u/RadioGuySD2

Long day. $3300 and 106 donors. And it was hot today! Mid 80's. And the heat brought irritation with it!

Started the day off with a crazy woman at the gas pumps. She was parked at a pump, yet pulled out right in front of me to take the pump I was pulling into. Why? Because she realized her gas tank was on the other side. This was my fault, apparently, somehow. She got out running her mouth. In my mood, HUGE mistake. I yelled at the cunt, LOUD. Completely called out her bullshit and literally told her to STFU. And she did, surprisingly 😂🤣

Got into town to work, and an oversized load was blocking the street to work. Again, in my mood, I don't give one solitary fuck. I just drove through and around their nonsense. I'm sure they weren't happy about it, but I really, REALLY don't care.

Work itself wasn't bad. Right up until the last 20 minutes.

First, we get a homeless couple trying to steal. Then trying to convince me that I should just give them stuff. They were escorted out, but hung around in the parking lot making a scene to whoever was looking. It wasn't me, again, don't care....

Next up is Mr boomer trying to donate a truck full of crap 15 minutes after we've closed the donations for the day. He kept trying to do the boomer gotcha thing. First was he didn't see a sign. I pointed. Next was the hours weren't posted. They were, in fact. Next was he was just gonna leave them then. He was informed that would lead to a ticket for littering. That got me the lead paint stare they're known for. So I just told him he could either leave or I'll have him trespassed. Boomers fear any kind of police involvement, so that finally got him to leave.

Finally, we have book Karen. She comes up, last person in the store, with a LITERAL shopping cart full of books. She wants a deal. Not happening. She can pay per book or leave them, either way, once more, I DON'T CARE. Karen then has my employee count them all up and ring them in. Then Karen pulls the "well, I only have this much, take it or leave it." So I ended it there. Told her we wouldn't be taking it, and she can get out. She couldn't believe it. She honestly thought I'd accept her roughly 1/3 cost offer 😂🤣 we were informed that she'd NEVER come back. I told her I hoped not.

Had to pay $2800 for my dad's cremation today. So I wasn't in the mood for these cretinous yahoos today. Not gonna be tomorrow either, I have a feeling....

Dinner tonight is pesto grilled shrimp 🦐🍤 I still have some shrimp, so I'm going to skewer them, seasoned with salt and pepper, then brush Costco pesto sauce over both sides. Then I'm grilling them, just a few minutes on each side. Serving with more pesto for dipping and a few lemon wedges

We pay the mortuary tomorrow. Suppose that means my dad's ashes will be ready soon. My brother is going to pay them while I'm at work tomorrow. At least with the other boss in a different location and a couple people out, I'm just gonna take it easy tomorrow. I could not possibly care less how little we get done. I'm essentially taking a paid day off.

I got very little done today. Just got ready for work tomorrow with laundry and did a little box stuff.

Dinner tonight is simple. Shrimp and tomato sheet pan bake. You'll need a pound of jumbo shrimp, a package of cherry tomatoes, 4 cloves of garlic (thinly sliced), olive oil, salt, pepper, granulated garlic, and lemons.

Put the shrimp, tomatoes, and sliced garlic on a rimmed sheet pan drizzle with olive oil, then season to taste with the salt, pepper, and granulated garlic. Toss until well coated. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Squeeze the lemon over the top when finished and enjoy with some crusty bread

I made the call. My dad's dog joined him today. I couldn't watch her just waste away, and she was actually getting worse after a week. So we said our goodbyes again, and I sat with her while she got the shot and she laid on my chest until her last breath.

She was a good dog, and her little spirit gave out when she figured out my dad wasn't coming back. She even started attacking my other 2 dogs, so it was time.

So tonight I'll be working on the boxes. Definitely need a few happy thoughts and things to do.

Dinner is marinated hot dogs 😁 I know, but try it! The marinade is 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce, and 2 tablespoons of Cajun seasoning. Toss those three into a ziplock bag with a 1 lb pack of your favorite hotdogs. Let them sit in the fridge for at least 8 hours, turning and mixing around in the bag every few hours. Then grill them! You will 100% share this with your friends when you see what it does to the hotdogs

Well, I'm having a long day. SO! I think spreading a little joy around would be a good way to spend some time. So let the next round open!

