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 It was a busy but not crazy day, the kind I like. Time to do stuff, enough customers to make the day go by, and if the bosses are watching I look busier than I really am.  A guy asked if he brought in his own cup for some ice and water would we charge. I told him no, no charge. He said OK, went outside, got in his car and left. I guess he just wanted to know. A guy comes in and said "8". And? He said "Pump 8". And? He finally says he wants a receipt for pump 8. I knew what he wanted all along but I get tired of people not asking a proper question so I played stupid. Seriously, one word is not a proper way to ask a question.  Someone parked on the lot and proceeded to stuff trash not in just one trash can but two of them. They could have pulled around to the dumpster and saved me a couple of trash bags but nope, they had to fill them up. And you know what happened next, a swarm showed up so I had to wait. When I finally got to the trash I discovered that the majorit...

A brief recap of yesterday, a package for the Weekend Guy was delivered to the Truck Stop so I figured I would be a nice guy and drop it off at the West Side Station on Friday, my day off. I found out that the Crazy Lady had called in "sick", again, and the Boss showed up to discover that Stinky was very very drunk, so he sent him home and called up the Weekend Guy to cover the Graveyard shift. The Late Guy was working at the West Side Station for the day. And then I accidentally got caught by the Boss and he told me to stand by my phone later in the night. Great. Well, at 9:30 PM I got a call from the Boss, he was going to need me to come in and cover the Graveyard Shift. When I got there Stinky was sitting out back and the Part Time Woman was closing out the afternoon shift, and the Boss was there too. It turns out that Stinky was drunk again and the Boss fired him on the spot, third strike btw. Since we're short handed I got to work all night. Several people also told ...

 When I got to work the Manager was in a good mood, thank goodness, but she still can't find the missing box of M&M's and is worried she threw them out with the trash. That's a possibility.  The Highway Department was across the street filling in the pot holes in their right of way. This is all prep work for the bridge reconstruction. The flatbed trailer that has been parked over there forever was gone too. (It was back on Friday so I don't know what's going on with it) When I walked in to the building there was a woman and her two kids at the soda machine and I had to wait while they went through the whole process of filling up one cup of soda, while the two kids shoved each other around. I hate people A customer came in and was basic rude, which put me in a mood. The next guy had come in and left his card while he filled up. When he came I handed his card back but he just stood there, not taking it. I wasn't in the mood for it so I dropped it on the counte...

 Thank goodness, the manager is in a better mood. It's usually just Monday and then I have Tuesday off so I can avoid most of that. However she lost a box of M&M's so I promised I would look for it. I never found it. If you read the last post you know I found multiple coin rolls with wheat pennies in them, and by multiple I mean 7. So, there was a roll in my drawer when I counted in so I checked it and found10 more! I dropped a couple more from the safe but no more wheat pennies. I think I've cleaned them all out. I was tempted to tell the Crazy Lady because she's a coin collector and if she knew she would empty the whole safe, but she was in a mood so I didn't. Everybody is in a mood these days. The highway department was across the street blading the lower parking lot, it's highway right of way property btw. This means stage one of the physical work on the bridge project has began. They are going to bypass the main road to the frontage road to the next hig...

 Whatever Happened To Romance?  This episode premiered on October 14th, 1985. The lead in show was Scarecrow And Mrs. King and it was followed by The 19th Country Music Association Awards. It ran opposite Monday Night Football on ABC (Jets 23-Giants 7) and Silent Witness on NBC Allie places an ad looking for a job but it ends up in the personals column. When they come across a romantic personal the girls decide to write to the guy and ask for a photo, and send him one of Kate. The guy wants to meet at a cafe in The Village, the girls write to him agreeing to meet so they can see him in person. When they see him at the cafe they feel bad for the guy getting stood up. The girls write the guy a letter saying their fake woman is dying. They decide to hand deliver a letter and a book of poems that are suppose to be from "Sabrina". Chip stole the letter to the girls and Kate and Allie find it. The guy wants to meet Sabrina in person, and just then Kate and Allie show up. They make ...

 When I got to work I discovered that I had left my glasses at home. Thankfully I have a backup pair but they are older and so the world was slightly fuzzy. Later when I got home I searched all over and I have no idea where they are. I know I wore them home and there are only a couple of places I could have put them, perhaps the cat stole them. Anyhow when I walked in the station was very cold, the Manager was in a really crappy mood. She's always in a bad mood on Monday morning but gets over it as the day goes along, but today, she was in a horrible mood when I got there. Thankfully she was in a hurry and left right away so I didn't have to suffer through her wrath. I would learn more later. An old fart was trying to run his card at the pump but it was declined. When he came in I told him and said I could try a prepay for him, quite often that works since credit card companies figure the people who stole the card wouldn't come inside and risk being on camera. However he wa...