For the most part it seems a fruitless effort to learn the names of the people I work with. Employees come and go for the most part. The more intelligent individuals usually leave within a few months, having the foresight to know that their job of current employment is a sinkhole with no reward. I have been employed at Burlington Coat Factory for almost two years now and I have realized that there are two types of employees at this retail store. There are those that have only to swipe their card once when clocking out and then there are those that have to swipe multiple times in order to escape from that days shift. The multiple swipers of course are those that have been employed for a long time and have rubbed off the barcodes on the backs of their time cards to the point that the individual lines are barely readable.
Last month I became a double swiper if you will. I reached out to the time clock as usual to punch out when i realized that my swipe didn't register. I tried again. Still nothing happened. I swiped once more and the time clock took pity upon my soul and allowed me to leave. My heart sank. I realized that I had become one of those semi-permanent fixtures of Burlington Coat Factory. I will be forced to swipe my card over and over again to be free of this place. The day will come when my card will become too worn to swipe and I will be trapped with the fate of forlornly swiping my card over and over again for eternity. Even the break room in which I find refuge in for 15 minutes at a time will be closed to me without the permission of the holy time clock.
Picture of said break room
I need a change of pace.
