In this blog post I will be revising my past blog which you can visit here at Blog Post #5. It is a scene where I describe how my usual shifts go at my job at staples. It involves annoyingly obnoxious customers and a lot of heavy lifting.
As I walk into work I see Kathy in her white long sleeve shirt as usual ringing customers out and Dave going as slow as ever to make new tags for old product that is going on the clearance rack. After I clock myself in and grab an old, beat up radio I head to the back to put my personal belongings away. On my way to the back I cut through our furniture pad where I saw Darlene standing there, angry as ever. Our entire store in undergoing remodeling at the moment, which includes new carpeting. With that being said, our furniture pas is a complete mess and there is product scattered everywhere. She was trying to assist a couple in getting a desk but they seemed to be giving her problems. As I was approaching the situation, I saw Darlene get angrier by the second, it looked like her head was going to explode. This was on a Monday which meant load just came in and our warehouse was looking packed as ever. Hundreds of boxes stacked on top of each other stood along the left wall and on the opposite side was paper spilling everywhere. Our store only had one left of that specific desk the couple was looking for which meant it was going to be extremely hard find, so I headed to the warehouse with Darlene to help her find this desk. After moving 2 pallets that was stacked to the ceiling with product and was as heavy as ever, we made our way to the corner where we keep all of our desks. We had to move three other desks out of the way that was just as heavy as the pallets and go under our bright red metal shelves to finally get to the back where we found that one specific desk for this couple. I ran over and grabbed an old, rusty u-boat to put the desk on so we could wheel it out to the customers. After five minutes of struggling and sweating, Darlene and I finally picked up the desk and moved in onto the u-boat. As soon as I was about to wheel the desk out of the warehouse and upfront so Kathy could ring them out, Dave goes over the radio and says “Hey guys never mind on that desk, they changed their minds. They are getting a chair instead”. In that moment, I could not stop laughing. I just sat for a moment to catch my breath before putting everything back the way it was. But Darlene? She threw the desk off the u-boat throwing her legs in the air, kicking and screaming. Which initially was the first thing I wanted to do, but I kept myself together unlike her.
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Soumiya Samake
10/8/2018 08:31:55 pm
It can be really hard to keep your composure with a situation like that. I personally feel like it's a sign of maturity and a good patience. 😌
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11/7/2018 02:08:48 pm
Hey Ashley!
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