Long Strange Day

Dawn In Madrid

Why do Monday's always have an unusual factor to them? Maybe if you are a hearty party-er it is your traditional hangover day, maybe it is just because it signals back to work after the weekend. Of course for a day named after the moon and the lunacy that entails seems doomed from the outset for strangeness. It was kinda slow but steady at work so I got to get out from behind the register a bit more than usual to do other things around the store. Around shift change time I had an applicant come in for an interview which delayed the "paperwork" part of shift change although it is input into the computer via the MOT (Mobile Operations Terminal) or the hand held scanner. It got done soon enough after the initial interview and I had passed the candidate on to A for his evaluation interview. We both decided she would be a good fit, so we gained a new crew member. It was after I got off when it got kinda strange . Number one, It was still daylight out and not even 3 yet so I felt almost like it was a day off. A cousin who has joined our team bought Chinese for lunch for everyone and I took mine home with me. I got home, ate my Chinese (I don't do Chinese very often and I don't know what I ate, but it was delicious whatever it was) and then thought I would lay down for a short nap. 3 and a half hours later I wake up groggily to find a whole slate of missed calls requiring my attention so I was back up and at it again. I end up having to return to the store to set up a new hire in the computer and getting them started on their state alcohol certification so they could then run a register. The store looked good and everything seemed to be fine so I returned home to watch the Bucs and Panthers while working on this post. I got a call about 10:30 from the new hire who was quite upset. The course work for the state cert has a time factor built in to the CBT so if you finish one section ahead of schedule you have to wait out a time out to begin the next session. You have to do the session in one sitting , you cannot exit and come back to the same place. State law, another fricking reason to limit government interference in our lives. Any way, seems like one of the people who came in at 10 exited the program rather than minimize the window so he could clock in thus destroying 3 hours of diligence by the new hire. I will rip out their fingernails the next time I see them. Not really but jeez you would think one could see the clock in/out in the task bar and click on it but no, they had to play stupid and fuck things up. I apologized to the new hire and rescheduled her for tomorrow so I can be there to supervise and prevent this from happening again. It is times like this I have to remind myself that it is just a matter of training and not an intentional fuck up although a fuck up be what it is. I am glad I was not present or else someone might have gotten an earful of some colorful nautical navigation terminology directing him to pull his cranium from his rectum, being careful to remove any obstacles to clear vision. Ah the joys of management, ya gotta take the rough with the smooth. That was my Monday, how was yours? The redeeming factor of the whole day is all the hot guys I have picked out for your Tuesday Temptations sure to tickle your fancy (or whatever arises). Thanks for stopping in today, Until next time as always, Enjoy!

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