12.21.2002
Today
Been sick. Getting worse. Not fun. If this keeps up, I won't be able to work all those double shifts.
Double Shifts
Ron came up to me yesterday, while he wasn't spazzing (GEEZ, he was in a killer bad mood yesterday), and asked if I was ok with my schedule. I gave him a sidelong glance and told him I could have done without the Christmas Eve night shift, but everything else would be ok--'long as I didn't die of being sick first. >.<
Had one of the other ToGo girls call me up during my lunch yesterday begging me to take her night shift that night. I told her I couldn't--I was sick, getting worse, and I needed time to recuperate. I think taking time made me worse--I've only felt this bad a few times. Though I have felt worse.
Random thought
HAPPY NAVEL DAY, JAMAL! (And poor you for being sick, too.)
Another Random Thought
If I don't see you before the holidays, Merry ChrisTmas and whacked New Year! ;) My cards are running late in the mail, since I've had lots of junk and stuff going on *cough*WORK*cough*, so just have patience. ;)
Liar, Liar...
At least Ron was in a good mood on Thursday. And that caused an interesting convo between us servers. I walked in on the middle of a conversation, where Ron was loudly stating that he has NEVER lied, NEVER EVER, heavens no, not Ron.
Me: *quiet cough*
Ron shot a comically evil look at me. "What, you say that I have?"
"Well..."
"Name one time, c'mon, one time!"
I was at a loss. "I can't really think of any--"
"HA!"
"--but I know that you have. I can sense it."
This prompted a rolling of eyes from him.
~~LATER~~
Now Ron's accusing everyone ELSE of lying to [sarcasm]sweet, caring him[/sarcasm].
Once again, I've walked in on the middle, and all the servers are clustered around him, laughing at his somewhat outrageous claim--it had SOME truth to it, but not completely.
Before I could open my mouth to object, he spots me and points his index finger at me. "Even you, darlin'!"
"BULL!" I shot back.
Everyone started to laugh.
"I can't really think of any--"
"BULL!" I say again, trying to protect my dignity.
"--but I know that you have. I can sense it."
"Oh BULL!" I gripe loudly between laughs. The irony was not lost on me. XP XD
Mild Mannered? Why, yes I AM!
Then there was the arguement about my nature. One of my server friends (a pretty quiet guy) had finished listening to the comical accusation of our manager, then grinned and turned to me.
"I--I--I--" I stuttered. I was at a loss for words, or lost in laughter. Wasn't sure.
"Naw, you're not that much of a liar. You're pretty mild mannered."
I smiled sweetly at the comment.
The server grins again, begins to walk out of the passout, and adds: "Most of the time."
My jaw drops and I stalk after him. "Tell me what you meant by that!"
He just smirks and walks away; Shannon hears the whole thing.
I turn on him. "I'm mild mannered, right?"
He raises an eyebrow, grins: "Most of the time."
I gripe loudly again. "ALL of the time!" I holler, much to his amusement.
Chili's, like no place else. Heh.
12/21/2002 11:30:00 AM
12.19.2002
In Tribute to Sluggy.com
AuronLuver: guess what--I get to work several double shifts the next few weeks.. >.<
AuronLuver: Christmas Eve, the day after Christmas, New year's eve AND day
AuronLuver: pffft
AuronLuver: *decides to go blow Ron's house up*
omega reh: [not really technically yet....]
omega reh: o0
omega reh: Stay good, Ginny! Stay good!
AuronLuver: *gets evil Sam look*
AuronLuver: Lock and LOAD, baby!!!
omega reh: Stay good--Ooh! What's that?
AuronLuver: *lol!*
AuronLuver: (sluggy.com is AWESOME)
omega reh: [I love Kiki.]
AuronLuver: [isn't she great?]
AuronLuver: [she reminds me of...well, me, heh]
AuronLuver: *builds overly huge bot capable of mass destruction(
AuronLuver: Now Sara...don't touch
AuronLuver: this thing is very sensitive, and it's only meant to destroy Ron's house
AuronLuver: don't touch any of the overly shiny buttons...ok?
omega reh: *poing!*
AuronLuver: oO
AuronLuver: No, Sara, NO!
AuronLuver: That button--
omega reh: I'm poising Ginny's ...sooomething!
(Note--shame I didn't point out how WRONG that sounded.)
AuronLuver: ah, that button...
omega reh: Wheee!
AuronLuver: OO--!!!!
omega reh: *FOOM!*
AuronLuver: (what does that button--oh)
AuronLuver: (oops)
AuronLuver: um....
omega reh: *stops poinging*
omega reh: Um...Ginny?
