So I recently started working at a Jewelry Store, and I had to open this morning with the stand-in manager, who is still in training I should add. We were the only two opening this morning, and I was a little surprised, but I was sure the manager knew what she had to do to turn off the alarm, turn on the system, and get all registers up and working.
She was twenty minutes late, "Good morning! Sorry, I had a flat tire."
I didn't mind it at all; she is too sweet to be upset at. She unlocked and pushed the gate up and asked me if I knew how to turn off the alarm. I got a little nervous, and replied as if I was asking her, "No?"
In my mind, all I kept thinking was PLEASE GOD TELL ME SHE KNOWS THE CODE THAT TURNS OFF THE ALARM because I sure as heck don't!
She said, "Oh. Well, I wrote it down in my book, I will find it." Too calm, yet I was relieved, but not until she came out of the backroom to tell me the alarm wouldn't turn off with the code that she has. The alarm kept beeping and a female voice kept saying, "Please disable alarm." "Please disable alarm." ahhh...
I called the district manager, no answer. The manager tried calling the other employees, no answer. 58, 59, 60 seconds! ALARM went off and we frantically started pressing the code in with no luck and making calls. Finally the district manager calls, and she can't do anything because the code she has is different. The phone and the alarm were blaring at the same time. The security called to see if everything was okay. I explained the situation, but I highly doubt she believed me because she hung up on me. I still don't understand why. The mall security stood at the gates. For ten minutes the alarm blared; it was really embarrassing. Then we called a sister company in the same mall, the manager that worked there was a former employee, and she knew the code. My manager was shouting in the phone because the alarm was too loud. "Alright, I will try that code and see what happens."
"Alarm disabled."
We just looked at each other's frazzled faces, and laughed. It was too early in the morning for this type of stress. I remember telling her, "This was definitely a learning experience." She said to me, "There must be a fall moon out."
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Oh man. That is like something from a movie. I liked the build up that peaked at "Alarm Disabled." The way you placed that particular phrase allows the reader to feel the relief it brought. It gave the reader the feeling close to what I am sure you were feeling. Something I could suggest is adding dialogue. For instance, it could have been funny to hear your conversations on the phone that were jumbled because you couldn't hear over the alarm. Adding that detail leaves options for you the author to add more humor. But in general, you did a great job. This story made me smile because it seems like something that would happen to me.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, right when I you said the words "still in training," when you were speaking about the stand-in manager, I knew something was going to go wrong. Then, you mentioned the alarm and I put two and two together. I loved the story. It was definitely a realistic situation and I could totally feel your embarrassment. If I were in your shoes, I would have been freaking out to the point of tears ha ha. Way to maintain some composure :) Anyway, good job on the blog! Looking forward to the next one.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha Ha! Very funny story, I really enjoyed reading your blog! I can really relate to this story because I know how that awful annoying siren sounds like early in the morning. I really like how you mentioned that the stand-in manager was “still in training”, that allowed the reader to predict that something was going to go wrong. I liked how you described the dialogue between you and the manager, and how you also added the dialogue that was going on inside you. That helped the reader to know both your external as well as your internal thoughts, which was a great asset to the story. I thought it was really funny how you said that you didn’t understand why the security just stood there at the gate, what great help he was LOL!
ReplyDeleteNice job, like the humor!