Thursday 28 October 2010

How you goin to manage?

This week so far has been hard.
Several of my fellow co. workers "idiots?" have taken the week off. One fellow co. worker "idiot?" was googling holidays frantically trying to find a last minute deal. Of course anyone with even half a brain knows it's school holidays and what happens in school holidays? yes the prices go way up. "well" he grumbled at the end of the week when he hadn't bagged a bargain holiday "you said no holidays in November." yes I know I said no holidays in November. I didn't say book half term week because you wont be able to afford to fly did I! Some how his enforced week in England appeared to be my fault. Friday afternoon last week the atmosphere was a little frosty. He informed me on more than one occasion that if he had next week off he could get a holiday for half the price. I was left wondering why he hadn't been more organised and looked in to it in advance. He could have appealed to my better nature and enquired if he worked extra hard on his return could he have the first week of November you never know I may have relented and said yes.
"how you going to manage next week?" my fellow co. worker asked. "just like I did before you worked here." I replied. And that's how it's been. Once again I have made grand entrances from the ladies powder room. I have dragged the open sign out on to the pavement and back in again when it's been closing time. I have made nearly every cup of tea.Definately washed every dirty cup. Cleaned the show room including the toilet. Served every customer and soothed the furrowed brows of the fitters.Especially the fitter who I had warned in advance that he was going to a very fussy customer only to discover the fussy customer decided to replace his underlay after his carpets were fitted. This meant fitting them twice. but all in all the week has gone by quite smoothly (so far). The days have been fast and the mornings have come faster and life goes on.

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