I am up and everyone is still sleeping. I am an early riser. I do enjoy that as the quiet is nice to eat slowly, read my emails and catch up on other things. As all of you moms, and those that work, we get little time to ourselves.
I have had the quite the eventful past week with work. Lots and lots to do there with many customers and more crabbiness than ever. I am sure you all have heard of the security breach the store I work for experienced. We had customers even come into the store and demand we fix it there. Not sure where there brains are at with that one. I totally understand everyone's fears as we employees use our cards there probably the most. I hear some forty million people, but who really ever know. I know there will be people working there today answering the hotline phone.
This past weekend, Target decided to give customers 10% their purchases both Saturday and Sunday. Now, granted it was not on everything and only those two days, but who can pass that up? Our store was crazy busy. Because of this, we would have people wanting that 10% to be extended the next day for an item that our store didn't have but another store did. Or, if no store did, we issued a raincheck. Then the customer wanted the 10% to to be extended for when the raincheck item came in. Where are these people's brains? Target did not have to do this. Our store was a mess. Sunday evening I guess a customer decided he needed ti inform me that the store was trashed cause he was in at 4, was too busy and decided to come back later.
The topper was yesterday afternoon. While working, a on duty manager told me the people in the back room smelled smoke. She went to bypass the alarms. I think she told me some more things and then I hear on my walkie Code Red. Get all customers to the front of the store. Then the lights and alarms were going off. Let's just say, I hope this is a lesson to customers not to put your shopping off to the last minute. It was hard to get some to leave. We, the employees, were told to go across the parking lot to a little restaurant. We had to leave all our things. Some did not. After a while, they told some of us that we could go home, the others were to stay as they were to work until the store closed. If you did not have keys to your car, you could not go back in the building to get them. You would either call home, or wait. I got a ride from a friend and got in through the garage. I left my truck and then my purse and jacket there. I drove down to my mom's and had gift giving. When it was done, my kids took that car home and my husband drove me to the store. The store was closed but workers were in so I could get my purse and jacket. I drove the truck home. I did not smell smoke or see damage. I think it was small and contained.
I am going to enjoy today and relax with family. Tomorrow is back to work and see what the place is like. Here is to hoping next year is better.
Oh, and the bright side, my leaser saw my horse and took a picture of her last night.
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