just for shits & giggles...

the dispatcher at the company I work for sends me emails whenever someone does not show up for work. I thought it might be interesting to chronicle them somewhere. These are straight from the emails, so please excuse any grammatical errors and please take special notice to how excited the dispatcher is to be informing me of each absentee!

Fri 6/25/2010 7:57 AM:

Mary came in complaing she was sick so i told her to go come she said had a bad pain in her side!

Thu 6/24/2010 7:57 AM

Oliver also called in saying his bands on braces come off so he has 2 wires sticking out he was going to the dentist to get them fixed!

Thu 6/24/2010 7:32 AM

Liza Called in this morning Nausea,headache,body ache.

Fri 6/18/2010 8:06 AM

Just wanted to let you know Liza asked if she could leave by noon!

I told her it was fine because they really didn't have that much!

She has to pick up her granddaughter!

Wed 6/9/2010 8:16 AM

Oliver called in today said he was feeling real sick!

Fri 4/16/2010 8:26 AM

Richard called in sick said he was throwing up!

Fri 4/9/2010 7:48 AM

E called in sick again!

Tue 4/6/2010 7:54 AM

Richard called in this morning again! Said he was still sick

Mon 4/5/2010 9:04 AM

Richard called in this morning said he had a head cold!

Tue 3/23/2010 8:10 AM

E's wife called in for him and said he was going to the hospital because she thinks his kidney stones came back.

Mon 6/28/2010 8:38 AM
Liza said she found another Job!
I asked her to give you a call Bob to let you know she was quitting!
I hope you enjoyed!

taking my anger out on Central Market.

So today has totally sucked, for so many reasons that it would take a book to tell anyone about them. But in a nutshell: work is chaotic, my teeth hurt from the not so invisible-lign, I'm a little hungover and I may not have a place to live next week.

So, I was like fuck everything, I'm gonna go get some stir-fry at Central Market to cheer me up, plus it will be quick and easy and I can get right back to work. Well, because of the wonderful aura surrounding me today, a quick little trip turned into a not so quick little disaster. So, to make light of the shitty experience, I sent Central Market a little note via email.

Dear Central Market:
The Central on Broadway in San Antonio is close by my office and me and my friends and co-workers go there all of the time for lunch. I stopped in today to pick-up some stir-fry to go because I was in a hurry and was extremely disappointed in the experience.
I had to wait for over 25 minutes for the stir-fry to be ready. The buzzer they gave me never sounded, so I waited by the counter and stared at my stir-fry (and about 3 others) for at least 5 minutes. During that time about 4 other people who ordered in line after me were served their burgers (apparently that system works like a well oiled machine) .
And then, to make matter worse, I had to watch like 5 employees run around like chickens with their heads cut off scrambling to get the other orders ready! And not one of them asked if I needed help at any point. Finally, someone with some customer service skills came over from the prepared food counter and helped out.
Anyways, my point is that there is some sort of kink in the stir-fry system. It would be really great if y'all could get it worked out so next time me and all of the other stir-fry loving customers don't have to wait 30 minutes for an order.
thank you,
meg