let me tell you about my day, shall I?
allow me to preface this entry with the following warning:
the next few paragraphs will be a variety of rants, raves, near mental breakdowns, and the magically ability for a phone call to make things okay.
that being said...
my day started with the fact that I could not, for the life of me, fall asleep. from about 1a til' 2a I tossed and turned. I was then slightly awaken by a phone call that I cannot really remember if it happened or not as I was, well...in some weird not sleep sleep. so, finally, after a lot more tossing, turning, and trying to turn off my brain, it finally clicked. only it clicked with only a few hours before my having to wake up.
so 7a comes around and I'm up and out the door, grabbing a much needed fatty Egg and Cheese Crossantwich from Burger King. I must note that I haven't so much as OPENED on a Saturday since I've started this job. Saturdays are my days off. So, here I am, not only working on a Saturday morning, but I'm opening at another store (read: I'm opening up a Blockbuster that isn't "mine".)
SO. I get there a little early and I'm working on getting the store opened, etc. Until...DUMDUMDUM! I come to find out that I am no longer in the Point of Sale (front end) system. So I am not only unable to check movies in, but I can't assign my own drawer or ANYTHING like that. so I start to freak out. after my little freak, I calm myself down and start making phone calls. as if it were out of a movie, the last minute comes and one of the other Shift Leads calls back, gives me his numbers and things seem like they are going to be okay.
The day starts and things seem like they are going to be okay. I have an employee coming in to help me around 1p and so I'm relatively busy by myself. I also wasn't feeling too good, but you do what you got to do, right? So things are going okay until 1p rolls around no one shows up. 1:10...1:20...1:30 comes around and I call the person, leave a message. The time goes on and I get busier and busier. Note, I am also getting more and more angry by this time.
So finally, after being really angry and feeling like my back was going to snap at any moment, the closing manager comes in at 5p on the dot. After he clocks in, he comes up to the front of the store where I tell him what I got done and make the comment "Hey, the person was supposed to come in never called or came in." and before I could tell him I would stay until his relief came he says, "Oh...He quit yesterday." So I worked by myself with no idea what was going on because someone forgot to write a note...
I was SO angry that I looked at him and said, "I'm...uh....going to leave. Now."
I then clocked out and just left. I cried a little and talked to my kitten, which made things better. I then got a call from an old friend who reminded me that things are okay and that there is no use in being stressed from these things.
In a weird way, that one phone call made the 8 hours of SHIT I went through okay. I also accepted meeting up with them tomorrow evening for a drink, so that should be fun.
so the moral of today's lesson?
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
the next few paragraphs will be a variety of rants, raves, near mental breakdowns, and the magically ability for a phone call to make things okay.
that being said...
my day started with the fact that I could not, for the life of me, fall asleep. from about 1a til' 2a I tossed and turned. I was then slightly awaken by a phone call that I cannot really remember if it happened or not as I was, well...in some weird not sleep sleep. so, finally, after a lot more tossing, turning, and trying to turn off my brain, it finally clicked. only it clicked with only a few hours before my having to wake up.
so 7a comes around and I'm up and out the door, grabbing a much needed fatty Egg and Cheese Crossantwich from Burger King. I must note that I haven't so much as OPENED on a Saturday since I've started this job. Saturdays are my days off. So, here I am, not only working on a Saturday morning, but I'm opening at another store (read: I'm opening up a Blockbuster that isn't "mine".)
SO. I get there a little early and I'm working on getting the store opened, etc. Until...DUMDUMDUM! I come to find out that I am no longer in the Point of Sale (front end) system. So I am not only unable to check movies in, but I can't assign my own drawer or ANYTHING like that. so I start to freak out. after my little freak, I calm myself down and start making phone calls. as if it were out of a movie, the last minute comes and one of the other Shift Leads calls back, gives me his numbers and things seem like they are going to be okay.
The day starts and things seem like they are going to be okay. I have an employee coming in to help me around 1p and so I'm relatively busy by myself. I also wasn't feeling too good, but you do what you got to do, right? So things are going okay until 1p rolls around no one shows up. 1:10...1:20...1:30 comes around and I call the person, leave a message. The time goes on and I get busier and busier. Note, I am also getting more and more angry by this time.
So finally, after being really angry and feeling like my back was going to snap at any moment, the closing manager comes in at 5p on the dot. After he clocks in, he comes up to the front of the store where I tell him what I got done and make the comment "Hey, the person was supposed to come in never called or came in." and before I could tell him I would stay until his relief came he says, "Oh...He quit yesterday." So I worked by myself with no idea what was going on because someone forgot to write a note...
I was SO angry that I looked at him and said, "I'm...uh....going to leave. Now."
I then clocked out and just left. I cried a little and talked to my kitten, which made things better. I then got a call from an old friend who reminded me that things are okay and that there is no use in being stressed from these things.
In a weird way, that one phone call made the 8 hours of SHIT I went through okay. I also accepted meeting up with them tomorrow evening for a drink, so that should be fun.
so the moral of today's lesson?
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.