For anyone that remembered the situation with my inappropriate coworkers, here’s an update:

I spoke with HR about it and they spoke to our team lead, and they spoke to the coworkers in question. Since then the inappropriate behavior let up a bit, but other things have gotten worse.

A few days after being spoken to, the boy in the couple confronted two of our coworkers, accusing them at work of “telling on him”. They both let him have it, telling him how vastly inappropriate he was being in accusing them, how this is the behavior that everyone has a problem with, and he needs to get over it and sort himself out.

Since then, the couple has been exceedingly incompetent. They come late, leave early, repeatedly fail to do assigned tasks asked of them, and refuse to act like decent human beings to the rest of us. We’re getting extraordinarily busy now as we start getting into the HalloThanksMas season and this is the worst time to be dealing with their toddler temper tantrums.

So, our ETL and team lead are holding a special meeting with all of us next week. I spoke to our TL about it today because amazingly enough our work schedules lined up, and she said briefly it was going to address all this nonsense. And that she was not gonna be nice.

This is what happens when you have ~8 young, uneducated women (and one moody teenage dudebro) working together. Ugh.

So I got to work for my opening shift early for once. Rang the doorbell. No one. Rang again. No one. Now I’m technically 15 mins late to clock in. This stuff affects my chances at a raise in January, I’m pissed.

I had a guest try to give me a $10 tip tonight because I saved him a slice of pumpkin bread. But I couldn’t take it because of Target’s no tips rule. ;-;

• Coworker: Wow you seem really peppy today!
• Me: Really? Well don't worry, I'll be back to my usual bitter self in an hour or so.
• Coworker: I wouldn't say you're bitter, just... pessimistic!
• Me: Is that... better???

I handed out free sample of pumpkin spice latte today at work because it was slow, and this jolly group of marines fresh out of the barracks for the weekend sauntered over excitedly. They asked what it was before taking a sample and when I said, “Pumpkin Spice Latte,” their hands flew back so quickly you’d think terrorists had made bombs out of them at some time. The look of terror was hilarious, and they proceeded to mumble about cults and Kool-Aid.

So I asked them what their favorite drinks were and they all left with free tall drinks.

There’s a little boy running around my Target singing “Let It Go” and I think that’s adorable.