From The Stupid Files: Y8, W11

Day 50: Rain, 60s; 95 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Felt weird all shift.  Didn't know if I was tired or hungry, or if the mushroom-swiss burger I'd eaten made me feel sluggish.

2) Was HOT from 2-6pm!

3) Had LOTS of returns!  Several were taken back during my 15 min break, then more the first 15 mins of my lunch, and finally even more at close.

4) Felt like I had mild 'brain fog'.

5) Bought a 4th of July headband!

Outfit:  Blue hooded Cabela's sweatshirt, Hallmark Movie tee, dark jeggings, large hoops.

Day 51: Sunny, 60s; 77 t/a

ASM:  Dan

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Darien

1) Felt a LOT better today!

2) Cust tried to 'help' me bag and put the caulk tubes in the bag wrong!

3) Didn't get my 1st 15 min break; Olivia left at 4.

Outfit:  B/W striped shirt, dark jeggings, black danglies

Day 52: Sunny, 60s; 82 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Olivia had a curious thing going on.  When I arrived, she was in the bathroom (2:50-ish).  At 3:05, she took her break in her car (smoke break???), arriving around 3:20. Then at 3:55, she had to use the bathroom again, and returned around 4:12!

2) Customer's card declined; maxxed out.  Wife got fraud alert; came in and wrote a check. Joked her hubby was in 'time out' while we waited for her arrival!

3) Everyone liked my hair cut! (4 inches off!)

4) Mr. Prov ran in at 9:53 and checked out with his PVC fittings at 10pm.

5) Isaiah informed me his last day is the 14th.  Booo......

Outfit:  Blue crew Cabela's sweatshirt, black dog tee, large gold hoops

Day 53: Rain, low 70s; 82 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) 'Chatty Cathy' customer held up the line; it was backed up to Aisle 19. Someone called Alex and said it was 'freakishly long'. Madi came down to help, but by then, I was down to 2 customers in line!

2) Had to page 3 times for a Code 50 and for the saw. Jax blatently ignored me until I saw him, then pointed out the customer waiting by the saw. Madi unlocked the 100' drain pipe for me.

3) I'd forgotten my raincoat and had texted D about it, then CALLED him a few hours later.  He brought it.....at close.  Fortunately, it had stopped raining by then.

Outfit:  Brown gauzy shirt, dark jeggings, blue sappire hoops

Day 54:  Rare Sat

Day 55:  Rare Sun Mother's Day

Survivor 50: In The Hands of the Fans, Ep 9-10

 Ep 9:  Jimmy Fallon Adds To This Episode

Damage Control:  Everyone is scurrying around trying to assure Devins they didn't vote for him.

Christian offers to give his SITD to Jon, who turns around and tells Joe he'll take it, then vote him out.

Immunity/Reward Challenge:  Holding onto a bucket and OUTLASTING JEFF to earn a bag of rice!!!!

Jeff vs Ozzy, Joe, Tiff, and Jon  (Jimmy Fallon's idea)

Rizzo, Emily, and Devins drop....who proceed to HECKLE Jeff!

Cirie drops

LMAO!  Jeff is in pain after 6 MINUTES!!!

Jeff drops....TRIBE GETS RICE!!!!  After 7.5 MINUTES!!!

Christian drops

Aubrey drops...."How are you wrenching that up?"  "I'm psycho!"

Steph and Tiff drop.

Jon drops after 12 mins

Ozzy vs Joe.....Ozzy drops...JOE WINS!!!

Journey:  Christian wins the rock, paper, scissors.

Task:  Complete a puzzle before your rope unspools.  He doesn't do it. (Jimmy Fallon's idea)

Loses his advantage of writing a name down; now has to read a letter at camp.

Returns to camp and reads the note.  HAS TO VOTE HIMSELF OUT AT TRIBAL!!!

Emily tosses Ozzy's name out to Cirie and Tiff, who decide to vote HER out.

But Rizzo wants Christian gone.

Tribal Council:  Emily, Christian, or Devins?

Christian, as he's casting his vote for himself:  "I look forward to your apology".

Christian voted out,  6-3 (Devins)-2 (Ozzy)

Ep 10:

Survivor Auction!!!!

