It's Slow

 It's felt off being at work this past couple of days.

And I finally put my finger on why.

It's because the store finally feels dead.

For the past year and a half...since the pandemic started...I honestly don't think we've had real 'dead days.' at work.

Maybe one or two slow days.

But dead days where there's only like maybe two customers in the store?

It's been ages since that happened.

The pandemic has kept us running ragged for so long because we've dealt with hundreds of people surging into the pet stores to buy pets to entertain them while they're stuck at home, or entertain the kids that aren't in school.. 

To finally have kids returning to school in person instead of just online. To finally have people returning to their offices instead of working from home?

It's a weird feeling.

Especially knowing that the Delta Variant of Covid is surging in my state and cases are getting as high as they were back in November.

To have the store be legitimately dead? 

It's the oddest feeling. Like a twilight zone feeling.

It's eerie having barely anyone shopping when you've become used to a near constant stream of people coming into the store.

It's a nice lull. A bit of a breather...even if it's left my coworkers and I scrambling to find things to do to pass the time with fewer customers to help.

It's probably only going to last another week or so....maybe might last until the Halloween season finally hits.

But yah....

Odd to finally have the store be slow after a year and a half of crazy.

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi