It just takes one bad moment to spoil a day....
Missing the train
Getting caught in the rain
Spilling a drink on new clothes
Being tailgated
Somebody being rude.
Sometimes, just one thing can spoil something you used to enjoy.
At Waitrose yesterday, we were overcharged on a couple of food products, which had been misleadingly priced. We tried to return them tonight, but the checkout girl said that we couldn't return them as they were from the chiller cabinet and it's against the law. I can understand that, but she was giving us very dirty looks. She called the manager who let us exchange them (& requested the items we returned to be binned) but she was also quite rude. They made us feel like dirt. I used to love shopping in Waitrose, but not any more. It is frustrating too, as we recently signed a petition to save their jobs, as this Waitrose is going to close down in December to be replaced by another supermarket.
I used to enjoy my job (!). However, my boss, who I used to get along with, ruined it for me by accusing me of saying something that I didn't say. There is not much worse than being unjustly accused of something you didn't do. I'd often like to write a lot more about my job as it's a big part of my life, especially today as it would be therapeutic, but unfortunately as I've mentioned before, I don't feel I can. Hopefully this will be forgotten soon, and I'll start to enjoy it again, but I'm not convinced.
To help recover from my bad week at work last week, I forced myself into having a good weekend. On Saturday I saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which I enjoyed (despite other people finding it a let-down). We then went out for some lovely Spanish tapas at La Tasca, which VH has already blogged about. Then, the icing on the cake was booking our trip to Vancouver yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing the whales already.
You know, if you ask me, I'd rather see belugas in Tadoussac than killer whales in Vancouver... Unless you plan to do both.
ReplyDeleteIf you want bad customer service you have to come and live over here - putting the customer first is an alien concept in France.
ReplyDeleteRe the job - perhaps you could do what I've seen others do, make it a private blog for registered people and then you could let off steam about your job in secure knowledge that nobody could report you. There is indeed nothing worse than knowing that one is blameless about something that one has been blamed for. The rot has set in now for you I reckon.
Blimey - I'm all gloom and doom on here - sorry. At least a holiday is there dangling in front of you.
Aww... sorry it's been a bit of a rough go for you! I totally understand the bit about your work--I HATE being accused of things I haven't done. It's so unfair...
ReplyDeleteAnd Vancouver sounds wonderful! I'd LOVE to see whales... take lots of pictures! :)
I almost forgot. Tell VH to buy something for the Xmas tree while in Vancouver. Because I didn't have time to buy actual souvenirs myself...
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