When I looked at my work schedule last night, I noted that I had an 8:30-4:30 shift. It's a little earlier than the normal early shift, so I woke up groggy and cold, breakfasted, put on a suit, and went to work. When I arrived, there was only one stock guy in the back and the whole store seemed eerily vacant. I did the usual morning activities, such as dusting and getting things in order. Around 8:45, I noticed the escalators still weren't turned on, something that is extremely unusual 15 minutes before opening. There were very few people in the department and the mall doors still had bars on them. It didn't look like any registers were actually open yet. The other opener showed up the same time as our manager, who explained that it was a mistake on the schedule and that we weren't supposed to show up until an hour later. In other words, he made us clock out and do nothing. We couldn't even help in the back, since non-sell hours are counted differently. It was an interesting morning.
