As The Station Turns 7/13

I got up early and went to the Haunted Station, the Late Guy had asked for help replacing a hose on a pump and needed two people, he had contacted me and The Weekend Guy to come by. I hopped on my Bad Hawg and headed to the station. When I got there the Late Guy wanted to know what I was doing, I said "well it's Monday..." I guess he was having a problem with his weekly supply order and had forgotten, he left his tools at home so I was watching the register while he ran and got them. On the way back he picked up the Weekend Guy since he walks everywhere. 

So the Late Guy gets back, pulls out the hose and...it's the wrong one, it was a heavy duty short hose for a diesel pump, not a regular dispenser hose. He went across the street to the Truck Stop to see if they had some regular hoses in the storage shed but they didn't. So he has to order one, the morning was a waste of time, plus I'll have to go back next Monday and do it all over again.

While I was at the Haunted Station I went in the back room and man they have piled the cooking equipment in there. Pizza ovens, grills, the works. Soon they're going to start redoing the back room to turn it into a walk up counter service restaurant. This is going to be interesting.

There are also a pile of empty boxes in the back room. Where I was in charge there I told everyone off for just tossing stuff in the storage area and leaving it, they had the time to break down the boxes and carry them out to the dumpsters. Honestly, you can't let people get away with small stuff, that is probably why nobody dumps the trash or cleans the restroom. You don't have to be mean about it but you do have to make sure stuff is getting done and the other people who work there are doing it.

The Weekend Guy was complaining because he went in on Thursday, went to the back room to get water out of the utility sink and it sprayed everywhere. It seems that the Part Time Woman broke the nozzle off the faucet and didn't bother to tell anyone. The Late Guy said they were going to replace the sinks so he wasn't going to fix it. They have to get water out of the lower faucet they use to fill up the mop bucket. Such fun over there.

 I also found out the Homeless Millionaire is out of jail. Here's a quick review, he started off a little weird but slowly went off the deep end. When he stole from the Truck Stop he was arrested. I figured he got out on bail and skipped town but it turns out he was in jail the whole time. And, the Dyslexic Woman considers him a friend so she is letting him hang around the Haunted Station, and even have his mail delivered there. This will not end well. If he shows up at the Truck Stop you can be sure I'll kick his butt to the curb and if he doesn't leave I'll have zero problem calling the cops.

And then I started my regular shift. It was Monday which meant talking to the Manager is a minefield. Thankfully she was in a hurry and left right away. And it was a quiet day, perhaps I won't have anything to write about. (boy was I wrong)

The guy who goes through the cigarette butt cans came in to ask if we have matches. Sorry dude, we sell lighters.

A woman came in and was singing. She wasn't listening to any music, it was just the songs in her mind. I wish more people were like that.

A guy came in to buy some duct tape. He felt it was necessary to tell me all about the car he bought for his mother and how ridiculous the Colorado registration fees are and was on his way to Texas and have it registered there. I hadn't asked, some people just need to tell their story and here I am.

Mrs. Late Guy does split shifts on Monday and for some odd reason while she's there it is dead. She's not a talker, I'm not a talker so it's four hours of awkward. As soon as she walks out the door I'm swarmed. A large family came in and had to go through everything in the place.

The swarm cleared out and that's when Skippy showed up. Normally he comes in, gets his paperwork and leaves, not today. He got out his phone, took photos of all the paperwork, asked who worked the night before, poked around and finally left, then the next swarm showed up. 

I had a crowd and kept reaching over to grab the bags to pack up their stuff. Someone put a small hook next to the bags and every time I grabbed one the handle got caught on that stupid hook. Somehow the hook ended up somewhere on the other side of the store as if someone got frustrated and gave it a good throw.

A guy wanted to know if we could transmit to activate a credit card. Ummmmm.....no? He got on his phone, called someone or somewhere and got his card working.

I started on the trash and sure enough the tag teamers showed up. I checked the clock and it was 40 minutes later that I finally got finished. It's a 5 minute job.

When I went in there was graffiti on the hand dryer. It hadn't been there when I left the night before. However I couldn't get to it for 7 hours. It's gone now. 

On Saturday I bagged out pump #5 since it wasn't letting people pump but I forgot the bag, it was off the next day. Pump #12 wasn't reading cards so I put a Pay Inside sign on it but nobody goes that far out so it was still on there today. Just before shift change I remembered and I ran out to take it off. When I go in on Wednesday I'll check the receipt record and see if it was working on my day off, if yes I'll leave it, if no I'll make a new sign and mark it out for a couple of days again.

The Graveyard Shift came in and neither of them were talking, it was my sign to rush though my paperwork and get out. Why is everyone grouchy on Monday? 

Now it's Tuesday and as of right now nobody from work is bugging me. And I'm not going by there at all.