TGIF - and a half work day at that! I'm dealing with a new-ish employee and her learning curve pains, LOL. She's been given a job to do that seems to be a bit more than she can handle. She is behind and of course, a lot of it is manufacturer specific, so she'll need time to learn all the differences. I had sent her some very detailed (but fairly easy to follow along) instructions awhile back. I had a feeling she was missing one of the components and asked her about it. She said "oh, she didn't realize it, it was never in the instructions". I went back to my email to her, because I was 98.5% sure I had included that part and yes, I had. I didn't correct her that I had sent it, I just sent her that part again :) I miss my previous guy that used to do this job - but of course he got promoted....because he does a great job, haha.
After I'm off work I'm going to the city to pick up something for DH (a roll of vapor barrier) and do a bit of grocery shopping. I had to drop DH off at the property this morning (why he couldn't just take his pristine pick up, I don't know). On my way back home, I almost hit a deer. He got past me just in the nick of time, thank goodness. He startled me, to be sure!
I'm kind of looking forward to going shopping by myself again. Gives me time to look at prices, compare things, etc. It's a big help having him push a separate cart and getting soda and water, but it tires him out easy, so I try to get it all done as quickly as possible. I'm trying to find some coupons this morning to use, and hopefully pay for my gas for the trip :) I've loaded all the deals with the grocery store app on the things I'm going to buy.
Last week when we went DH decided to stop at Harbor Freight for a few things. As we were walking thru the store I found a 20% off one item coupon on my phone and used that (saved $4) and then the guy asks do you want one of the freebies too? I said, nah, we forgot to go look for one of them (didn't want to hold up line) and he said no problem, which one do you want and showed us the ad. DH said he'll take the tape measure and a girl helping him at the checkstand quickly grabbed one. That was nice of them to do a little extra customer service, I thought.
oh darn. Now DH texted me he might be done working for the day at the property (he was meeting plumber) by the time I'm passing by to head to the city, so he might go with me. Oh well, I guess it will be a quick grocery shopping trip then, LOL.
If hw used an electric cart where they are available, he could conserve his energy. It is not an admission of inability, just a measure to get the most out of his body when it counts at the property.
ReplyDeletehe's not mentally ready to ride a cart yet. Plus, if he was on a cart he'd be no help to me haha. I think next time I might suggest after he gets his cart filled with soda and water and chips, he goes and pays for his stuff and go loads in car and waits for me to finish the rest and then helps me load in car.
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