I work for a very small Mom and Pop, well Pop and Pop business. So small that I am the only employee. With this comes the ability to bond very quickly with the other people who are there. As you bond, you become very comfortable in your surroundings and at times forget where you are (i.e. work).
Today 2 women came into the shop and one of them very loudly announced “I remember this store, the last time I was in here people were cussing up a storm and I told them I was going to leave if they did not stop”. Bossman and I looked at each other and kind of shrugged our shoulders. Bossman asked her “Was it someone who worked here?” “Yes! she said”. We looked at each other again and Bossman said “No Shit?”. The look on her face was priceless.
I will be the first to admit that on any given day there may four or five of us (Usually myself, one of the bossmen and whatever friends happen to have stopped by) sitting around shooting the shit. 99% of the time I am the only girl so if you have any bit of an imagination you can guess how many of these conversations go. Of course the stories are always better if you throw in a few F bombs. Our business does attract for the most part “the older generation” so we do try very hard to watch what we are saying if a customer is in the store, but back to the comfort zone sometimes you just forget and oops! out it slips.
Being the only employee (Why yes, I am employee of the month every month, thank you for asking) and the one who is there more than anyone I find the story the lady was telling a bit far fetched. I think I would have remembered such a situation and had I not been there I would have heard about it as it is our goal to throw each other under the bus at every chance we get (If you can’t have fun at work, why go?). The part about the cussing? Ya got us there. Judging this womans demeanor had it truly happened the way she said? The moment she realized where she was she would have left. No shit.
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