Well, the temps climbed into the upper 80s (F) yesterday, and it was humid... (understatement). Right now the outside temp is 73 (F) and it is humid. In fact, that does appear to be the word of the day for Central PA. We might have spotty showers this morning, but this afternoon the temps will climb into the upper 80s (F) and it's supposed to be humid. This is summer, after all, and for the time being, these temps are just a little higher than those we had over the 2 previous years, though it wasn't nearly as humid.
Work was slow, until I was about to leave, then customers began showing up. Our aisle associate is on vacation, so there's only one specialist from 7 until closing, and while he's a very nice man, my loyalty to the orange home improvement retailer I work for ends at 7. The inability to staff sufficiently is a corporate issue. Bringing someone one in to replace the aisle associate's hours is a payroll expense. Frequently, customers are having to make do with the fact that there are no people on the sales floor to help them. The current HR rep was complaining, corporate only gave her 187 hours for scheduling. That may sound like a lot of hours, but not when you're staffing a store that sells over $1 million a week. There are going to be some serious gaps without a scheduled associate in Hardware, and Plumbing, and customers are just going to have to deal with that fact.
Of course, Joe Biden gave one the last speeches as president last night. I watched it.