Devins:  $160 fries 

Emily:  $100 milkshake

Jon:  $60 cracker tray

Aubrey:  $280 mystery chaos and comfort.  Aubrey eats 2 grubs, then get the cookies and milk

Cirie:  $180 blanket

Steph:  $260 grilled cheese sandwich

Cirie:  $20 toothbrush and paste

Jon:  $320 Sea slug, but Ozzy gets the fried chicken

Cirie:  $280 charcuterie board

Rizzo:  Protein shake, 2 chicken breasts

Ozzy:  Entire cake

Jon:  Peanut butter sandwich

Aubrey:  $200 mac and cheese

Everyone's in for a shared item at $20 each.  Letters from home!  But at the same time, Mr. Beast (YouTuber???) arrives with a Beware Advantage that will be revealed at Tribal Council.  Neither Joe nor Tiff got any reward.

Next, Jeff closes the auction and says 'Follow me to the Immunity Challenge!'

Immunity Challenge:  Balancing on a beam while balancing a ball on a bow.

Steph drops within seconds

Rizzo drops

Cirie drops after 2nd section

Aubrey drops

3rd section:

Devens falls off, but gets back on

Devens drops

Emily drops

Jon drops

Joe drops

Ozzy drops

Tiff wins!

Chaos in camp as rumors fly!

Cirie has an extra vote

Ozzy has an idol

Steph has a steal-a-vote.

Who will use what?  And will it be effective?

Tribal Council:  Ozzy, Steph, Rizzo, Cirie, Devins??

Devens spills the beans on everyone who called people out, including Steph's steal-a-vote.  People began whispering.  Jeff and Cirie begin laughing over the chaos!  "You either laugh or cry, Jeff" said Cirie.

Mr. Beast Beware Advantage:  A gold coin, heads or tails. One person will flip it and if they win, they earn immunity AND prize $$ DOUBLES!  If they LOSE, they go home.

Who flips the coin?  Someone has to volunteer, or everyone draws rocks.  

Devins flips the coin!  He calls heads.....HEADS!!!!  Prize $$ is $2 million and Devens is SAFE!!!!

Aubrey, Steph, or Emily?

Steph steals Devens' vote.

Stephenie voted out, 8-2 (Aubrey, Steph's votes)

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W10

 Day 44:  Heavy rain, high 60s; 61 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Heavy rain began around 5; flooded our loading bay.  DS Ian found the squeegee and we took turns using it.

2) Aaron Knepp was in the store for 3 hours, with his family.  I teased him about bringing everyone in so we could see they DO exist!  Ian got a chuckle out of it!

3) Darrell T tipped a cart on end; I left it; he said he wanted to see it like that in the morning!

4) Woman decided the two Stanley cups were too expensive, so instead of handing them over, she put them into the blue buckets in front of the register.  WTH????

Outfit:  Gray G'ma tee, blue SC sweatshirt, faded jeggings, thin gold hoops.

Day 45:  Sunny, high 60s; 107 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Arrived; discovered Isaiah had submitted his 2 week notice; Raven 'stole' Olivia from Lumber to help out due to being short-staffed. Zion and Lazarie called in.

2) Isaiah had twisted ankle, so was taking it easy

3) Customer took the survey, then was immediately scammed.  "You won $500" popped up, but when he called the number, the guy wanted him to buy GCs from the app store.  NOPE!

Outfit:  Blue sparkly tee, black plaid, faded jeggings, large zirconian studs

Day 46: Sunny, 60s; 81 t/a

ASM:  Dan

HC:  Riley

Loader:  Jax (Isaiah and Darien called in)

1) Customer in a hurry was 'rude' to Pro Kath, who promptly dubbed him an ass.  He was just in a hurry and stressed, imho.

2) Jonah (Ian's son) rang up three customers and almost got his hands on the cash, but I intercepted it!

3) Olivia was 'stolen' again!

4) Jax went to lunch @6; within fifteen mins, a customer needed nearly 30 sheets of drywall.  Couldn't get anyone's attention.  Payton arrived; shanghied him to help out.  Two mins later, another customer showes up with concrete molds and explains he can only find 5 or 6 when our app says there's 21 in store. I call again for help.....then Chad walked in.  Told him to clock in and help the guy, which he did:)

5) Maria got the SM job!!!!!!

Outfit:  Gray hooded sweatshirt, faded jeggings, small diamond hoops.

Day 47: Cool, 60s; 78 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Arrived; Olivia was at CS!

