Goddamnit.
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hellzabethSo I'm sitting having my break. Eating a yogurt with reckless abandon when I realise that I fancy a cup of tea. I turn the kettle on, pour the hot water into the mug with the tea bag, press it against the side and throw the bag in the bin, add two sugars and then...
... and then...
...
Where the heck has the milk bottle gone?
Belatedly I realise someone's put it in the fridge. The fridge we have at work is a massive, room-sized thing you can walk in and out of quite easily. Alex and I have also decided it could be used as a safe house in the event of a zombie apocalypse since the door is major strong and has a tendency to seal shut, safe from the weak and feeble fingers of zombies.
And the weak and feeble fingers of Pidges.
Usually the door's left slightly ajar, not enough for the air to get warm inside but enough for the weaker members of the team (i.e. myself) to open it with ease.
The door is shut.
I put my whole weight on it and pull. I plant my foot besides the door and try that. I squeeze the handle until there's an indent in my palm.
It does not budge.
Ashamed, I wander out to the front of the shop, where Craig is serving customers.
"Um." I begin, and he and Ali give me an odd look for coming back from my break so soon. "Uh. I can't... can I borrow you for a second, Craig?"
He raises a pierced eyebrow. "Why?"
"Erm. Ican'topenthefridgedoor."
They both stare at me. A smirk twists the corner of Craig's mouth. "What was that?"
Evil bastard.
"I can't get the door to open."
"Pardon?"
My patience, already thin in the early morning, snaps. "I can't open the bloody fridge door!"
I have an audience of about three elderly ladies by this point. They're all staring unabashed at this strange till girl who is for some reason complaining of being unable to open a fridge door. Craig is quietly killing himself laughing and Ali's hiding her face behind her baker's hat, giggling for all she's worth.
Craig eventually took mercy on me and got me the milk, but I am going to remember this later, oh they'll see. They will see why you do not cross Elizabeth Hope Dove.
/shakes fist at the sky
... and then...
...
Where the heck has the milk bottle gone?
Belatedly I realise someone's put it in the fridge. The fridge we have at work is a massive, room-sized thing you can walk in and out of quite easily. Alex and I have also decided it could be used as a safe house in the event of a zombie apocalypse since the door is major strong and has a tendency to seal shut, safe from the weak and feeble fingers of zombies.
And the weak and feeble fingers of Pidges.
Usually the door's left slightly ajar, not enough for the air to get warm inside but enough for the weaker members of the team (i.e. myself) to open it with ease.
The door is shut.
I put my whole weight on it and pull. I plant my foot besides the door and try that. I squeeze the handle until there's an indent in my palm.
It does not budge.
Ashamed, I wander out to the front of the shop, where Craig is serving customers.
"Um." I begin, and he and Ali give me an odd look for coming back from my break so soon. "Uh. I can't... can I borrow you for a second, Craig?"
He raises a pierced eyebrow. "Why?"
"Erm. Ican'topenthefridgedoor."
They both stare at me. A smirk twists the corner of Craig's mouth. "What was that?"
Evil bastard.
"I can't get the door to open."
"Pardon?"
My patience, already thin in the early morning, snaps. "I can't open the bloody fridge door!"
I have an audience of about three elderly ladies by this point. They're all staring unabashed at this strange till girl who is for some reason complaining of being unable to open a fridge door. Craig is quietly killing himself laughing and Ali's hiding her face behind her baker's hat, giggling for all she's worth.
Craig eventually took mercy on me and got me the milk, but I am going to remember this later, oh they'll see. They will see why you do not cross Elizabeth Hope Dove.
/shakes fist at the sky
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Date: 2010-09-22 12:59 pm (UTC)Oh, so now I know how you sat in the milk cooler on a hot day - I was picturing you sitting in an open fridge swinging your legs out of the door. Oops.
Heh, I heard of a woman who was gloating about her newly-gained strength in weights class and then couldn't open her water bottle.
Can I expect to hear the repentant screams of your co-workers from here in Hertsfordshire sometime soon then?
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Date: 2010-09-22 01:07 pm (UTC)Actually, that was what I did. I'm not allowed to leave the shop floor once the doors are open; it would leave the front of the store unattended and people would nick stuff. So I just sat in the fridges anyway, surrounded by bags of frozen chips and peas and pizzas. The others had set up chairs in the one out back as well though, as I found when I went out there on my break XD
Hahaha pwned. I hear they call that Foot-in-Mouth disease.
Probably. From what I remember of the Hornet Incident, Craig screams quite loud.
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Date: 2010-09-22 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-22 08:56 pm (UTC)It only locks if you push on the door from the outside. I think I'm safe for now.