2
Day One
"Mica, don't forget your bag" Ianto called out after her as the child went to race for her friends and she laughed as she spun to pull it from the back seat.
"Sorry Taddy" she called out, waving as she turned to run and Ianto watched with delight as several other girls embraced and engulfed her. Clearly a favourite in her peer group. David on the other hand… morosely sliding from his seat to stomp over to a lone boy waiting, his hair in his face the face, same as David's and a matching scowl as they glared at one another like enemies not friends, then slouched into school.
God… Ianto hoped this Emo stage passed soon.
He drove to work and checked the time, then laid the seat back a bit and turned up the music, singing along as he waited for the time to go in. No rushing in early, nope… as per usual he was so early so … why not enjoy HIS time a little longer? Several people passed, looking at him with confusion as they entered the Staff Door to clock in and eventually he became aware of someone by the driver's side door so he lowered the window a little lo look out at the supervisor who was glowering at him.
"Good morning Mister Polman" Ianto shouted over the music, "Lovely day."
"Are you coming in?" the man shouted.
"I don't clock in for another… fifteen minutes by my watch and we know my watch never lies" Ianto wagged a finger as he laughed loudly, "I shall be along, thank you."
Ianto then yelled along to the sing "suck my balls and take it for daddy.. yeahhhhhhhhh" as the window went up and Ianto waved merrily.
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Time to go in.
Ianto entered and walked to the time clock on the wall, flicking out his arm to expose his watch on his wrist, and then humming softly as he waited. A co-worker slid past, punching in and Ianto reached out without looking up from his watch "Hey Glen. Great game at the weekend, did you see his knee blow out? The playoffs will be a bitch, he is out for the rest of the season right?"
"Yeah, real shifty" Glen agreed as he continued to walk to the staffroom and finally Ianto reached out to place his thumb on the keypad, punching in. He then wandered to the staff room where some were talking, gossiping and more than one complaining about the 'game' that Ianto had not seen or cared about, the radio announcer on the way in telling him all he needed to know to be companionable to these ice hockey lovers.
Ianto placed his things in his locker, got his name tag out and lanyard, then headed to his desk in the back room, arriving at his usual time to find the usual mess. He looked at the night shift's mess and opened a file box, scooping the lot into it and placing it to one side so he had a desk once more. He paused as he read a certain sheet and hummed to himself.
"Ianto?" Glen said softly "You gonna file those invoices?"
"Not my job Glen" Ianto said cheerfully as he adjusted the chair and made himself comfortable "They are to do it by end if shirt, or at start of the next shirt as per the handbook. I will leave it for them so when they get back it will be all ready for them."
Glen stared at Ianto with interest, "You OK?"
"Sure buddy, all good. Ah… here comes Fleur" Ianto smiled rising from his chair as he always did to be polite "Good morning Fleur, the first trucks are here already?"
"Yeah, looks like a lot of cleaning product and some end of line clothing" she said as she handed him three pieces of paper "I swear to god, we get the off casts from the other stores."
"I hear you. Well… I will start receipting them into the system" Ianto smiled as he swung his chair and started to enter the first invoice, calmly and slowly placing each item into the system and then stamping it, signing it and placing it neatly in a folder to one side.
He then picked up the next piece of paper and hummed, looking at it as fleur stared at him, then at Glen as usually Ianto would go help break down the load into the respective areas for the staff to collect the trolleys of stuff.
"Hudson is over in electronics playing with that infernal game again if you need help, his job description says he must help you if not otherwise engaged" Ianto said absently as he began the second docket and she blinked slowly then backed away to ask the general fuck-up only hired because he is the boss's nephew to come help.
Ianto continued until lunchtime and checked his watch, rising from the desk abruptly as Glen jumped in his own seat nearby, the orders he was imputing harder than he first though, what with Ianto usually doing these for him while he wandered around doing stock which he liked more.
"Ianto?" Glen asked softly "Everything OK?"
"Perfect" Ianto smiled with a wide smile remembering that this one had got a duchy raise too, wandering to lunch. He paused near a trolley and removed a box, placing it on the edge of his desk for later. He then hummed softly as he sent a text message, walking slowly to rest after his not so busy morning.
Cue the second part of today's fun… to come in the form of… Customer Thing 2.
