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As The Station Turns 10/01

 It was a miserable day, the wind was blowing the rain sideways so I wasn't looking forward to going to work. The first thing I discovered was that one of the trash bags had been pushed into the can. I didn't want to be in the wind and rain trying to dig it out so I just put a new bag on top, but it was about to be sucked back out. I had to run in and get a cup of ice to weigh it down but naturally people showed up and tried to get in my way, they were all pissers so I took care of the trash first. The Pepsi machine stopped working and a crowd showed up. Instead of trying to deal with it I just grabbed a piece of paper and marked it out of order. Later when the place cleared out I discovered that the CO2 tank was empty, this seems to happen quite a bit. I really have to wonder if it's actually happening at the first of my shift or are the rest of the people just ignoring the problem. Anyhow the Manager came back and caught me changing it out which is a good thing.  Some guy...
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As The Station Turns 9/30

 So all I have to do is get through the day without telling the Boss to go screw himself. Wish me luck. So the Late Guy worked on Tuesday night and I got his drawer. I wouldn't mind but he left me $20 in quarters, unrolled quarters. So I had to count them all and separate them into two piles so I could roll up half. The guy has worked there long enough that he knows where the coin rolls are and he shouldn't leave a drawer like that. What the heck dude? I was told that Mrs. Late Guy is taking the week off. Story to be updated towards the end of the post btw. When I got a chance I checked the restrooms and both of them were out of paper towels. I could understand one but both? It didn't help my bad mood. The Pepsi machine was making a lot of noise and I had to check it out. The problem was that I had a crowd of pissers in the building and couldn't do it. Turns out someone the took the syrup bag out of the box and it was sitting wrong so it had sucked the nipple into the b...
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As The Station Turns 9/27-28

 My great "Five days off" continues with my covering the graveyard shift. And I'm starting to explore a side hustle that will fill in the financial gaps when I quit. Vote Democratic and save Social Security. The Late Guy, who just happened to be covering my shift before I got stuck doing the graveyard, actually did some stuff today, the ice in the soda machine and....well that was it. I had to start the night dumping the trash again, and bagging ice again, and taking care of the restroom, again. For a guy who constantly complains about how the people at the Haunted Station leave the place he sure doesn't make sure things are done while he's on the shift. And it was really slow so he had the time, but I guess he'd have to put his phone down for 20 minutes.  I figured I would get the same cash drawer I counted out the night before, since Mrs. Late Guy worked the morning shift I figured the Late Guy would use her drawer and I wouldn't have to count in for my ...
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As The Station Turns 9/26 PM - 9/27 AM

I am F-ing Pissed! I am incredibly pissed. I am SCREAM AT THE WALLS PISSED! I'm sitting at my house on Friday night, the first of my 5 days off and my phone rings. I knew I shouldn't answer it but I did and it was the Boss. And...that little B--ch The Graveyard Shift Guy needed the rest of the weekend off. He only worked on Friday this week and now he needed next week off. And I get to cover the F-ING graveyard shift because Bigfoot can't do it by his little B-tch self. I was stupid enough to actually make plans. There was something I needed to do and I could have done it on Friday but nooooo....I had 5 days off so I was going to put it off until Sunday, and now I have to go to F-ING WORK. And I'm going to do a crap job, that's for sure.  I got up on Saturday morning and went for a walk. I cashed in my winning lottery ticket and that didn't put me in a better mood, I got home and found that my insurance company had sent me a refund check, that didn't put me ...
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The Lottery Experiment September

 Week 37 This week I ended up with $37.87 in the Tip Jar. I could buy any ticket but I'm still avoiding the $20 one. The station finally has a new $1 ticket with a payout of $1000 dollars, and is a second chance game. When I went to the station I asked the guy for the new ticket, which was in slot #3 but he grabbed the wrong one out of slot #7. I didn't notice until after I scratched it so I was stuck with it. The one he sold me was a $1 ticket with a potential $500 jackpot. What do you know, I actually won back my dollar! I should have taken the win and walked away but I had come for the new ticket so I traded in the winner for the right ticket, and lost. In the end I'm starting the month down a dollar instead of breaking even for the week. Week 38 Thanks to buying low priced tickets and people being extra generous, or clumsy with their money, the Tip Jar reached $46.21. Since I'm going to buy a low end ticket again this week I rolled $20 over into the Alternative Fund...
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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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