Gareth

Hai, and hullo!

I had work today @_@. It was a bit interesting as i kept getting a lot of customer queries from all the people who couldnt speak much english. I didn't mind, i infact quite enjoyed it because it makes the job more interesting. I found it curious as to why i was asked when my manager was standing much closer to them on the other end of the aisle. Anyway, I had good fun with some kosovan people. They were a family and the father asked where the 'kek' was, gesturing a cylindrical object with his hands, and saying for celebrations etc. Being in charge of the booze department, i foolishly thought keg. so i had a quick rummage around in the warehouse and realised we had none. When i came back, i wanted to make sure that was what he was really after. He said err, kek, sweet, torte. As soon as he said torte i realised i was an idiot and he wanted CAKE. Who can blame him, cake is good! So i walked them to the cakes and they were all saying thanks. Why are the people who can speak the least english the politest.

After that, a rather nice Polish girl explained to me that they were after a bottle of sweet wine. They werent bothered if it was red or white. I pointed out the mavrodaphne of patras (from Greece) as it's an obious sweet red wine, bought by many people for that very purpose. oh and it even says on the bottle, SWEET RED WINE. I also pointed out the German white wines, and explained the coding system we have on the labels that explain if the wine is sweet or dry. She was appreciative also.

I had a bunch of guys come in, somewhat loaded (as i found out later). They were holding a celebration or a meeting, and my manager authorised them to make a bulk purchase of anything sparkling. Bulk purchases are limited to 1 case of a product, at a managers discretion. So they were looking at the Rene Flourancy champagne, as it was half price, but when they figured they'd need about 80 bottles, and at £14 a bottle, they'd end up spending £82 a case (of 6), That's almost a grand. (if not more, i cba to get calc open). They cheapened for some Cava. I got it all sorted etc for them and walked them through the checkout so they werent hassled. Final price was about £350. A large purchase (of soley wine) but not the largest i've had whilst i've been here.

On my car i've been noticing my tires are a bit flat and need a bit of pumping up as i've not bothered to do so since i got the car. Pulling into the service station after my shift i started glaring at my tires and remembering my old driving instructor saying all pressure info should be on the tire. I saw a hell of a lot of numbers, but the only one i could clearly see was "max pressure 44psi" so i did 2 tires like that, and thought hmm. i'm not sure this is right. I went into the pfs (petrol filling station) and asked one of the guys to take pity and help me (and i'm their colleague!). I found out the pressures are written on the inside of the door frame, and i had inflated them too much. Good job i had noticed as i didnt want a blow out on the way home! 2.2 bar is what they needed, which is 32 psi. I'm really glad i did decide to finally check the pressure as before i had inflated any of them, the pressures ranged from 15-26 psi, and some looked mighty squishy for tires. so some tires were only half inflated!

Driving off afterwards the car felt much lighter to handle, and a lot nippier too. huzzah! fuel economy for the win! which is bloody good considering its £1.20 per litre of petrol. that's like £4.45 a gallon, or 9USD.

Enough figures anyway. I have a wopping 4 hour shift to do tomorrow, then i'm free for another week. I might go to town on monday for a midday drink at Lloyds with a few friends from work. Mid-day is good, it means i can get the bus and drink happily as i refuse to drink at all if i'm driving within 12 hours at least.

Hello to all the peeps who added me as a friend in the last few days :D it's a pleasure.

Now to grab some meeemees

Tags: drink, travel, wine, work
Current Location: Leicester, uk, home.
Current Mood: awake

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