I need your t shirt size and a few of your interests to get started! 😁

We had a power out today. For about an hour. Despite that, we still made $3200 today. Not bad at all. Now, onto my weekend. And no distractions.

I have to make an appointment with the vet for my dad's Chihuahua tomorrow. I wasn't going to share this, because I was hoping she'd come around, but it looks like she's basically decided to join my dad. She isn't eating, isn't drinking, isn't even moving much. I can barely get her to drink anything. She won't take even people food. She's just so sad. I have waited as long as I can. It's been a week tomorrow. I'm not going to just watch her waste away.

I'm going to be the one who sits with her. My mom and brother are in no shape to do it.

At least I have to go to Walmart. That's a small distraction.

I'm going to start a new round of boxes tomorrow, so that'll also be a welcome distraction. I already have a couple new requests, so may as well open it back up for everyone 😊

LazyPeachPrincess stopped by to give me a hug and show me the baby deer she was saving. That was pretty awesome to see so close, and very sweet of her to stop and check on me as well 😊

Dinner last night, by the way, was a plate of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, coleslaw, and corn. That woman can certainly cook. She came back in to check on me today.

And another of my regulars brought me a deli sandwich today. She came by on her way to one of the 3 jobs the poor woman works and still checked in on me.

I'm ok, guys. Really. I will be anyway. You are all wonderful 😁

Another busy day. $3700 today on 93 donors. We're getting a ton of spring clean outs, and, thankfully, it's kept me busy all week. My mind tends to go non stop anyway, so it's been very helpful.

Only had one asshole today. A guy complaining that I wouldn't do a set price for a group of mixed dishes. I've given up looking for rationality in customers....

I'm going to be adding in a bunch of my dad's stuff to the never ending pile of things for the boxes, so! The next round of boxes is going to start on Monday! It'll also give me a distraction.

Dinner tonight is a plate of food from one of my regular shoppers. I haven't looked at what it is yet. But word has indeed gotten around. This one showed up at the end of the day with a plate and a hug. I do have some pretty awesome people in and around this place, y'all included.

Really busy day. $3800 in sales. 98 donors. It's been keeping me quite busy and with a lot to do, and I'm really happy that's been the case.

Less time to think.

No real issues today. Only a couple of minor Karen's, who both instantly backed down when I barked at them. So at least there's that.

One of the regulars has taken to whistling the chorus from LeRoy Brown when I'm walking through the sales floor lately 🤣😂 definitely appropriate in the mood I've been in.

Dinner tonight is a cup of chopped fruit from a cart in front of work 😁🤣😂 watermelon, mango, pineapple, grapes, and guava with chamoy squirted over the top and tajin sprinkled on top of that 😋

We were busy again today. $3300 on 89 donors.

One of my regular shoppers brought me a very expensive slice of pie from one of the posh bakeries in our little wine town. She's very sweet. She's been in both days checking on me. I haven't told a lot of people what happened yet. Don't want the constant conversation. But I have a feeling that's about to change...

A bunch of the high school broccoli haired kids I jokingly give shit to came in today. Graduation is coming up, and there's a big party with a very classy theme. The girls are all wearing evening gowns/prom-ish dresses; the boys in suits and tuxes. The kids have been coming in for weeks picking out dresses and clothes. A handful of the families are renting out one of the local Airbnb's for the kids, and the kids, a couple of the boys I've been giving tips to for a few weeks, are going to BBQ.

I'm actually very impressed with and proud of these kids. They don't know it yet, but I'll be supplying much better meat than the Safeway steaks they were planning on. There's going to be a fresh box from Snake River Farms complete with enough ribeye, t-bone, and burger to feed all of those kids twice over. My little graduation present.

They really are good kids. Somebody I work with told one of them what happened, and a handful started crying. That almost got me, but I held it together. This is a happy time for them. They need to enjoy their last moments before the real world comes for them, which it will soon enough.

