So today I decided to do something I had been trying to avoid, and that is gaming while at work. I am currently a part-time cashier since leaving school, so while it isn't the most intense job in the world I do rarely have time to spare 10 minutes. It doesn't help that my store is a retail pharmacy where the customers are almost always twice my age. I made the decision that if any cute girl came in, I would find a way to open while not getting myself fired for sexual harassment (I'm a fan of being direct, not always workplace appropriate).

Fortunately, I was working with HBoss, who is the nightshift supervisor, and a 3-star* 20 year old. I have no desire to hook up with her, but I figure if we're joking around and having fun it will make things much easier for me to step away for a few minutes if the need arises. She asks me to help her sort through inventory for outdated items, and it is really easy to run basic C/F on her because she is a klutz.

HBoss: "Owwww, that hurt!"
Me: "Are you bleeding?
"No"
"On fire?"
"No"
"Being abducted by aliens?"
"No"
"Then you're fine"

Her on again off again boyfriend is basically her pet, so even when he stops in the store I continue teasing just to make the store a bit more comfortable to work in. Again, right now I'm just running simple game and focusing on humor because I want to make sure she's relaxed. If a girl comes in and she's pissed at me or running behind on work then she'll cockblock me at every turn.

HBoss "love you"
Boyfriend "love you"
(repeats several times)
me: "Unless one of you is about to go to war in Afghanistan, wrap it up!"

Now this did work, and she was happy throughout the whole night and I was able to relax a bit, but sadly no other women are coming around! It's like you're disarming a HBs cockblock friend when there is no HB lol. Well luckily that changed within the last hour of my shift tonight. HBrunette walks in and lo and behold, she is one of the best friends of HBoss. I pulled the old...really old, cliche move on HBoss a bit earlier by telling her she was so nice that day that I was gonna adopt her as my new little sister, and she went ahead and told me that I had to take them as a package deal. Keeping threesome jokes to myself to avoid an awkward human resources conversation, I went back to my preferred direct approach and introduced myself to HBrunette.

While both of them were there, I was able to chat them up, HBoss even gave me a little extra value by telling her friend how knowledgeable I was about booze so they should invite me out next time they want to drink. I take pride in my home bar, drink recipes, etc so yeah, its something I know a lot about. When HBoss left to take care of a few things in the office though, she turned to me and just said

"no hitting on my friend while I'm gone."

Oh heeeellllll no, you don't inadvertenly praise me and let me hit on her while you're there then put the kibosh on it. Thankfully I knew she was too happy go lucky now to really do anything about it. I just chat about her, where she went to school, etc, and wanted to #-close. I just took a piece of paper and wrote my number on it with my name and the message "Don't tell (HBoss), its a secret!" I actually prefer giving my number if the girl seems legitimately interesting and interested, it keeps me from texting too much and proves interest.

That was about an hour, hour and a half ago, then we all left the store as it closed up and I just wished them both a safe drive home. I will say that those 2 were silly enough that there was never a dull moment or awkward silence. Plenty of material for my dry humor to run with. Though I'm sure I will hear from HBoss before HBrunette about how I wasn't supposed to hit on her friends hahaha.

All comments, critiques, etc are appreciated, but most of all I would like to hear others' perspectives on how smart it is to game at work, even if thats with non-coworkers.



*3-star may confuse you. I shortened the rating to 1-5 based on a favorite book "I hope They Serve Beer in Hell." 3-star girls are cute, but if you talk about them with your buddies you feel the need to throw in her flexibility or lack of a gag reflex.