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[dragonlady7]

hard week

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so i come in crazy early every day to get a bunch of work done before the retail store opens. last week the other person who does video transfers, the one who almost exposed me to COVID a month or two ago, was like “i should come in early one day this week to go over that order”– an order I did, the customer complained she didn’t like it, so we were gonna have the other one of us look it over to see if there’s anything I missed, but since everyone but me is laid off to few enough hours that they can get the unemployment bonus money, I’m the only one who has time to look at the video transfer orders.

anyway she said “ok i’m gonna come in early on Tuesday to look that order over,” and I was like OK, and was thinking I should just not come in early today, but then I was like no what am i gonna do stay til 5 instead? no that’s dumb. So I figured, I’ll just come in mega-early like I always do, there’s no way she’s gonna be here at 6:30, and I was right about that.

But now it’s 8:30 and the order I’m working through is three big 7″ reels, which take like 35 minutes each, and these aren’t rewound so I have to rewind them off to the playback reel, and then play them back onto their original reel, so it’s kind of an involved process, and it’s not even that it’s me using the desk she’d need to be at for this order redo, it’s the actual machine she’d have to use too.

I texted her to ask if today’s the day she’s coming in early, and paused to do a different order from the backlog, but now I’ve finished that order and like. what now? ughghghghgh don’t make me waste time.

Bet you she won’t turn up before 10.

Maybe I’ll just redo the order myself. She’s literally never going to do it….

edited to add: sure enough 45 minutes after i text her she texts back “ah i turned off my alarm i slept bad last night” yeah whatever man. glad i didn’t change my plans at all. one thing being old and cranky has taught me, never ever expect other people to do what they say they will, and you’ll be much happier for it. (Your picture was not posted)