As The Station Turns 7/01

 The supply truck was late again and the Manager was pissed at the new driver. She's hoping the other guy comes back. They also sent her a massive amount of the nicotine pouches, she didn't order them they just showed up. She had no idea what she was going to do with them. I suggested hauling them across the street and dumping on The Late Guy but she didn't. 

The Manager was complaining about Bigfoot. She says the guy has been showing up after midnight, sometimes at one in the morning. He actually showed up on time for once. I'm starting to wonder how much longer he'll be around. Also, I saw Bigfoot!

I was non stop busy for the first hour. When I wasn't dealing with a customer I was putting out the new stock. The place finally cleared out and I got to take a look around, and I found a liter bottle of Dr. Pepper by one of the pumps. Someone must have bought it, set it aside and forgot it. So I grabbed it, and switched it out with one from the cooler. If you come by this week you might buy it by mistake. I also got a box of Little Debbies outdated stuff. Today was a good day.

I looked out the window and the trashes were overflowing, I don't think the Manager did them in the morning. I had a chance to run out and dump them, except for that one woman who was slowly picking out what she wanted. When she was done two families traveling in two RVs showed up and they took forever. 

A guy handed me his money, and then tried to give me an extra dollar. It's a good thing I'm honest.

I finally got out to the trashes and I found a keychain with trump's ugly face on it, plus an insult to Biden. However it was a cheap paper sticker and I soaked it in water for a few minutes and it came off faster than the lining of the Reflecting Pool. Now I have a blank keychain, maybe I'll get a 8647 sticker and put on it.

I tossed the last bag of trash as the next swarm hit, ha ha! When they all cleared out I got the restrooms taken care of, thankfully nobody had made a big mess in there. 

A woman came in and asked if we had regular coffee, so I pointed to the coffee pot with the sign that says "Hot Coffee". She got cappuccino instead.

The Weekend Guy was working across the street, he called to see if there was anything wrong. I told him that everything was fine. Some woman had come in and said we were closed so he was making sure nothing had gone wrong. I think the woman was talking about the Chevron.

The Boss and the Big Boss showed up, but they left right away. They said they would be back so I was hoping the Crazy Lady showed up early so I could be gone. However she was right on time and they showed up while I was still there. It seems that the tax went up on cigarettes and they needed to put the new rate in the register. I chatted with the Big Boss about the facial recognition time clock. I told him the secret was to step back and get more light on your face. Then they got busy with the register and I took off fast. 

Oh, and when you get to the end of the credit card printer roll the paper is really curled and a pain. So, when I come in and find a low roll I'll swap it out for a new roll. But then at the end of the night I'll swap them back so someone else gets stuck with the curly paper, hopefully they'll hit the end and have to replace it. I know, evil but there it is. 

And then I came home. 

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