I ended up working at the pet store (a.k.a. the job I quit in August) last night because the person who was supposed to work had pulled a muscle in her leg. The free pet food sample shelf, something I always worked on and kept up, has gone to shit. The good thing about the declawing brochures is that there are still some there although a lot have gotten taken...the bad thing is that they're really low and no one has told me so I could make copies and I know no employees push them. Then I checked out Innova's new food - EVO. EVO is supposed to be this fantastic, grain-free kibble. In reality it's no better than any canned dog food and Natura (the company that makes Innova) is a bunch of assholes for talking down raw to promote EVO ("Feeding raw costs 100% more than feeding EVO!" - okay, show me ONE raw feeder who spends fucking FIVE DOLLARS A POUND on meat for their dog or cat).
Then this guy comes in at like 8:30 to buy a bag of cat food and some toys. I'm pretty sure this guy was drunk, or at least on something, and the whole time he's telling me about this great kitten he got from us a week ago (which means nothing at me considering I really don't work there). So I ring up his stuff which was like $10 and he keeps going on and on about I'm not even sure what, and he hands me his check. The check is for $50.
Me: "Um...your purchases are only $10.50."
Guy: "Oh, I just wanted you to give me the difference."
Me: "We don't do that unless the difference is less than $5."
Guy: "Well I was just in here a week ago to get my kitten - she was there. You know me." (Motioning to Sue, the woman I was working with.)
Sue: "Yes but we don't give people that much cash back."
Guy: "Yeah, but can't you just do it? I mean that was my last check and I don't have any cash on me....." He started sounding a little weepy at this point.
Me: "You could just cross out the amounts and rewrite them and initial it."
Guy: "Yeah, but I don't want to do that. It'll make it all messy and like someone forged it."
(Okay, yeah, someone would really change $50 to $10.50 if they were trying to get more money.)
Sue: "Well we're not going to give you that much cash back. You'll just have to stop by another time to get your stuff if you're not willing to change the amounts on the check and initial it."
Ugh. Idiot. We're not that stupid, really.
Working that shift was a bit depressing and it made me hate a lot of people.
I'm thinking I should really go back to school tomorrow. My original plan was to go back on Thursday, but I need to save another day off because apparently I have a dentist appointment in a week or so. And I've already missed a shitload of school (well, 5 days, but 4 of those were in a row) and I shouldn't miss a whole lot more this quarter. I was hoping to go back with some sort of piercing, but I guess that'll have to wait. Matt gave me a call tonight and we're going to get together tomorrow night after I get off work so maybe then I'll go get something pierced, because The Piercing Lounge is open until 10.
I need to go to Best Buy to get a wireless mouse, because my optical mouse is using the plug-in thingy (whatever the fuck they're called) that needs to be used for my camera so I can download the pictures onto my computer. There's another similar plug-in thingy, but that one is being used for the internet. I guess my old computer used to have two of the same plug-in thingys I need right on the front of the tower, and those would be really handy because a)they're right at the front so I don't have to fuck around with pulling my desk away from the wall and whatnot and b)I'd have a total of 4 plug-in thingys instead of two, meaning I wouldn't have to spend money I don't have to buy a new mouse. But I don't have my old computer, do I?
I hate computers.
Complain, complain, complain.
Chicken:
I don't think there's a whole lot of other new stuff. I'm working Wednesdays instead of Thursdays at Smoky Jon's for the next month because Ashlee has to babysit on Wednesdays or something, but that's cool because there are less people who work Wednesday nights which means the tips get split less ways which means I get more money. And I need more money right now because I've gotten such shit for hours the past three weeks.
Then this guy comes in at like 8:30 to buy a bag of cat food and some toys. I'm pretty sure this guy was drunk, or at least on something, and the whole time he's telling me about this great kitten he got from us a week ago (which means nothing at me considering I really don't work there). So I ring up his stuff which was like $10 and he keeps going on and on about I'm not even sure what, and he hands me his check. The check is for $50.
Me: "Um...your purchases are only $10.50."
Guy: "Oh, I just wanted you to give me the difference."
Me: "We don't do that unless the difference is less than $5."
Guy: "Well I was just in here a week ago to get my kitten - she was there. You know me." (Motioning to Sue, the woman I was working with.)
Sue: "Yes but we don't give people that much cash back."
Guy: "Yeah, but can't you just do it? I mean that was my last check and I don't have any cash on me....." He started sounding a little weepy at this point.
Me: "You could just cross out the amounts and rewrite them and initial it."
Guy: "Yeah, but I don't want to do that. It'll make it all messy and like someone forged it."
(Okay, yeah, someone would really change $50 to $10.50 if they were trying to get more money.)
Sue: "Well we're not going to give you that much cash back. You'll just have to stop by another time to get your stuff if you're not willing to change the amounts on the check and initial it."
Ugh. Idiot. We're not that stupid, really.
Working that shift was a bit depressing and it made me hate a lot of people.
I'm thinking I should really go back to school tomorrow. My original plan was to go back on Thursday, but I need to save another day off because apparently I have a dentist appointment in a week or so. And I've already missed a shitload of school (well, 5 days, but 4 of those were in a row) and I shouldn't miss a whole lot more this quarter. I was hoping to go back with some sort of piercing, but I guess that'll have to wait. Matt gave me a call tonight and we're going to get together tomorrow night after I get off work so maybe then I'll go get something pierced, because The Piercing Lounge is open until 10.
I need to go to Best Buy to get a wireless mouse, because my optical mouse is using the plug-in thingy (whatever the fuck they're called) that needs to be used for my camera so I can download the pictures onto my computer. There's another similar plug-in thingy, but that one is being used for the internet. I guess my old computer used to have two of the same plug-in thingys I need right on the front of the tower, and those would be really handy because a)they're right at the front so I don't have to fuck around with pulling my desk away from the wall and whatnot and b)I'd have a total of 4 plug-in thingys instead of two, meaning I wouldn't have to spend money I don't have to buy a new mouse. But I don't have my old computer, do I?
I hate computers.
Complain, complain, complain.
Chicken:
I don't think there's a whole lot of other new stuff. I'm working Wednesdays instead of Thursdays at Smoky Jon's for the next month because Ashlee has to babysit on Wednesdays or something, but that's cool because there are less people who work Wednesday nights which means the tips get split less ways which means I get more money. And I need more money right now because I've gotten such shit for hours the past three weeks.
And no, I don't stalk you, I stalk Wolfwood....