7/08/2005

Pumpkin Ale Should Be Out All Year

Not that I've been drinking *at all* lately, but I could go for a bottle right now. ^_____^

Travis, thanks for clarifying that! I wasn't kind enough to give the whole story, haha. And yes, I'm feeling much better.

Today was another interesting day at Brooks.

I got there at 1, and you know it's a bad sign when the morning cashier exclaims "I am SO glad to see you!" as soon as you walk in the door. Sure enough, a bunch of people dropped off rolls of 1-hour photo at the same time, so we literally had about 18 to do. And although she had been able to start a few of them, the chemicals needed replenishing, the paper was running out, etc.

After she came back from her break, it was much easier to get things done with both of us behind the counter. I was supposed to put the delivery away in Aisle 11, but there was no way I was going to keep running back and forth, so I just stayed up front and did photos while she did most of the ringing. It worked out pretty well, and by 4 o'clock we were down to just 1 roll.

By then the shifts were changing, so the girl I had been working with was getting ready to leave so Justin and Eric could have drawers instead. I finally got to my aisle (dental stuff, diet/nutrition aids, deoderant, and shaving stuff. . .everyone hates putting it away except me, haha). At some point, I needed my box cutters but realized they were in my purse up in the office. It was about 4:30 by this point, so I expected I'd have to find Chris so he could unlock the door, but luckily it was already open.

As it turned out, Chris was *in* the office-- with the other cashier from that morning, aka his ex-girlfriend. And they were fighting. Loudly. I grabbed my knife and quickly left.

5 o'clock rolled around and that = break time for me. Once again, I headed up to the office to grab my purse. Once again, Chris and his ex were still going back and forth at each other over what seemed like something very, very minor.

Now, I like Chris a lot, but this frustrates me to no end. He just needs to tell her, once and for all, that it is OVER and it is NOT her job to worry about who he talks to because they aren't together anymore. Not that difficult! I don't say anything to him because I don't want to get involved, but I usually end up finding stuff out anyway.

So from the time I returned from my break til about 7, Chris was pretty much a siamese twin with Nicole. Normally I would have felt slighted by this (which I've already mentioned happens whenever the two of them are on the same shift), but it didn't bother me too much today. What *did* bother me was how he didn't exactly get any work done during the whole time. Honestly guys, just trade phone numbers and call each other later. Even when Rich comes to visit me, I keep working; hell, I even give *him* stuff to put away sometimes. :p

Once Nicole left though, the rest of the shift was really fun-- maybe cuz Chris wasn't ignorning the rest of us. v_v And Justin came up with the most random quote of the night:

"Nothing says 'I want to conquer you' quite like a Roman nose."

To which I replied, "If you're into that type of thing," and yeah, it was one of those funny-but-I-guess-you-had-to-be-there moments. ;D

And Chris mentioned how there's a "more refined" Newport Creamery being built in Narragansett and we both got a kick out of that. Hell, I don't care what they do, as long as they serve chowder in a bread boule and my beloved PBF & Pieces, hehe.

I also have to find a decent picture of Stalin, but I'll explain that later.

Tomorrow = Whole Foods and cleaning and baking the fruitcake (really, this time!). I'm still considering meeting Rich and his family at the airport too, but it depends how caffeinated I am. ;)

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