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 Happy Fourth Of July! I never know what to expect, will it be dead, will it be busy? Who knows. Anyhow when I got there I started my paperwork and two vans full of senior citizens rolled in. They take forever, they want to talk, they don't buy anything, and they make a mess in the restroom. It took me three times as long to get all my numbers than usual. And I had to dump the trash in the restroom right away. Great way to celebrate independence. Mrs. Late Guy needs a day off at the end of the month so she wanted to switch days. I got confused and thought she was offering to cover on a day I was already off because of my screwed up schedule. But, it turns out I'll get two full days in a row off. It's a miracle. I'm not going to make plans because I know what happens then.  There are out of control wildfires in Colorado and we are catching the smoke so I was coughing throughout the day. Also it mixed with the nearby clouds and an unpredicted rainstorm hit. Of course I ha...

 I've been doing the Lottery Experiment and Friday was my ticket buying day but I wanted to avoid the holiday crowd so I went for a walk this morning. However the Boss and Big Boss were hanging out at the Haunted Station so I had to keep going. When I went by the West Side Station it was closed, hmmm. However the Truck Stop Manager drove by so she must have had to go do something and had the West Side Manager covering. When I came back the West Side Station was open again.  When I got back the Boss was gone so I dropped in at the Haunted Station to say Hi to the Weekend Guy and buy my weekly lottery ticket. He was in a bad mood, the Random Woman had left a mess, again. And she wants Saturday off to run her burrito stand during the Forth party downtown, so he has to work the afternoon at the Haunted Station. It's good news for me because I don't have to do it. I wonder why they didn't get the Part Time Woman to cover? I'm sure she has some excuse. The Boss is also re...

 The supply truck was late again and the Manager was pissed at the new driver. She's hoping the other guy comes back. They also sent her a massive amount of the nicotine pouches, she didn't order them they just showed up. She had no idea what she was going to do with them. I suggested hauling them across the street and dumping on The Late Guy but she didn't.  The Manager was complaining about Bigfoot. She says the guy has been showing up after midnight, sometimes at one in the morning. He actually showed up on time for once. I'm starting to wonder how much longer he'll be around. Also, I saw Bigfoot! I was non stop busy for the first hour. When I wasn't dealing with a customer I was putting out the new stock. The place finally cleared out and I got to take a look around, and I found a liter bottle of Dr. Pepper by one of the pumps. Someone must have bought it, set it aside and forgot it. So I grabbed it, and switched it out with one from the cooler. If you come ...

 As this blog gains followers, up to 12 on my last post, I realized that if anyone wanders into this thing they won't know what is going on, so I figured I should do a quick overview, an explanation of location and characters. So, here it is. Halfway between here and there is a street, about two miles long. On this street is a series of restaurants, fast food places, motels, a few scattered gift shops and of course, gas stations. Overall more people visit this two mile strip that live within a hundred miles. And on this strip there are three gas stations, all owned by the same company, plus another one in he downtown area, they are all owned by the same company and ironically enough within two blocks of each other, one is directly across the street from the other one. I've said that you could set up cameras in this place and make a reality show about it, and these are the calm years, it use to be a lot worse. And this is where I work. Anyhow, let's start with the stations. ...

 It's still the holiday busy season so I walked in to a crowd. The Manager was in her usual grumpy mood but she was in a hurry, she had already counted down her drawer and rushed through her paperwork, and left. So I had that going for me.  Mrs. Late Guy works a split shift on Monday so it gave me the opportunity to ask her about the shoplifting incident. She said the guy was checking out stuff on the oil rack and looked confused. She asked him if he needed help and that was when he grabbed the antifreeze and ran out. I figure he couldn't tell the difference between the gas and diesel engine formulas. And here's the crazy part, she tried to chase him. They were out on the lot shouting at each other when he was running off. When she found out the guy was a crazy carjacker she had a little panic attack. Here's the rule, don't chase them, just call the cops Pump 7 is still acting up, yesterday I put a "Please Prepay Inside" sign on it but I took it off at the...

I'm getting ready for work and my phone starts ringing, oh gawd, what now. The Late Guy was calling because he's pretty sure one of his fuel tanks is at the point where it's too low to pump but he can't tell which one. He wanted to know which pumps were hooked up to which tank but I have no idea, I never knew when I was over there. And if he's out of fuel that means I'm gonna get mobbed this afternoon. I'm also pretty sure one of the tanks isn't hooked up to anything anymore. Later when I was at work I saw the truck show up so that situation was resolved. It was another pre holiday weekend and the place was mobbed. Mrs. Late Guy wasn't happy about not getting to the trash and bagging ice so she ran around and did that before she left. No matter how many times I tell her it doesn't matter and I'll get to it later she still insists on doing it. Oh well, at least one person has a work ethic. The Weekend Guy had to work the graveyard shift and I ...