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 Back to the Truck Stop. Today was another holiday weekend mob scene. And I swear they were all out to piss me off. I had to get a tank reading and a group decided that they had to stand right where I was walking. This is the middle of the road, that over there is not the middle of the road, why not go stand over there to have your personal conversation instead of The Middle Of The Road. Then, and I'm not trying to be mean here but who tries to buy rolling papers with an EBT card? The guy trying to buy rolling papers with an EBT card started bitching about the price increase. Here's an idea pal, Get A Job! And trust me, I know the guy, he's just a slug, no health problems, no mental problems, just a mooch. EBT are for people who need help, not sponges. The next person dumped all their stuff at the register and then decided they needed something else and wandered off leaving it all there. If you're coming to the register on a busy day, be ready to pay. Then a guy was jus...

 Due to the local High School graduation and the whole company being short staffed I got stuck covering a shift at the Down Town station. What a pain in the butt. Their register is different than the ones up by the highway so I had to stumble my way though that, I'm sure I made several important mistakes but I don't care. Their card reader isn't working because they need to update the entire system so all credit purchases have to be made on a separate scanner and then rung out on the register as a cash payment, meaning your paperwork is always off. The day was a mess, but it was only one day so I don't care. A woman prepaid, started pumping, shut off, tried to restart it and of course it didn't work. So I had to figure out how to ring out a refund and reset the pump. The whole thing was a lot of fun. And at the exact same time another woman prepaid $40 and drove off. Thankfully I noticed before someone else pulled in to the pump but I had to figure out how to do a v...

 When I walked in the door it was a mob scene and the Manager was outside trying to dump the trash, so as soon as I clocked in I was waiting on customers, I hadn't even counted in my own drawer. And the price of fuel has changed again. Today was Wave Day, the place would be swarmed, then empty, then swarmed again. I spent half the day standing at the register and the other half running to check stuff like ice or the restrooms. Come to think of it I might not have bagged up ice, the Graveyard Shift was probably pissed that I left them 5 minutes of work. Some guy's card wouldn't work at the pump. He bitched that he's been coming here for 44 years, the station has only been here 30 years, and every time he goes to that pump, which has only been there 5 years, it doesn't work. Well here's an idea, go to a different pump, or a different station. I mean if over the course of 44 years things haven't worked it's time to consider a change. I know the truth, he pr...

 It was my first day back after being sick and actually getting two days in a row off, Gas went up 30¢ a gallon in that time, despite the maga crowd keep claiming that it's coming down any day now. Skippy dropped by and lowered it 10¢ a gallon. I had no idea what that was all about. And it screws up the truck cards because you have to keep updating the processors on the prices. Thankfully I didn't have to do any today. Today was "vans full of people" day. Instead of making individual trips people are back to renting large vans and packing as many people in as possible for one big trip. Also I've been getting a lot more damaged coins, people are taking the ones they had tossed into their coin jars and spending them. Just more indications of the current economy. There's a guy who shows up every six months, sets up camp near the station and sticks around until he becomes a major nuisance and then finally leaves. The last time I worked at the Truck Stop the owners...

 So I woke still sick and I really didn't want to go to work. But thanks to several firings and the short sightedness of the management I don't have anyone to cover my shift, so off to work I went. And if you get infected because you came in, not my problem. Anyhow I did consider asking Mrs. Late Guy if she could cover tomorrow afternoon so I could take a day off however she had some news for me, it seems the Dyslexic woman, who has been working Down Town wants Friday off to go to high school graduation. So I get Monday, and Tuesday off (an actual two day weekend) and then I'll be covering there on Friday. I don't know how that is going to work, I don't have numbers for the register or the safe and I don't have keys to lock up the building, But at least I get a sick day. A woman didn't want to hand me her bottle of water, she just wanted to pay for it. How am I suppose to scan it if she doesn't hand it to me? I could have charged her whatever I wanted bu...

 So yesterday I took my new hawg (electric trike) out for a spin on the road, screw gas prices, and stopped at the Haunted Station to get copies of my report sheets for the Truck Stop. Their report sheets the have are crap that they've run through the old fax machine too many times so there are huge streaks and it's crooked on the page and so forth. Back when I worked there the first time I made up new, better sheets but the Crazy Lady didn't like them and threw them away, so these are just for me. Anyhow I was chatting with the Random Woman and she's super pissed, Skippy told her off about the coffee pot, the Late Guy said it hadn't been cleaned. Plus he keeps complaining at her about this and that. Instead of just saying "Hey, can you be sure this is done when you leave?" he's being the boss and barking orders. I really think she's going to quit before the end of the month. I told her she could let me know and I wouldn't tell anyone, and I wo...