Rain, Kohl's, and No Bosses

Yesterday was quite the day. It was full of customer quotes, calls and entering orders. I didn't even recognize that it was raining until about 4:45. I was informed it had been pouring for a couple of hours.

After work I went to Kohl's because I needed some new running shoes, and it was still drizzling. As I entered through the double glass doors and wiped my heals and headed straight for the shoes. As I stepped across the waxy tile floor and put my heal down, I started to loose my balance and slid right into a rack of men's clothing and breaking a couple of blood vessels in my thumb. I quickly walked onto the carpet and made my way to the shoes, hoping that no one saw my little mishap. Even if they did, I don't know them, so it doesn't really matter.

This morning brought early morning meetings with the sales manager and sales supervisor. While in our meeting we were reminded that all of management will be out for the remainder of the week starting tomorrow. The sales manager told us that he is "quite the proponent of slacking a bit when the bosses are out, but that we are not to get caught." The room exploded into laughter. Some of the ideas that were tossed around were drinks with umbrellas, extended lunch hours and breaks, etc.

Having been in business world for over 5 years, it amazes me the productivity of some co-workers versus others, depending on how much management is around. My work ethic is to work as though every manager is present in the office every day. Hopefully this will eventually lead me into management.