Go With the Flow
“Sometimes the best thing that you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine,
not obsess. Just breath, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.”
I stopped in Walmart on my way to work this morning to buy the ingredients to make ambrosia.
I got to the register, and the cashier checking me out looks at my bag of seedless grapes and says to
me, “These look really good, may I have one?” Seriously.... does this happen to other people, or only to me?
I am thinking... “of course, help yourself to the food I am paying for, and by all means put your dirty hands
that have been handling people’s filthy money all morning, into my bag of grapes” .... but instead I smiled and said, “Sure, help yourself.”
And when I was done paying I pulled off a bunch of grapes and gave them to her. I guess that should have given me an indication
of what my day was going to be like. Who does that?!
Got to work, my last chance to set all the Black Friday stuff and as usual,
had no equipment to work with, my boss dropped a ton of work on me that was not part of my plan for the day, the graphics
supervisor dumped all the graphics for my department on me and told me there were no sign holders... and then the snow that I had said I would believe when I saw it, started
...and then I just decided... whatever... I’ll do what I can, and not worry about the rest.
So, it became a normal day.... me, asking for help and being told once again how needy I am and that there is no help for me, and no help until I cry,
having the crap scared out of me by someone sneaking up on me (and he gets me every time... at least once a day), shopping with my buddies, and at one point,
laying down on the floor in front of an oncoming fully loaded cart, only to have the guy pushing the cart lay down on the floor next to me and say,
“Let’s just wait for someone else to run us both over.” Lots of hugs and uncontrollable laughter. Because of the weather, the manager started answering
the phone”Hello, this is Kohls Call out hotline, how can I help you?” He told me the snow ruined everything because people were calling out...
and added.... “Bunch of babies! “ So, we were short handed today, on the last day to get ready for Black Friday because of the call outs... oh, and the one
cashier who quit... because she had to talk too much... and all that talking was affecting her singing voice. (yeah, I have that problem too!) haha!! Oh, and I think I accidentally
asked some man for his phone number... in front of his wife... he had been joking around the whole time, and I said something that just came out really, really wrong.... lol!!
I swear, the things the customers see and hear....they must really wonder about us. So one day of “rest” and then we’ll be slapped in the face with
Black Friday! Bring it on.... ready or not... we’re going to make the best of it.
Go With the Flow
“Sometimes the best thing that you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine,
not obsess. Just breath, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.”
I stopped in Walmart on my way to work this morning to buy the ingredients to make ambrosia.
I got to the register, and the cashier checking me out looks at my bag of seedless grapes and says to
me, “These look really good, may I have one?” Seriously.... does this happen to other people, or only to me?
I am thinking... “of course, help yourself to the food I am paying for, and by all means put your dirty hands
that have been handling people’s filthy money all morning, into my bag of grapes” .... but instead I smiled and said, “Sure, help yourself.”
And when I was done paying I pulled off a bunch of grapes and gave them to her. I guess that should have given me an indication
of what my day was going to be like. Who does that?!
Got to work, my last chance to set all the Black Friday stuff and as usual,
had no equipment to work with, my boss dropped a ton of work on me that was not part of my plan for the day, the graphics
supervisor dumped all the graphics for my department on me and told me there were no sign holders... and then the snow that I had said I would believe when I saw it, started
...and then I just decided... whatever... I’ll do what I can, and not worry about the rest.
So, it became a normal day.... me, asking for help and being told once again how needy I am and that there is no help for me, and no help until I cry,
having the crap scared out of me by someone sneaking up on me (and he gets me every time... at least once a day), shopping with my buddies, and at one point,
laying down on the floor in front of an oncoming fully loaded cart, only to have the guy pushing the cart lay down on the floor next to me and say,
“Let’s just wait for someone else to run us both over.” Lots of hugs and uncontrollable laughter. Because of the weather, the manager started answering
the phone”Hello, this is Kohls Call out hotline, how can I help you?” He told me the snow ruined everything because people were calling out...
and added.... “Bunch of babies! “ So, we were short handed today, on the last day to get ready for Black Friday because of the call outs... oh, and the one
cashier who quit... because she had to talk too much... and all that talking was affecting her singing voice. (yeah, I have that problem too!) haha!! Oh, and I think I accidentally
asked some man for his phone number... in front of his wife... he had been joking around the whole time, and I said something that just came out really, really wrong.... lol!!
I swear, the things the customers see and hear....they must really wonder about us. So one day of “rest” and then we’ll be slapped in the face with
Black Friday! Bring it on.... ready or not... we’re going to make the best of it.