Back when I opened our store in the big city of Tallapoosa GA in ’98, I hired this old hippy chick. She is probably only a few years older than me, but like all of Jerry’s kids (Garcia, that is), she looks a lot older than she actually is. She did ok for a while,…Read more
I finally set up the second monitor today, and I must say, this kicks ass. About the only way that this could be nicer would be better multi-monitor support in Windows XP instead of having to use Nview. Also a second flat screen instead of this huge ass CRT on my desk. Still cool though….Read more
Thanks to the infinite wisdom of higher ups who are afraid to do a bit of work, my manager trainee was pulled from my store to help another new manager that is having problems in her store, and instead of getting in 38 productive hours over the weekend, we managed to get in 14, because…Read more
For some stupid reason I have scheduled myself to cook 3rd shift Friday and Saturday night. I am already regretting it, but the break will be kind of nice. It will give one of my trainees an opportunity to run the store while I snooze anyway. Save a good chunk of payroll as well. Unfortunately…Read more
Wow, it’s been almost two weeks since I last posted. I’ve had a lot of stuff going on both at work and at home (not to mention that my PC was still offline for awhile. Anna is playing softball this season, so we have been pretty busy four nights a week. She is having a…Read more
Everyone is still looking for someone to pin the blame on. I can understand some of this, but if you want to help, put your energy into helping the people of the gulf coast, whether that be to going down for a few days to help out, or sending money to the red cross. Whatever….Read more
It makes me wonder. Just the fact that she actually knows who Stryper is made me laugh for a second or two. I grew up a metal head in the late seventies, all the way through the early 90’s, and I even listened to them for a day or two until I realized just how…Read more
Hair cuts Originally uploaded by rmiles. One of the things that I hate is having to pay for a hair cut. About a year ago I spent 25 bucks on a set of clippers. I am actually getting pretty good at it. I didn’t butcher it quite as badly this time.