Now, however, I'm quite sure word is going to spread around a little about my dad. Enough people saw the interaction with the kids today to already have made a few regulars ask. So tomorrow might be harder.

Dinner tonight is drive through. I got Taco Bell. Not sure if I'm actually going to eat it. If not, I have lunch tomorrow

I went to work today. It was weird. But it was something to do, and I got a couple victims, so that was a little better.

There was a guy who was flat out beyond rude, mean even, to my employee at the register.

He picked the wrong day. I'll leave it at that.

Later, a woman informed me she'd be leaving her armful of glass items at the counter.

No, she wouldn't.

I told her to get a cart, we keep the checkout counter clear. She whined that the glass would make noise. So I said lay a shirt or town down in the cart first. She mumbled "not very helpful" under her breath. I LOUDLY asked "what the fuck did you just say?" To which the cow almost started crying and meekly said "nothing..." and slinked to get a cart.

A few hours later, a guy asked me if a pan really was the $10 it was very clearly marked for. I told his yes, that's the price right there. He responded with "that's too much." To which I said "then don't fucking buy it," a little louder than I intended. He bought the pan.

I'm taking the fact that I didn't physically hit one of them as a victory.

We did $3k on my return to work. 94 donors. 12 racks of clothes and 32 carts of stuff. Busy day. That part was good. Kept me occupied.

Dinner tonight is a corned beef sandwich from the deli. Smoked cheddar, lettuce, tomato, pickles, sauerkraut, mayo, mustard, salt, and pepper, with a splash of red wine vinegar

Really weird day. After a very long night. For those unaware, my father died last night. I got back from San Diego around noon yesterday, and he passed at 9 last night. I'm the one that found him. Not 3 minutes before, he was sitting in bed watching ESPN.

They said it looks like he had a massive stroke. Was dead before he hit the floor. And he was at home, not some hospital or convalescent home, so at least there's that.

I don't have any uncles. Both grandfathers are dead. Both of the teachers I admired and were mentored by are dead. My radio mentor is dead. And now my dad. All the men I've looked up to in my life are gone now. It's a sobering realization.

There's nothing I'm allowed to take care of left to do. My mom is the next of kin, literally and legally, so I can't do any of the paperwork. I'm basically a passenger from here.

So I'm indeed going to work tomorrow. There's guaranteed to be at least one entitled asshole for me to take it out on, so that seems like a better option than sitting in thought.

Dinner tonight is a bean and cheese burrito. It's all the effort I can muster today. Refried beans and an insane, almost equal amount of cheese. I'm gonna slice some tomatoes and toss in some olives and taco sauce

I'm home, the car is returned, and I still have one more day before going back to work. Not bad if I do say so myself 😁

The drive was pretty smooth. No real hiccups. Stopped to get food along the way. Got a giant pastrami sandwich from a food truck. It was delicious 😋 then I dropped off a bag of Del Taco sauce packets that my English coworker with some Korean beers. Then to my younger coworkers with various treats and snacks from the international markets down there. 😁

Back to some work tomorrow, however! All your boxes finally go out!

Dinner tonight is waygu beef philly cheese steak sandwiches 😁 while I was in San Diego yesterday, I bought some fresh sliced waygu from H Mart. Kept it in the fridge at the hotel until the cooler for the drive home. Grabbed some rolls from the 24 hour bakery on Claremont Mesa Blvd on my way out, and now, I'm having one last taste of San Diego at home 😁

Round 2! This is the Goodwill in Hillcrest. In my opinion, the BEST Goodwill in all of San Diego 😁

I went to the first San Diego Goodwill on my trip! The Balboa Avenue location 😁 they had some nice stuff. Much smaller than my store, but very nice

I ended up with a little bit to do on my last day before leaving. I had a family thing come up, so I'll be trying to mail before I leave tomorrow.

All packed up. I get the car in just about 12 hours. In just about 22, I'll be in LA to meet SSLadyBug at the BookOff by her 😁 then dinner in LA, then in San Diego by tomorrow evening!

