So my new manager turns out to be a monster. I simply can not stand this person, and it bothers me even more that they sent her to run the "flagship store" for our state. This isn't me being an immature highschool kid working at a burger joint complaining because their boss wont give them saturday night off. This is me being an adult who ( Read more... )

In my last post, I was quite frustrated. But here's the truth about the whole job situation. We thought it was an offer to work in the office. It is not. It's an offer to work on the assembly line in the factory, something that is not worth it, nor a permanent position. So there was a lot of miscommunication from both ends.

My father in law decided to offer a great entry level position at his company to his son. Not his eldest son, my husband. But rather, to his 17 year old son.... who is still in highschool. Did I mention that it is full-time, with benefits, and permanent? Seriously, what is he thinking? For one, Matt has made it quite clear that he doesn't want to ( Read more... )

While camping, everyone in the group gave themselves tribe names. Mine is little falcon. We named our tribe the Tribe of many paths. In a moment of inspiration, I've made everyone pendants with visual representations of their names out of air-drying clay. I'll add detail in black paint tomorrow, after the clay has dried ( Read more... )

I just wanted to nap before working the closing shift tonight. No such luck. 3 phone calls, one noisy cat, and a knock at the door pretty much ruined all chances of that. It wasn't even an actual knock at the door. My neighbor was putting up a picture frame, and the hammering sounded like someone tapping at my screen. So, no dice for any rest. To ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've talked about something other than work, so here goes......

......I've got nothin'.

It seems all I've been doing lately is complain about my customers, but it really can't be helped. My customers have gone from nice, well behaved folk to a bunch of screaming nut-jobs! I know part of it is the switch from morning shifts to evening shifts. Most people who are in down town at night are heading to dinner and bars where they have a few ( Read more... )

Like fish-flies, cicadas, and june bugs, summer brings the worst creepy-crawlies. And so it is that we see the northern migration of the lone and wild Uber-Bitch. Having tagged one of the most prime specimens, and releasing her back in her winter home of California, we see that she has made her way back to her summer home of Michigan. This ( Read more... )

So I don't know which is worse. A stupid customer, or an evil one. Here are a couple examples, and you'll see what I mean ( Read more... )

I decided to meditate last night, just before I went to bed. I do so every once in a while, usually following yoga, though I did not do yoga last night. It was very quiet in my room, I just had my fan going on oscillate, which has a very rhythmic sound. Sounds like ocean waves, or wind blowing through tall grass. So here was the exercise. After ( Read more... )