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I guess I'm a part-time preacher and didn't even know it
Today...is the pinnacle of stress for every manager and department supervisor. I speak of course, of our annual inventory day. As if that wasn't noteworthy enough, my day started off with one of those "that should NEVER happen to me" moments.
I work for the giant, mega-retailer that eats most other retailers for breakfast. You know, the one that used to have a giant smiley face for its mascot. We have the Site To Store program where you order things online and pick them up after they arrive at our store.
Anyway, I have a customer come in to pick up his order which includes a mattress in a large box. Being it was sitting on top of another box in the back room I slid it off said box onto a cart to take out to the customer. Underneath this box for whatever reason was a somewhat-used Bible (King James Version). I pick it up and show it to a CW who was in the area, and as we're making comments about it being a sign from above...who should happen to walk by but the store manager? He looks at me and starts lecturing me: "Are you doing ministry back here? This is not a place of worship, this is a place of work!"
Dumbfounded by this, both myself and CW just stand there silently, waiting for him to either say something else or laugh...you know, ANYTHING to keep it from being left like that. He just walked away a moment later and I went back to finish with the customer's order. Hell of a way to start my day!
I work for the giant, mega-retailer that eats most other retailers for breakfast. You know, the one that used to have a giant smiley face for its mascot. We have the Site To Store program where you order things online and pick them up after they arrive at our store.
Anyway, I have a customer come in to pick up his order which includes a mattress in a large box. Being it was sitting on top of another box in the back room I slid it off said box onto a cart to take out to the customer. Underneath this box for whatever reason was a somewhat-used Bible (King James Version). I pick it up and show it to a CW who was in the area, and as we're making comments about it being a sign from above...who should happen to walk by but the store manager? He looks at me and starts lecturing me: "Are you doing ministry back here? This is not a place of worship, this is a place of work!"
Dumbfounded by this, both myself and CW just stand there silently, waiting for him to either say something else or laugh...you know, ANYTHING to keep it from being left like that. He just walked away a moment later and I went back to finish with the customer's order. Hell of a way to start my day!
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