Wake up Call...

[repsac]

no, Not totally back. I'm still working with my ISP about getting a cheaper rate. This is being posted from the local Library. Dunno what prompted it, but it's a wonderfully cute sighting from my own past. And yes, this about ME


Remember when Wal-Mart used to have its furniture displays on the floor? Back when you could actually sit in the chair and test them before you bought them?

Well, I remember being good friends with the Dept Manager over that area, as well as the store manager at the time. Such good friends in fact that they actually would let me come over to Wal-Mart while on my lunch (for lowe's) and crash on one of their display sofas for half an hour or so, to get some sleep before going back to work.

It got to the point that most of the staff knew me, and would just laugh it off as I lay there dozing for twenty minutes or so. One time though still sticks in my head.

I had just gotten off work after pulling a REALLY long shift during the Katrina problems. Our store was shipping out plywood and generators, and they'd had many of us working 12 and 16 hour shifts. (volunteer) I had been on one of the latter, and thus I was dead tired. Told the manager of wally world, and he flat wouldn't let me leave. No he actually TOLD me to lie down for at least an hour before driving home. Well, picture it if you will. Big tall guy curled up on a sofa at Wal-mart, with a cheap blanket and pillow from bedding. I was sound asleep until at some point an hour or two later, I'm awoke by this woman shaking my shoulder.

Lady looks down at me, never says a word (though I did see one of the electronics staff coming my way to likely say something to her). Before he could get there, I, in a very sleep deprived way looked right up at her and said quote:

"What the hell are you doing in my bedroom?"

It took me a minute or two to realize where I was, but by then the Electronics guy had herded her off.

Note: As I left, I noticed several employees from my store camped out in various places. I don't know what happened to that manager (I hope he went far with the company) but I have to say it was nice of him to let us sleep it off after all the time we had been putting in with the relief effort.

[Evil Queen]

That's a very nice manager.

[Skandranon]

Heh. I can't say I've ever fallen asleep in public and confused it for my bedroom, but I have woken up in my bedroom with a complete stranger staring down at me. Some construction worker, my parents had sent him through my room to get out my backdoor, and had forgotten to warn him that I was sleeping in there.

[Becks]

That manager ROCKS.

[JoitheArtist]

I used to work in a university library, and once a week would meet with friends in one of the study rooms on the lower level. They usually got there an hour after I got off work, so I'd go down and grab a room and read for awhile. This one day, I was dead tired, and made the mistake of settling into a beanbag chair.

Twenty minutes later, I opened my eyes, found myself asleep on the floor, and the auto timer had turned out the lights. Took me 5 minutes to wake up enough to figure out where the heck I was!