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It's February! January has come to its horrid, snowy end, and at long last the mall will calm down and I will have the chance to relax, breathe and become slightly more visible in the world (wired & otherwise) once again.
...well, except for all the work that needs doing this week, as we close the Winter kiosk down for next Sunday
...and except for the store inventory, which happens a week from Thursday (and which requires us to do a massive & frantic precount of everything in the back stockroom, and a bunch of annoying stuff out in the store, ie: wallets & winterwear)
...and except for the week-long trip down to Connecticut Mel & I will be doing a week after Inventory, wherein a much belated Commercialmas-ish celebration will be had with her family, and I will in all likelihood return to a store that will already be crumbling apart and require at least 2-3 days before it gets fixed up properly.
...hm, suddenly I find myself asking what part of February is supposed to be relaxing. (Note to self: kill anyone who dares to say "hopefully things will pick up for you guys in March", and blame their gruesome demise on El Nino.)Today's Lesson: just when you think it's safe to finally have a day off, someone calls in sick, leaving you the only person available to take the shift. Because there's nothing better than minding a store in the midst of Superduperbowl Sunday and contending with everyone who wants to do last-minute shopping before the game. (Unless we get really lucky, and the game starts at 3pm our time...if that happens, the mall will get substancially quieter halfway through the shift.)
This prompts me to ask: does anyone have an actual, working katamari ball? I swear once I roll up all the annoying customers (and *cough* accidentally all of our winterwear too), I'll hose the Katamari down and return it to you.
posted by Phillip at 8:06 AM
