It has been soooo hot these last few days. I'm sure a lot of you have heard about it - it's making national news (IDEK, are we making international news?). I'm preeety sure I suffered a bit from heat exhaustion yesterday.
I know I was having conversations with customers where I just sorta... stopped. In the middle of what I was saying :( Someone asked me if I was okay, and I was just like: "I'm HOT". I couldn't do basic math either. And I turned to one of my coworkers at some point and said "I'm going to be a bitch to work with this afternoon - sorry in advance."
Another problem was that the heat kept people inside. Most everyone has power back in our area now. So they didn't come out. Usually on Sunday, lunch rush starts at 1PM. That's different from the rest of the week which starts at 12. (church or lazy sundays or whatever). This Sunday started at 11! and ENDED at 1. Which means we had 4 hours to stand there, smile, and sweat. UGH.
So, then at the end of the day, I packed a giant glass jelly jar with ice and stuck it between my legs for the car ride home (I drive a 22-year old Toyota. AC is a little iffy). Helped me cool off, but not much. I got home and had HUGE sweat stains in my pits. *yuck*
This morning I discovered I went home with a handful of pens and an order book :/ Had to return them (and the glass - though that was on purpose. and they wouldn't have missed it.) this morning since I don't work again until Saturday. AND THEN, when leaving I walked out and COULD NOT FIND MY CAR. I walked up and down the back parking lot, frantic, worried that it had been stolen - or towed (it's a beater. v. unattractive). Then I realized that I parked on the side parking lot last night >:( SERIOUSLY. WHAT WAS I THINKING YESTERDAY?
tl;dr? I hate the heat.
Had a dream last night that I worked in a comic book store. It was REALLY crowded and I kept trying to restock things - that was my job. It started off with like an employee huddle, to get us ready for the day. Then we opened the doors, and people came in droves.
The store didn't look like a normal comic book store. It had less peg board and DEFF. less clutter than most stores. In fact it looked like a Barnes & Nobles. Dark wood shelves, and waist high tables. Clean.
IDEK.
I know I was having conversations with customers where I just sorta... stopped. In the middle of what I was saying :( Someone asked me if I was okay, and I was just like: "I'm HOT". I couldn't do basic math either. And I turned to one of my coworkers at some point and said "I'm going to be a bitch to work with this afternoon - sorry in advance."
Another problem was that the heat kept people inside. Most everyone has power back in our area now. So they didn't come out. Usually on Sunday, lunch rush starts at 1PM. That's different from the rest of the week which starts at 12. (church or lazy sundays or whatever). This Sunday started at 11! and ENDED at 1. Which means we had 4 hours to stand there, smile, and sweat. UGH.
So, then at the end of the day, I packed a giant glass jelly jar with ice and stuck it between my legs for the car ride home (I drive a 22-year old Toyota. AC is a little iffy). Helped me cool off, but not much. I got home and had HUGE sweat stains in my pits. *yuck*
This morning I discovered I went home with a handful of pens and an order book :/ Had to return them (and the glass - though that was on purpose. and they wouldn't have missed it.) this morning since I don't work again until Saturday. AND THEN, when leaving I walked out and COULD NOT FIND MY CAR. I walked up and down the back parking lot, frantic, worried that it had been stolen - or towed (it's a beater. v. unattractive). Then I realized that I parked on the side parking lot last night >:( SERIOUSLY. WHAT WAS I THINKING YESTERDAY?
tl;dr? I hate the heat.
Had a dream last night that I worked in a comic book store. It was REALLY crowded and I kept trying to restock things - that was my job. It started off with like an employee huddle, to get us ready for the day. Then we opened the doors, and people came in droves.
The store didn't look like a normal comic book store. It had less peg board and DEFF. less clutter than most stores. In fact it looked like a Barnes & Nobles. Dark wood shelves, and waist high tables. Clean.
IDEK.
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