Random things

I keep putting of updating for the sole reason that I think about updating during and after my shift... only to get home and try my best to forget my whole shift in general. Doih.

So. Today is Sunday. And as a general thumb rule, I hate working Sundays. It's always full, always hectic, and causes nothing but trouble. Did I mention it was hectic?

When I got there today (nearly 10 minutes before my shift... which is weird) there were soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many people in the parking lot that I was calling them a circus. No idea why, but yeah. And it took me a few minutes outside for my general panic to start. Joy. I wanted to be let into the store ASAP! Just to get away from all the reggeaton lovers that were there thinking that the parking lot was a party or a get together or something. D: They had their radios so high, it was annoying. And there's a freaking church near the store! Which was just disturbing when I had to walk by the suv that had the most music (and hearing obscene words from there... with little kids around DX).

ANYWAY. It was hectic. So annoying. And they mostly were buying beer and ice. And maybe snacks if anything. WHY? Maybe because tomorrow's a holiday? Pfft. Maybe.

Regardless of the super busy day, we didn't take long to clean up the aisles after closing time. I get annoyed watching the messes people make. And I'm really special when it comes to cleaning up. I usually refuse to do it. Whining included. This time tho, I did whine... but I went to do it anyway because I didn't have anything else to do and I wanted to leave. So I organized the Dairy aisle (which is where all the cheeses, yogurt, hams, eggs, butter, even juices, stuffs are...). When I finished, I moved to the first aisle (we have 7 aisles, the produce area, the meat area/aisle, the dairy area/aisle, and the liquor area/aisle) and started organizing it. When I was done, the front-end manager wanted me to take the boxes to the back. But there was no way I was doing that. THAT in specific I strongly refused. There was no way I was going back there when there were OTHERS that had done no cleaning or organizing at all. I was furious, but too tired to really express it. So. Barbie at one point in time whined that her feet hurt and took off her shoes and was happily going around barefoot. Which I didn't really mind and I would do it too but taking my shoes off is annoying due to a cut on my left big toe.... yeah.

So yeah. I was generally ignoring them until Barbie shoes up with the cart that needs to be taken to the back... when she starts whining (directed at me) that she doesn't want to take the cart because her feet would get even dirtier and was trying to coax me into taking it instead. Sadly for her, I wasn't in any mood to put up with her. At all. So I told her to go put her shoes back on. She whined that her feet hurt and that she was even getting water bubbles and stuff. I simply told her to put some socks on instead.... which she retaliated with asking me from where. But since I didn't find the urges to argue my point across I just kept walking and she did the same.

My point? If you're doing a 6+ hour shift, on a rather hot day, knowing that a LOT of people were coming (cuz it's a Sunday and they're always hectic), WHY THE FLYING FUCK WOULD YOU WEAR WORKING SHOES WITHOUT SOCKS?! *breathes* I know I'm right, dammit!

Another annoying thing that happened some weeks ago involved this random man with a "white" shirt that pretty much told everyone that he was rolling around in a pig pen and deemed it a hassle to take a bath and GET FUCKING CHANGED before walking into a supermarket. SO, he came in, and the first thing that comes out of his mouth is "I want a case of Coors (Light), a case of Budweiser, and a box of cigarrettes" before turning to talk with Alfred. I was pretty much appalled. I decided to ignore it, until I was called via intercom (thingay) to go to the front where Rachel pretty much told me to go get the stuff. DX What the fuck does he think the supermarket was, a fast food ordering window???? Sheesh.

Finally, the current thing that's going on around now is the fact that Mrs.BB has already missed 3 days of work without so much as a phone call. She's pretty much fired if she doesn't come tomorrow (which we're all assuming she's not). Which is rather shocking really. That whore Brenda passed by the store the other day looking for her too (which was rather shocking since they were supposed to be fighting and shit....?). Gods. She should just write a letter saying that she's quitting for whatever reason she can bullshit out. Cuz apparently you don't get "not-currently-working" benefits for job abandonment. Good to know.

Hmmmm. That is all really. I have off tomorrow (huzzah!), so I'm going to climb on the stool and do a throughout check of the boxes up in the closet (I'm looking for something). And maybe broom and clean a little. XD

~Flare

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year

:D

I thought I'd post something since I've TOTALLY ignored this blog. Daww. Poor blog.
lol

Anyway~!

Update timez.

