Headaches

Quite an eventful day.

First a surprise inspection from a government agency........again. It's approaching the point of harassment. A competitor complains about an item we sell cheaper than they do because they don't think we should be able to sell it, the government agency comes to inspect, but finds nothing wrong. The inspection takes several hours and they're not exactly discreet about what they're doing. Even though we're doing everything right, it makes us look bad when a government guy is here snooping around, taking pictures, and filling out forms.

I interviewed an older woman with tons of experience. Yet she didn't throw that experience in my face. She was very personable and I could see her fitting in well with even the youngest employees. A few physical limitations, but nothing we can't work around.

Halfway through the afternoon a couple of breakers tripped and we had trouble figuring out which ones. The computers were on one of the troublesome breakers, so it was back to the dark ages and recording transactions by hand.....lovely. Of course no one carries cash anymore, so I had to call in authorizations for credit cards. But the phones were out, too, so we had to use our personal cell phones. Most people were understanding of our problems, patient, and even funny as they waited, but one woman about blew a gasket as she complained about how long it was taking. I'm not the one who invented the credit card companies' systems!

After we got everything working right the evening shift came in. As we worked on a project together, Duh Boy complained about a headache. Later on as I gave him instructions for a task he kept me informed about his condition by saying, "My headache is getting worse." After thinking about how that could possibly sound, he added, "It's not because of you, though." Thanks for clarifying!