Not So Happy 4th

Yesterday promised to be a fun day/night and potentially more interesting then the years prior. However, the clusterfuck began the moment I got to work yesterday and the entire idea of "fun" was lost with each passing minute.

It started with my starting work earlier, which as I found out after I had clocked in and worked for a while, that I was not suppose to start when I did. And the other idea that I had was it would be a short night and guess what? I was wrong on that count too. So now there I am, working an hour earlier then my time and now knowing that I could possibly be working until one in the morning, yeah my night was going sour and fast.

The work was finished in an hour or two, which means the stores were slow and hey! Maybe salvation was yet to be had! Needless to say, I was getting happier and happier by the minute! But you gotta know, there always needs to be a tragedy in nearly any tale.

Basically, while there was no work to do, the boss did not want to allow anyone to leave! Why? Because the work was indeed coming, it would only take it 3-4 HOURS to be ready for us to get our hands on! Did I want to stand around from 6pm to 10pm, doing nothing at all? Surely it is free and easy money, but I had much better ideas of how to be using my time on a 4th of July!

So there I was, again, feeling my heart sick and my mood souring faster then milk sitting out on a hot summer day. I felt defeated and hopeless at this point and really, what else could I do?

Anyway, a little past 8pm my boss finally gives up and just says 'go home.' Was I one to argue? Hell no! The unfortunate thing about it was, my girlfriend wanted to get down to Ala Moana to see the fireworks and it started at 8pm. Blah.

The point I'm trying to get across here is I hope everyone had a better 4th then I did and hopefully it was safe enough where no body got hurt. I think one of the guys I work with said it best: "Why are we still here? Man, it looks like we'll be here all night... Cancel 4th of July, there is always next year!"