Who Ate The Last Doughnut?

Yes. That is a legitimate question. I was thinking about them in the office and next thing I knew the box was in the trash. Dang.

I was lookin' real rough today because I think I scratched my eye, so it was watering a lot. And looking kind of swollen. And I was feeling under the weather but came to work anyway. Which was a mistake because I felt terrible for most of my shift. And I had that sick-face on...my mouth was open, my lips were dry, my eyes were blurry...I was struggling. If I am feeling under the weather tomorrow around 1 or 2pm, I am calling off.

A group of guys came in a two of them wanted to buy a carton of cigarettes. I talked to two of them while the other ones were probably stealing stuff.

Spring Forward

There are a few signs in the office reminding folks that tonight is the time change: spring forward. Myself and a few other employee mimed the springing forward when we talked about it.

I am exhausted.

I stopped by the pharmacy to ask about buying our store brand Benadryl for my 13-month old. We had spent a few hours in the ER due to a rash, and the nurse told me to get Benadryl. But the box said not to give it to children under four. The pharmacist said I could give it to my son with a baby syringe, and only very little. How nerve wracking!

There was a broken bottle of Tim McGraw cologne, broken, in the clearance aisle. When I picked it up, it got all over my hand. So I smelled like dude for the last half hour a shift. It gave me a headache.

Poster Princess

The 16x20 that I printed came out really magenta. And before I got a chance to call the customer, she came in. She spoke English, but with many Spanish words, so I called my bilingual co-worker. Evidently she felt very entitled. For some reason she showed him her ID so he knew her name. She let him know she couldn't stay long because her family was waiting in the Mercedes outside. She wanted to us to know that the girl in the photo was the girl of a very rich and well-known banker. This woman wanted to keep the very magenta photo, for free, because she didn't want the photo circulating around. So we ripped it up. That magenta print lead me to try to open a ticket so I could get someone to help me fix the printer.
Before I had a chance to think things through, other people came to my department and were mean and difficult and interfered with progress.
Eventually I got the problem fixed, am I am totally proud of myself.

We have a new feature: a prompt on the register that asks the customer if they want a printed receipt or a emailed receipt. We are getting mixed reviews. I like it because of the environmental aspect. But I don't like it because of the extra step we have to take to get people rung up.

I was able to explain most, if not all, of our coupon policy to the new guy.

Lunch Time!

As it turns out, when I don't ask (or tell) my co-workers when I (or they) am (are) going on lunch, we have a cluster-fuck and people went on lunch late and threw off our whole evening schedule. If I don't ask people when they're going, no one has a conversation about their schedule, which affects everyone else's schedule. I give myself permission to schedule lunches within the first hour of my shift.

The woman in Cosmetics is irritaing me more and more. I hope our schedule changes soon so I don't have to deal with her as much. Or I'll just keep ignoring her like I am.

A unfortuante-looking couple came in and wanted new passport photos. I had just taken their photos last week, and they really liked them then. Today they decided that they couldn't see their eyes. And they decided that they didn't want to wear their glasses. Even though I told them that if they always wear them, they should be wearing them in the photo. But they didn't want to.

Germy Socks

Yes, I did take my shoes off. And I wasn't wearing them when I gave the girl at One her lunch. I didn't wear them during my lunch. And I took them off for a minute while I was facing. Because I need to get that shot in my foot.

I just realized I forgot to make the "Out of Order" sign for the stall in the women's bathroom. I will clean them, but I will not de-clog them. Plus, there was some yucky stuff in the garbage in the stall.

The Portrait People

There is husband/wife team who submit 11x14s of portraits. The portraits are sitting shots...the subject is obviously aware of the photographer. Some of these portaits need further color correction. The ones today were magenta. These portaits are of the staff and residents of a nursing home. If these are professional portraits, I can't understand why they are printing them at our store. And I always want to tell them that their images are either slightly out of focus or need more color correction.

I got four free items today.
The Kelloggs breakfast diet drink- free after in-store coupon.
A probiotic vitamin box- free after in-store coupon.
Nivea shaveing cream: buy one get one free, $3.22 for two and I had a $2-off-two coupon.
Nivea Men's Face stuff: buy one get one free, $6.99 for two, a $2 coupon off each.

I got almost $3 in PMs tonight. Every little bit helps.

Short (Sighted)

Good thing I don't put all my self-worth in my job. It seems that my co-workers don't think I'm lazy...but they know that I have a hard time getting certain jobs done. And they can see that I putter extensively. I get away with this behavior, for now, because I am pregnant. But I'm pretty sure I do work. I wonder if I could get another job that I'd be better at.

We were short tonight so I went to the Register for a few hours. Friday night is poppin' at our store. Sort of.

A guy came in and asked if my lip piercing hurt. He had the look of somone who injests a lot of chemicals. His fingers were stained with nicotine/tabacco. His face looked weathered from alcohol use and heavy drug dabbling.

An Assyrian noticed my eyes and wanted to know if they were real. They are. And apparently he thought they were breath-taking beautiful.

We have chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs (in a dozen egg carton) on a display. Some stoner guy thought they were normal eggs for a second.

I spent some time telling my co-workers about my coupon usage and deal-getting at a nearby grocery store. They were not as excited as they should have been.