It Just Frosts Me!

Ok so this has been bugging me for a few days now so I'm venting. First a wee lil back story or this won't make as much sense. I work part-time at a grocery store as a cashier. Ok now......

It's very annoying when people are too effin' lazy to take out their items from the little hand baskets. They just set them up on the belt where I have to reach into their basket and grab them. And they just stand there whilst I struggle to reach into their basket. Lazy Inconsiderate Mother EFFERS!!!!!!! It makes my job harder and just pisses me off. I have a scanning quota to meet for every order and you're not helping me reach that by pulling this kind of crap! I know they don't know or care, but Jesus how hard is it to remove your items? Take the items out of the basket and put them on the belt. Don't just stand there. What's worse is after I finally get all their stuff they decide to write a check. Couldn't you have been writing out the check as you stood there watching me reach into your hand basket and take out your items?! My Gods people are aggravating sometimes.

Now their transaction is complete and I'm left with this stupid hand basket and nowhere to go with it cuz the holder for them is where????? On the Customers side of course so they can put it there after unloading. DUH!!!! I hate people sometimes I really do.

Three Lefts is All Right!

A week ago I donated blood. I had been slacking on that since I moved out here, but now I've gotten around to it I hope to make it a regular occurrence again. I have not tracked down any donation centers like I was used to going to whenever I wanted, but I can search for nearby blood drives easily enough.

I found it interesting that all of the people I dealt with for my recent donation were all fellow Lefties. The nice old lady who checked me in was a Lefty, we'll call her Old School Lefty since she was well into her senescence. The Tech who did my pre-screening was also a Lefty, I'll call him Lefty of a Thousand Questions because he had to ask me lots of stuff, and so was the Phlebotomist who actually stuck me, she can be You'll Feel a Little Pinch Lefty.

Kinda neat to have dealt with only Lefties. I'm sure most people don't notice those kinds of things, but I'll wager any Lefty would. We all have our little traits that we pay close attention to. I notice handedness as well as people's eyes. What do you notice?

Something New Everyday

Today I learned a new term: Unshovel. Sure it won't get you any points in Scrabble because it's not a real word, but it is a real enough action. With Spring beginning to poke its head through Winter's fog we at the Zoo have begun to Unshovel areas.

To Unshovel is pretty straight forward. Instead of shovelling snow into piles to clear space we are now spreading it around to help melt it. Snow in a large pile will not melt as quickly as it would if it were spread a bit thinner on the ground. The more we can expose to the Sun's rays the more we'll get rid of. In an odd way we've come full circle. First we shovelled now we unshovel.

What was I Thinking?!

Next week is going to be a Hell week for me and it's my own fault. I don't know what I was thinking but I have appointments/obligations on Mon, Tues, Wed, & Thur nights next week. That's on top of working an 8-hour shift beforehand.

On Mon, Tues & Wed nights I have classes for CPR and First Aid from 6-10pm each night. Thursday night I have a meeting at work that will go until who knows when. I haven't even checked my PT job schedule yet but it wouldn't surprise me if I'm working there on the few free nights I have. So it's entirely possible that I won't have a free moment to myself until Friday which is my "Saturday". I'm also going to give blood on Saturday morning. This week is going to be a rough one. Why I decided to do all this right now is beyond me. I'm baffled and amazed I didn't realize what I was committing myself to. That's what you get when you don't pay attention. Lesson learned. Now if I can just get through this coming week. Spirits Help Me!