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8 years ago
Hey guys, girls, transgender folk, and non-binaries. Thought I'd give y'all an update of what's going on and what not. Especially after what happened tonight at my main place of employment...
Anyway, about tonight....if my pessimism is correct, I'm likely to be fired from my main place of employment after what went down tonight. I ended up getting conned by a quick-change artist and, well, my till (I'm a cashier at a local grocery store called Grove City County Market) was short $100. Basically what the quick-change artist (quick-change scammer is more appropriate) did was he bought a pack of Trident gum ($1.29). He handed me a $100 bill to pay for it. I went through with it and everything because nothing really gave me any red flags, giving him the $98.71 in change back. While I was counting his initial change out, he wanted a roll of quarters. I replied, "If you need quarters, you'll have to get them at the customer service desk." (It's store policy. I knew that much.) After I gave him his change, he realized he gave me a $100 bill and wanted to give me a $5 bill instead. I complied and opened my drawer to return his $100 bill, accept his $5 bill, and take back the change I just gave him. He then asked for 10 $20 bills. I just looked at him in confusion and said, "If you need change, see the customer service desk." After that, he took off with the $100 bill and the change I initially gave him but left the Trident gum that he bought behind. I was confused and because I knew my till was short, I took the receipt up to the Customer Service desk and told them what happened. That's when I learned that I got conned. Thankfully it was only out of $100 as it could have been much worse, but this is the second time my till is off from what it should be (the first time, I had $20 more than I should have most likely because two bills were stuck together and I didn't notice it and accepted both but didn't count both. Or something). It's also the third time I'll be written up as a whole (the first time was for accepting a beginner's check when we don't accept such checks). Of course, knowing all of this, my negativity and pessimism decide to rear their ugly heads (when I'm trying to change to being positive and optimistic) and I immediately begin thinking I'll be fired. However, I'm kinda hoping that a) it being only the second time being written up for my till being off from what it should be and b) that I told them immediately after it happened instead of letting it slide will allow me some leniency and prevent me from being fired. (Plus, being a good employee, not calling off frequently, accepting call-ins if need be, etc.) I don't have a job in my collegiate field of study lined up just yet. I've been applying but have yet to land anything. So, until I do, this is my only job. If I get fired, it'll basically be next to impossible to get a job not just in my collegiate field of study but around here too.
But anyway, that's what happened tonight. I needed to primarily write this journal to try and stop my negativity and pessimism from literally killing myself. (Not a joke either. I contemplated killing myself if I did get fired on the drive home.)
As for my stories and what not else, my job has pretty much taken up the majority of my free time that I would have had otherwise. It also doesn't help that when I get off work and my days off that I feel like doing absolutely nothing else and just browse the internet until I go to bed. I really need to fix that somehow so I can work on my stories more that way y'all can read them.
With all of that off my chest now, let's hope I don't get the bad news I'm fearing I'll be getting tomorrow.
Until next time!
Anyway, about tonight....if my pessimism is correct, I'm likely to be fired from my main place of employment after what went down tonight. I ended up getting conned by a quick-change artist and, well, my till (I'm a cashier at a local grocery store called Grove City County Market) was short $100. Basically what the quick-change artist (quick-change scammer is more appropriate) did was he bought a pack of Trident gum ($1.29). He handed me a $100 bill to pay for it. I went through with it and everything because nothing really gave me any red flags, giving him the $98.71 in change back. While I was counting his initial change out, he wanted a roll of quarters. I replied, "If you need quarters, you'll have to get them at the customer service desk." (It's store policy. I knew that much.) After I gave him his change, he realized he gave me a $100 bill and wanted to give me a $5 bill instead. I complied and opened my drawer to return his $100 bill, accept his $5 bill, and take back the change I just gave him. He then asked for 10 $20 bills. I just looked at him in confusion and said, "If you need change, see the customer service desk." After that, he took off with the $100 bill and the change I initially gave him but left the Trident gum that he bought behind. I was confused and because I knew my till was short, I took the receipt up to the Customer Service desk and told them what happened. That's when I learned that I got conned. Thankfully it was only out of $100 as it could have been much worse, but this is the second time my till is off from what it should be (the first time, I had $20 more than I should have most likely because two bills were stuck together and I didn't notice it and accepted both but didn't count both. Or something). It's also the third time I'll be written up as a whole (the first time was for accepting a beginner's check when we don't accept such checks). Of course, knowing all of this, my negativity and pessimism decide to rear their ugly heads (when I'm trying to change to being positive and optimistic) and I immediately begin thinking I'll be fired. However, I'm kinda hoping that a) it being only the second time being written up for my till being off from what it should be and b) that I told them immediately after it happened instead of letting it slide will allow me some leniency and prevent me from being fired. (Plus, being a good employee, not calling off frequently, accepting call-ins if need be, etc.) I don't have a job in my collegiate field of study lined up just yet. I've been applying but have yet to land anything. So, until I do, this is my only job. If I get fired, it'll basically be next to impossible to get a job not just in my collegiate field of study but around here too.
But anyway, that's what happened tonight. I needed to primarily write this journal to try and stop my negativity and pessimism from literally killing myself. (Not a joke either. I contemplated killing myself if I did get fired on the drive home.)
As for my stories and what not else, my job has pretty much taken up the majority of my free time that I would have had otherwise. It also doesn't help that when I get off work and my days off that I feel like doing absolutely nothing else and just browse the internet until I go to bed. I really need to fix that somehow so I can work on my stories more that way y'all can read them.
With all of that off my chest now, let's hope I don't get the bad news I'm fearing I'll be getting tomorrow.
Until next time!
Hope it all works out though. If you need to talk to anyone let me know.