AuronLuver: *points to Sara* She did it!
AuronLuver: Yes?
omega reh: Look, look, it works! It's on fire, just like the blaster, and the time machine, and...
omega reh: *giggles*
AuronLuver: >.<
AuronLuver: Bad Sara
12/19/2002 11:04:00 PM
12.18.2002
Which Gundam Wing character are you?
12/18/2002 09:08:00 PM
First things first
*hugs Reh*
And now...
Well, just got my holiday schedule. Looks like I'll be spending a LOT of it (nights included) at work. >.< Which means I'm going to be on a lot less for the next few weeks. *cries* Which also means a lot of tiring doubles. What a way to spend the holiday break.
Pardon me whilst I go whine to Ron.
Two Towers!!!
Two Towers came out today. Just thought you should know. ^_~
12/18/2002 05:53:00 PM
12.17.2002
Waiting for all of you to update your blogs, heh.
Waiting to get over this horrid sore throat--I nearly lost my voice at work today. Naturally, Chad and Shannon found that hilarious.
12/17/2002 09:21:00 PM
It's a Working Kind of Day
Where do I start, heh? How about the stupid complaints I heard today?
Complaint #1
An elderly lady, one of those grandmother types, comes in to buy giftcards. We have several denominations of giftcards ($5 to $50), and each have their own designs on the front of the card ($5 has the Chili's logo on it, the $10 has a pic of our Presidente Margueritas on it, and so on). Well, the grandmother wanted three $10s (among other things), two of them for her grandkids. She looks at the $10 cards' design...
....blinks a few times...
"Dear?" she asks me, "I don't like the idea of having alcholic drinks on these giftcards. They're for kids, you know."
I listen to her patiently, nod in agreement...but I know in the back of my mind, I really don't have much control over what goes on the giftcards.
"Dear," she says (I can't STAND it when they call me "dear"), "you should tell your managers to get more family friendly designs that don't have drinks on them."
"Yes ma'am." (I later related this to my mangers, and they hooted with laughter. They can't control the images any more than I can.)
Complaint #2
One of my regulars orders a tab of $23. Sends his flunky in with a $100 bill. The flunky gets pissed because all I have are $5s (very few) and $1s (lots). I'm forced to give him two $25 dollar sets of $1s, knowing that if I gave him all my $5s in the transaction, I'd have mad customers later for not having anything BUT $1s!
He gripes at me that my company is not taking the time to go to the bank enough to make change, and now HIS company has to go to the bank to make change. I also related this story to my managers, commenting that, by making us give change for a $100 via a $23 check was just as bad on his part, as on ours, not to go to the bank. I swear, sometimes I think our tagline is "First International Bank of Chili's, how can we help you?" Oy. YOU go to the bank next time, mister--I actually have other customers to give change to, thanks!
Complaint #3
In case you didn't know by now, I'm highly protective of my perfect ToGo status. I almost never make mistakes. So naturally, it surprised me when Shannon informed me that someone just called, BAWLING her heart out that her Lettuce Wraps were screwed up.
"Wha?"
"Did you have an order for that today?"
"Well, yeah, but it was all modified--beef for chicken, double ranch, and I made sure the lettuce was in there, too."
"Huh." He flips through my tickets, fails to find a match for the lady's order.
"Trying to make me look bad, huh, Shan?"
"Oh hush," he grins.
"Bawling, though...she was bawling?"
"Yeah."
"Unless it was your boss' and you got fired for it, I don't see why you should bawl about it."
"Me either," he agreed.
"So, what did you do for her?"
"Told her to come see me at her earliest convinience."
The lady never showed. I pointed out that the lady was prolly calling the wrong store (heck, yeah, I DON'T screw things up), and Shannon grinned at the thought of the lady chewing out the GM of whichever store she went to.
What a freaky day.
Manager Fun
Well, very interesting. Shannon and I are friends again, YAY! I hate not being friends with him--he's great when you get along with him, but miserable if you are on his bad side. (Maybe this taps into that dream I had, Shaun? oO)
Anyways, I remember showing up for work this morning, and was surprised to see that Ron was not there, but rather, Chad was. And after a bit, Shannon too. I inwardly groaned, for I still wasn't on good terms with him at the beginning of the shift. Things quickly changed, though. (Fortunately, Chad and I are always on good terms, since he says that having me on ToGo means one less thing to worry about. Chad and Shannon are best buds, so surely Shannon has to tolerate me, right? ^_~)
Anyways, Shannon had just walked in, I politely said hello to him...then Chad did something really really weird. I don't remember what it was, but I do remember growing wide eyed at Chad, comically backing away from him, and saying, "Oh no no no no...it's too early for this, Chad!" Shannon was in an instant fit of laughter.
