I was supposed to work from 8-1. Leslie, my manager came up to me and was like, "You look REALLY tired," so I told her what happened and that I only got two hours of sleep. Then she said, "So what you're saying is, if I get the chance to let you go home early, I should, huh?" And I replied, "Well no, if you wan't, you can, but you definitely don't have to, seeing how busy it is."

She walks away, and the other manager, JoEllen, comes up to me and says, "So what happened to your mom?" So I repeat the WHOLLLE story over again, and she just says, "Wow."

At 11, another checker comes to take my place. I figure I'm going on break, so I walk over to the manager to see where to put my till. She looks at me, smiles, and says, "Go home. Get some sleep." I was like, "Really?" and she said, "Yep, totally. Don't worry about it."

Just something little like that made my day so much better. I really appreciate their sympathy and for letting me go home two hours early, even though it was considerably busy...