Election day
So I worked election day again. I started on time this year, at 6am. Last time it was closer to 7 since I forgot some stuff at home and had to go back for it. I slowly worked my way through all 10 precincts I was assigned to and by 9:30 I was pulling out of the parking lot of my last one. That is when I got a phone call that soured my mood for the rest of the day.
I got a call that I had to go back to every machine I had just looked at and recalibrate the touch screens on all of them as well as writing down the serial number for each machine. I think the second part was a way to verify we actually did it. This meant I had to go look at all 71 machines, the most out of any of the rovers, and wait to jump- in between voters. This took me until 2pm to finish. I worked 8 hours straight with no break, it was not fun. I was pissed for the rest of the day. I was called during lunch and I simply ignored the phone. The guy had to call 3 times before I would eventually pick it up.
He was calling to ask where the drop off the replacement machine I had requested. After I ate I went to set it up and them made my third and final round to make sure the judges were competent enough to close that the end of the night. Most of them were but there was one that gave me trouble all day, so I had to be there when they closed at the end of the night.
This election was not the walk in the park it was last time. I had a total of about 3 hrs to myself in my 17 hr work day. I was quite delirious by the end of the night.
Examples:
I got a call that I had to go back to every machine I had just looked at and recalibrate the touch screens on all of them as well as writing down the serial number for each machine. I think the second part was a way to verify we actually did it. This meant I had to go look at all 71 machines, the most out of any of the rovers, and wait to jump- in between voters. This took me until 2pm to finish. I worked 8 hours straight with no break, it was not fun. I was pissed for the rest of the day. I was called during lunch and I simply ignored the phone. The guy had to call 3 times before I would eventually pick it up.
He was calling to ask where the drop off the replacement machine I had requested. After I ate I went to set it up and them made my third and final round to make sure the judges were competent enough to close that the end of the night. Most of them were but there was one that gave me trouble all day, so I had to be there when they closed at the end of the night.
This election was not the walk in the park it was last time. I had a total of about 3 hrs to myself in my 17 hr work day. I was quite delirious by the end of the night.
Examples:
- I asked to whoever was listening,"What is a pirate's favorite food?" "Arrrrrrby's"
- I then said it was a medical necessity to have to carry a hot beef sandwich with me at all times. I had to use it like and inhaler, which I then demonstrated.
- I discovered that 'Diarrhea Icicle' would make a good band name. Someone was kind enough to rephrase it as 'Shitcile' which is good too.
- I did a retard dance in the middle of Giant and kept refering to one of my co-workers as 'Rocket Sauce'
- And I swear I say a whore in leopard print accompanied by her sailing pimp who had a neck brace instead of a hat.
posted by K-Dawg at 10:51 PM
2 Comments:
Were they voting? I wonder who for...
No, I saw them at Giant too. They were checking out my hot beef sandwich wishing that hads them some for themselves.
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