Dinner tonight is just something quick, so I'm trying the new McDonald's Big Arch burger. It's trash 😂🤣 the sauce is WAY too sweet. The fried onion strips are DELICIOUS though. Scrape off the sauce, replace it with Big Mac sauce, and this would be delicious 😋

It's over! I made it without harming one of them! 🤣😂 I'm officially on vacation! Going to mail y'all's boxes tomorrow, and finish packing. That's it, that's all. Then Tuesday morning, I get the car! I'm not sure what it's going to be, I got the dealers choice option 😁

Dinner tonight is carne asada tamales from a little old lady on the drive home 😁

Today was less annoying than yesterday. That's about all I can say for it 🤣😂 dealt with the highschool level drama of A and S. Both were chewed. Situation seems handled.

Then my other employee decided to have an attitude. I've been giving them ALL a break these last 3 weeks. Going pretty easy on everyone. Letting a LOT slide. Today, though, for no reason, as we weren't busy, one of them just let the donations pile up in carts instead of doing, you know, his JOB.

The worst part is how lazy he was being. It took me 8 minutes to clear 4 carts. He got a bit disrespectful in his response, and got took outside. He won't be doing that again.

The rest of the day was just slow. Only $3000 in sales on 88 donors. We hung 1111 pieces today, over 4500 for the week so far. About 1900 items to go with the clothes. Very productive week, if I do say so myself 😁

Now, just one more work day and 2 more full days. Then I'll be on my way! I'll post from the rental car place on, every step of the way 😁

Dinner tonight is actually nothing. I didn't really eat much today, too busy. And by the time I'm now sitting here, I've waited so long, I'm not really hungry anymore. So I'm just going to pack for the trip! 😁

I couldn't even make it TO work before the bullshit started today. On my way to the post office before work to mail y'all's boxes, I got a call from the security service. Someone tried to break in. So I had to go straight there. Indeed, someone tried to pry open the donation door. Unbelievable. Who tries to steal from a THRIFT store? 🤣😂

The cops never even showed up, so I just filed the internal incident report and went about my day. We got the new TVs installed today. One will show prices, the other will be showing "Goodwill supported media." Yeah, until football season 🤣😂

The day actually went along fairly well after that, for a bit anyway. Before I get into what happened, a little backstory....

So yesterday morning, as we were all getting to work, 2 of my employees got into an argument in the parking lot. Both were going to park at the same time. I'll call one A and one S. So they parked right next to each other, one facing each way. A got into the spot on the right SLIGHTLY before S got into the spot on the left. A parked, and opened her door. In doing so, it kinda blocked S from finishing parking. S honked at A to get her attention, and A ignored her, just kept smoking her cigarette with her door fully open. This repeated twice. S finally just positioned her car in, and got out MAD. S yelled something as she walked by, I couldn't tell what, as I was already at the door to the store. I turned off the alarm, then asked S what that was all about, to which she answered speaking so fast and mad that I couldn't tell what she was even saying. So I turned to A, and she just shrugged. Neither of them ever brought it up to me, so I figured they sorted it out. Fast forward to today, approaching A's lunch break...

I had already set the lunches. A goes at 115 so S goes by 2, and we stay OSHA compliant. I'm up in the office, it's about 7-9 after 1. Customers as witnesses back up what happens:

S tells A that there's nothing much to do at the moment, we're slow (both true), and she can go early if she wants to. A then yells back that she's going at 115! Apparently very angrily and aggressively. S tells her not to speak to her that way, jawing goes back and forth about it. A then goes to lunch at 115. I'm told about this after the fact, so I plan on talking to A after her lunch, see what's going on.

So it gets to be a few minutes before 2, when A is supposed to be back. She isn't, no big deal. A few minutes don't matter, I only care if you're 15 minutes or more late. So I go cover the register and tell S to go to lunch, I'll cover while A gets back. 2 comes. Then 210. Then 220.

A never came back from lunch. She also never saved my number, so she texts her old boss at another store that she's not coming back today because of the incident. He then screenshots and texts me what A sent him. Why he didn't just give her my number, I'll never know 🤣😂 but I digress....

So now, I'm stuck essentially doing the jobs of 3 people because S (a literal grandmother) and A (40's, grown ass woman) are apparently in highschool.....

