Been up since 5, noise across the street started at 7.
Have to finish up some stuff before tomorrow.
Brother and his kids come in tomorrow, cook out and movie night on Saturday, and family reunion on Sunday.
Then a week of nothing planned.
We'll see how that goes.
Happy Thursday!
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Good morning, everyone! Hope the day finds you well and smiling. Can I please go back to bed?
I did NOT sleep well last night. UGH! I got caught up in some late night episodes of Tree House Masters. I did doze off and on in my chair but only for a few minutes at a time. I just didn't want to go to bed. lol But, of course, I missed the unveiling of the one tree house I wanted to see done in Hawaii. Oh well. I finally went to bed around 3:50 and was awakened by the bathroom fan of the bitch downstairs around 6. So, here I am.
I awoke to temps outside at 58*. Yep, we are definitely in Fall weather patterns. Glad I had the comforter on the bed because the bedroom was a cozy 66*. It hasn't been like that since last winter. We are supposed to have a mix of sun and clouds. Currently, it's sunny. It's supposed to be like this for the next four days. Fingers crossed.
Not sure if y'all know but I'm semi retired and work PT as a cashier at a local grocer just to occupy some time and get me out of the house. Well, I got written up at work yesterday. We are supposed to spin those god-forsaken carousel bagger thingies clockwise, which means we are pulling full bags away from the customer and, needless to say, pissing them off. I spin mine towards the customer because it is healthier for my poor shoulders that regularly dislocate if I'm not careful. AND every customer who comes through my line is so grateful that I do spin it that way because they can load their cart while I'm scanning and bagging. So, the boss lady calls me in and chews me out making it a part of my personnel file. I tried to explain that it forces my customer to walk behind me to grab their bags thereby impeding the customer from the lane behind me from moving. She didn't care. She said the customer is not supposed to load their own bags; that's your job. I told her that customers will not wait for that to happen. Oh, we're supposed to stop them from doing it! Ummm what? I then tried to explain that if she continues to make me do it in a manner that is unhealthy for me, that she will have a workmen's comp claim on her hands. Her responese? "Well, I won't; the company will." Yep, clearly she doesn't care. I told her she'll have to fire me because i'm not going to cause further injury to myself and I walked out. I'm planning a call to HR this morning . . . as soon as I get my coffee's done perking.
Speaking of coffee, I filled my coffee pot with water when I awoke. I grabbed the filter and put it in then grabbed the canister with my coffee grounds in it. I proceeded to load the filter with the appropriate amount of grounds but then, I did something stupid. I wanted to level out the grounds in the canister so I gently shook it. However, when I did, the whole canister went flying out of my hand and I had coffee grounds ALL...OVER...THE.,. DAMN...KITCHEN! Good morning to me, too! Took me half an hour to get it all cleaned up.
Yep, it's going to be one of THOSE days. lol I have to work today but not until mid afternoon and into early evening. Then, I have to be there tomorrow morning by 6 a.m. UGH That's it for me today. Hope everyone has a fantabulous day!
-- Edited by Forever Sunshine on Thursday 23rd of August 2018 10:02:43 AM
Get one of your favorite customers to make a comment about how easy it is to grab their bags when they go through your lane.
Thanks! Oh many of the customers have commented on it to the "boss" but she just says it's company policy to turn it away from them for "safety reasons". hahaha It's just not safe for the cashier or the customer. She's not the type to have our backs and go to Corporate about our concerns. She just shows up and gets a paycheck. We've all complained about her but to no avail.
I did call HR. Left a VM. Got a return call from someone who said she'd have to get another person to call. So, I'm waiting. Gotta love Corporate.
77 with a real feel of 84, no humidity, light breeze, and a fall blue sky.
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