Okay- you may have noticed I didn't really post last week... that was because I had a power outage!
So the power outage at my house was only for a day really... but at work it lasted 3 days- 2 of which I had to work!
So when it went out at work- customers were still in the store... so we had to get them all to the register because the registers stayed open a little longer than the rest of the power- so everyone was able to buy their stuff... but then we had to close everything down quickly before it shut down.
Some people left early- but I stayed and worked in the dark. I work in a specific department so I have to put out things for that department... so I had a lot to do. And the rest of the day we hung up clothes in the back and broke down the truck because we still got a truck that day. The next day was kind of the same thing and the third day- I wasn't scheduled to work so I don't know if we were closed that whole day or not. We were able to stay socially distant while working too- so that was good too.
It's kind of interesting because it's very rare that there are no customers in the store and we still have to work. I figured when we first returned from work after the pandemic- that would maybe be one of the last times that would happen... but I didn't really think of power outages and working there.
It was kind of hard because we were getting a lot of stuff in to put out- but obviously we couldn't sell anything for a few days because the power was out.
The other funny thing that happened was that I usually bring lunch to work- and this time I bought in something to microwave... I obviously couldn't microwave it... so I just kind of waited and luckily someone else was grabbing something at a nearby restaurant and she picked something up for me! So that was really great!
Now at home... it was a little scary. I wasn't home that much when the power was out- so it wasn't that hard for me... but it was HOT! It's like the hottest time of the year to have a power outage so... it's hard. We were going to go out to eat the first night- but everything was closed because they also didn't have power. Luckily my neighbor had actually made too much food because she was expecting her friend to come over and she didn't... so she had wayyy too much food and she gave us some and it was really good! That was really nice.
Other than that- my Nintendo Switch was charged all the way- so I was still able to play Animal Crossing for a little while. So that's pretty much what I did- and then I watched a youtube video before going to sleep. We had wireless chargers to charge our phones- so that was good.
And then when I got home from work the power was back! So that was great! And I had the day off the next day!
We didn't get the storm as bad as other towns and other countries even... so that was good at least. I'm so sorry for people that had it out for longer- or businesses that lost a lot of money because of the power outage. It's really sad to have a power outage during a pandemic. It's sad.
Bye!
-Shannon
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