The Importance of Being Idle

Pigeon Street

Another Saturday, another day on the stall. It was another busy day too; in truth I hadn't even bothered to calculate a target for this week 'cos I was so pissed off with the whole thing after yesterday, but we did very well and exceeded what I would've set had I thought about it. Shaz is in her element on the stall; she's comfortable talking with the customers, and deals with them in a fun and fair way. It's no wonder we're doing so well. I just stay out of it, today more so than ever. It's not that I'm being difficult or obstructive, I just feel like there is a physical barrier inside me which actually stops me from talking to customers, which prevents me from even speaking to them. I guess I've just spent too many years in retail to ever go back, even on my own terms. Still, I know what should be done, so I watch and I offer suggestions and advice, and I take photos. Like the one above, which is of the view opposite our stall and isn't at all the sort of thing I should be taking photos of but there you go.
And now it's this evening and I haven't really done anything and am about to go to bed. As usual I shall bemoan the lack of time to play WoW, but I really am too bloody tired! Something I noticed about my holiday this week; the total and utter lack of even one decent lie in. I might as well have been at work for all the going to bed on time and waking up early that I've been doing. In fact overall I would say I have enjoyed precisely two days out of the last however many this holiday has been; Wednesday when everything was going so well (although the last part of that was a bit shite) and Thursday when I went to visit my bro (although the weather was awful and I felt sad coming home). It's just been a completely shit holiday frankly, although I hesitate to say that I'm glad it's over 'cos I REALLY cannot emphasise strongly enough how much I don't want to go back to work. I even considered sawing my own leg off, but as Matt wisely pointed out, I don't need the leg to do the job so they'd expect me in anyway...

posted by BadMonkey @ 10:14 PM