House Work and Interviews

We have three weeks before the wedding. That's not very much time. It still feels like we have a lot of shit to do. It'll happen though. That's pretty much been my life lately. If anyone asks, "Hey man, whatcha been up to?" The answer is always "work and getting the house ready". Oh well, at least I get a wife out of this in the end.

Work has been stressful. We promoted one of our stockers to support manager, which basically means he can open and close the store and will have a handful of other responsibilities. We'll see how that works out. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. Anyways, he goes on vacation starting Monday. He's been planning it for a couple of months. My idiot boss last week decides that he is also going to go on vacation starting Monday. Thanks, pal, that leaves us with three managers for the week along with the possibility of an overnight floor waxing which has been on the calendar for over a month. Fucker.

I had an interview with a young girl the other day. She was applying for our specialty department which deals with all the animals in the store. The specialty manager sat in on the interview and things were going fine. I was asking all the pre-printed questions that corporate wants us to ask which is really just the same question phrased seven different ways. I asked her, "What do you feel your greatest accomplishment is in work or school?" She said, "I did really good in English class last semester." For some reason I couldn't let it go so I heard myself say, "Well. You did really well in English." The specialty manager was looking at me with her mouth hanging open and the poor girl looked mortified. We felt obligated to hire her after that. She starts Monday.