OSH

Sunday is my day at OSH. For those of you not from California, it's a chain of 70+ hardware stores...
Business has been really down, so they have been cutting hours. Since I only work on Sunday's and I'm the senior cashier that day (been there 5 years), they haven't touched my 8 hours. I also am the only one that has remained a consistant schedule, knock on wood. I get priority on the 8-5 shift, since there are no full timers on Sunday's, I'm reliable, rarely call in sick, and only ask for 4-5 Sunday's off a year. That is the opening shift, usually in the tool corral, which is very limited in space. The next cashier doesn't come on till 9 or 10, so it's just me, usually I average about 30-40 customers an hour.
The hours of 2-5pm are our busiest hours. It is when we have cashiers/department closers are at lunch and break and people are out of church, breakfast, etc during that time. Normally we will have 8 cashiers, 5-8 hour shifts and 3-4 part time shifts plus people in the departments who are working mid day shifts. Today, there were no mid day people in the departments and a total of 5 cashiers, 3-8 hour shifts and 2 pt shifts. It was a reduction of 21 hours in just the cashiering dept alone. So at 4pm there were only 6 of us running the entire store(not counting the guy in pick up). 1 assistant, who was covering 3 depts, the paint guy also covering 3 and electrical covering 4 depts. Only me and the cashier in tool corral on the registers and one customer service rep. So needless to say a very rough afternoon. We were short other times, but that was the worst time!
Thank goodness no one called in sick!!!! I can hope next Sunday will be better, however, with the midnight madness sale the night before, some how don't think so, at least the day goes faster!