i don't really like birthdays to begin with for whatever reason...
Tomorrow is my birthday, and monday is another girl @ work's bday. Everybody knew about her b'day and i kept mine a secret. Somehow, it leaked out that my b'day was on saturday. Anyways....@ kmart, i drive on the hi-lo/forklift most of the day. I was loading up pallets of merchandise on a truck going to the distribution center when one of the project coordinaters (one of my bosses for special kmart project we're working on) came and ordered me off the hi-lo immediately. He told me that i had been accused of hitting a customer's car while riding and they were at the service desk with the store manager. I was pretty sure i didn't hit anybody, but i've been known to go recklessly fast on it, so it's not like they'd rule me out if it did happen. So i ask the P.C. if he was serious, and he said, "dude...get off now. Now i'm pissed b/c i have to cover your ass and finish your work, and now we're gonna be behind". He was extremely convincing that i had messed up royally.
I got off the hi-lo and looked in his eyes...there was nothing but a straight face and disappointment in his eyes. My whole body just slumped over as i started walking to the service desk (from the garden shop). I was now moping my my hand across my chest knowing that i was going to lose my job over something that i could have done, even though i still wasn't sure. At this point, tears started running from my eyes and i was wiping them away as i looked down at the floor while i walked shamefully.
I was about 50 feet from the service desk before i actually looked up and saw the ENTIRE STORE gathered in a big circle singing happy birthday to me. I think my heart actually skipped a couple beats and i wiped the tears from my eyes. I think i was in awe b/c i had no feeling whatsoever. I saw my mom walk out of the circle and i rolled my eyes back as i thought i was going to faint. It was pretty cool, but i wish they didn't have to use something so serious.
The worst part of this story is that i'm STILL unsure if i actually hit somebody's car. We get people that drive through the back-alley of our store and kroger and think that b/c nobody but trucks drive through there that they are priveledged to drive 80 miles an hour. It's extremely dangerous for them to even drive at normal driving speeds, considering the fact that people pop out, garbage falls over, and hi-los are going back and forth.
<--big 2-0 tomorrow
-=bmacd=-
Tomorrow is my birthday, and monday is another girl @ work's bday. Everybody knew about her b'day and i kept mine a secret. Somehow, it leaked out that my b'day was on saturday. Anyways....@ kmart, i drive on the hi-lo/forklift most of the day. I was loading up pallets of merchandise on a truck going to the distribution center when one of the project coordinaters (one of my bosses for special kmart project we're working on) came and ordered me off the hi-lo immediately. He told me that i had been accused of hitting a customer's car while riding and they were at the service desk with the store manager. I was pretty sure i didn't hit anybody, but i've been known to go recklessly fast on it, so it's not like they'd rule me out if it did happen. So i ask the P.C. if he was serious, and he said, "dude...get off now. Now i'm pissed b/c i have to cover your ass and finish your work, and now we're gonna be behind". He was extremely convincing that i had messed up royally.
I got off the hi-lo and looked in his eyes...there was nothing but a straight face and disappointment in his eyes. My whole body just slumped over as i started walking to the service desk (from the garden shop). I was now moping my my hand across my chest knowing that i was going to lose my job over something that i could have done, even though i still wasn't sure. At this point, tears started running from my eyes and i was wiping them away as i looked down at the floor while i walked shamefully.
I was about 50 feet from the service desk before i actually looked up and saw the ENTIRE STORE gathered in a big circle singing happy birthday to me. I think my heart actually skipped a couple beats and i wiped the tears from my eyes. I think i was in awe b/c i had no feeling whatsoever. I saw my mom walk out of the circle and i rolled my eyes back as i thought i was going to faint. It was pretty cool, but i wish they didn't have to use something so serious.
The worst part of this story is that i'm STILL unsure if i actually hit somebody's car. We get people that drive through the back-alley of our store and kroger and think that b/c nobody but trucks drive through there that they are priveledged to drive 80 miles an hour. It's extremely dangerous for them to even drive at normal driving speeds, considering the fact that people pop out, garbage falls over, and hi-los are going back and forth.
<--big 2-0 tomorrow
-=bmacd=-
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