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the 11:30 to 8 shift
Oct. 12th, 2022 08:38 amThis is my least favorite shift at work. Thankfully I usually only get one of them a week, normally on Wednesdays. We call them the 'Front End Manager shift' because basically that's what it is. It covers our two busiest times (the lunch crowd and the dinner/coming home from work crowd) and said FEM is a glorified babysitter for both the customer flow and the youngsters (and the oldsters) working the registers. Some days it can be uneventful and glacially slow, but other times it can be frustratingly stressful. I've used the phrase 'herding cats' at work more than once.
Unofficially I get to play my bookkeeper role on this shift as well (a position I hold on Fridays and Saturdays at present). I get to do till pickups of large bills and loans of needed bills, which is easy and often a welcome distraction. And thanks to being part of a union, I'm not pressured or guilted into staying any longer than I have to, busy or not. Can't complain.
The only real downside, to be honest, is that the shift often leaves me exhausted at the end of the night. Between herding the cats and experiencing two busy waves in one day, punching out at 8pm is a wonderful thing. I've been known to take the bus eight blocks home at the end of it all rather than walk. Still, it's not as life-draining as past jobs, so I make do.
Unofficially I get to play my bookkeeper role on this shift as well (a position I hold on Fridays and Saturdays at present). I get to do till pickups of large bills and loans of needed bills, which is easy and often a welcome distraction. And thanks to being part of a union, I'm not pressured or guilted into staying any longer than I have to, busy or not. Can't complain.
The only real downside, to be honest, is that the shift often leaves me exhausted at the end of the night. Between herding the cats and experiencing two busy waves in one day, punching out at 8pm is a wonderful thing. I've been known to take the bus eight blocks home at the end of it all rather than walk. Still, it's not as life-draining as past jobs, so I make do.
