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  • Tales From Across The River. Or, In Which I Borrow Lupo's Crazy Magnet

    So it's my day off and I'm just about to have supper when the phone rings. Manager A wants me to work at Aid Of Rite Across River. No problemo, since I have a pair of vintage shoes I deeply want. Across the River is a different animal, about 1.5 times the size of our store and MUCH better organized. (Incidentally this used to be a "Schmooks" pharmacy but converted and got a major face lift a couple years ago. My store hasn't had a face lift in 20 years.)

    Obviously, my (blessedly) short shift wasn't incident free or else I wouldn't be writing this thread. Here are 3 incidents for your reading pleasure. 3 in one day is highly unusual for me, so I wonder if someone didn't secretly stick Lupo's Crazy Magnet to my back while I wasn't looking.

    Stop Fighting!

    Two boys (they were an item, I think) were slapping the snot out of each other in front of my register. One look at my face and they stopped.

    Runaway

    I had Supervisor J callthe cops. The general gist is that one boy was a minor trying to run away from home and a family friend his age was trying to prevent it by holding Minor hostage. Lots of beating up and tears.

    The Secret Lesbian

    Apparently calling an older lady "experienced" instead of "old" to make her feel better means I am a lesbian and trying to get into her pants. Said woman had an obnoxiously loud 3 3/4 sheets to the wind daughter who could be heard in the backroom of the store. And we are talking a giant Aid of Rite store. Even if I were a lesbian, the drunken daughter ruins it. Do not want.

    Bonus: I Left My Aid Of Rite! Oh Noes!

    Quite a few questions tonight of why did I leave my original Aid of Rite and move to this Aid of Rite? Oneguy was a little too relieved when I told him I would be going to my original one tomorrow.
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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    Quoth ralerin View Post
    Bonus: I Left My Aid Of Rite! Oh Noes!

    Quite a few questions tonight of why did I leave my original Aid of Rite and move to this Aid of Rite? Oneguy was a little too relieved when I told him I would be going to my original one tomorrow.
    At least you know that at least SOMEONE likes seeing you suffer at work?
    ~LSTYD~
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    you may want to take a census of your brain squirrels... maybe one escaped?

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      Perhaps. Maybe it's that phenomenon where seeing your teacher or your doctor outside of the house doing grocery shopping or goingto the gym is weird because they're not in their "natural environment" (ie work)? I dunno.

      Eta: Or maybe it's because he knows something about Across River that I don't? Across River's had a bunch of people quit within a few weeks so they need all the help they can get.
      Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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        Quoth ralerin View Post
        Eta: Or maybe it's because he knows something about Across River that I don't? Across River's had a bunch of people quit within a few weeks so they need all the help they can get.
        Probably, yes. A mass exodus of employees is almost always a Very Bad Sign.
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