Friday, February 15, 2008

Happy V-Day
Happy Valentines Day ya'll....

Lets all share V-Day stories:

I worked an opening shift at my job, 8am was the time, Kohl's was the place. About four hours into my shift... right before I took my lunch we started to smell SMOKE in the building. Around customer service and in various other areas of the store. We couldn't tell where it was coming from and our LP Supervisor took it as a signal to call 911... four fire trucks responded. We had like the entire Happy Valley Fire House out on location at my work.

Smoke was getting steadily easier to smell and customers were starting to notice it and STILL we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. It was then that the Customer Service Assosciate got suddenly VERY ill from the smoke inhalation and with much fussing over whether or not she had been examined by the firemen was WHISKED away to the nearest hospital she could go to for our Workmans Comp program

I have no idea where that is.

around this time the firemen are up checking the roof, poking in and out of random nooks and crannies. securing our fuse boxes and electric rooms. Our LP Super is making sure all the floor assosciates are repeatedly checking key areas in the store (garbage cans, fitting rooms, corners, boxes) anything that could have been lit on fire to cause the smoke in the ventilation system.

By now customers are being kept from entering the store in case we needed to evacuate and amidst all the worry and chaos.... the STORE MANAGER who is on vacation... calls in to find out what the hell is going on.

He is immediately put on hold and the supervisor who answered the call comes on the walkie and harasses that crap out of our manager on duty and our LP Super to find out what to tell him. It was suggested that she just tell him the store was on fire and put him back on hold until a further break in the situation was made. In the end the LP Super decided to take the call and explain it to him while the firemen poked around some more.

It was passed off as a malfunction of our heating unit that was putting smoke into the air conditioning system and an expert at another store was called in to fix it.

Of course, that involves TURNING IT OFF.. which means the store was a toasty FORTY DEGREES for a good 3 1/2 hours.

Happy Valentines Day... Your turn ^^
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