Carmella's Hang Out

Another not great day. It was not horrid I guess, but it was not nice. The thing is, I knew it was not going to be the minute I woke up. Had not even gotten out of bed, and I was already praying that the Lord would give me strength since I could feel something was going to go wrong.

I hurt and really didn’t want to go to work in the first place. Yesterday, a co-worker asked me if I would switch my eight to four shift with her for her ten to six hours. I said yes, even though I liked the four o’clock out time better than the six. First thing I notice when I get to work this morning?’ K’ the co-worker with whom I switched, is not there. She went home early!! Half an hour before I even got there. SO, now not only are we one short at the desk, I am still stuck on the later shift and she went home early anyway. That did not put a very good spin on the day.

For some reasons I just really don’t know, I was ‘off’ today. I really didn’t feel well, even though I thought I was getting better, and I was in a down mood, even though I had taken my meds before work! lol. Time ticked minute by minute and second by second instead of hour by hour, and by the time I thought I had been there two or three hours, hardly an hour had passed.

Since we were short one person at the desk now, with the next one not in till two in the afternoon, the two of us there at the desk had a hard time finding time for a break. When they did send a third person up, it was only because we were so backed up we needed more than two people, so once again we were unable to take breaks. When I clocked by in from my first break, it was time for me to go on my lunch. However, I was needed at the desk, so could not go.

At two, the next person came in and they let her come up to the desk. Yes, I did say let. Just because someone is scheduled to work the desk does not mean they will do any work at the desk, if they are a cashier and not a GM clerk. {GM clerk= service desk only. I am a GM clerk} At three, we were suppose to have another worker, and I had planned to go on my break as soon as they let him to the desk. Half past three comes, and is on its way out, when I call and ask when they will give us our three o’clock person.

We get a call, asking why we NEED him up there, when they needed him out on the floor. The caller……my boss’ boss. Head of service. {She is nice to me now, I like her, but she still is scary, and can be mean if she wants to be. The first time I worked there she scared the liven daylights outta me. When I told her that a year or two later, she gave me a hug and said she felt bad she had ever been mean to me.} She was saying “This is the kind of thing that drives me insane. You guys don’t take your breaks and then have to take them when we need help out here.” WHAT????? In other words…..I give up my early shift, she goes home early, and I get in trouble??? There was no way I could take my lunch before then, and we were not taking their help….they kept stealing ours!

*Sigh* While I love working with some of the people I work with, and have pretty good job safety, my store is not the best place to work. We don’t have enough of the kinds of people we need working there, have far too many of the kinds we DON’T need working there {some of whom have been with the company for 20+ years so I know they are not going anywhere fast} and don’t pay enough to get help any better than what we have.

Sorry to dump all of this. I have tried so hard not to be down about work. I guess I feel I ‘asked’ for it when I went back there, but I know for certain that it was of the Lord. I know I need to be there for one reason or another, even though the word ‘hate’ does sometimes come to mind in reference to this job. Not often mind you. There are often things I do not agree with, that go on there, but for the most part I am able to deal with it better. My days usually seem to fly by. Today, as I said, something was off. I really don’t know what it was, but hope it does not plan to repeat tomorrow. I don’t like being in a weird or bad mood.

So, how did your week end? Tomorrow a new week starts!

Oh…I got another new CD. Can you believe it? Two in the same month? I have been so good about not buying any the past months, so I figured it would be ok if I ‘cheated’ this once and splurged a bit. {I don’t remember if it was on this blog or another only that I mentioned that I got a Carbon Leaf CD called Echo Echo. I let Chris borrow it after having it for a little over a week and listening to it non-stop.} This one is Sean Watkins’ {from Nickel Creek} called ‘Blinders On’ Now IT is what is playing without ceasing!