So one of my employees almost got locked up.

Jesus h christ how fcuking hard is it to toss paper towels in the trash can and not the toilet?

Special sweeps week episode: "Flushed with anger"

Paleocon wrote:

Jesus h christ how fcuking hard is it to toss paper towels in the trash can and not the toilet?

Just be thankful they are getting anything in the toilet. My years spent cleaning a restaurant bathroom taught me one thing - there are a shockingly high number of people who are incapable of actually defecating in the toilet. They can get it on the seat, they can drop it behind the toilet, they can spray the wall - but they can't seem to drop it in that giat hole filled with water.

Polliwog wrote:
LarryC wrote:

Ah. Well. In that case, kick their gosh darned assess! I applaud your efforts to be the community's pioneer into the good life. It'll be hard, but you'll be rewarded in many ways. Sucks to have to fight, but tanstaafl, I guess. If you ever come to the Islands, I got your back.

The thought of Paleo and LarryC joining forces fills me with foreboding.

Episode 13: "Two guys One pump"

Episode 12: "Cracked Hose and Johns"

Anybody willing to follow Paleo around with a video camera? This would make a great Youtube series.

Curse my job or I would be all over this.

Episode 14: "No Parking!"

Episode 15: "Nozzle ---> Butt"

Episode 16: Mechanic in a Dragon Suit. Subtitled "Why Mrs. Withers' Car Will Never Be The Same".

Ugh. The point of sale system is a piece of crap. It's at least four years old (by corporate's proud admission) and was obsolete when they installed it. Now it's at the tail end of its service life and is crapping out at regular intervals. It requires frequent reboots and seems to take longer and longer to complete them each time. Frame freezes, keyboard locks, and failures of the tank monitor are almost a daily occurrence.

Today, it crapped out right in the middle of the evening rush. The fcuking FRIDAY evening rush. The FCUKING Friday evening rush on a day with a fcuking winter weather advisory in effect.

I'd do it myself, but the folks at corporate have made it clear that any "tampering with the equipment" will void our services contract. They freaking charge us a fortune and their definition of "service" is comical.

Episode 17: "Cash Drawers and Shrinkage (Oh my!)"
Episode 18: "TGIF, What a Rush"

Episode 19: "F**k Corporate! It's time to kill!"

Paleocon wrote:

Ugh. The point of sale system is a piece of crap. It's at least four years old (by corporate's proud admission) and was obsolete when they installed it. Now it's at the tail end of its service life and is crapping out at regular intervals. It requires frequent reboots and seems to take longer and longer to complete them each time. Frame freezes, keyboard locks, and failures of the tank monitor are almost a daily occurrence.

Today, it crapped out right in the middle of the evening rush. The fcuking FRIDAY evening rush. The FCUKING Friday evening rush on a day with a fcuking winter weather advisory in effect.

I'd do it myself, but the folks at corporate have made it clear that any "tampering with the equipment" will void our services contract. They freaking charge us a fortune and their definition of "service" is comical.

Can you get a Squareup account as a backup?

Tanglebones wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Ugh. The point of sale system is a piece of crap. It's at least four years old (by corporate's proud admission) and was obsolete when they installed it. Now it's at the tail end of its service life and is crapping out at regular intervals. It requires frequent reboots and seems to take longer and longer to complete them each time. Frame freezes, keyboard locks, and failures of the tank monitor are almost a daily occurrence.

Today, it crapped out right in the middle of the evening rush. The fcuking FRIDAY evening rush. The FCUKING Friday evening rush on a day with a fcuking winter weather advisory in effect.

I'd do it myself, but the folks at corporate have made it clear that any "tampering with the equipment" will void our services contract. They freaking charge us a fortune and their definition of "service" is comical.

Can you get a Squareup account as a backup?

No. Corporate has a monopoly on the point of sale system and credit card processing. Yet another gripe I have is that their CC processing is about twice as expensive as the industry average.

Well it looks like some dirtbag actually succeeded in stealing my last squeegee.

Animals. Fcuking animals.

Paleocon wrote:

Ugh. Now the new guy can't seem to read the freaking schedule. Seriously. How fcking tough is it to look at the damned schedule and see when you're working next? Especially since it hasn't changed in two weeks.

I need to put a sign on the air compressor room that says "Ass kicking room" and use it for employee disciplinary sessions.

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/... < There's a solid 'how-to' for Wall to Wall counseling.

http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.... This might also come in handy.

