Sweet Catastrophe

Well, I stayed home yesterday to fight this cold/flu/death thing and I’m feeling only a little better today, but I went to work anyway.

There are 5 sections that each require at least one cashier present–garden center, returns, customer service, checkouts, & lumber. 5 is an absolute minimum. Today we have 4 people opening, and 4 people closing. There are no mid-shifts to cover lunches.

I’m running Customer Service, Returns, and checking customers out because there’s no speed requirement to be a cashier….

So that means I’m answering phones, ringing someone up, and calling a department for a pickup while someone else is standing in Returns tapping their tootsies waiting on me. This was a slow moment.

And I’m sick.

And I had NO sleep last night. None. When I finally fell asleep, Ryan called and I was on the phone with him for an hour trying to get through how to cancel his phone because it had been stolen. This all ended with the guy who took his phone bringing it back.

And my lunch break is over now. When I left, we were waiting on two people to show up. If I don’t see their cars when I pull in, I really may just come back home. I’m sick of this scheduling bullshit.