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          | I got into work and noticed the carts weren't looking 
            too good. Blake and Josh were there. I told Blake to please tell me 
            that Josh had opened and was going home now, but he said that that 
            wasn't the case, and Josh would be there for another 2 hours. He 
            also told me that they had slacked off a little on the carts. Great, 
            thanks guys. So Blake was leaving and I immediately got called on 
            the walkie-talkie by Katrina to go help Josh get some tub thing off 
            a high shelf with a ladder, and that the customer had been waiting 
            for like 15 minutes. The ladder was too short and Katrina said they 
            already tried that ladder and we were supposed to have gotten a 
            taller one already. We went and got a taller one and got asked on 
            the walkie-talkie if we got it yet. Josh took it away from me and 
            said we had, in an annoyed voice. It was heavy, but I carried it to 
            the front and got it down for the guy. The carts really needed to be 
            done. I filled up inside and took my break and Josh went home. 
            Katrina was there where I was taking a break and said she's sorry 
            for getting on me, and she knows I just came in and came into the 
            middle of it. It's just she's a manager but had to be on a register, 
            and other registers' lights were blinking, meaning they needed 
            someone with authority to punch in some code, and the CSM was on 
            another register because they were short-handed today. And while 
            this was going on, she sees Josh on too short of a ladder and before 
            that, Blake had tried the same one, so she was stressed to say the 
            least.
             Anyway, after break I discovered the garden center's carts were 
            very low so I filled them up a decent amount and basically got the 
            parking lot looking a lot clearer. 2 hours later I stopped to take 
            my lunch. Subway, yum! When I came back the carts were still almost 
            how I had left them, so I got a cart of returns and went to find 
            their respective places. I got called to Electronics for a 
            carry-out. On the way, a guy and his girlfriend asked if I could get 
            a desk out from under some other boxes for them. The girl in 
            Electronics said to help with the desk first, so I did. I had too 
            look for a flat cart, too. We went to the registers and they had 
            lines of about 3 people. I couldn't wait that long to do the 
            Electronics carry-out, so I went to the Service Desk and asked if 
            they could check out the customers I was helping so I could get it 
            done faster, and they agreed, so the customers got a good deal, too. 
            While they were being checked out, another customer came and asked 
            if I could help him get an entertainment center out to his car. I 
            told him after I helped these people and the ones waiting after 
            them. Then I got a call on my walkie-talkie to help some customers 
            in Furniture. Jeez, just give me a break already! I got the desk out 
            to their car and rushed back to Electronics. The customers were 
            waiting to ask the manager something, so I did the Furniture 
            carry-out. Mark from Garden Center did the Electronics one. Well, 
            the carts were getting low after all that time, and I needed my last 
            break, so I quickly got the nearest carts outside and filled up 
            inside and took my break. I talked to Elisabeth a bit, us both in 
            good moods. :) I gave her half my candy bar (Snickers Cruncher). 
            Asst. Manager Fred called me on the walkie-talkie and asked where I 
            was. I said on break. When I was done, I asked what he wanted, and 
            he said that the parking lot... and stopped. I said I know it's full 
            of carts, and I explained the situation of the many carry-outs and 
            he said he knew about it, he's just reminding me. Well, I got it all 
            cleaned up and helped straighten some shelves and was off for home.
             (now some side things)
             When I saw Cree today, I said hi, and she said hi back in a 
            really dull voice. I imitated her and she laughed a little and said 
            she was in a bad mood. Lol. Also, I saw Carly and I asked how she 
            was. She said fine, but in a dull voice. I said something else and 
            she didn't answer, just looked at me. I asked if she was sure she 
            was alright, and she said in an annoyed voice, "I said I'm fine." 
            Jeez, I don't know what's up. Did I do something? Was it something I 
            said? Am I just annoying to be around for her? Well, she won't tell 
            me what it is, so I can't be sure. She either ignores me and makes 
            me feel stupid for repeating it, or just answers in dull, one-word 
            answers. I hope it's nothing about me, and I hope she feels better 
            soon. Well, goodnight all. ;)   |  
        
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