From A Day Off To An Awful Day
(It’s my day off, and I’m shopping at the grocery store where I work. Note that I’m not in uniform and am dressed extremely casually; in fact, I’m wearing cat ears that I made myself. One of my coworkers notices me.)
Coworker: “Hey, [My Name], you need to get on the registers! We’re backing up!”
Me: “I’m not on today.”
Coworker: “Don’t give me that! You are so! And what’s with the stupid things on your head?”
Me: “Like I said, I’m off today. See, I’m not even in uniform.”
Coworker: “You are so lazy! Get to your register now!”
Me: “I’m not—”
(My coworker pages the manager to come up and deal with me.)
Manager: “What seems to be the problem?”
Coworker: “She’s not doing her job! And look! She’s not even in uniform!”
Manager: *to me* “What are you doing just standing around then! Get on your lane!”
Me: “As I’ve said, I’m not on the schedule today.”
Manager: “We’ll see about that!” *goes to the service desk and pulls out our schedule binder and looks at it* “See, here you are!”
Me: “On what day?”
Manager: “Tuesday, 3-11!”
Coworker: “Ha!”
Me: “And today is?”
Coworker: *smugly* “Monday.”
(A moment of silence passes between the two of them as they realize their error. Both turn bright red.)
Manager: *to me* “Uh… I’m sorry.”
Me: “And I quit!”
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