Remember how last time I said that Brenda had been missing work and not calling or answering her phone? Well, she got fired. And she still hasn't returned a single call. Which is rather weird. >_>
Things have been normal, minus the added rush of Christmas and now New Year's. People are getting creepy and buying things as if the world will end soon. Gawds.

We've had new kids, and some that were new have left. Either asked to be moved to another store or just plain quit (both cases have happened). We're still dealing with training a recently new girl, who's younger than me, and is actually TALLER than me. O_O It creeps me out. And I thought I was tall. lol

We got a nice xmas bonus, which is GOOD. Since I used a part of it for presents.

Getting side tracked. But really. There's not much to update.

I saw my English teacher from my first term yesterday. X3 That was fun. At first I had no effing clue who that was. o_o She kept talking to me in English, I know she was familiar, but I just couldn't pinpoint from where until she asked me if I was still studying at the JDC. That's were I clicked and went "OOOOH! ENGLISH TEACHER! LOL!!! >_>" XD I just kept things normal. Added to the convo once she asked me. XD fun fun~!

Dunno what else to write. I'm so tired from today. Sooooo many people. And then there were these bouts of random nothingness that was making everyone sleepy. o_o I'm not kidding.

:3 That should be all. Like I said, not much to update.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have SO4 calling to me to play a little before bedtimes.

~Flare

PS. To Noxie. Who's comment from last post I saw... earlier. o_o Yes, I'm still working at the evils supermarket. lol

Thanksgiving

Haven't really posted much. Sorry about that.

Well, since last I posted, up until last week I was still getting only 3 days a week. I'm managing somehow. This week I suddenly got work 5 days~! I was rather shocked. But getting back to work is the ideal pace, definitely. I just have to get back into that pace. Because honestly, I got to lazy. I would think anyway.

It's Thanksgiving week and it's also inventory month. Not enjoyable. They should've pushed inventory to a week before or after Thanksgiving. It would really have eased my mind while working.

This inventory month (which only happens once every 3 months for good reason) has been very slow. I'm worried we're all going to push into extra overtime on Friday and Saturday just to make the deadline. Which is Sunday. *rolls eyes* Not only are we behind schedule, but the girls have been missing work. For example, Brenda has already missed 3 days of work without having called in once. She's gonna have a huge scolding when she comes back, even if she brings a medical certificate. Yup.

Today was also hectic. I spent two hours on my aisle and still haven't gotten half way there. It's depressing. So many things to organize. And the fact that I was there yesterday too, on that same aisle, doesn't help. After those 2 hours, I was called to the front because it was full. Joy. So I went to my station (which happens to be the express lane today) and did my best. One hour later, the girl on the lane next to mine leaves, so I switch to that one. I couldn't get out until my shift ended an hour later, and even then, the people kept coming. All in all, I punched out past my shift ending time. Let's hope they don't fuss about it, because it wasn't my fault.

We also had a Thanksgiving lunch (that was missing ham and/or turkey), which I took home (they saved me a plate and wrote my name on it <3) and ate. YUM! I left mom a bit of the rice, a meatball (whoops), erm "guineitos en escabeche" (dunno and English name for that; it was very little), half of the potato salad, and that's it. I ate the rest, including the dessert: flan! <3 <3 <3 love! It was good. :3

That's it. May you all have a lovely Thanksgiving!

~Flare

PS. Forgot something. XD I only realized it when reading the older posts.
I found out why Brenda was/is always the last cashier out. It's because the manager is TRYING to keep her glued to her station. Doesn't work if there are others, but it does when she's the last one. X3 So yeah. No more favoritism calling. I'm glad. But. Her constant contract with talking at the office and/or the podium still annoys the hell out of me. :< Just have to keep dealing with it as always.

Hmm.

Nothing big has happened in a while, so I'm kinda wary about the whole thing.

Today was a nice day. So incredibly nice, that I only worked 3 days. Because we did all the things we needed to do early. That being said, I'm currently trying to hurry and finish the GameStop application. I can't function knowing I'm working less and less. 20 hours is the basic that a part-timer works, right? Well, this week I do 16 hours IF we get out at 9. Let's see. Yesterday I got out at 8:30. Today at 8:05. D: Tomorrow we might get out at 8:30, as well as on Saturday. Which leaves me with 1 hour and 35 minutes LESS (aprox.) from those 16 hours that I had/have this week.

It makes me VERY insecure. Which pretty much says a lot about me. o_o

~Flare

I wish...

I wish for a lot of things. But recently the only thing I keep wishing for is a moment to throw a shoe at Brenda. Or something hard. Or do other things like randomly cut off a piece of her hair. I DUNNO.

