Random Ramblings Are Random

So, my best friend is doing some shifts over the holiday season at the spa attached to the hotel I used to work at. She started at the spa when I brought her in over a year ago - she was brought down to the hotel primarily because we needed staff down there and she was able to work it so that she could do shifts at the spa and the hotel. And then, as more spa guest services staff was hired and trained, she eventually was doing all hotel shifts. At first it was all okay, but none of knew how bad Nicole would end up getting in terms of how she handled staff and the pressure of running a business in the first place. Narcissists don't have a clue how to properly delegate and all the little gods and goddesses know that is the case with her! In the end, my friend quit the hotel without notice. Rightfully so, by the way. Too much bullshit all at once and no clear sign of there being an end to that particular tunnel. Well, she made an offer to the spa manager to help out during the holiday

Inventory didn't suck as bad as I had feared. It probably would have gone a lot smoother if I'd been given the correct pre-count list prior to today, but such is life. And Kelsey officially quit today. Or at least that is the impression I got from the message she posted in the store's group chat before she removed herself from it. Which was honestly one of the smartest things she's done in recent weeks. I don't know if she told Will anything prior to her message, but we were all expecting her to not come back anyway. Especially when the plan had been to start the process of terminating her employment anyway. I wish her the best in all her future endeavors, and I hope that she gets the mental help that she needs in order to properly move on in her life. I actually ventured out this evening despite how tired I was after several long days of work in the past week. Not to mention being awake at stupid o'clock this morning. Y'see, a couple of years ago before the

So, it's been over a month since I last updated this thing so it's more than overdue. A lot has happened since then and it's mostly to the good. I'm basically the acting assistant manager of my store now. The senior sales lead Kelsey has completely shit the bed over the past several weeks and it's to the point that the territory manager wants her gone. The things I've been dealing with at the store level while I'm in charge are things that she would have flat out lost it over - badly clogged toilet that was bad enough to affect the business directly beside us, and the cooler compressor completely died. On the same weekend, no less. But after a brief freak-out on my part I got the toilet issue sorted in time to not have to close the store for the night (can't be open if there is no washroom access for staff, and we're the only 24/7 business in the strip mall) and stayed at the store until it was all taken care of and even cleaned the bathroom from top