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 I took the Jeep over to the Truck Stop this morning to see if I could jump start the pickup. The idea was get it to fire up, drive home, walk back and get the Jeep. However it wouldn't spark over. I'm thinking it's something to do with the distributor. I called my brother and he's going to help me get it to the house tomorrow and I'll get up under the hood. If I can't get it started I'll have to call the mechanic. Meanwhile the Manager's granddaughter is saving can pop tops for the Ronald McDonald house. I haven't seen that in a long time. The have water jugs full of them, and no idea what to do next. I didn't tell her "toss them, that was an original internet hoax". At least they aren't sending money to a Nigerian Prince. When I got to work it was a mob scene, people who are taking a week off for the 4th are setting off early. I'm glad I'm not working on Friday because around 5 PM the people who took a half day off start s...

 The Manager said she went by the liquor store this weekend to get beer for the game. As she was walking in an angry woman was walking out, she apologized for almost hitting the Manager with the door and then complained about the drunken idiot behind the register. If you read these on a regular basis you won't be surprised, it was the Doofus. The general consensus is that if you run a liquor store you shouldn't hire an alcoholic. The supply truck usually shows up around 5 AM. Today it showed up at 1:30 PM so when I walked in there was stuff everywhere. I rushed to get into my drawer and then helped her put stuff away, in between customers. I don't mind, it killed the first two hours and I got free donuts because the bag was damaged. About a month ago I bought a book of raffle tickets from the Late Guy to help fund a school trip. Today the Manager told me her granddaughter still had a book left over, so yes, I bought them. I don't care if I win, heck I don't need to ...

 Before he left for NYC the Boss told me he wanted me to cover the Downtown station today. But then he realized that I had to work at the Truck Stop today so he said he would make up his mind, and then I never heard anything. Well, I went in to work at the Truck Stop and Mrs. Late Guy was across the street. I'm guessing the Random Woman ended up covering Downtown, oh well, she likes it and wants to work full time there. The Manager was in her usual bad mood but was taking it out on a customer who got the wrong cup for a slushie, so I got to avoid that. Then the old Guitar Player showed up, he was No Trespassed from the Truck Stop after the new owners took over. The Manager told him to leave and not come back. Again, her bad Monday mood was channeled to someone else and I didn't have to deal with it. A guy looked at everything in the store at least three times, and then bough the Kit Kat he had been carrying around. Meanwhile his friends were waiting outside, they probably wante...

 I walked in to a mob scene. Mrs. Late Guy was apologizing for not having checked the restrooms but I keep telling her that it's not a big deal. I've have a huge crowd at shift change and I know that you can't check it every five minutes. A woman says she wants $20 on pump one and hands me $40. It's a good thing I'm honest.  A woman told me the restroom was out of paper towels and it was the perfect time, the place was empty, except for the U-Haul on pump six. Were they in the restroom? Were they going to come running in while I tried to change the roll? So I waited. And then I seen them, walking over from the station next door. And the crowd showed up. So it was a while before I put paper towels in the restroom. The good thing is there is an old hand dryer that still works. Also when I checked the Mens room needed toilet paper. I wanted to do something evil to the Late Guy that would be anonymous and bug him at the Haunted Station, however I got a crowd. Perhaps th...

 I was trying to figure out if I should take my Bad Hawg (electric trike) to work today. Some of the apps said all sunny, some said partly cloudy, some said "Might rain, might not, who am I to say?" The wind was blowing and there were clouds on the horizon so I figured I didn't want to take the risk so I fired up the truck instead. It never rained. The Part Time Woman actually showed up and I had to wait for her drawer. They know I'm coming, they could close one drawer and I could just come in, count it and go to work, but nope, both drawers still open. And the Part Time Woman counted her drawer wrong, she was $10 short. That's what happens when you rush. But I only have to see her once a week so I can live with that. She was also "sick" because she wanted to take Thursday and Friday off. I'm pretty sure she wants to take off the weekend of the 4th but hasn't told the Boss yet, this should be fun. Mrs. Late Guy told me when she came in at 6 AM th...

 Since I'm tired of hearing the Late Guy tell me how much better everything is after he took over I decided to buy my weekly lottery ticket a day early, while the Weekend Guy was there. He told me that the place has been a mess and now one of the toilets was loose. I said he could contact the Boss to get the handy man to fix it but he said he's just going to pretend he never saw it. Sounds like a plan. I also noticed the Late Guy had ordered a lot of crackers, which don't sell. I tossed a bunch of stale ones when I worked there. And there's an inch of dust on top of the coffee maker. I considered writing the date in it but I didn't want the Weekend Guy to catch me. Oh well, I'm not in charge anymore. Also while I was hanging out the phone rang and it was the Manager of the Truck Stop. She wanted me to come in early. How did she know I was there? Also when I got home there was no call on my phone. It was her first try.  It turns out the Manager had a dental appoi...