She just frustrates me so.

My feet are tired. The lady!manager's brilliant idea was that apparently I needed a break from the aisles. So she tried to keep me to the front as much as possible. Joy. Specially since Mrs.BB was front end today. DX

I'm surprised I haven't passed out yet from doing so many things.

Nothing new today really. I need to do a lot of things. And I have no time to do any of them. Really.

~Flare

Scheduling fail

I didn't post anything on Sunday because it was a slow day.

Today, tho, things got weird. I was pissed but didn't really show it, considering how I was semi-arguing my case.

When I got in to work, the first thing Annie tells me is to go home. I wouldn't really have minded, but nonetheless I asked for a reason. She said that it was because my shift started at 3 and I didn't call. Yeah, that was sorta my fault. I had myself convinced that it was at 5. BUT. It was Awiwi's fault. I told Annie that I couldn't have possibly come at 3 for at 3 I was getting out of Fajardo! And that's an hour away (give or take 10 minutes, and the speed your driving. It's less if you're, say, 30 miles over the limit or something like that. And I still have to stop by home to get changed, attend nature's call, and EAT).

I told her that Awiwi had both my class schedule and my work-study schedule. And it clearly says that on Tuesdays and Thursdays I get out at 3pm. (since 8am D: yeah, it's murder). She didn't know what to do, so she said "let's go talk to Alfred". Yay?

So we go, and I explain it to Alfred. He tells me to sit down (super soft chair. :3) and tells Annie to please bring the schedules (mines and the work ones). He checks it all. I even explain how Awiwi has done this a few times before, and how she seemed to completely overlook the fact that I have class on Saturdays from 7:30am to 11:30am (which makes it impossible for me to get in to work at 9am), but that this week it was ok because I didn't have class this Saturday (it's true. it's why I have to suffer accounting class tomorrow night. ewwwwww).

All in all, Alfred told me to go work (aka, not to go home, but to stay and do the whole 5-9 shift). :D Awesome!

It was a slow day tho and I only went to my station once, and it was for 2 people. XD Win. We even got out early tho.

My joke for the day was that Awiwi probably thought that I had a spaceship with a transporter system (lol Star Trek is all I kept saying) to make it possible for me to get out of school at 3 and get in to work at the same time. X3 At one point Jesus went "why don't you go steal one then?". I looked at him and went "where the hell am I supposed to find a spaceship to steal?" XD And he went on to list different municipalities that I supposedly could find one. Lol. Fun.

~Flare

Failing at life

This is for Saturday, not Sunday. Sunday's post will be later (maybe).

So, I was rather happy on my way to work today. No idea why. It's not like I was going anywhere after my shift.
But then my car kinda died on me. From the same thing it died on me last time. It sucks. Sounded different than last time. More screechy, less clicks.
I called the boyfriend of a friend of mine. Just happened to be talking to him at that very moment about fixing something in my car. Then I called dad. He told me to get my shit together and walk to work and just leave the car there to fend for itself. Then he was a jerk about it saying that if I left the car alone, people would have it dismantled by the time I got out. Lovely. I started crying. I think I had a moment of hysteria too. Anyway, I called work, bawling my eyes out. The lady!manager told me to calm down and to call her when I got things fixed. Dad called the mechanic. I was two minutes by car from the fail!mechanic's house. Joy.

But he came anyway. And they tugged the car to the house and up the hill. I was calm by then. I started talking with the fail!mechanic's wife. I had to keep talking or else I would break and cry again. I had already cried a lot. I have no idea why I cried so much. It's not like it's rare for that car to break down. And usually I reply to it's temperaments with annoyance. But I cried for it today. I think I'm stressed.

I got to work an hour and a half later. And it was good. Dunno why but I felt shitty all shift. I was sent to the aisles and I did a speedy organizing even tho I stopped a few times. I kept trying to think of different things in order not to think of the car.

I hate when people ask "how are you?" in passing. It tugs at me to always just say "fine" or "good". When did "how are you?" became as casual as "hello"?

Ignore me, I'm being analytical of things. I took short naps for the rest of the afternoon. But it's already 3am now and I have a shift tomorrow/today morning. At 11. It's Sunday shift. In which we get paid double. But annoying politics want to change it to a regular day. D: I dun wanna work on a Sunday at all. Much less if it's on regular pay. We don't get paid enough as it is considering how low the wages are.

Hmm. More sleeping, less thinking.

~Flare