When I went to work this morning, I found a note that we may have corporate company today so things needed to be perfect.  Yah right. Nothing is ever perfect around there so good luck with that.  I found out that we had a sanitation audit yesterday, just happens to be the day after I cleaned my corner. The only reason we didn't fail completely is that I did clean. One part of me says this is good because of course, we passed. Another part of me is saying Shoot because a failure would have shown that things aren't all well and good. Oh well, a few more things and it will be completely done. I'm going to visit Harmony today, see if we can't work out a time frame for me to go there. I'm very bad at change and slightly afraid that I won't live up to their expectations.

 

I gave our new guy a few tips today. He was pitching rolls on my counter for me to throw away tomorrow. I asked him what he was doing and he said he'd dropped them. I love the slightly horrified expression the new kids get when we tell them that the 5-second rule is in effect. We tray up things in exact numbers, so if you drop one roll on the floor, we're not throwing the other 11 away. I told him that after a little while of working there, he wouldn't want to eat there. Linda asked if I'd met him after I walked passed him 3 or 4 times without acknowledging him. I told him I'm not really mean but that we've gone through so many people that if he's still around in a week or 2, I may try and get to know him better. He just laughed. Our not so new guy, he's been here about a month dropped the ball again on a shop. 4th time and he still has the worst customer service. He may not last long at this rate.

 

I have great plans to be productive, but we'll see if it actually happens.

 

Have a good day everyone!

I took the initiative to clean most of my area yesterday. The only thing Vicky said was "Is this your cleaning day?". I just told her yes and kept going. I put in a request for vacation, starting the day after Vicky gets back. I also got a call from the bakery manager at Harmony, saying her fryer is quitting and she needs one who will stay for a while, like me. The only downside is that I need to tell my manager she needs to start training a replacement.

 

I get to hang out at my sister's new place today and wait for the cable guy. Yesterday I spent an hour weeding the garden and I'll probably do some more today. Sometimes there is a down side to working nights, it's that you're everyone's gofer during the day. The main reason I asked for a long vacation (6 days) is that I need to get some things done around here.

 

Feeling a little low with the weather turning cooler. It happens every year around this time. It was chilly when I went to bed, reminding me that summer is fading. It's time again to start stocking the house and checking the woodpile. And how to keep the horse warm this winter. She's very old and winters are terribly hard on her. We put a blanket on her and a heat lamp in the barn but it has no insulation and is impossible to keep warm.

 

I'll probably perk up once it warms up a little. Have a good day everyone.

This morning I was very productive at work. I had most of everything packaged before Vicky came in at 6. I left in all on the counter because if I put it on racks, we can't tell what was baked today, yesterday, or even before that. I left some of it untied because it was still warm when I bagged it and if I tie it, it fogs up and may mold. Vicky came in, looked at the counter and said "What's this?". I told her that it was bread that was too warm when I bagged it. She said that it was bread getting squashed. I told her that it wasn't because it was cool, just not cool enough to tie. Her response was that I should have put it on racks. I told her "Why do I kill myself for you ungrateful pains in the ass?". Her response was "Ungrateful?" I told her that yes, when someone kills themselves getting things done and all she does is complain that makes her ungrateful. I also told her the next time I was feeling productive I'd use it in my corner where it's needed. Her final response was that next time she'd just keep her mouth shut. Wise idea.

 

My friend is also having a bad day. He had to be at work for a meeting 1.5 hours before his usual scheduled shift. 5 minutes before the meeting was supposed to start, they cancelled it. Not yet rescheduled. He's irritated.

 

It seems like it may be one of those days, so keep your heads down.

 

Hope everyone has a good day.

About 5 minutes before I left work yesterday, my boss came up and told me that the store manager had been unhappy with the appearance of my donuts on one day. She couldn't remember what day, didn't leave me any examples and was told not to leave a note about it. I was told that "If the quality isn't up to her expectations, she'll find someone who's is.".

An interesting thought, since the last time she tried to move me to a different shift we went through 3 donut fryers in 2 weeks, before I went to the union to demand my shift back. It was a senority issue and I won. I guess she may have forgotten about that. My boss won't stand up to anyone above her, and we can walk all over her. I'm not afraid of my store manager because I have, what I once told my head baker, "the arrogance of senority". It would take a lot for them to get rid of me. I did go to Harmony and talk to the bakery manager there. She was my first department manager so I can go complain to her anytime. I left her my number and told her if she needs a fryer to let me know. Because I was told that I could only clean my corner when I had everything else done, it is still a disaster area. I really don't like having it that way but there's practically nothing I can do about it. I asked for a few days vacation about the second week in Sept and was told "we'll see". If I don't get to use it before I need to, I have no issues saying that I need to use it before Jan 5 and I'm taking it over the holidays. They will try not to let me but at this point, I'm beyond caring.

 

I decided not to go pack anything at my sisters' today. Tomorrow there will be 12 of us, including a professional that owes her a favor so it shouldn't take long to get her moved and more or less unpacked. She got tickets to a Rockies game Saturday night from a guy at work and offered them to me and Dad, but Dad's going golfing on Sun and has to be in Denver a 5am. She offered to go with me, a huge gesture since baseball isn't her thing, but i couldn't decide between the game and spending time with my friend so I said no. Also, I would have had to drive back from Denver at night by myself. I've driven in Denver once, in broad daylight and was nervous as heck. She gave them to two of the guys that are helping move so I guess it's alright but I still feel bad for saying no.

 

I went and pulled weeds in the garden. It's in sorry shape. Most of the corn is broken and some of it isn't even hip high yet. The carrots need thinned and we lost a fair amount of tomatoes when the vines came off the cages and were resting on the ground. But we've got cabbage that's bigger than basketballs and I have some hope for the potatoes and onions but I don't think we're going to get anywhere near what I wanted to. I guess we'll have to try harder next year.

 

I think that's everything. Everyone have a happy day!

This was the best weekend since the Ren festival. My aunt, uncle, and cousin were very friendly, dinner was great, and my sister got a good cake for me.

 

Mom kept buggin me for what I wanted on my cake. I told her as long as it was chocolate with white icing, I didn't care. So my sister called the Harmony store, where 4 of my former co-workers currently work. She told one of them it was for me and her reply was "Oh, for Gina, okay no pink". Yay, I'm remembered. Dinner was good, pork ribs and corn on the cob, baked potatoes and salad. While we were eating, the dogs went nuts so Dad got up to see what they were after. It was my friend with my birthday present. Everyone thinks we're both nuts but he got me an Ipod and half a case of peaches. I love peaches so I think it's great. Most everyone else is "He got you produce for your birthday?"

 

Work has been pretty good. I figure if I don't get everything they want done, they complain and if I do, they don't say anything anyway so I just get done what I can and go home.

 

My cousin was funny, she's like me and my sister put together. This little blond blue eyed girl in pink and sparkly jeans saw me come in and started jumping up and down saying "Can I go see the snake, can I go see the snake?". So we came here and I let her pet the snake and answered some of her questions. My sister thinks that once they actually move to the state we'll see them about once a month. Which I don't think we'll mind too much. Still don't have an official plan for Thanksgiving but we're working on it. With the current one, my sister would be awake for over 24 hours so she's thinking it needs modified. I figure I'll wait till it gets closer to worry about it.

 

I think that's about it. Have a happy day all!!