Near Scare For First Solo Day at Shell

Cutter's Log - Stardate 8002.10.70
Current Song - Fool For The City (Foghat)

My first solo day at Shell took place from 11:00 am to 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

It was a disaster.

The air conditioning did not work. When I went to change it, I set it down too far that the system broke down. It was baking inside, while the outside was nice and cool. Wearing a polo shirt and kaki pants did not help me.

The two counter-one register format got so out of hand, that I sometimes had to place a milk crate on top of one of the counters in order to make matters easier on me.

I apparently had a $59.01 driveoff.

My shift replacement didn't know much about the store (she was a fill-in from another Shell), so I had to partially train her. She didn't have a key or a alarm code.

By 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning I was ready to crawl under a rock and rot.

I got good news on Monday afternoon, however. That drive-off didn't happen. It was a register glitch. Whew! Usually, that would be strike one in a three-strikes-and-your-fired system. Plus, I wasn't berated about the air conditioning.

This particular shift is called the "mid-shift" which is the one I don't often work. In fact, I had never worked it at Shell. It was menacing and really busy. The "late shift" (4-close) isn't that bad, however. I'll be working that on Wednesday.

So the first day was a little rough, and it can only get better.

WLLT Update: I heard the part-time position opening on the radio today. Does that tell me that they are STILL looking??? No matter how Shell works out, WLLT is still my No. 1 hope. I will now have to keep myself in the running somehow.

Pre-Pay: A new column on NISB will be posted after it gets copy edited by either mom or dad. It's about gas station drive-offs. It has nothing to do with sports, but is an issue dear to me. It was too long to put as a blog entry, so I just made it a column.