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As The Station Turns 8/3 - 4

  When I got to work it was a typical Monday, busy as heck. Bigfoot had left me a mostly acceptable drawer but I was going to have to get coins out of the safe later. The Manager was pissed because she cleaned out the slushie machines and there were bugs in one of them. Someone had to have left the top off. I told her I don't touch the thing and how someone had filled up one of the coffee machines with the wrong stuff, she wasn't happy about that either. I though they kept the mix locked up but I guess it's in the back somewhere, this is the first I learned about that. She was happy to get out of there today. Today two of the regulars showed up. First it was the Stuffed Dog guy who was buying milk and then the Butt Picker who was buying a pack of smokes, the rains have filled up al the outside ash cans with water so the butts out there are floating.  Last week I found a pair of sunglasses laying outside so I put them on the picnic table to see if someone would take them. Fo...
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As The Station Turns 8/2

 When I got to work Mrs. Late Guy was complaining about the frozen coffee. It seems someone put French Vanilla in the Mocha machine. I'm pretty sure that only her and the Manager have access to the mixes so.... She had to empty the machine, dump the already mixed stuff into the right machine and then make a new mix for the Mocha side. At least I'm blame free because I don't touch those things. The #5 pump had been working but once again wouldn't turn on. Does it just hate me or something? I figured it out, in the afternoon the sun shifts past the canopy and shines directly upon it, the rest of the time it's either in the shade or it's night, but it warms up during the afternoon. Something must be loose or only slightly broken, when it heats up it expands and separates. Once the sun goes down it cools off and makes contact again. But it worked on my day off, how could that be? Then I remembered that it rained all day and the sun was behind the clouds. The Boss do...
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As The Station Turns 8/1

Welcome to Hell Week I had two full days off, in a row. It was a miracle, however I am going to have to work 7 days including two back to back double shifts, since the Manager is taking a week off and there's nobody who can cover her shifts. I said this before and I'll say it again, I'm waiting to see what happens towards the end of this year and then may make a major change of plans.  My original weekend plan was to get a lot of stuff done on Thursday and then go visit the Late Guy on Friday, since I hadn't been there in a while. However I slept in on Thursday so I started the day behind and didn't get stuff done at the first of the day. In the end I went to see the Weekend Guy on Thursday morning and then spent the rest of the day doing stuff house, since Hell Week was coming up. On Friday it rained first thing in the morning so once again I put off going to see the Late Guy and hearing all his complaints. I went to do my big job of the morning and it took longer ...
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The Lottery Experiment, July

 Week 28 Should I buy a 4th of July Powerball ticket? No, that was an easy decision. I decided to give up on the "buy one of every ticket" idea. Instead I'm going to buy according to what I feel like that day. Today I have $26.25 in the Tip Jar so I figured I would go for the $5 second chance ticket. It has a $2500 jackpot but I lost. I did enter for a chance at a million dollars. Week 29 This week I had $26.55 in the Tip Jar. I happened to look at last week's total and realized I took in the amount I spent on last week's ticket plus thirty cents more. I thought it was a good week money wise but I guess people weren't as generous or clumsy with their cash. I bought the ticket on Thursday again, I'm still avoiding that one guy plus it's summer so the place is crawling with tourists. They have a new $3 with a potential payout of $10,000. I didn't win. The good news is it's a second chance ticket with a jackpot of $5000 so I came home and entered ...
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As The Station Turns 7/29

 When I got to work I found out that the Crazy Lady hadn't come in the night before. She didn't show up, she didn't call, even the Boss didn't know what was going on. I think she just moved to the top of the "next to be fired" list.  We got new vapes and the manager needed to put the prices into the system, however I was on the #2 drawer and that's the one you have to use. Every time she got on a roll someone came in so she had to log off, I logged in, rang them out, logged out and then she would start again. When she finished all the people left, it's like they know. She was also complaining about having to list everything separately by flavor instead of just putting them all under the brand name. She said it was because someone was stealing but she didn't know who, I told her it was the Dyslexic woman, I thought everyone knew that. It was one of the reasons they moved her to the Down Town station, she would be the only person on shift and if thin...
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As The Station Turns 7/28

 Tuesday is usually my day off, but not this week. I had to cover Mrs. Late Guy's shift because it's her daughter's 16th birthday and they wanted to make it special. She knows that family birthdays will so be a thing of the past when the daughter goes off to college. I don't mind covering when it's a special occasion. But at the same time I've become the person who is always imposed upon to cover shifts, which gets on my nerves, never knowing what day I'm going to work, or at what station. I'm going to stick around until the end of the year and then consider my options. Always plan your next move at least 6 months in advance, that is my motto. When I got to work the representative from the supply company was just finishing up. Thank goodness, I hate when she comes in late and I have to deal with her. She complains about stuff that is suppose to be in the store, or how the shelves are organized, or any of a hundred of other things. I wasn't going to h...
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As The Station Turns 7/27

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 Despite the date I didn't go buy a lottery ticket. When I got to work Mrs. Late Guy was there. What the heck? I thought I was covering her shift today. Oh wait, this is Monday and I'm covering her shift tomorrow. For once she had gotten out of her drawer before I got there so I could count in and go to work instead of waiting. I don't know why they don't do this every Monday.  Mrs. Late Guy had closed her drawer early because Mr. Late Guy had to do something across the street at the Haunted Station and she was going over there to cover the register. While she was gone I was busier than heck but as soon as she came back the place dropped off to nothing. It's odd how every Monday is like that. She decided to do some of the side work including dumping all the outside trash and giving the restrooms a good once over. I forgive her for yesterday. And since business was slow for the rest of the day I didn't have to do them before I left so that worked out well.  A lot...
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