You know those days, the ones where you’re like “really? Can I get an effing break?!” That was my day today…ALL DAY!
I ran out of my allergy meds last night and if I can’t breath I can’t sleep so I took NyQuil. Well, that was a bad idea because I slept through my alarm and didn’t wake up until fifteen minutes AFTER I was supposed to have already left the house. I quickly threw my hair up in a messy bun, grabbed some mascara and lip balm ( must haves) threw some clothes on and ran out the door. I’m still half asleep so I NEED coffee. I get in line at (we’ll call it D’s) and one of my employees calls me. I was on the phone for ten minutes and in all that time I only moved one cars length. I said forget it and figured I’d stop at (we’ll call it S’s). No go…the line was into the street. I can’t catch a break. Fine, I’ll go to D’s closer to my work. Same thing. The line is wrapped around the building. I’m done. I’m just going to work.
As I pull into the parking lot some idiot runs the stop sign so I almost T-bone him as he proceeds to throw his hands up like it’s my fault. Really? Anyway, I park and go inside. I tried to log into the computer to print my reports but I can’t. I tried to do a password reset and nothing. I decided to log into the POS system and same thing. What the eff? Did I get fired and no one told me? I proceeded to call tech support. According to them I’m “on leave”. Nope. I’m right here. At work. Where I’m supposed to be. I WAS on leave in mid January due to company policy when I was exposed to COVID but that was weeks ago. They said unfortunately there’s nothing they can do. I would have to contact HR. Well, today is Saturday. How am I supposed to do that? HR isn’t open on Saturday. You see how this day is going? Can I PLEASE just go back to bed? After my second employee arrives and gets settled I decide to try to make a run to D’s again to get coffee and sugar. I asked for a French Vanilla Iced Late and decide I’ll grab some doughnut holes for the girls at work. I ended up with a hot coffee and terribly dry doughnut holes so I definitely won’t get those again. Anyway, As I get back to work it’s now pouring. I can’t just sit in the car and it’s raining slightly sideways so my umbrella is useless. So I get soaked walking back into work and feel disgusting as my heels squish when I step. Gross!
In the backroom, I clean myself up the best I can and head to the salesfloor. The first customer I start to get close to as I head to the cash wrap to check on my associate looks me straight in the eye and says with an attitude “you’re not very friendly”. What the eff? I literally just walked onto the floor. There’s no way in the five steps I took that I could have possibly done ANYTHING to offend someone! Even if I have RBF, all you can see are my eyes! What the actual eff? When will this stop? At this point it’s almost laughable. I mean there’s really nothing else I can do BUT laugh.
The day continues and JUST as I think things are starting to go smoothly I hear raised voices at the cash wrap. A customer is yelling at my associate. Her friend is also yelling at my associate. I don’t care what the reason is. It’s never ok to yell at someone in a place of business. I go to the cash wrap to see if I can calm the situation but she says the only thing that will calm her down is for us to refund her money on the items she ordered. Now I would love nothing more than to resolve this and get her out of my store but I can’t refund something I don’t have, especially when it was delivered and signed for at the office where she lives and we have a name, date and time. Now, no one likes to be wrong, so I suggest she check with her office. Perhaps they misplaced it. It happens all the time. Finally she leaves. I get through the last couple of hours and it’s time to go home. Guess what happens as we’re walking to our cars? The floodgates in the sky decide to open and we get drenched! Par for the coarse today. I worked a bit late and no one else felt like cooking dinner. I have yet to eat and needed comfort food. Fries will do it. I stopped for a Sprite and fries. I ended up with some disgusting fruity weird Sprite and COLD fries.
That’s it. I. AM. OFFICIALLY. DONE. FOR. TODAY. THIS HAS DEFINATELY BEEN REAL EFFING LIFE!
Until next time, XOXO Effie
Real Effing Life 