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Reason 1: Thursdays are when I am routinely given five-hour shifts. I hate five-hour shifts ... you still only get one break, and it's still only 15 minutes long.
Reason 2: It always seems to be Thursdays when things go wrong.
And then ... there was today.
1) Thank goodness for dark-coloured uniforms, because I dumped tea on myself before I even got onto the floor.
2) I was scheduled for Register #4. The main belt on Register #4 hasn't worked properly for several days now. It has yet to be fixed.
3) I switched over to Register #6. We recently installed a new system whereby each cashier pushes a button, which causes a computer screen near the front of the customer lineup to let the next-in-line customer know which cashier is now free (the register number appears on the large monitor and the computer announces it verbally). So I push my button and ... nothing. Great. Luckily I was close enough to the front of the customer lineup that I could just wave people over.
4) I think I was hit by a quick-change scammer, and of course I got flustered and my till is possibly out some cash. It doesn't sound serious, as the supervisor who was counting my till gave up halfway through and plans to finish it tomorrow ....
5) After 4) occurred I was switched to yet another register ... #7 ... while the supervisor counted my till from register #6. The only thing that went "wrong" with that was that the supervisor had told me she'd let me know when I could get back to #6 ... and never did. A minor thing in itself, but added to the rest of the day ...
The company decided to put food out for us today. Fine, but where the hell was the BOOZE ...
On the somewhat bright side, a coworker figured out what was wrong in the case of 3). The damned thing had come unplugged (or at least loose enough that it wasn't making the required connection). That was quite nice of her, since I told two management types and neither one of them bothered to do anything.
Reason 2: It always seems to be Thursdays when things go wrong.
And then ... there was today.
1) Thank goodness for dark-coloured uniforms, because I dumped tea on myself before I even got onto the floor.
2) I was scheduled for Register #4. The main belt on Register #4 hasn't worked properly for several days now. It has yet to be fixed.
3) I switched over to Register #6. We recently installed a new system whereby each cashier pushes a button, which causes a computer screen near the front of the customer lineup to let the next-in-line customer know which cashier is now free (the register number appears on the large monitor and the computer announces it verbally). So I push my button and ... nothing. Great. Luckily I was close enough to the front of the customer lineup that I could just wave people over.
4) I think I was hit by a quick-change scammer, and of course I got flustered and my till is possibly out some cash. It doesn't sound serious, as the supervisor who was counting my till gave up halfway through and plans to finish it tomorrow ....
5) After 4) occurred I was switched to yet another register ... #7 ... while the supervisor counted my till from register #6. The only thing that went "wrong" with that was that the supervisor had told me she'd let me know when I could get back to #6 ... and never did. A minor thing in itself, but added to the rest of the day ...
The company decided to put food out for us today. Fine, but where the hell was the BOOZE ...
On the somewhat bright side, a coworker figured out what was wrong in the case of 3). The damned thing had come unplugged (or at least loose enough that it wasn't making the required connection). That was quite nice of her, since I told two management types and neither one of them bothered to do anything.
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