As The Station Turns 6/4-5

 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 counter. It was an old worn out card with a major crack in it and I guess he thought it was funny to claim I cracked his card, he repeated it twice. Then he wouldn't push the buttons on the card swipe, so I said "select credit or debit" in a flat tone. He kept making comments but got the message I wasn't laughing at them. I said "thank you" in another flat tone and he left. Read the room pal.

I felt better because the rack for the cup lids is a big box on a turntable, the hot lids are on one side and the cold ones are on the other. Some guy was trying to get a lid through the solid yet clear plastic side. Geeze dude, and they let you drive.

Then the next customer came in and wanted to know if they still offered free coffee. I told him that they stopped doing that 5 or 6 years ago, he claimed that he got free coffee just a few months ago. I hate when people imply that I am lying and think they should get free stuff. Not in trump's America pal. 

The place mostly cleared out, which meant that I could go check the trash, except for that one customer. He wandered around, read the labels and then finally bought some stuff, just as the next crowd showed up. Every time.

A trucker came in and I heard the toilet seat slam down, that meant he was going to be in there a long time. A pisser came in to use the restroom but it was occupied so he had to leave. I laughed at that one. 

A guy came in but he only had $3 and the stuff he wanted was $4 so he left. Then he came back and tried to run a debit card but it kept getting rejected so he got $3 in gas. Then he went to the ATM and came back to get $20 in gas. It was not his day.

I finally got a second chance to do the trash. I was about halfway through when some trucker came in, since he was parked at the pump I figured he was going to fuel up. Nope, he came in for ice cream. He left and I finished the trash.

A woman came in, bought some stuff and then told me all about her trip, she's on her way to see a friend who was graduating from the police academy. I didn't mind, she was on a cross country trip with two kids and just needed to talk to an adult for five minutes. 

The Boss came in to take care of the safe and asked me how things were going. He said "see you tomorrow" and I said "I hope not" since today is my day off. He was about to leave when a couple of suspicious looking guys covered in prison tattoos came in so he was hovering by the back door. I was laughing because they come in twice a month, when they get their EBT. There is a guy named Lewis and he likes the people at the station, and these guys know Lewis and they don't want him on their bad side so they won't pull anything.

A guy came in wearing a trump hat and shirt. I had hoped he would pay in cash so I could give him a few F- trump bills in his change but he paid by card. I did flip him off behind the register screen. 

At the end of the night Stinky came stumbling in, boy was he drunk. He was blathering on about seeing zombies on his way to work. Great. I closed my drawer and got the heck out of there. Also the Crazy Lady wasn't there. And I didn't overhear any phone conversation between Stinky and the Boss.

6/5

Some of the Weekend Guy's mail got delivered to the Truck Stop so I figured I would take it by the West Side Station and drop it off, however the Late Guy was there. It turns out that the Crazy Lady had called in sick, again, back problem. The Boss showed up and I was trapped. He told me he had been watching Stinky on the security cameras and he was visibly drunk When he came by he called the Weekend Guy and asked him to come work the Graveyard shift. When the Weekend Guy showed up the boss sent Stinky home. He said he tried to call me but when I got home I checked and my phone battery was dead, at least that is the story I'm going to stick with. And now I'm on standby in case I have to go in and cover the Graveyard tonight, which means working from 10 PM to 6 AM, going home and getting a few hours of sleep and then coming back to work the 2 to 10 shift. And I can't claim a dead phone again because I was pre warned. The Boss said he has 5 people on his list that he wants to get rid of by the end of the year and Stinky is at the top of the list, along with the Crazy Lady.

I also had to stop at the Haunted Station because Mrs. Late Guy was covering this morning and decided to clean the slushie machine and couldn't get it back together. I went by and reassembled it and she told me how the Part Time Woman has been complaining about everyone behind their backs, and not showing up at work at the Truck Stop. I bet she's on the Boss's list too. 

So I'm home, gonna do my housework, then take a nap and see what happens tonight. Hopefully people show up for work, sober.