Harry Potter dominated every movie!

I do wonder if The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe will do better opening weekend.

Steve and A. showed up unexpectedly and unscheduled at work yesterday to show off … their kitties. Two of ‘em, tiny little things, both jet black. I tell ya’ what, I was playing with one of ‘em and totally oblivious to everything else going on in the store. Eventually, A. had to kick me repeatedly in the shins and Steve had to throttle me before I gave the kitten back. It was soooo cute, and soooo small. (I want a kitten).

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Yesterday was a very busy day. I suspect it had something to do with the Ravens actually deciding to play.

At one point, I had two deliveries going north and one going south. As the only driver, I had to take all three together, but it was in my perogative in which order to deliver them. Fortunatly for the northern runs, the southern address rarely tips. Take a wild guess who got their order last.

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I got stiffed on a delivery — total was $21, the kid had a twenty and several singles. He gave me exact change. Fine. I left, halfway back to the store E.G. called. Told me, “The kid forgot to give you your tip. Go back, he’ll get you.”

‘Forgot’ my ass. His mom caught him pocketing the tip and made him call. Regardless, we were too busy for a second trip anywhere and we stayed busy through the night. Even if we weren’t, I wouldn’t have gone back. That’d be … embarassing? It’d feel more like a handout, anyway. They can get me for an extra-sized tip the next time.

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E.G. completely spazzed out during the day. This was probably the busiest Sunday we’ve had all fall, but it still gets tired hearing him scream: “GODDAMN MOTHER FUCKER STOP CALLING I HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO!” I tried pointing out to him that homework is supposed to be done at home (not work), but he didn’t appreciate my clarification. Zebulon came in at four and gave E.G. what-for regarding how messy the store was, and E.G. tried to defend himself by pointing out how busy it was. Zebulon replied, “Yeah, but this is how the store looked over the summer, too, when you ran Sundays and had four orders total for the day. Plus, you’re doing homework!” which earned from E.G. another rant about how he had to do his homework here because what with his heavy work schedule, he had no other time to do homework.

Oddly, when E.G. had the chance to leave at four, he didn’t take it. When he clocked out at five, he didn’t leave. He hung out in the store until about a quarter of six. Coincidence that a new girl was training to work inside and he was jonesing for her? I think yes. (Actually, it was pretty cute, the new girl walked in and Zebulon, E.G., and the not-so-new-kid all started talking louder, boasting, and strutting through the store to impress her).

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While I took more deliveries yesterday than I have for the last couple of Sundays, my tip average was way down. Last week, my average was $4.75 (not including mileage) and I took fifteen runs. Yesterday, my average was $3.14 (not including mileage) and I took twenty seven runs. If I could just get a day with more deliveries and the higher tip average. It’d be awesome.

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After a several month hiatus, I’m again working on Hogwarts.