Better
Today was a better day at work. This was despite the fact that I had to ring all day, higher-ups visited again, and the two creepy guys were still there. The mornings haven't been busy though, so I can't complain about that, and I havent had to deal with the scary 1 hour photo machine yet either. I actually had stuff to do behind the counter today, too, instead of standing around being bored like yesterday. Sunday should be better (despite having to be there at 7am, not 8. . .ugh), because it's Chris and I and a regular cashier who can be the main ringer. I highly doubt any higher-ups will be there on a Sunday and hopefully Lora won't decide to drop by.
I haven't spent enough time with the new cashiers to know what I think of them yet. And the one assistant manager that I had heard bad things about seems okay so far.
Nevertheless, I am glad tomorrow is my day off. Two days in a row has been quite enough!
I think partially what's been so stressful is that I've been doing things that I'm SURE Lora would be infuriated about, ie. not carding people who are OBVIOUSLY old enough for cigarettes. At the other store, yes, I faithfully carded everyone, as she wanted. . .we all did. As you may remember, John revoked that rule because he, like all of us, realized how ridiculous it was. I am not sure if Lora is enforcing that rule again at the new store, and I forgot to ask Chris what he told the new kids to do. All but one of them were trained a different store, and ours was the ONLY one that had that rule, so I'm thinking unless Chris told them to card everyone per Lora's request, they probably aren't. We're also "supposed to be" asking everyone's zip code before we scan in their items-- a prompt for it comes up on the screen. They make us do this every few years, but it's such a pain in the ass. I've just been rotating through several different zip codes instead of asking and I *know* everyone's been doing the same. There is more, but I think you get the idea.
I might go to P Place tomorrow, although I could probably just find the clothing/shoes I need elsewhere. The shoes are the most important part, because the flat black ones I currently wear to work are ancient and are almost worn through on the bottom! I also want to get a new pair of work pants, because the ones I've been wearing are also very old. Maybe I'll go tonight, before I go out for coffee and notecarding. . .who knows. I don't want to spend too much because I want to have spending money for when Mom and I go to Boston-- that I will be buying things at Lush goes without saying, and that is far from the only store we'll be visiting!
But I will still be going to the mall tomorrow regardless. I still want to go exploring in the area where Matt and I walked the other night, but I'm not sure if it would be safe even during the day. We'll see. I've put myself in worse situations.
Getting ready to head out now, but I'll be online tonight.
I haven't spent enough time with the new cashiers to know what I think of them yet. And the one assistant manager that I had heard bad things about seems okay so far.
Nevertheless, I am glad tomorrow is my day off. Two days in a row has been quite enough!
I think partially what's been so stressful is that I've been doing things that I'm SURE Lora would be infuriated about, ie. not carding people who are OBVIOUSLY old enough for cigarettes. At the other store, yes, I faithfully carded everyone, as she wanted. . .we all did. As you may remember, John revoked that rule because he, like all of us, realized how ridiculous it was. I am not sure if Lora is enforcing that rule again at the new store, and I forgot to ask Chris what he told the new kids to do. All but one of them were trained a different store, and ours was the ONLY one that had that rule, so I'm thinking unless Chris told them to card everyone per Lora's request, they probably aren't. We're also "supposed to be" asking everyone's zip code before we scan in their items-- a prompt for it comes up on the screen. They make us do this every few years, but it's such a pain in the ass. I've just been rotating through several different zip codes instead of asking and I *know* everyone's been doing the same. There is more, but I think you get the idea.
I might go to P Place tomorrow, although I could probably just find the clothing/shoes I need elsewhere. The shoes are the most important part, because the flat black ones I currently wear to work are ancient and are almost worn through on the bottom! I also want to get a new pair of work pants, because the ones I've been wearing are also very old. Maybe I'll go tonight, before I go out for coffee and notecarding. . .who knows. I don't want to spend too much because I want to have spending money for when Mom and I go to Boston-- that I will be buying things at Lush goes without saying, and that is far from the only store we'll be visiting!
But I will still be going to the mall tomorrow regardless. I still want to go exploring in the area where Matt and I walked the other night, but I'm not sure if it would be safe even during the day. We'll see. I've put myself in worse situations.
Getting ready to head out now, but I'll be online tonight.
posted by Erica at 5:13 PM
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