Mugging

Well, nothing much has happened, I've not had to talk to a customer for about 2 weeks which is starting to get a bit boring.

The only interesting nugget I have to post is that was a staff member from another store was mugged in the service yard. They nicked her bag, she fell to the floor and has cuts all over her face. There are CCTV cameras in the area but it just depends if one was pointing that way at the time. An early Christmas treat for the poor woman - scum bags out there.

Hopefully Christmas will bring exciting posts. We are getting a new pizza for Christmas, it is something to do with chicken and hot, I can't remember the name. I know there is some cheesy phrase to go with it something like "Hot and ready for you" etc. Don't say Pizza Hut isn't classy!

Christmas shifts and vouchers

I have just discovered that over Christmas, while I have a few days off - I am working some of the nastiest shifts I've come across. Starting at times, which I didn't think possible. Like 7 hours before we even open. But that does mean shifts will be spent with less customer contact - nice! I have also been told I'm a "crucial" part for Christmas. Which I believe translates to "You better work hard cos we will be knackered if you don't",

And for Christmas, we have discount vouchers again.

An example of the problems this can cause:

Man buys two pizzas and pays for them. I complete the transaction, place voucher and receipt on tray.

"Oh I have one of these already so do the pizza as a buy one get one free"

"I can't I'm afraid, the order has gone through and the receipt has printed"

"WELL RE-PRINT IT"

"I can't anyway, you can't use the voucher in the order in which it is given to you"

"MY WIFE HAS THESE VOUCHERS!!"

"Well if you can get me those vouchers, I will do it this time"

"Fine, I will"

He storms off with a seriously bad attitude.

I watch him talk to his wife and he is disgusted when she doesn't have them. Walks back to the counter.

"FORGET IT" and walks off with food.

Then over the next 30 minutes he kept coming back for refills and asking silly questions, and items the knew we wouldn't have - like some kind of weird mind game.

An odd man. Very odd.

I'm not dead

No I am not dead, just lazy and there hasn't been much to blog about.

Except for a customer falling straight on his arse after slipping on the wet floor. There were three yellow warning signs out - and it looked wet. After a moment of concern (are we going to get shouted out) everyone retreated to the kitchen to laugh, a lot.

We have a new booklet, which they've made 'pocket size' which lists all the stuff we can get as PH employees - discounts elsewhere. Most of it is rubbish and is like 5% off when you spend over £50. PH claim they have negotiated these deals, I can find most of them on Money Saving Expert. Whitbread discount card was better, and I never even got one.

Well there you have it, about 2 weeks worth of posts. I really need to email a student who wanted information on this blog, I said I would about 3 weeks ago and now I feel guilty.