Good luck Paleo, and may the squeegee be with you.

I applaud the idea of an asskicking room. Some people just need to have their assess kicked. Probably should include a disclaimer about it in the contract, though.

This thread gave me pause to respond, as I've had several of my co-workers at jobs locked up. LCD.

Soooo. I get a call last night at 11pm while I'm getting ready for bed. Apparently, the night girl (Tamika) hasn't shown up and can't be reached and the weekend girl has been trying to reach her for an hour. There is no one around to relieve her and she has to get up a 6am to get to her real job as a corrections officer.

Not only that, several phone calls later, I find out that the afternoon guy probably won't be able to make it for his 2pm shift because his car broke down in NY and he can't find his way back. I told him to get to Times Square to grab the Bolt Bus ($20) and let his girlfriend deal with the broken down car. He's already got two strikes against him for no shows, so I'm not going to give him any slack here.

Rumors abound that Tamika was seen talking with the no good "ex" and now even her mom and sister can't seem to find her. Her dad got in his car and drove over to her place to find out if everything is alright.

Turns out she just took cold medicine and couldn't get up in time for her shift.

I told her that she had us all worried that "ex" had tossed her in the murky waters of Fells Point. She chuckled and said something about how she schooled him once and how he couldn't get the upper hand on her if his life depended on it. I said something about how relieved we all are that she is safe, but that now I'm going to have to beat her ass.

Subscribing. Wondering how Kick Gas is going to work in some oogaba to fully meet the expectations of the Goodjer demographic.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

Subscribing. Wondering how Kick Gas is going to work in some oogaba to fully meet the expectations of the Goodjer demographic.

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Not pictured, Paleogal sharpening a knife for when Paleocon comes home.

In one fell Photoswoop, Krazy adds both oogaba and drama to the show!

Okay. Two of my cashiers just got in a yelling match over who was late and who owes who half an hour on payroll. They both wanted me to be arbiter, but I don't have a time clock. I told them that I could go back to the videotape, but that if they couldn't work it out I'd put in a time clock and dock the living snailsnot out of EVERYONE for being a minute late and that boy did I mean it.

The more dramatic of the two (the one who is always starting rumors) just texted me that she is giving her two weeks notice. We're already down a cashier due to having to fire a full timer for stealing so this comes at a particularly bad time. The good news is that she isn't likely to find another job that will give her quite as much rope as I give her so I'm fairly certain that's just her way of being dramatic. Even if it isn't, it just means I get to be miserable for a week or two until I find someone I can tolerate enough to trust under constant surveillance.

Ugh.

I really need to finish my ass kicking room.

I really need to finish my ass kicking room.

With a combination revolving and open door.

Paleocon wrote:

Okay. Two of my cashiers just got in a yelling match over who was late and who owes who half an hour on payroll. They both wanted me to be arbiter, but I don't have a time clock. I told them that I could go back to the videotape, but that if they couldn't work it out I'd put in a time clock and dock the living snailsnot out of EVERYONE for being a minute late and that boy did I mean it.

The more dramatic of the two (the one who is always starting rumors) just texted me that she is giving her two weeks notice. We're already down a cashier due to having to fire a full timer for stealing so this comes at a particularly bad time. The good news is that she isn't likely to find another job that will give her quite as much rope as I give her so I'm fairly certain that's just her way of being dramatic. Even if it isn't, it just means I get to be miserable for a week or two until I find someone I can tolerate enough to trust under constant surveillance.

Ugh.

I really need to finish my ass kicking room.

Honestly, I'd just let her go, in 2 weeks take her name off the schedule. People who resort to tantrums at work aren't good for work place moral.

As a convenience store "sales associate" I find this thread thoroughly entertaining. I'm just glad my store is in a relatively low crime area so it's not quite as entertaining or life threatening as Paleos

Well except for that fire one time...

Nosferatu wrote:

Honestly, I'd just let her go, in 2 weeks take her name off the schedule. People who resort to tantrums at work aren't good for work place moral.

Seriously. As callous as it sounds, this is an employer's market. Make it clear to the trouble-causing employees that there are a hundred people lined up for their job at any given moment. And I think a time-clock is an excellent idea. Anything that takes the guesswork out of wages is the way to go.

The ironic part is that she is the one who started the rumor that I was going to fire everyone and replace the whole crew with Mexicans or Pakistanis.

Self fulfilling much?