It's a long, very boring story, so of course I'll tell it here.

1. Riker is on vacation. This means that there are only four managers. There are 21 manager shifts in a given week, and each manager ideally gets five of them.

2. Head Boss Lady's solution for this was that on Weds, she would work 11-C, being both the midshift manager and the closing manager. Under normal circumstances, this is perfectly acceptable. The Mid has no actual specific duties, and is really just there to be good at whatever position the Open and the Close need most. If needed, the role of a Mid can be performed by a cross-trained associate.

3. Weds. will be CORE Evaluation Day. Once a year, people from some higher echelon of Fazuulian Management that I don't entirely understand descend upon a restaurant with clipboards and a passion for pedanticism. The specific day has changed a few times in the past week, but now it's Weds, no really, this time we're sure.

4. HBL's boss, one step below the High Overlord conducting the CORE evaluation, found out about her proposed Weds plan and said nonono, you fool. First of all, running a shift with only one manager is so verboten, They would crucify you for even attempting it. Also, you need to be doing the opening shift, so that after the evaluation, you and I have the evening free to sit down for a lengthy chat with the Overlord.

5. But, said HBL. A salaried manager needs to do the Weds. closes, and with Riker on vacation, that's me. (Weds is the end of the week. In addition to the normal closing song and dance, a few extra programs are run through the computer and many paperwork goes into folders of assorted colors) Area Supervisor said, but haven't you trained Ana on Weds. closes yet?

(5b. Well, um, sort of. I did one Weds close about two months ago. The colored folders are all clearly labelled with what should go into them. I think I found a written list once of how to find the various end of week routines the computer needs to do.)

6. Everyone's hours are already stretched to capacity. See 1.

So HBL did some scheduling mojo. If you leave an hour early here, you can stay an extra hour on Weds, and if you come in two hours later, you can stay two extra hours on Weds... I was originally scheduled to have Weds off. This was clever of me. I also gave myself Tues, and in the following week, Thurs, off, as my reward for working nothing but closes all Memorial Day weekend.

In the new plan, I work three hours less tonight, and four extra hours on my day off, right in the middle of my pseudo three-day weekend. CURSE YOU, FAZUULIAN OVERLORD!!

Tonight, HBL will run through the Weds routine with me, just to make sure I know what's going on. Sigh.

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