Funny: Now that’s a storm!
The audacity of people is amazing!
The other day we had a severe thunderstorm that came of nowhere. I’m standing behind the counter trying to not pass out from sheer boredom as usual when a customer walks in and tells me that it has cooled off outside about 20 degrees in the last couple of minutes. I decided I better go outside and empty the trash cans because rain or shine I better have those stupid trash cans empty. I went back to grab trash bags and when I go outside a gust of wind at least 60 mph comes through and is throwing everything. I look over and see three kids riding their bikes through the station. There is a couple of trash can lids flying through the air and one of the big metal signs on top of the pumps is flapping in the air barely hanging on. I yell at the kids to come take shelter in the store and they can’t hear me. I ran out and grabbed the one kid off his bike and ran inside. Thankfully the other two kids followed me inside. We just barely get the front door closed when a milk crate from the gas station across the street goes whizzing past the door and I just catch a glimpse of the sign go soaring through the air. I bet one of the kids would have been decapitated by that stupid sign. The lights are flickering inside the station and the kids are whimpering like we are all going to die when I get the phone call. It’s my boss and I quote, “I think the storm is going to be over you soon you should probably take out the trash so you don’t have to do it when there is lighting outside.” I tell him that I didn’t get a chance to take out the trash because the storm came up so fast. My boss, “Ok well I guess if the storm dies down you can go outside and take care of that later.” I tell him he is crazy and I’m not going outside with stuff flying through the air. My boss, “Oh don’t be such a baby we don’t pay you to sit inside and watch it rain outside.”
This is the point at which I’m clearly bordering on career hell and not career purgatory. When the trash being taken care of has more importance that my safety.
Just so you all know I didn’t take care of the trash because… the full trash cans were the only ones that didn’t go flying through the air. If I was going to be harassed about it then I would tell him that he could kiss my ass and I quit. Thankfully nothing was ever said about the event.