In line to fly Southwest, spot A-21 (nice!). A girl is standing at spot 20 and says she's spot 25. I point out that she belongs further back, behind us, and she gets a snotty superior face/tone, backs up about six inches and points to the area and says "Here, take all this space." I opt to not explain to her how the cattle call system works, but a guy walks up and says he's spot 22 so I say, "here - you're right behind me" so the girl has to back up.
Then, while boarding they announce "this is a completely full flight" and she slides into a row and puts all her crap on both sides of her to protect from anyone sitting with her. Obviously, that doesn't work, so I'm secretly happy. But, man, some people can be annoying.
Her usual other target has quit to take a government job, so I'm primary now. Another one of our staff is leaving today and she went to the store and bought a "Where the Wild Things Are" cake because the only other one was for a funeral. It was a valid tossup, but she made the right choice.
Here is where I'll keep count of the number of times I hear her tell about the decision-making process, and/or the deciding factor being that this one has "whipped cream frosting so it isn't so sweet."
Our receptionist is very chatty this morning and she doesn't have any other targets yet.
Her usual other target has quit to take a government job, so I'm primary now. Another one of our staff is leaving today and she went to the store and bought a "Where the Wild Things Are" cake because the only other one was for a funeral. It was a valid tossup, but she made the right choice.
Here is where I'll keep count of the number of times I hear her tell about the decision-making process, and/or the deciding factor being that this one has "whipped cream frosting so it isn't so sweet."
It's a glorious drizzly 61° outside, settling into some fall weather after an unseasonably hot summer. So what happens? The women demand we close the doors and turn on the heat. It's 78° and stuffy in here and those of us who saw the forecast and wore flannel are miserable. Okay that's just me. Yet I am annoyed.
i'd offer to exchange clothing or disrobe
because resist...
It's a glorious drizzly 61° outside, settling into some fall weather after an unseasonably hot summer. So what happens? The women demand we close the doors and turn on the heat. It's 78° and stuffy in here and those of us who saw the forecast and wore flannel are miserable. Okay that's just me. Yet I am annoyed.
Oooh. Open windows and doors and a breeze coming through the place. Heavenly.
It's a glorious drizzly 61° outside, settling into some fall weather after an unseasonably hot summer. So what happens? The women demand we close the doors and turn on the heat. It's 78° and stuffy in here and those of us who saw the forecast and wore flannel are miserable. Okay that's just me. Yet I am annoyed.
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Aug 17, 2022 - 6:35am
ptooey wrote:
The workplace radio is currently tuned to the local pop country station. The last 2 consecutive songs have name-checked Bud Light, and the second one had fake banjo in there.
That doesn't sound like a healthy work environment.
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Aug 17, 2022 - 6:33am
The workplace radio is currently tuned to the local pop country station. The last 2 consecutive songs have name-checked Bud Light, and the second one had fake banjo in there.
Edit: Okay, but Dwight's "Little Ways" was next, so maybe things are looking up.
As far as I know, these places own their buildings... they're all still in business, but they decided to not be open on Mondays. Or Monday/Tuesday in one case. The new place I understand, they're just getting started. And maybe the other places are having staffing issues so can't be open 7 days. But maybe if they don't want to concede the whole business to McD, they should coordinate the days they're closed so that people who want to go to a real restaurant can? I dunno. It's a different environment now vs when we had our place, but I hated to have people rattle the door and find it locked.
A lot of places here are limiting days due to staffing. A local pizza place had no delivery drivers on Friday a few weeks ago, so we just went to pickup - the place was slammed and only a handful of workers. Sign of the times. Coordination would be good, but I bet a lot of those little restaurants don't want to go to the competition and say "we don't have the staff, so we are closing a few days, want to coordinate?", no matter how good an idea it is.
As far as I know, these places own their buildings... they're all still in business, but they decided to not be open on Mondays. Or Monday/Tuesday in one case. The new place I understand, they're just getting started. And maybe the other places are having staffing issues so can't be open 7 days. But maybe if they don't want to concede the whole business to McD, they should coordinate the days they're closed so that people who want to go to a real restaurant can? I dunno. It's a different environment now vs when we had our place, but I hated to have people rattle the door and find it locked.
Yeah, they could try to coordinate the closing days. I know a lot of restaurants do close on Mondays, but that's usually "dinner" restaurants, not so much places that serve breakfast. Around here a lot of businesses depend on the college students (as customers and employees) , so some of them go to 5-day weeks while school is out. The semester just started so they try to go back to 7 days if they can staff.
You'd figure that at least a few locally-owned eateries could/would stay in business - as long as rents aren't outrageous.
As far as I know, these places own their buildings... they're all still in business, but they decided to not be open on Mondays. Or Monday/Tuesday in one case. The new place I understand, they're just getting started. And maybe the other places are having staffing issues so can't be open 7 days. But maybe if they don't want to concede the whole business to McD, they should coordinate the days they're closed so that people who want to go to a real restaurant can? I dunno. It's a different environment now vs when we had our place, but I hated to have people rattle the door and find it locked.
