Pick me!

Due to rainy weather and tornadoes, lunch was slow. 30 minutes after I got back from break I heard Christa the pregnant shift manager ask if anyone else? wanted to go home. "I do!" I informed her, at which she gave me a blank look, (I realized then she had been joking). "Let me check my labor" she said. "Don't tease me" I called out as she went to the office. A few minutes later she came back and said if I wanted to go I could. Zoom, out the door I went before the drive-thru filled up.

Today I gave the morning shift alpha male from Russia (Andrew) a lesson in management technique. I was the muffin man again, not quite keeping up, he says sternly in his heavy accent "Too slow". I respond you'll want to do that constructively, for example, "Scott, you're doing a great job, but you'll need to get quicker" his look of surprise and the laughter of of another 50+ coworker made my challenge of his dominance very enjoyable. Its fun to be 50+.