layaway is hell

Today's Pooch Cafe'

Tonight was pure Hell. I'm glad I don't live with anyone right now, because I would rip into them for the littlest thing.

Okay. So tonight was "Friends and Family" night, where friends and family (duh) of employees were allowed 10% off of all purchases, just as employees would have. Also, there were a lot of other sales. And no layaway charges, as there is usually a $5 layaway charge.

Well, that was the light for the moths, my friends. At 7pm there was a page over the intercom system asking for assistance in layaway. I was heading that direction anyway, to go to my break, so I stopped by to help the solitary customer back there. Grant stopped by and saw that I was kinda swamped by this lady's stuff, so he came and helped me out. And then they just started pouring in. Every customer had a shopping cart full of no less than 30 items.

For every item, you had to key in "Override" then "75" then "% off". FOR EVERY FUCKING ITEM! And usually, it required a manager override. So Grant would have to step in, put his override code in, turn a key, whatever. And then it would start all over again.

It was like this, with a steady flow of people, carts full, for two and a half hours. We had four people back there at one point. After we'd ring up all their stuff, it needed bagged. Then put in the correct place. OMG. Layaway is such shit. I'm never doing it again.

I didn't get my last break, I ended up working an extra 15 minutes after the store closed 'cause these people came through with a cart full of like, 30 sale clothing items, a shit load of comforters that were 40% off, blah blah blah. GRRRR. This is getting stupid.

*sigh* I need a hug.