so Sorcha, are you planing on coming to work today?

[SorchaMochrie]

We only get our schedule for the next week on Friday, or Thursday if we're lucky. Our manager prints the schedule on a different color paper every week. Last week was yellow, this week was green. I picked up the schedule on my way out from work on Friday, I had a Saturday off for a change and was enjoying it. Friday when I got home I pulled the yellow schedule off the wall, I took a green schedule out of my purse and tacked it up.

The green schedule I tacked up said I didn't have to be at work today till 12:30pm.
I got a call at 9:30, I'm still in my sweats and arguing with the kids about why they have to have cereal instead of english muffins for breakfast. My manager says to me "So Sorcha, where you planning on coming in today?"
"Um, yeah, at 12:30, like my schedule,"
"You're scheduled for 9am"
*looking at the dates on the schedule* "oh no, oh crap. I'm so sorry I tacked up the wrong schedule!!! KIDS eat your breakfast and get your shoes on NOW!"
" It's ok Sorcha, don't stress, just get in as soon as you can."

I had tacked up the schedule from the week before, the schedule I'd brought home on Friday was in my car.

I've got the right schedule up now.

[tinamarble88]

Your manager is cool for not getting upset at you.

[SorchaMochrie]

I only live 10 minutes away from work. The last time I was late my car ran out of gas leaving driveway, and my neighbor gave me a ride to get more. The time before that was when I was in between cars because my last one died, and I had missed the bus, so I walked it. That's it for the last 3 years. But she is a cool manager, she's stood up for me when customers got verbally abusive about me taking there counterfeit bills.