On Tuesday, I was talking to someone on the house phone and all of a sudden, I get a call from my store Manager (which has been gone for over a week out of town). This was strange, since I didn't have to work that day. My first thought was that I might be in trouble for something that I had no knowledge of, or he wanted to me to come into work. However, that was not the case.
He said he liked how I took over while he was away and he mentioned the fairly long cleaning list I had up for people to do when they got bored and some other little random notes in the store. I told him that I really didn't take over and that in fact, I have left work and hour early on most days (because business can be slow and labor percentages would be a bit high). Regardless of me being completely honest with him, he appeared to be impressed, and told me congradulations because he was giving me a raise! So, either way that you look at it, my hourly pay went up 50 cents more! For a small carry out/delivery pizza place, that pretty good! Totally unexpected! Damn it! Anytime I think of leaving that hell hole, something either keeps me around, or I give up looking, or now this! lol! He just basically told me not to say anything to the crue since I am the first one to receive a raise.
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Speaking of raises and employee's pay..it appears that minimum wage has gone up today from $5.85 per hour, to $6.55. Now that seems pretty good to finally have that happen and all, but prices on store products all the way to high gas prices, went up before this. So this will probably mean that prices on everything, will go up again, and start dampering our moods even further into what we might as well call another depression....regardless if some may not agree that we are in a state of depression at this time.
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Anyways, my fiancee and I went out again last night to have some drinks and eat at the restraunt/bar by the river and sat outside looking at the water and the boats go by. Very pleasant place to be.
That's it for now peeps. Have an awesome day!