Is this Saturday?

Boy was it busy at work today. Even better, we have a shortage of workers. The guy who always splits when I work with him b/c can't handle being bored for 2 minutes (he usually works with merchandise but they like people who can work the registers as back up), was by himself his whole shift b/c his coworker called in sick. A manager had to give him his breaks. 

Then when I call for back up on my register side, I get the girl who can't work a register and always wants to bag my customers. I got 10 people in line, I don't need a bagger I need someone to check people out. Manager eventually tells her to get on a register and she keeps asking me questions. The only way she will get comfortable on a register is to get on one. Next, manager tells me to go on my break and I see the terror in this poor girl's eyes. I heard on the PA the call for back up.

I swear the lines never ended (and I worked a 9 hour shift). I commented "Is this Saturday, and not Monday? More coworkers come in and I hear a manager ask why we were so short handed (cut backs silly). Managers were getting on registers at customer service and my registers. Later one gal on my side went over over to relieve guy who always splits I mentioned above. She comes back when her shift is always over and informs us that $500 worth of merchandise had been stolen. She saw a shopping cart abandoned for an hour near her register and informed management. Manager checks out the cart to find a bunch of empty boxes. Yep, and we were too busy and too short handed to notice someone opening boxes and stuffing their super deep pcokets ($500 is A LOT of stuff).

Get home and Precious wants a walk. He got 35 minutes before getting cold. He kept rubbing up against me for warmth and demanded petting, but I am also cold so I'm not warming him up. He gets a single stroke down the back. Watched the new William and Kate movie they had on. The make up scene when Kate is on a boat reminded me of Forrest Gump where Forrest jumps off his boat to swim towards Leutinent(sp?) Dan.

Better go to bed. Got to get up early for another work day.