2) Freakishly busy at first:  3-4 (21); 4-5 (11); 5-6 (18)

3) Couldn't get ahold of my guys to find flooring; turned out they were outside with no phones.

4) Tried to return Raymond's order; was unable. He went up front; turned out it was still in the system as  Pick up later! He'd picked it up on Mon, and no one had printed the ticket.

5) Accidentally cut up the new break schedule; Levi, being 'offended' by my actions, found it and stapled it back together!

6) Saw Mr. Miller, Kyle, and Dave (doggy dad to Maple and KD).

Outfit:  Blue/white striped sweater, faded jeggings, silver chains.

Day 48: Cool, 50s; 95 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Sam

1) 14 people in 1st 30 mins!

2) Went to lunch @6 instead of 6:30

3) Saw Kyle and Olivia:)

4) Screwed up and printed loading ticket before it was given to customer

5) Fire/rescue at Subway around 9pm

6) Customer tried buying 4 ceiling tiles (sold by box).

7) Woman reportedly said she didn't care when we closed; she was going to get her 'f---'n items!'  She left slightly after 10.

Outfit:  B/w buffalo check sweater, faded jeggings, red and white hoops.

Day 49:  Rare Sat Cool, 50s; 69 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Met Michael, the new cashier

2) Was steady until 7pm; after Michael left at 6, was busy for a straight hour!

3) Jadyn had the heater on when I arrived!

Outfit:  Mama Bear sweatshirt, faded jeggings, large hoops.

Off the next 2 days, to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary:)

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W9

Day 38:  Cool, low 60s; 66 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) We were fairly slow.

2) Forgot to take my 7:30 meds and took them 45 mins later, during my 20 min break.

3) Needed a Pit stop @7:30

4) Customer wanted 4 or 5 100 ft drain pipes; was brought 9!  I joked, "It's a buy 4, get five free special!"

5) Customer left a bag at #2 @8:45

6) Customer bought sand with a hole in, which leaked all over my counter.

7) Entitled Haitians checked out at 9:55; finally finished loading and left at 10:15.

Outfit:  Teal flowered blouse, faded jeggings, 'spaceship' danglies

Day 39: Warmer, high 70s; 66 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) TWICE I gave customers $10 instead of a $5!

2) Cust wanted full bunk of 23/32 OSB. Jax was at lunch; Isaiah busy. Taylor gave me the PRICE; I wanted to know how many were in the bunk!

3) Alex is about to get on my last nerve. "No writing, no playing on phones".....so you just expect me to sit there and daydream???

4) Had a LOT of plumbing parts to put away!  Thankfully, I also got a 15 min break so I didn't have to do it after we closed!

Outfit:  Brown blouse, long capris, neutral bundle danglies

Day 40: Warmer, low 80s; 65 t/a

ASM:  Dan

HC:  Ben/Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Cust came to Pro K's register as Matt was finishing up!  Was redirected to my register.

2) Tried to return siding, but system wouldn't let me.

3) Charged fan, but left it at home.

4) Ben and Raven came to give me $5s and $10s; I'd just returned iron bars, so told Ben to 'make himself useful' and put the returned items in the return bucket while I finished ringing up the customer!

Outfit:  Black Eclipse tee, long capris, Eclipse danglies

Day 41:  Warm, low 80s; 61 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Riley, Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Kolton (from LG), and Darius (new guy)

1) Thought Maria was closing, then Alex showed up!

2) The Haitian group checked out early, around 9:35!

3) Final customer wanted a tire gauge; had to sell him an $8 one.

4) Tried to help a customer, but the system would only email his 'cart' to Ian, not me.

Outfit:  Red LU tee, long capris, thin gold hoops

Off tomorrow, but agreed to help out over the weekend, with reduced hours.  Have I lost my mind?

Day 42:  Rare Sat, 6-close; warm, low 80s; 61 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah, Damian

1) Arrived at 6:05; Levi texted me at 6:04 for my ETA

2) Harassed customer who let his wife push the heavy cart of lumber!

3) Harassed Levi as he was cleaning out my drawer.

4) Had 3 people at close!  One's cards wouldn't work; he finally coughed up some cash.  I'm not sure I didn't still owe him $10....

Outfit:  White/black stripe tee with flowers; green vest, long capris, large gold ball/hoops

Off tomorrow, but agreed to come in and help out.

Day 43:  Rare Sun, 5-close; warm, high 70s; 47 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi, Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah, Damian

1) Customer bought water heater, took it out, and left us the box.  WTH???

