kids say the darndest things

Did some shopping today. nothing fancy, just groceries. while walking through the produce section I witnessed a kid, maybe 6 years old, put his butt on some potatoes and fart. His mother didn't seem to notice (or worse, didn't care) and he was quite pleased with himself. Then later in the bread aisle I heard a little girl, maybe 4 or 5 years old, tell her mother "I know where daddy hides cigarettes!" I was turning out of that aisle and didn't get to hear mom's reaction. But I bet it was good. Earlier in the week I had this mother and her brat of son in my store. I don't know what she did to piss him off but he threw one of the ugliest tantrums I've ever seen. He was crying and carrying on and then proceeded to hit his mother repeatedly and yell at her "you make me angry!" over and over again at the top of his lungs. All little reminders of why I am glad I don't have children.
Got through rush last week. The week prior my assistant manager quit. long story short some customer called her a bitch and she got mad when I didn't reprimand the customer. There's a lot more to it than that but basically that was her last straw and she quit. So Corina and I handled rush without her. It was our best rush ever. I hired some phenomenal temps and we kicked some serious butt together. Everyone was in sync with everyone else. Customers got what they needed when they needed it and in the end, my 63 hour work wee was very fulfilling. Now, I have to train a new assistant and I have this great candidate that is a temp. He can do it all and also with a big smile on his face. He even caught a shop lifter on Wednesday. The only problem is that he has a parole officer he has to see every Tuesday night for the next 10 weeks. That means if I want him to work for me I have to quit working for Weight Watchers on Tuesdays (which I am sad about) so I can close the store. But I think he may be worth it. I don't know what he went to jail for and really, as long as it's not theft, I don't care. I mean if he was some crazy killer or something he wouldn't be out so whatever. I am not allowed to ask him. I'll have Corina do it for me.

Oh and just a last note. I got a $65 check from the county because the judge dismissed my ticket. Pretty sweet.