Working on a food counter

I started working for a supermarket recently and had my first days in the shop this week. I am behind the food counter in my lovely apron and stylish hat. It is a lot of fun but there are so many little procedures to remember. The bakery and patisserie is the hardest place to work, some of the items sold are on the till, some are on a bar code sheet and some are on the scales and require a sticker to be printed. You can guarantee that whatever item I am trying to find will be listed in the last place I try.

What I really enjoy is the bitching. Whenever a fatty walks in we make little comments to each other: "fire up the oven, big order coming" "shit, we only have 19 muffins left!" This is always very funny especially since one of the guys I work with used to work for McDonalds so has an endless supply of fat jokes. This was not nearly as hilarious as what happened yesterday. I group of about 6 men came in to the store and were instantly drawn to the pastries and cakes, me looking all young and innocent and smiling sweetly probably helped too. They were staring at the counter for ages and saying "oooh, it would be so naughty" "They look so pretty" "Oh wow, it all looks sooooooo good" "Ooooh, yes please" I saw my opportunity for sales and I jumped in with a big smile and a "Hi there, can I help you?" They began to walk away but their leader said "Oh don't you worry, we'll be back" They went off and looked at some wine while I got on with cleaning something behind the counter. They chose some wine and went over to the tills to pay and I caught the eye of one of them, I flashed a cheeky smile and I swear to god he bit his bottom lip. I just hope it was because he wanted some cake. Would you believe it they didn't buy anything, I was so sure they would, I must work on my charm.

What I dislike is how much we have to throw away, so much that the Assistant Manager requested we slash the prices from about 7.30pm. A note to everyone: come in store at about 9.30pm and the prices will be down really low. I also hate the freezer, I had to spend two hours in there sorting it out, it was horrible, cramped, slippery and strangely, really really cold.

I love working there really.