"Insert cheque to be franked"

Yesterday at four in the afternoon I headed to work at Town and Country like I would any other day of the week. When I arrived, I headed to the back to sign in, and I began my five hour shift from 4 to 9. As I grabbed a drawer out of the office, I happened to glance at the computer screen of the register and notice that it was completely different. They had installed the new system that had been talked about for months. After seeing that, I knew I was in for a wonderful night. I had always secretly hoped that the new system would not be installed until after I quit Town and Country in a year or so. But I am not that lucky.
We experienced problems with the new system right from the start. The day checker whose place I was taking said that they had been struggling with it all day. And I could tell that the night shift wouldn't be any different when the day checker tried to sign off and it wouldn't let her. So I stood there for at least ten minutes waiting for my manager to figure out how to get the computer to work so I could sign on and help take care of the growing line that was forming in the next check out lane.
Finally, the manager just gave up and told the checker to sign off without running any reports for food stamps, debit, or credit slips. All I could think was that it was going to be a huge pain in the morning when they tried to do the books and balance everything! But I didn't have time to just stand there and ponder future problems, I had to sign on and check out the ten people in my line standing there with frowns on their faces.
So as my night continued we experienced problem after problem, but luckily we didn't break any computers permanently and everyone was able to get their groceries that they came for. Although the system was very frustrating, there was one funny aspect to it. I decided that the system was German. Everytime I went to run a check it spelled it "cheque" and whenever I had a WIC check it said "Insert document to be franked." Ok, so I'm thinking who is Frank and why does he have to endorse our WIC checks or cheques as I should be calling them?! lol
Anyway...Although by the end of the night I was starting to get used to the system, I had a new set of problems. Apparently the day shift didn't put away any of the cigs, chew, or candy that came in on the truck on Wednesdays! Putting away that stuff is their only job besides checking! I know the new system is tough to get used to, but I had to deal with it too! So I didn't appreciate it when I walked in to start my shift and the day checker tells me "Oh yea, by the way you need to put away those crates of stuff that came in on the truck today." Well, there were like twenty crates, I had other stuff I had to do that was part of the night routine, and it was insanely busy that night. So I ended up staying after until ten thirty to try and get everything done! I was not a happy camper! But I guess there is a bright side. After all I did earn another hour and half worth of pay!
So tomorrow when I go back into work at four hopefully everything will run smoothly, but for now I am just happy it is my day off! :)