Greetings folks.

Another Saturday, another airing of This American Life from the Michigan Public Radio website, and another round of deep-cleaning the espresso machine and related parts down, and I find myself with only six hours left in my shift. Life is good. Moments of relative peace such as these allow me to reflect on things, and remember ( Read more... )

For Valentine's Day, I have one awesome girlfriend, and a pack of cigarettes given to me by two heterosexual male customers! They (the cigarettes, that is) don't even have filters! My customers know me that well. Feel free to stop on by and try and up the ante before 9pm tonight, after that, girlfriend or no, I'm sure Jake would like to feel some ( Read more... )

This past Wednesday, I asked the customers of Morningstar 76 if they'd rather have the power of flight, or the power of invisibility ( Read more... )

The question posed to customers was "If the Van Andel Arena were buring to the ground, would you rush over there to roast marshmallows?"

26 of you would.

6 of you would not, though three of these stated they wouldn't because they hate marshmallows.
Fair enough.

My phone was stolen about an hour and a half ago. I was in the bathroom and what customers described as "I don't know, a group of black guys. 4 or 5 of them. Two were wearing hats." Came up to the counter. Ten minutes later, as I was taking out the trash, I found my tobacco wallet on the ground near the dumpster. I chuckled and thought what ( Read more... )

Time: Three years, two days ago.
Place: Morningstar 76

(Ryan enters Morningstar 76, walks up to the counter.)

Ryan: Hello, I've heard you're hiring.
Justin: Yeah, and?
Ryan: I would like a job here.
Justin: Do you smoke?
Ryan: I can learn.
Justin: (Takes a drag on his Djarum, thinking) Top Five Bands, go.
Ryan: Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pixies, Johnny ( Read more... )

You know it's bound to happen. It always does. I made a statement about how I've never had a problem with a person in eastown, violence-wise, and less than four hours later it threatens to get contradicted. Apparently, after work tonight, one Mr. Mike Jones is going to beat me up. Why? I told him he couldn't have a cigarette of mine, and ( Read more... )

While I was roaming aimlessly around on news sites instead of sleeping this morning, I found out several things ( Read more... )

I've run into more than a few bill problems as of late, so here goes my sale via the Morningstar LJ:

1. My sense of self worth.
This item is a little damaged, but has undergone a few repairs and is working pretty well most of the time lately. I have to warn you though, you should store it in a spacious area, as it seems to inflate to wholly ( Read more... )

I can't help but notice that a lot of tip signs are dealing with baristas here drinking far too much alcohol. I drink far too much alcohol as well, but I do not suffer many (or any) ill effects from it. So, I can't really work that whole "I'm very hung over, please tip." angle. How's this:
I CAN HOLD MY BOOZE QUITE WELL, PLEASE TIP ME SO I CAN ( Read more... )