3. More. Days.......

If it were up to me alone, I'd have FIRED A already for job abandonment, regardless of fault in any personal incident. You can't just walk out of a job. I wouldn't tolerate that from a teen, much less a grown, adult woman. But all I can immediately do is write her up. Which IS happening tomorrow. I'll sort out the drama, but A is 100% getting a write up and an incident report. I'll let Big Boss Lady decide if she walked out when she didn't come back from lunch.

Tuesday can't get here fast enough....

Dinner tonight is a surprise! My former work wife is dropping something off, she says 🤣😂 I'll let y'all know what tomorrow in the comments!

Slow day to close out the month, but the assholes came back with a VENGEANCE.....

Before we even opened, a guy actually got out of his car, moved our barrier, and tried to dump. He was not successful, but I certainly knew what kind of day I had in front of me 🤣

Right off the bat, an old lady is bitching about the dressing rooms. This woman looked like Walmart Courtney Cox, but meth-ier. Then she got even more mad when told there were no returns either. She ended up storming out without buying anything. 4. More. Days.....

Next up, we have the return of the homeless couple that yells "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!" at everyone, extremely aggressively, regardless of season. It's been AWHILE since we've seen these 2, but they're here. Same crazy. They have vouchers, though. Yay 😶 so they go about getting a few things, and of course, they don't have enough vouchers. But they don't want to put anything back, they think we should just give it to them. Not. Fucking. Happening.

The woman throws a fit. She's the queen of her universe. Some other jibber jabber. So I cancelled their entire transaction and 86'ed em. They caused a scene until I picked up the phone. They already knew full well I'd call the cops on them, so they pissed off. And, you guessed it...

"MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!" on the way out the door.

Four.

More.

Days......

Last up for the day, we have Karen at the donor door. She wants it explained why we won't take her USED, CUSHIONED MASSAGERS......

I remain an adult. I explain that we can't take personal care products. What does this old hag say, you ask?

"Well you're not taking socks then. Socks are personal care products. No more socks."

Like she's making some kind of fucking declaration over all of Goodwill-dom.

I wish, I so wish, I was making this up....

In my mood, I just cut her off. Told her flat out she can either lose the attitude or take ALL of her crap back to her car and fuck off. She did precisely that 🤣😂 lugged 2 boxes of assorted trash back to her truck, then flipped me the bird as she sped off.

Four. More. FUCKING. Days....

We closed out the month with a $2700 day. 86 donors, though, so hopefully we start the month off strong tomorrow. I'll have to do math to see if we keep our budget streak going. No shop is going to HURT.

Dinner tonight is teriyaki chicken breast 😁 marinated 2 chicken breasts in teriyaki. I'm going to pan grill them, and have another of my fully loaded green salads with it 😋

The first day of my last week of rule brought great news! They finally hired enough people to where I won't be solo in charge after Friday! My direct boss returns to her normal schedule, so I get to actually take a lunch break for the first time in nearly a month on Saturday!

Today was painfully slow, with me being completely checked out and already in San Diego mentally 🤣😂 no assholes, at all, even minor ones today! Can't remember the last time that happened! Plus it was in the 80's here today, so a lot of summertime fashion out and about 😁

Dinner tonight is breakfast! I'm making blueberry pancakes, hash browns, scrambled eggs with cheddar and chives, and apple wood smoked bacon 🥓 🍳 🥞

PS

Reddit is currently fucking up. Let's see if I can post pics at all....

The first day of my last week of rule brought great news! They finally hired enough people to where I won't be solo in charge after Friday! My direct boss returns to her normal schedule, so I get to actually take a lunch break for the first time in nearly a month on Saturday!

Today was painfully slow, with me being completely checked out and already in San Diego mentally 🤣😂 no assholes, at all, even minor ones today! Can't remember the last time that happened! Plus it was in the 80's here today, so a lot of summertime fashion out and about 😁

Dinner tonight is breakfast! I'm making blueberry pancakes, hash browns, scrambled eggs with cheddar and chives, and apple wood smoked bacon 🥓 🍳 🥞

PS

Reddit is currently fucking up. Let's see if I can post pics at all....