- 7/1/2007 11:30:00 PMFireworks - Day 10Ted purchased some coffee for us last night. I shouldn't have drank that. I was wide awake until 3:00 AM this morning. That's when I heard the sirens from the police and rescue squad. I'm not sure what it was for but something bad happened in the apartments across the street from WalMart.
Grandma came in with more coffee this morning. She got it from the Subway in WalMart. While she was in the store with Ellie, they witnessed a female employee snorting cocaine in the woman's restroom. Apparently the employee came in with a drinking straw in her mouth and walked into one of the stalls. Grandma said she could hear the snorting and gaging and when the woman came out, she went to the mirror and began looking up her own nose. Ellie will not be going into the women's rest room alone.
Peggy called from home this morning. While she was preparing breakfast and about to jump in the shower, the power went out. There are two words for that, "Bad Timing". Then again, is there ever a good time for the power to go out?
Cousin Melissa came and helped out today. She works at one of the local banks and is very familiar with handling money. She picked up the register quickly and is very easy going, easy to work with and a joy to have on the team.
SIDENOTE: Customers who say, "I'll be back" seldom do.
We are beginning to run out of stock. There are no more snakes or large sparklers. Most of the large fountains are also gone. Grandma called Roger the are manager to place a additional order. Roger said that by the time he could make the order (Monday), the soonest the product would arrive would be Tuesday - probably in the afternoon. We close on Wednesday. Needless to say, we're not going to order anything more. Grandma is not happy about that. My goal is not to have to bring anything back to the return center in Stevens Point. This issue (along with how to make change at the register) is a point of conflict between Grandma and I. Neither issue is a big deal but we are both getting very tired and a little crabby. I'm going to watch my tongue so that I don't do or say anything stupid and loose the best sales person we have.
