I got my biggest paycheck to date today. That’s because I had 25.22 hours of overtime for the past two weeks. When Berck saw the total, he said, “Well, I’m glad you didn’t go with me to my interview. I didn’t know it would be THAT big!”
Yesterday, the assistant manager told my team we could come in extra early today if we wanted. We all said yes, of course. Masochists that we are. So I clocked in at 6:55 a.m. this morning. I always clock in 5 minutes early because that’s as early as we’re allowed to clock in. And I’m…
Berck is spending the weekend filling out job applications and printing out resumes. Last summer I was doing this; now he gets to. I guess I’ll have to do so again soon as well. I took last Friday and Monday off so we could drive down to Mobile for the weekend. As it was, we…
It’s getting hot here. And working in a warehouse get miserable. We rejoice whenever the huge blowers kick in, bringing in fresh, sun-soaked air from off the paved loading dock. But at least I’m not being timed pulling. Hell is actually being forced to perform Sisyphustic tasks in intense heat. My team leader went on…
We’re trying to figure out what to do for my three-day weekend. Berck announced last night that we were going somewhere, and I had to figure out where. I was exhausted last night, so I told him we’d go to Colorado…where, specifically, I’d figure out when I got home from work. I was so exhausted…