Teenage customers call me "ma'am."

STOP. NO. I'M THE COOL OLDER SISTER YOU NEVER HAD, NOT YOUR FREAKIN' AUNT WHO WANTS TO RELIVE HER BEST YEARS VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU.

COME ON.

That said...I helped one woman pick her wedding makeup, tonight. The other day, I had an entire conversation with someone just about enhancing eyebrows. I even rang up a shy high school senior who'd just applied to my alma mater, and reassured her of how great it would be while scanning her items.

Like, some of it is chaos. I still understand why people steal things, but seeing how calculated some people are with their theft...it makes me a little angrier than I used to be, when they weren't preying on me, specifically. Knowing that someone is scoping out my personal tendencies in order to find a window in which they can successfully take things...well, that just makes it a little more personal, and a little creepier. I also hate standing for so long, and am currently researching good gel insoles. ...I also have redeveloped my eye twitch, because it's so fast-paced and completely nonstop, from the moment I walk in to the moment I walk out. My psychiatrist should advertise to sales employees specifically--she'd make a killing.

But, I leave re-energized. Dealing with people all day sounds like a GREAT day, for me, and that's exactly what I get. My manager has repeatedly let me know that she appreciates my work, and told me, tonight, that I'm at the top of her list to call when she has open shifts ($$$). She also tells me that I might get a small promotion to one of the positions with more responsibility in the near future, if I keep up my efforts. Which...yeah, I want that. $$$$$$. As long as I'm with this job and nothing more related to the field I want to work in comes along, I'm going to try to move as far up as possible.

Basically...we're Knopeing this. WHO SAYS I CAN'T HAVE IT ALL?

Speaking of Leslie Knope, a quick cute thing (maybe):

Situation: R is teasing me. It's playful, so I send him this:


He sends this back, almost unusually quickly:


He's so cool. So cool.

So... what would it be better to call you? :P I've gotten called "miss" before, which I think is kind of cute and quaint. Something like that?
» randomjunk on 2015-10-06 04:15:49

Hmm, fair enough. I guess because of the way I was raised, I just consider titles like that a sort of polite thing to use, but I've noticed that's not necessarily a commonly shared sentiment.
» randomjunk on 2015-10-07 04:20:21

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