quiescence

Well work today sucked...sort of. It was slow, and boring, which I'll take over manic and understaffed, but that wasn't the frustrating thing. One of my coworkers showed up half an hour late, and was apparently joking about the fact that she was quitting. Given the fact that she calls in late and/or calls of with more frequency than should be allowed, this was taken seriously by myself and the other manager-type on. If she did, I would have had to work many extra hours in the next few days in order to cover her shifts, etc. The thing is, that she's been doing shit like this for months (though not as fequently as the last few weeks). We don't have enough staff.
If someone is late, or calls off, we are invariably screwed. Oh, and every time something like that has happened recently I've been one of the people on and had to deal with it. It blows. The store manager needs to hire more staff, such as an assistant manager and at least one more 15-20 hour part timer. I strongly doubt that this will happen any time soon. *sigh*

In other news, party tomorrow. Yay fun and stuff. Please see the appropriate thread in SGBoston. Then I'll see you tomorrow.