ocularnervosa

 Today was the day I had to work at the Downtown Station, and that place is a mess. I didn't want to go there but at least I got a day off from the Truck Stop drama, and it turns out that I was being too optimistic.  I had to wait for the woman who normally works the morning to show up but she was on time so that was a positive. My number is still in the register so I didn't have to work off someone else's code, so that was a positive too. And most of the crack heads are still passed out on Saturday morning, maybe today would be good. The place is a mess by the way, both in management and cleaning. At the start of every shift you have to count in the cigarettes, the rack is over the register and the manager is short so she has them organized according to the popular ones she can reach instead of a specific brand all together, they are all over the road, Marlboro at the top, and somewhere in the middle and then over here to the bottom left, and everything else mixed in. Firs...

 The Manager was limping around, it seemed the pallet they've been using as a step for the storage shed collapsed under her and she banged up her leg really good. The good thing is she has Friday off so she can spend a three day weekend keeping off her feet, she won't but she could. She was leaving to go to her granddaughter's last high school game, and then probably on her way home. I was trying to do my start of the shift count and a guy had a bad card. It took three tries to get it going and then I got a crowd. Of course as soon as I got done everyone cleared out. Every time. Yesterday the CO2 tank on the Pepsi machine was almost empty but I left it for someone else to take care of. Well, they didn't and today it was empty, so I put an Out Of Order sign on the machine and still left it for someone else. Some times it pissed me off so I figure screw everyone else, they can take care of it for a change. Plus I won't be there for 5 days so someone will eventually ha...

 The Manager must have a lot of pent up energy. She defrosted the chest freezer today and insisted on doing the outside trashes before she left. I told her she didn't have to worry about it. She's saving aluminum cans for one of her grandchildren so she digs them out of the trash can.  The Manager said that she got her delivery today, as the guy was unloading the truck another driver came around the corner and ran over his ramp. I guess it didn't damage it bad enough that it couldn't roll it back into the trailer but the company was going to have to get it repaired. And the other driver was in a hurry because he needed the restroom. The Manager also said she found a dead cat on the back of the building. She went inside and got the shovel and threw it in the dumpster. As she was doing it one of the crows got a beak full of water and spit on her. I said it was mad that she had tossed its meal.  I looked out and the Late Guy was across the street, today is his day off and ...

 I was laying in bed playing Angry Birds when a message popped up from the Late Guy "call me as soon as you can". I wasn't doing very good at the game so I got up, tracked down my phone, which is in my word bag, and called him. It turns out he's caught whatever bug is going around town and he wanted me to come in early, but only an hour. No problem. So I stayed up and got ready for work.  When I got to work the Late Guy was rushing to get out of his drawer so I just counted in his and didn't have to deal with the Part Time Woman's BS drawer at all, it's still in the safe for the people who will be working the next two days.  The mens room is still down but the plumbers were there doing some hard core work out back. Eventually they came in and did multiple flush tests and the thing was working. They didn't tell me what had happened but the pissers are happy.  The lottery machine is down and won't reboot. Later someone came in and said he had been to...

It was going to rain so I took my car As I pulled to the end of my driveway I looked down the street, there were two trucks and a horse trailer blocking all the lanes and even the side of the street, so I was going to have to go around. I pulled into the Haunted Station through the back way and went to park but some guy was walking his dog, so I stopped to wait for him, and he stopped and held on to the dog. OK, so I started pulling forward and he started walking towards me again, so I stopped again, and he stopped again. So I started pulling forward again and this time I didn't stop, I pulled forward and started backing up and here he came again, planning on walking behind me. Well I had enough of this guy so I kept going and forced him to stop. When I got out I slammed the door extra hard and ignored him. He didn't come inside the station. So that's how my day started. The Late Guy was in a hurry so as I was walking in he was already counting down his drawer. Instead of g...

Today I was woken by a "ping" on my iPad, I keep it next to my bed so I can play Angry Birds first thing in the morning instead of getting up. I freaked out, the Boss wanted me to cover the morning shift at the Downtown station on Saturday but I was sure he said next Saturday. Was there someone waiting for me to come in and I was late? It turns out my sister sent me a Happy Halloween message, at 7 AM. I'm dressing up for work as an overworked, under appreciated, under paid employee. I wonder how many people will get it. Bigfoot left me $6 in dollar bills to open my shift. The guy does a crappy job with the drawers. The good news is I won't have to deal with his drawer for a week. I hope the Crazy Lady gets a drawer without a proper amount of change. Speaking of the graveyard shift, the Crazy Lady and the Graveyard Shift Guy are working afternoon shifts, solo, and complaining. They hate having to wait on all the customers and get the side work done. They spent years co...