Miscellaneous: Today, I arrived at work at 8, and business was abnormally slow,...

By Charlotte - 28/09/2009 04:03 - United States

Today, I arrived at work at 8, and business was abnormally slow, but we assumed it would pick up. Few hours later, we had not had a single customer. As I walk out of the restaurant, I realize the open sign has been off all day. FML

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Quinnjamin 0

Monday 28 September 2009 23:08

Was the cashier out running "those errands"?

WonderBlunder 0

Monday 28 September 2009 13:44

Not a single customer?? I bet your restaurant sucks. Usually people will try their luck even if the "open" sign is not on during normal business hour.. And don't you have regular customers??

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MochiHoshi 0

Monday 28 September 2009 20:17

That's odd that people still didn't try the door. At all the stores and restaurants I worked at, people never played any bloody attention to the sign and tried to open the door, whether we were open or closed. (It was really annoying when we were legitimately closed though and they'd rattle the door a few times and glare at us.)

kukopia 0

Monday 28 September 2009 20:51

Yet another FML w/o the pertinant facts. Who's responsible for turning the sign on? How much of your pay is from tips? How much fun did you have goofing off all day?? Additionally, tomorrow will be easier because you got EVERYTHING prepaired today. No facts, no vote, no care. No, really!

jane99 0

Monday 28 September 2009 21:12

I would absolutely LOVE if no one came into my work.

tiffanyalexis 0

Monday 28 September 2009 21:29

you stole this from spongebob.

Novah_fml 0

Monday 28 September 2009 22:21

Yeah this is a spongebob instance. Noone doesnt go to a store based on the sign, especially in the day time when the signs are not very luminous anyways. "I figured the gas station was closed, there was no open sign"