From The Stupid Files: Y7, W11

Day 31:  Rain, high 50s; 100 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Austin

Loaders: Jax, Conrad, Joe

1) We were very short-staffed; all the CS called in, as did our Garden cashier.  Joked Shelby and I hadn't gotten the memo!

2) Customer wanted to do a phone sale, but couldn't get the person on the phone.  Ended up saving the invoice while he kept trying to make contact, and rang up the others. Finally the person answered the phone, and it was taken care of.

Outfit: Ash gray IN sweatshirt, fuzzy sweater tee, new dark jeggings, small gold hoops.

Day 32: Warmer, high 70s; 65 t/a

ASM:  Chris

HC: Austin

Loaders:  Jax, Bright, Joe, Conrad

1) Was called in to help cover breaks; Switched places with Dawson.

2) Had 4 loaders????  WOW!

3) Customer returned insulation, but the return tab showed a different screen. Finally, Emma figured it out.

4) D came in just as Dawson sent me to break.

5) Customer had over $2K in purchases; said he was a Pro, but no phone #. Couldn't run it through VSP.

Outfit: Blue sequined tee, new dark jeggings, crystal 'tear' danglies

Day 33: Warmer, sunny, mid-70s; 85 t/a

ASM: Chris

HC:  Austin

Loaders:  Jax, Joe

1) Plywood had no tag; customer brought me another tag.

2) Shingles: Barcode was faded; had to search for several mins for right color.

3) Customer kept insisting she had a 'business account', then I figured out it was tax exempt. She kept telling me to look under the business name; finally found it under advanced search; the phone # wasn't the correct one. Then she wanted a pick up later, and was able to use her own phone # for that.

4) Irate customer b/c we paged 5 times for someone to help him in plumbing, but no one came. Loader Joe went with him to help out, and he was happier. ASM Chris was covering 4 departments, plus helping Fulfillment.

Outfit: Gray 3/4 sleeve hooded sweatshirt, faded jeggings, diamond flowers,

Off tomorrow, for Creative Market:)

Day 34:  Warmer, high 60s

ASM:  Alex

HC: Kaitlyn

Worked at ASCO from 3-9

1) Little old lady wanted me to check her out AND put her $$ in for her.

2) Customer had wire, then moved their cart; turned out they had a LOT more!  HC Sonia helped out at ASCO, since Halle was in Garden.

3) At 9pm. I went out with Brayden to get carts.....and there was a lot of 'em. Made at least 3 trips with regular carts; made 2 trips with the Lumber carts, and one with a Garden cart.  Went to the training room and did my LU, then clocked out around 9:45.

Outfit:  Brown blouse, faded jeggings, neutral danglies

Came home and pissed off the spouse when I informed him Nan and I were off to Branson in the morning.  Threw everything in the past 30 years in my face, calling me a selfish, manipulative b**ch and forget about giving me any help toward my medical bill; if I could afford a $200 trip to Branson, then I could catch up the $300 payment myself. Fine. Nobody's complaining, and I ASKED HIM if he wanted to go FIRST!

Yes, I have ZERO guilt about this trip. It's something I've always wanted to do, and I've saved my $$ to do this.  I'm sorry if that makes me selfish.  I've NEVER talked HIM out of doing anything he wanted to do. But by all means, call me selfish for taking a 24-36 hour trip out of town.  It's Mother's Day weekend; be happy I'm not asking you to take me out to eat or get me flowers!