Today sucked, plain and simple. I had to come in early to cover for someone who didn't show up cause he was sick...and guess what? I had to stay late and close because of someone who quit. I don't mind closing but I wasn't even really given a choice... just a " You have to close tonight..." What if I couldn't though? What if I had plans or something? O_o I didn't though but... pheh still sucked. I don't mind helping out when needed, but this is becoming too regular. I mean come in early AND stay late?... gimmie a break. >
Also we lost two drivers this week, so I was pretty sure my schedule would be ramped up a bit this week, but JFC I didn't expect it as much as it was.
I'm back on 6 days a week and I'm closing 4 of those 6 days. But the worst part is, I hurt my car D: I did something stupid... my GPS told me to get on 94, but the ramp to 94 was closed and only the one to 694 was open.... this was obviously a problem. Normally I'd just deal with it and get on 694 but after hearing so many times about how I need to hurry up and go faster... I made a stupid decision to try to turn around and I drove over a divider. It was a triangular shaped divider which I didn't realize until I drove over it, so I guess I was lucky I didn't get stuck... but right after I did that, my car's engine got louder and I heard a ticking noise
Thb, I was afraid to drive it because I didn't know what i had done. I know nothing about cars and I don't know what's on the bottom that I could have hurt. I felt awful... my car works so damn hard for me, and I go and do a thing like that.... PLUS, now I had no way to get to 94, so I had to take a detour which ended up in me taking much longer on my run than planned. About 20 minutes longer, and of course I'm driving slow because for all I know my car is about to break at any moment.
Of course once I get back from the run I'm getting the, "you need to go faster, we're closing" speech, and I told him my car was broken. I told him I didn't know what was wrong with it, but he actually did seem concerned. He knew I didn't want to drive it, but since there were still deliveries, he let me use the company car. It's a Prius Hybrid. ....
HOLY SHIT, driving that thing was unreal. No noise! Breaks that work! Push button starter! I couldn't believe it. I had never driven anything like that before in my life... I've only driven old cars. It was pretty neat driving it actually.
I guess it's the future of cars. Maybe in 10+ years I'll be able to afford one
When I got home, even though Rob was in bed he came out to talk to me. I told him what happened with the divider and he said from what I told him it sounded like I may have tore a hole in the exhaust pipe... which would make the engine sound louder and WOULD make a ticking noise. I'm hoping that's all that's wrong... I don't know what I'll do if something else needs to be fixed. I wouldn't be able to work... unless they let me use the company car, but still I'd have to get there somehow... and plus my GPS is attached to my other car so...
I really wanted to use tomorrow to apply at other places, but I had to be stupid and break the car.... I really hope it's nothing serious. I guess we'll find out tomorrow but here's hoping it can be fixed.