When I got off work yesterday morning, the Halloween displays were coming down, the Thanksgiving displays were going up and the Christmas stuff was coming in. All is normal at Walmart. I wanted to get a turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I am trying to clean out my freezer for the side of beefContinue reading “Halloween is done, Christmas is here.”
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Weeding out the help, Part 2
At the bottled water company I worked for in Phoenix, we told our temps “If you can’t be productive,be busy. If you can’t be busy, look busy.”. One of the tricks we used was to walk around with a piece of paper in our hands like we were reading it. One of our temps caughtContinue reading “Weeding out the help, Part 2”
Old Man? Not just yet.
I got a message from a former coworker at my last job inviting me and some other coworkers for lunch. He said we could “do the old man thing.” I love to get together and shoot the breeze, but I ain’t old yet. Although by my family’s standards, I should be dead already. I willContinue reading “Old Man? Not just yet.”
Weeding out the help.
When I was working for the bottled water company in Phoenix, we went through a lot of temporary help. Most of this was by design, wanting to get rid of people who literally couldn’t stand the heat as quickly as possible. Sometimes we did too good a job and they couldn’t even make it toContinue reading “Weeding out the help.”
“I broke a nail.”
One of my coworkers at Wally World actually said this. In forty years of work this is the first time I had a coworker actually say this. I don’t think she is going to last very long.
I was a guinea pig
When I lived in Phoenix, I usually had an extra job I would do for extra money. I even did a few drug experiments. It was not that crazy, the drugs I took were proven painkillers that a company wanted to make a generic version of. The testing was to prove that Brand X workedContinue reading “I was a guinea pig”
Back to work
I went out of town for a couple of days during my Grand Final vacation. It doesn’t do much good to take off Friday, because you have to come back to a normal work week. When you take off Monday, you get a short week as a bonus when you come back from vacation. MondaysContinue reading “Back to work”
Saudi scum slam planes into buildings day
On this anniversary, bloggers are posting what they did and where they were on that day. In my case, I was at work in a plant that had no outside contact except when a tanker driver dropped a load. Since their information was third hand at best, nothing made sense, so we kept bottling untilContinue reading “Saudi scum slam planes into buildings day”
I hate Mondays
The bad thing about working in retail is the schedule. Hardly anyone working in retail works 9 to 5 Monday through Friday. In my case, I start my week on Thursday night. At Walmart it’s always Friday for somebody, just not me tonight.
Breakdown
I ran several errands this morning. I just finished my last one when my car would not start. I had a 10 mile walk home. I finally got a ride for the last mile just when it really got hot. I was thinking about riding the bike tonight, now that decision has been made forContinue reading “Breakdown”
Footyfried 