And how was YOUR day?

Okay, so today is my day off. Woohoo! Sitting here sipping coffee and blogging. Ahh......

Now yesterday was the kind of day that makes you look forward to time off. I was closing. Like I'd done 5 of the six days I'd worked since my last day off. That already made it tough. I don't mind closing as much as some of my peers, but anything over 3 days worth gets old. I go in and the person I am relieving tells me that my service desk, the operator and one of my closing cashiers has called off. ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! Worst case scenario, I was down to two cashiers for the evening. And then there was the raccoon in the trash can outside. He wasn't well. Except for his tail and his face, all his fur had fallen off and he was skinny. Animal control had been called. They said to call the police, who said to call animal control. Orkin had to talk to the game warden to trap the wee beastie and we were waiting for that. So, due to bureaucratic inertia, there was a potentially rabid racoon peering out of the trash can everytime someone went into the store. ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!

Now, as it turned out, things went much better than anticipated. One of the 30 people we called did come in to work until close. One of the girls on the sales floor said she could cover the operator shift and zone up the area around it. The photo lab person covered the service desk. And, we were not busy. Whew! Had a little burst between 6-8:30, but that was also when I needed to get people on breaks. I am glad I have such a good relationship with the sales floor, so they come a-runnin' when I call them usually, and last night was no exception.

But I am still glad that today is my day off!!!! The dog in the picture is NOT Dogzilla, but it is the sort of thing that would happen to him, I am sure. Not that he'd ever let a raccoon get that close to him.........