesters I don't deal with people. On the way in, I did note one clearly confused soul idling at the McDonald's drive-thru. The lights-off, no other cars in the parking lot, clearly closed McDonalds. I should've checked to see if he was still there when I left.

[Amina516]

I worked 3p to 11p yesterday. It sucked and was horribly busy. Ill never understand why "abdominal pain x 4 years and suddenly worse 3 weeks ago" is an emergency, especially on Christmas. We also end up with a lot of elderly people from nursing homes who are at their baseline functioning level, but havent seen their family since last christmas so when family pops in to see them and "notices" that grandma is breathing a little bit different from last year, well they come to see me. Confused and angry they they werent left alone on a holiday. That along with complaints of anal itching, well my life was complete. Did have a lot of apologetic people though, so its always nice knowing someone cares..

[Pagan]

Last Minute Shopping?

I had two guys come in and get styrofoam plates, napkins, plastic cups, and plastic silverware. Less dishes that way, they said. More like the women of the house probably told them the men had to do dishes! Also, no, guys, sorry, grocery store is not open. It's a holiday, after all!

I honestly don't see anything wrong with that, especially if you have a crowd. Who wants to spend an hour washing dishes?

[BrenDAnn]

Nothing wrong with it at all, Pagan. I just found it funny, that's all. I'm kind of easily amused sometimes, though.

[Jester]

I had two guys come in and get styrofoam plates, napkins, plastic cups, and plastic silverware. Less dishes that way, they said. More like the women of the house probably told them the men had to do dishes!

If so, these guys are smarter than my little sister and stepbrother.

True story: for years, when we would gather as a family for a holiday such as
Christmas or Thanksgiving (tough to do now that we are in London, New Jersey, Key West, Denver, and Phoenix), my older sister would inevitably take over the kitchen for the cooking. This wasn't a bad thing as, whatever else her faults, my older sister can freakin' cook!

Anyway, at some point, said older sister would say, "Okay, I need some help with [blank]." And I would always volunteer to help her with whatever task that was, from making the salad to setting the table to refilling her wine glass--you know, the important stuff. Why did I do this? Was it to be helpful? Oh, HELL no. It was because I was lazy.

No, seriously. I was lazy, and I knew what was coming. And what was coming was really very simple, and something I foresaw and my little sister and stepbrother somehow never did. Which was after the meal, as we're all sitting around stuffed to the gills, and no one felt like moving at all, my older sister would look around and say something to the effect of, "Okay, who's doing the dishes? Lesse, Jester made the salad and set the table...you two, you're on dish duty." And as much as they would try to protest, my little sister and my stepbrother didn't have a leg to stand on. Since my older sister had cooked the meal, I had helped her out, no one was going to suggest that either of our parents wash the dishes (we wanted them to RELAX, damn it!), and that left....well, the two that hadn't done anything.

I got away with that shit for YEARS.

(I really don't like doing dishes. Especially after I've stuffed my face.)