The last school districts to come back from Christmas break will do so tomorrow. This is one of the few things I miss about being in school. In the working world you are lucky to have a week off. I don’t mind since I will retire in a few years and have a much moreContinue reading “Back to school”
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Getting through New Year’s Eve
My new year’s eve got off to a bad start as soon as left for work. It’s not a good sign when someone runs over a stop sign at the first intersection you come across and it is only 9pm. I made sure I took the back roads to work to avoid traffic after that.Continue reading “Getting through New Year’s Eve”
Happy New Year
For those of you who don’t have to work tonight be safe and have a happy new year. I have to work tonight, but the next two years I have off New Year’s Eve.
Dildo Fight
When Amazon had their largest warehouse in Coffeyville, they had trouble keeping help. Even by Southeast Kansas standards, the pay was low, the working conditions brutal, and job stability was a myth. These are the ideal ingredients for the creation of legends that are remembered years after the warehouse closed. One of them involved twoContinue reading “Dildo Fight”
Black day after holiday
At Wally World we never got the big Black Friday crowds. But this morning we got the biggest opening crowd since we put the Halloween candy on sale half price. The Christmas stuff went out the door quickly. People are not going to pay the outrageous prices for non necessary food items. People I talkedContinue reading “Black day after holiday”
Back to work
After one day off for Christmas, I have to go back to work tonight. I get Wednesday night as my other night off this week. I should be more grateful I get a holiday off. The next two years Christmas will be baked into my normal weekend.
Winter Solstice
If it seems like the nights are too long, it’s because they are. But after tonight they will get a little shorter. I thought of celebrating with a bike ride to work tonight. The temperature is ideal at 60 degrees. But with rain in the forecast, it’s much safer to drive.
Christmas is just another workweek
I thought I would at least get an extra day off for Christmas. No, the schedule got adjusted. Instead of Tuesday and Wednesday nights off I get Sunday night off for my holiday, work Monday and Tuesday nights and get Wednesday night off. No sleeping in for me next week.
Paid Holiday?
The total compensation at Wally World isn’t too bad. What is abysmal is the holiday pay. Most people in the US get at least six paid holidays and nine or ten is becoming common. Retail and restaurants are the big exception. Paid holiday is a foreign phrase with no English translation. Wally World has twoContinue reading “Paid Holiday?”
Black Friday actually happened
This was my fourth Black Friday working at Wally World and the first that had people waiting for us to open up the store. We had about 100 people come through in the hour before I left. That was about as many as there were the three previous years combinec.
Footyfried 