2) Customer bought 4 bags of 50 lb concrete, then told Jax, "I'll have to move some things around; I didn't think about it until now."

3) Ran out of $1s at 5:30; had to give one customer $4 in quarters!

Outfit:  Purple and yellow polka dot shirt, long capris, thin gold hoops with the drop ball.

Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans Ep 7-8

 Ep 7:

Jon and Dee get into it; Tiff's mad about Kamilla going.

Everyone's mad at Aubrey for not playing her idol.

Coach begins creating haikus....

Oz and Riz return and their minds are BLOWN about the 3 tribals!

Emily tells Riz she knows about his idol, and throws Dee under the bus.  Dee is now furious at Emily for not keeping her mouth shut.

Journey:  Steph's name is pulled out of the hat; goes off to Exile Isle, and has to tether her arm toa bucket for an hour.  She gets the Steal-A-Vote advantage!

Reward Challenge:  Rolling large boulder through obstacles, then puzzle.; wins Chinese Take Out. 

Teal: Jon, Cirie, Chrissy, Coach, Aubrey, Tiff, and Rizzo

Purple: Christian, Ozzy, Emily, Devins, Dee, Steph, and Joe

Teal gets their boulder 1st

Teal gets to the keys 1st, followed by Purple

Purple gets the lock open 1st; Emily struggling.

Purple to the wall 1st, but Teal gets everyone up 1st

Puzzle comes down to the wire, but Teal wins reward and the right to fight for Immunity!

Immunity Challenge: Holding balls on a paddle above your head while standing on a balance beam.

Devins out 1st

Emily drops

Christian drops

Steph drops

Dee drops

Joe drops

Ozzy wins!

While half the camp enjoys the Chinese food, the other half schemes against Dee.

Coach begins to piss off players, and Dee and Tiff scheme against HIM!

Tribal Council:  Dee, Tiff, or Coach?

Dee tries to cause chaos at Tribal.

Dee plays her Shot-In-The-Dark:  Not Safe.

Aubrey plays her idol.

Dee voted out, 8-4 (Tiff)-1 (Coach).

Ep 8:

Everyone has to divide into pairs; Cirie's chosen to be the odd one out.

Pairs:  Aubrey and Devins

           Jon and Christian

           Chrissy and Coach

           Emily and Rizzo

           Ozzy and Steph

           Joe and Tiff

Immunity and Reward Challenge:  Obstacle and Ball maze:  Twist:  One PAIR will be voted out!

Toss ball into bucket, then race to grab it as it rolls down the track.

Next, partners pass the ball back and forth, using paddles as they go across a bridge.

Then you assemble a plank bridge.

1st 3 pairs across move to final round.

Maneuver a ball from a cage, then move it through the maze.

1st pair wins immunity and reward, spaghetti meal.

Joe and Tiff in the lead to the plank bridge

Tiff and Joe, Ozzy and Steph, and Aubrey and Devins move on!

Aubrey and Devins through the cage!

Oz and Steph on the maze!

Finally Joe and Tiff on the maze!

Joe and Tiff have one ball....

Oz and Steph have one ball....

Joe and Tiff win!

Cirie goes to Exile:)

She has 30 mins to find a coconut with a phoenix and she can return to camp and vote.  If the timer runs out, she stays at Exile and doesn't vote.

She found it!!!

Tribal Council:  Coach and Chrissy, or Devins and Aubrey?

Devins grabs his fake idol from the fire pit!  People start to scramble....but aren't really buying it.

Coach played his Shot In The Dark....Not Safe

Chrissy and Coach voted out, 10-1 (A+D)-1(E+R)

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W8

Day 33:  Warm, low 80s; 64 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Isaiah, Ben/Levi

1) Was steady until 7:30

2) Am #1 for AP4Me and got perfect score on LU!

3) Had issues getting Code 50 for customer around 7:45

4) Had to eat lunch @Pro, due to Kem not cleaning out the coffee carafe. Also had to get trash bags, so after my pit stop, had 3 mins to sit down.

5) Zero customers from 8:20-8:55, then nobody after 9:30.

6) Trash compactor is working again!

Outfit:  Dept of Having A Good time tee, long capris, small zirconian hoops

Off tomorrow, for Alex's GI appt.  Did tell Riley if he needed me, I could probably be there around 5.