I guess it doesn't take much to break the ice. Next thing I know, Shannon's pulling his age old "Spaz the high strung To Go girl out" bit again...>.< Always nice to get acquainted with the ceiling, heh. He thought that was hilarious.
Things were going great after that. Chad teased me about killing our rush ("they found out you were here, so they stopped coming. Way to go, Knapp (he has this thing about calling people by their last name, heh)."), and Shannon flicked sauteed onions at me. Ewww....
During all this, all the servers that were available (ie--not working) attended Jeff's funeral. I'm not sure if Ron went or not, but I do know he showed up about the time the servers returned. He then hid himself in the office, working on the server schedule. When I went back at the end of my shift to drop my "bank" off, he didn't chat like usual. Didn't even turn to look at me. Just kinda grunted and kept staring at the schedule real hard. Not normal for him--usually he loves to complain to me about the complications of this server's schedule or that server's request, etc. Maybe he did attend the funeral...who knows? Like I said, he's not one for showing the "weaker" emotions too well. (Though I heard he was on a screaming rampage the other night.)
Final words
Well, still dwelling in the shock of losing Jeff, so I just want to tell everyone who reads this that I care for you and pray for you every night. I don't want to feel regret for not paying you enough attention, and I don't know when the last time I might get to talk to you may come, so...
...just know that I care for you. That I appreciate you. That I thank you for being you, because you've had an impact on my life.
Thanks, Jeff...
12/17/2002 09:15:00 PM
12.16.2002
What Drink Are You?
Oh, that's comforting. >.<;;;
Ron tomorrow. Whee. He called today while I was at work, and got me answering the phone. He knew about Jeff before I did, so he was trying his best to be gentle, I guess.
(me) "Chili's Garland, Gift card headquarters, this is Ginny, how can I help you?"
(Ron) "Hey, darlin', it's me."
(me, softly) "Hey, Ron..."
(Ron, equally softly) "Are you doing all right today? (suddenly switches tone of voice) By that I mean...ah...how's it going over there?"
(Me: I blinked. All I could think was, Did he know about Jeff? Did he know that I knew about Jeff? Was he worried about being the one to break it to me?) "A little slammed earlier, but now...pffft."
(Ron) "Ah."
(Quiet for a moment)
(Ron)"Greg-o there?"
(Me) "Yeah, hang on." *click*
I was still sorta in denial about Jeff at the time, really...I had just seen him Friday, and he had been FINE! Honest... And I feel awful, because we got really busy, and I didn't have a chance to say a proper goodbye when he left for the day...
I know Ron knows. I know he knows I know. Neither of us like to show emotion at all. Beh.
This'll make for an interesting day tomorrow.
12/16/2002 11:03:00 PM
In Memory of Jeff Aldridge
...Chili's bar won't be the same without you...
12/16/2002 03:06:00 PM
12.15.2002
Me like Warcraft III. Me am addicted. Not good. Only one copy in house, and it belongs to my bro. >.<
Thanks for just listening last night, Sar--it meant the world to me. I'm still thinking that I need to get off the net more and live in the real world more, for the reasons I told you. Or just be a recluse, heh. I just never seem to be around when people need me...either that or I spend too much time in my video game world. ;)
In the Spirit
I'm FINALLY in the holiday spirit, and you know why? It's not because of talking snowmen, glowy nosed reindeer, or endless rendentions of that Jingle Bell Rock crap they hand us every year. And, yes, Virginia knows there was a Santa Claus, but his REAL name was St. Nicklas (sp), and, incidentally, he was a firm Christian (true history--look it up sometime).
I'm in the spirit because I heard what I needed to hear--the REAL reason behind the Season--Jesus. In a country where "Under God" has been banned from the Pledge of Allegiance, it's a half comfort to know that the word "Christmas" is still sanctified by the masses of corporate comercialism and carols--never mind the fact that we always forgot to pronounce the "t", like we should.
Seriously, though, it's a relief to finally join the happy masses, lifting our joyful voices to thank God for sending us a second chance in Jesus. And I am reminded that being a Christian is not about what I do, or what I say. It's about believing that God came down to earth among us as both true man and true God, that He died on the cross for our sins, and that He rose again on the third day so that we could join Him in heaven when we die. As long as I believe that, and have faith in that, then I am a Christian in the Spirit. And I am.
Jesus loves me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak, but He is strong.
Such a simple song. Filled with so much meaning. Are you in the Spirit yet?
Smile, Jesus loves you. And so do I.
12/15/2002 12:16:00 PM
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