The horrid weekend

Harrumph!!

On Saturday morning I woke with the threat of another cold descending upon me, it didn't remain 'descending'for long, it landed full force bringing with it something that felt akin to a grape in my throat and an inability to get warm. The grape rapidly advanced into a grapefruit and the lack of warmth issue became a lost cause!

My arrival at work was accompanied by the unpleasant realisation that I was to spend the following two days stood in a bitter wind, by a doorway who's (theoretically)automatic doors were failing in their duty to detect individuals and duly open or close and consequently remained staunchly open. Add to that, courtesy of the building work currently underway, the heating was broken! The contractors employed to fix such failures do not work on a weekend.....oh happy days!

I do not 'do' cold!

And so we stood, cold to the bone, miserable and huddled in turn around a small fan heater....and we had it good. The poor young souls operating the checkouts could do nothing but sit and freeze. Should we provide them each with a heater the power trips out....more joy!

All day rotas were hastily suggested to send them one by one for a coffee on a continuing rotation but this only worked in part, no matter how cold one is, if there are customers in a queue, or anything vaguely resembling the threat of a queue, then we must remain.

We ran around, we larked about where we could but it was to no avail, we remained miserably cold, a little band of pinched and pale faces met customers who persisted in telling us "it's cold in here today"...........YES, WE KNOW, we are trying our damnedest to ignore it......as they departed for warm and cosy homes!

I am still cold, I can't get warm, I still have a grapefruit in my throat, I think long time immersion in a hot bath is next on my agenda! :o)