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As The Station Turns 9/24

 Today was fun, when I walked in a local wood company was filling up several trucks. Normally they come first thing in the morning so this seemed odd, then I saw the price. The diesel was $2 lower than the day before, something was going on. For half the day I was busy as heck with people filling up, and they were very excited to be getting it at that price. Story to be continued. When I was ringing out the wood cutters there was a problem so I tried to straighten it out and the stupid register rang it out as cash. There is a way to put it back in the system but I couldn't figure it out, thankfully the company has a deal with the station and pays by check so I just had to add the multiple totals together and they made one payment, although it threw off my end of the day total, but I left a note for the accountant. The Boss told me he wanted the Part Time Woman to work on Thursday afternoon, with me. She had said she didn't want to do it because I don't talk to her, and she ...
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As The Station Turns 9/23

 When I got to work both the cigarette rep and the Lil Debbies guys were there. The good news was that the Manager was so distracted she didn't have time to be in a bad mood. I had to laugh because the Lil Debbies guy said he saw a bumper sticker that said Not All Wanderers Are Lost and I was able to suppress my nerdy little soul, I didn't tell him the quote is "Not all who wander are lost" and it's from The Hobbit. They've also continued moving stuff from the Haunted Station to the Truck Stop. This last round was more candy and pastries and all the tobacco. I'm really starting to wonder how long the station will be closed because they are clearing it out. Pump #8 decided to predict the future, it's reading regular gas at $9.69 a gallon. I guess when you pump it still rings out at the right price but the pump has the wrong amount on the display. We weren't busy so it didn't matter for me but I still marked it out of order. I realized that I pla...
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As The Station Turns 9/21

 When I got to work today both the coffee maker and the cappuccino machine weren't working. I was busy for the first hour so I couldn't go check but later I was looking at the valves. The individual ones running to the machines were on but someone had shut off the main valve. I wish when people don't know why a thing isn't working they would leave it alone instead of making everything worse. Cappuccino machine is working again btw. Frankie the Cop brought a guy by, his 5th wheel trailer had locked up and he managed to get it off the road and into the Haunted Station. He wanted to know if he could leave it there for the night and have someone come work on it in the morning. I told him it was fine and I would let the graveyard shift know so they could look out and check on it every now and then. I also told him there were security cameras everywhere and there would be truck drivers rolling through the place all night. About an hour later I saw someone over there working o...
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As The Station Turns 9/20

 Good news, the coffee pot isn't working. it's full of water, it's hot but it won't brew. The good news is that it happened in the morning and nobody can blame me. Nobody complained to me and the only problem was when the Storyteller came by for his nightly cup. He was going to have to go to the motel where his step son works. I gave him a cup so he wouldn't have to use one of their small crappy ones.  A woman was buying Clamato, she wanted to know if it was like V-8. I didn't mention that it says Clam in the title. I wish I could have seen her first sip. It was busy when I went in so when the first break rolled around I wanted to check the restroom, but there were a couple of people in there. They eventually came out and wandered around the store. They bought some stuff just as more people showed up. When the other people left the first couple came back in to use the restroom for a second time. Then another crowd showed up.  When I came in Mrs. Late Guy apologi...
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As The Station Turns 9/19

 So I posted on the 18th and then several things happened. I could go back and add it but then half my readers would miss it. Yeah, five people read my post as soon as I put it up. Anyhow I'm doing a lottery experiment where I buy one scratch ticket a week and keep track of how much I spend versus how much I win, right now I'm down about $67. Anyhow with the Haunted Station closed I had to buy one somewhere else and I actually won. I had to go cash in the ticket so I decided to take a walk to the station down the road. Along the way I stopped by the Haunted Station and shut off the big sign with the price on it, that way people will stop going over there, everyone thinks they are selling for a lower than anyone else since it hasn't been updated in two weeks. Along the way I saw Stinky, the foul smelling brother of the Doofus, who got fired for showing up drunk every day. My goodness that guy looks horrible, he's bone thin, hunched over and his clothes were filthy. Well,...
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As The Station Turns 9/17 - 18

 When I got to work there was an old guy trying to get in the back door, however the wind had been blowing and slammed it shut. It meant you had to pull hard on it to get it open. I was almost there when he gave up and walked around, meanwhile I pulled it open and went in. He didn't say anything when he just saw me outside and now I was behind the counter. Some people are in too big of a hurry in this world. The Manager was pissed because the Pepsi shipment had just shown up. It was a new driver so she was telling him where things were suppose to go. Good, if she was in a bad mood she could take it out on him.  The mystery box Fedex delivered yesterday turned out to be souvenirs. Since the Haunted Station is closed the Manager put them out at the Truck Stop and the West Side Station. I guess more is suppose to be coming in but it's odd that they didn't send the shipment all at once. A couple of weeks ago I put a notice on the pumps that they cut off at a $100 and you can on...
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As The Station Turns 9/16

 I'm having evil thoughts. Nobody is telling me what is going on with the schedule next week. Originally I was suppose to have Monday off and cover a shift at the Haunted Station on Friday, however they are closed down and I'm not going to have to do that. Mrs. Late Guy said they wanted me to cover the morning shift at the Downtown station but that means I have to work Thursday night then open on Friday morning, plus I don't have keys to the building or the alarm code. And it's Homecoming which means I could get caught at the station during the homecoming parade with no way to get out. So if by this Friday they don't tell me anything I'm going to send the Boss a text saying that as far as I know he has everything covered and am assuming I'm working my normal shifts at the Truck Stop. If he contacts me back I'm going to remind him he has three full time employees on part time hours, one who works Downtown, and one who isn't working at all, just playin...
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