The Boss, The Bible, And The Bad Timing
I’m at my register when the phone starts ringing. It’s 4:30 PM, and in the store, it’s just me, my manager, and my boss. I answer the phone, and it sounds like a girl.
Caller: “Hi, is [Boss] there?”
Me: “I’m not sure, let me call him.”
I wasn’t sure if he had left or not, so I just paged him and said he had a phone call on the line.
My boss doesn’t answer the phone call, but I see him restocking something across the store. The call disconnects, and I’m like “Oh well.”
About fifteen seconds later, another call, this time from a guy.
Guy Caller: “Is [Boss] in right now?”
Me: *Already kinda suspicious.* “Let me page her.”
My boss walks over and says:
Boss: “Look, if it’s past 3 PM, you say I’m not here, okay?”
So, I pick up the phone and say:
Me: “She just left, I’m sorry.”
The guy hangs up, and about thirty seconds later, this guy and girl both walk in and come up to my register.
Girl: “Hi, is [Boss] in right now?”
Me: “No, sorry. I can take a message, though.”
Guy: “We’re with a bible camp, and we’re starting a Christian bible study for kids.”
He hands me a flier.
Girl: “Is your manager in?”
Me: “She’s on her break; I can’t call her out. I’m sorry.”
Guy: “Well, when does her break end?”
Me: “I don’t know.”
Girl: “When did she start her break? When will it be over?”
Me: “I’m really not sure, sorry.”
Girl: “When is she off? Is it soon?”
Me: “I can’t share that information.”
The girl then points down the aisle, at my boss.
Girl: “Is that guy your manager right there?”
Me: “No, my manager is a woman.”
She walks away anyway and ends up trapping my boss in conversation. I turn around and I see him, literally back against his office door, while these Christian people talked to him about their bible camp. I’m sorry, but if I could have, I really would’ve asked them to leave.
