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 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...

 The Manager was complaining about how busy she was, customers, the delivery truck and Red Bull all showed up at the same time. I don't miss that. There were a few things for me to do but she got the bulk of it finished. I would suggest she leave some of it for me but there is no way I'd even hint at telling her what to do. Skippy was there, he was changing the fuel prices, it went down a whole 10¢. He wanted to call the Late Guy to change the sign across the street but didn't have his number, and the Manager didn't have his number. I have his number but nobody asked me so I kept quiet about it. Also the Manager set the price of unleaded 80¢ too high, I got a good laugh about that and let her know, she had to re-change the sign but I never checked the pumps.  There were four cars parked out on the lot, and four people sitting behind the wheel playing on their phones. I miss when we left our communication devices at home. The Tire Shop Guy came in and we were talking abo...

 The manager had gotten pissed at me yesterday because she had somewhere to go and I didn't come in at my usual time. Then Mrs. Late Guy came in, a little late, and she found out that I was off. It's OK, I never know what days I'm going to work.  Speaking of which the Boss called, he said that the Downtown Manager had to go to court next Monday and he needed to know what my day off was. I told him I was normally off on Tuesday but just working today since Mrs. Late Guy needed the day off. He was thinking I could cover Downtown and she could work the afternoon. I told him I hated working Downtown so now he's thinking she could cover Downtown and I'd work my normal shift, but I don't know what the final decision is going to be, I hope they tell someone before Tuesday.  So, there was a little plastic Jesus sitting on the place where we keep credit cards when people are filling up, then it disappeared. Then I found it and put it back. Then another Jesus showed up. A...

 I've come to the conclusion that the New Guy isn't being properly trained. Yesterday he left a dollar in quarters in the drawer so I had to drop a roll from the safe right away. Today, he left a $100 bill, which I had to cash out for small bills right away. Also every night when he comes in one of the other people are doing the cigarette count. He's not going to know anything, let's hope he doesn't have to work alone. Honestly, he needs to have to do everything the first week. This is a pending disaster and I hope I don't have to deal with it. I was trying to tell a customer where the lids for the cold cups were, simple instructions. I told him three time while pointing and he didn't listen to a word I said. I finally stormed over and pointed "there they are". Listen, look, pay attention. Those round plastic things next to the cups, yes, they are "lids" At the first of the shift I have to do the cigarette count, all the loose packs of sm...

 Tut Tut, it looks like rain, so I took the truck instead of my Bad Hawg. I would have taken the Jeep but the Unstable Guy has been coming around and I know he's pissed about not getting a jump start the other day.  I walk in to work and some guy blocks my way behind the counter so he can get ice, which he takes a long time getting. I'm standing there, waiting to step being the counter and clock in so I can go to work. Finally he gets done...and another asshole cuts in front of me to get ice. When he gets out of the way I mumble, but loudly enough for him to hear, about what an asshole he is for that crap. He had to rush so that he could be waited on by Mrs. Late Guy before I got in my drawer open.  The Coke bib, the plastic bag that holds they syrup, ran out. And naturally I got a mob of customers and they all headed to the soda machine. Sorry, nothing I can do until the place clears out. That's the joy of having to work a two person job by myself. A woman was looking fo...

When I went to work at the Haunted Station I started selling lottery. For years I've heard stories from people who "won big" but I always wondered how much they spent to get that big win? So I figured I would do an experiment, buy one ticket a week and keep track of the amount I spent versus how much I won. The thing was going fine but then I started buying tickets because the numbers looked right, or someone had just bought a bunch of one game and it was due to hit. There was also a guy who came in, told me what he wanted, I repeated it back to him and when I printed them out he told me they were wrong and I had to redo them, and pay for the tickets. So I figured I would start the experiment over in January, then I got sent back to the Truck Stop. This was a good thing because I wasn't tempted to buy more tickets than just once a week, on Friday I would drop by the Haunted Station and buy a single ticket. However the Late Guy has been annoying me lately, he keeps bra...

The Manager was caught off guard when I walked in, she had been busy with the delivery truck all morning and didn't realize what time it was, she was happy to see me and go home. She told me the Dyslexic Woman, who is working the morning shift at the Haunted Station, freaked out that the Late Guy had put in a large order for DEF and she didn't know where she was suppose to store it. Ummm...in the back, in that big empty space that use to be a restaurant. The miscommunication going on over there is getting comical. When I left the night before water was pouring out of the cappuccino machine. I had turned the water and the machine power off and then went home. When I went in today they had the one flavor marked out of order and the rest of the machine was operational. I don't know what they did, I don't want to know what they did. The more you know, the more you are expected to do. I've been seeing a car in the vacant lot next door. Yep, some guy and his dog are livin...

 It's suppose to be a nice day so I'm firing up my Bad Hawg and riding to work. Both to save on gas and because I told the Unstable Guy I couldn't give him a jump start and it wasn't my car parked out back. If he comes by today he'll see me at work and no car and think I wasn't lying to him, and again, when the cheese slips off the cracker he'll go down to the Conoco to go nuts instead of coming to the Truck Stop. Always think in advance. I looked across the street and there was a strange car over there. Turns out it was the new trainee. He's a friend of the Late Guy so they are having him learn the register over there, and then we'll have to retrain him over here, well I won't have to since he'll be going on the Graveyard Shift. The Crazy Lady can teach him all the wrong stuff. Since there has only been one person on each shift I managed to get the same drawer I had the night which meant I didn't have to count it in. However halfway thro...

 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...

 I walked into a mob scene. Mrs. Late Guy was trying to dump the trashes so as soon as I clocked in I was running her drawer until she was finished, then I was able to count in mine. I almost wish the West Side Station had been down so the Weekend Guy had been there and could have taken care of it. They seriously need to hire more people for the summer.  At the start of the shift we have to count the number of individual cigarette packs, and then count out at the end of the day, the total has to match the register tape to prove people aren't stealing. Anyhow I was trying to count and people kept interrupting me. Some guy came in and wanted to know if I personally had jumper cables, no. He wanted to know if we had any for sale and I told him yes, over in the tools section. He then asked how much they were and I told him I would have to check it on the register. He then asked if there was a price on them, no, I would have to check the price on the register, he finally came over ...