In and Out with A Bang!

This is to demonstrate the point that no matter what I do, or where I go, something ridiculous and crazy always happens. I can't ever just have a normal day. Nah, nah. That would be too easy.

April 28th, 2010, I was hired as Macy's of Cool Springs Tennessee's newest employee. I don't even know how I applied for the job. I am pretty sure I just typed in "job search in Tennessee" on the search bar thing. Somehow, I was directed to a totally random site and I am not really sure it was real...I was almost positive that if I put in my information, I would be tracked down and stalked or something. Seeing as how I have yet to be stalked...the site must have been somewhat legit. Anyhow, I got an email from Macy's and it told me where to go. I took my mom along just in case the place wasn't real and turned out to be some kind of Oceans 11 hideout. I don't know. My imagination sometimes gets the best of me I think. But the place was real and I somehow got hired.


Saturday May, 1 was my first day. Um. Worst first day ever. Work isn't bad...until it slows down to a screeching halt...no customers... We are all standing around wondering what has happened. Someone goes over to the doors, which were out of my sight range, and discovers that...the parking lot has flooded! Oh my! What excitement! Wait...the parking lot is flooded? Why? Huh?

Basically, Middle Tennessee had turned into a lake. I just wanted a nice first day of work where I would drive home at 6 when I got off but no. I left at 7 and got home...two days later.

Like I said, I can't have anything normal happen in my life. Too easy that would be.

Today was my last day of work. Bitter sweet, you might say. I worked in handbags. If you know me well, you know that I am a handbag junkie but I have very good control over my addiction. Don't worry.

As I was walking around looking for someone to buy a purse from me, I stopped an older lady who looked lost. She had a cane and looked fragile.
Me: "Can I help you find something ma'am? You look a bit lost."
Lady: "Oh, I'm just looking for the elevator. Where is it?"
Me: *Points* "It's right over there by the petite dresses."
Lady: "Oh...I was just over there. I think I'll just try the escalator."
Me: "Uh...ok." *Slightly worried but moving on with my life*

Not two seconds later, I get this feeling of "turn around." I turn around...Heavens to Betsy. The lady is falling down the escalator and looks like her leg is broken.

Me being the naturally nimble and short kid I am, I sprint across the store like some comic book superhero.

Note: running in a pencil skirt is hard and not recommended.

Anyway, I make it to this lady just in time. I make sure she is stable and not going to fall any further. Suddenly, I realize, we're still moving and if I don't push the emergency stop button soon, this lady might be in worse shape than she already was. So I bullet up the escalator stairs and push the button just before the lady reaches the top! PHEW!

I help the lady up. Her leg is not broken but she is really shaky. Then...two minutes later...all of my managers show up. We doctor her scraped up leg and blistered fingers and sign some papers. I run to the coffee shop next door and get her a glass of ice water to calm her down and then I walk her over to the home-wears where she looks for a cake pan.

Note: They no longer make 8" cake pans. Only 9". FYI.

We didn't find a cake pan she could use but I did get her calmed down. My managers looked like they had been slapped in the face. I didn't care. I just wanted to help the lady. So I did.  She then thanked me continuously for saving her.

Then I walked back down to my department.

No one said a word about any of it to me for the rest of the day...sigh. Superheros just don't get appreciated like they should.

Again, in and out of Macy's with a bang. Couldn't I ever have a simple, normal day? Nah. That would be waaay to easy and no fun at all.

And please, if you see an elderly person get on an escalator, stop them.