Day 34: Warm, low 80s; 45 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Madi, Levi, Riley

Loaders:  DS Charles, Jax

1) Was asked to come in when back from E'viile; arrived at 6.

2) Discovered I'd left my phone in the truck.

3) Saw Izzy!  She's working at Harbor Freight.

4) Riley thought I was in my pjs!

5) Several customers quoted 'Win $500!' at me:)

Outfit:  Black CBS tee, red plaid leggings, small zirconian hoops

Tomorrow we go for Alex's probation hearing; I might be slightly late to work.

Day 35: Warm, humid, low 80s; 71 t/a

ASM:  Daniel

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Due to Alex's probation meeting, arrived around 3:20-ish

2) Discovered someone had drawn a penis on the 2nd column in Aisle 16

3) Mixed up the '5' on change; thought I'd forgotten the $5, but after I reopened and recounted, it was $1.66, not $15.66.

4) Final customer wanted a delivery, but took TWO HOURS to get the rest of their stuff.  I'd helped them get ceiling tile when I returned from lunch (8:10), but it was nearly closing time when they finally had their list together and I could set it up for delivery, then ring up their CW purchases.

Outfit:  Gray IN tee, long capris, small zirconian hoops

Day 36:  Warm, humid, low 80s; 64 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah, Darian

1) Wasn't sent on break until 8:10.

2) 9:30 customer had 3 carts; didn't help get the stuff underneath the cabinet AND left their carts at the entrance of the large door.  Then discovered one of the women had left their wallet behind.  Fortunately, she was a Rewards Member, so was able to find her phone # and call her asap.  Entitled much??

3) Matt is no longer our SM!  Went back to Kentucky!  Hope we get another nice one:)

Outfit:  Spare parts tee, long capris, tiny silver hoops

Off the next two days!!

Day 37:  Rare Sun Cool, mid 60s; 56 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Riley

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Had 2 people all evening!

2) Teased Yancy when he went on break that I was non-stop for 15 mins!

3) Helped a customer find window well covers

4) Swept the place

5) If Bryan had held on for 5 more mins before helping with returns, I'd have had the closing duties finished before the final crowd arrived!

Outfit:  Black Alaskan Hwy tee, red/black plaid shirt, faded jeggings, small zirconian hoops.

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W7

Day 29: Cooler, 50s; 68 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi, Riley

Loaders:  Conrad, Jax

1) Customers wanted plywood and 1x2s; told them to go down the drywall aisle; went down 18 instead!  But still managed to find it.

2) Rollo, the 14-week bulldog, was adorable! Tried to eat one of my patches:)

3) Customer hit the right door with his cart, knocking it off the track. Peyton put it back together, with help from Conrad.

4) Customer bought me a Reecee cup!

Outfit:  Red turtleneck, dark jeggings, thin gold hoops

Got a phone call Mom was being sent to hospital; called in the next 2 days and went to be with her.

Day 30:  Cooler, rain, low 70s; 60 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi, Levi, Riley

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) UKG wouldn't let me clock in; told Amy and she clocked me in.

2) Cust. said he wanted his receipt 'like this', showing me his crumpled one. Told I 'd wad it up, if he'd like....LOL!

3) Mr. N showed up; told me he'd passed over 2xs Feb 5th!  Had a triple bypass and doing well:)

4) Cust said if they used her rewards #, then she was honor-bound to pay for it!

Outfit:  Black/white buffalo check, white v-neck tunic, dark jeggings, thin gold hoops

Day 31:  Rare Sat: Warmer, 70s; 67 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Levi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Tried to return ceiling tiles, but system wouldn't let me. Alex came down; it was sold under Special Order 1; went through fine.

2) Saw John and Mercedes:)

Outfit:  Blace V-neck tunic; dark jeggings, turquois 'star' dangliex

Day 32:  Rare Sun Warmer, low 80s; 96 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loader:  Jax

1) Couldn't log into the Zebra

2) #2 not working

3) Rang up customer's order on Pro Kathy's register, then discovered it was out of receipt paper.  Managed to email it to the customer!

4) Isaiah called in; Jax went to lunch, just as EVERYONE needed help!

5) Customer handed me $145 for $144....and I told him I needed another dollar, THEN realized my mistake.  Then went to break!

6) Slowed down around 6:30!

Outfit:  Gold tee, dark jeggings, blue sapphire hoops