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Checkout stories
A lady that spends 10 minutes deciding what brand of cigarettes she wants, kept changing her mind on the simplest of issues, ending up with a bill of over, ahem, $500 worth of cigarettes alone. Then her credit card is declined...
I wonder if she has an addiction... or a shop? :-/
She sure was acting skittish tho.
Also, I caught a price swap! ( Read more... ) -
BigW
My second checkout shift today, and i'm starting to get used to it. So far it's good because I've been on the express registers and I can nab someone nearby to ask questions if I need to ( Read more... ) -
Jonno & I - our 5th Anniversary!
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Jonno and I. To be precise, I believe it's the anniversary of when we first said the three magic words to each other: "I love you ( Read more... ) -
Checkouts
I was hopeful that in the end I might not hate it so much. No such luck: It really is as bad as I expected.
I havn't made any huge mistakes, or had anyone abusive... yet. But I can see it happening. -
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So, after about a month of good times working in the photo lab, the next two weeks i'm rostered on the checkouts. I am NOT impressed. I kinda feel cheated, because I took the job thinking i'd be in the photo lab, and that is what was on my induction forms. I travel an hour to and from work- sometimes more than an hour if it's peak period. For what ( Read more... ) -
coming out - update 2
So. This afternoon was a birthday dinner for one of my mum's friends, and my mum had invited Jonno along too. Jonno arrived on time, and my mum stayed in the kitchen with the doors closed. So Jonathan and I waited in the lounge, aprehensive about what was going to happen. As soon as the other guests arrived, my mum came out of the kitchen and out ( Read more... ) -
coming out - update 1
So today I woke up at about 11 and mowed the lawn like a good little boy. I've been delaying doing it for over a week because of work etc. While I was doing that, Jonathan called and my mum took the call. Apparently she told him that she wants to talk to both of us tonight. When I finished the lawn a few mins ago, she told me that I should ring ( Read more... ) -
coming out
Oookay... big news. The shit is about to hit the proverbial fan ( Read more... ) -
meal breaks
Is it weird that I don't want to take my breaks during a 9-hour work day?
I have couple of reasons:- It doesn't take one hour to eat lunch! Not to mention the two 15 min breaks i'm supposed to have in addition. It's the same scenery every day, so it's boring doing anything other than eating.
- Being in a shopping centre like it is, if I went outside, ( Read more... )
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"P" Party...
I've been invited to a bithday party by a family friend, with the following:
"Dress Code: Any in P, as in priest, prophet, purple, pajama, prince, princess, pilot, plumber, pharisee, pastor, pilate, etc."
...I think i'll go in purple :-P
"Whatever you do, do it in the name of Jesus, the Lord, giving thanks to the Father through Him" - Col 3:17
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