June 26, 2007

Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit Dead…

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How I spent my afternoon at work…

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…just in case you need a visual aid

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The “Care & Share”

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Our multi-unit get-together today was a blast. We ended up going to the lake in the gated community where my boss lives. I’ve a fairly large area, and we were using an island. I got there about 11:30 or so and he came to pick us up at the marina and took us all out to the island. Lots of good food, ribs, hot dogs, plenty of side dishes, and even beer.

I ended up getting on this floating thing and getting pulled behind the boat a couple of times. I was about the only one that didn’t get dumped off. It fit up the three or four people, so at one point there were three of us getting pulled. The two of them fell off at which point I went airborne and came back down with a resounding thump as my breath went out of me. By god I held on for dear life though.

I do have a nice little sunburn now and I am sure that when I wake up tomorrow not only will my sunburn be hurting like a bitch but my back is probably going to be killing me as well.

I did let my boss know that I would be late tomorrow as I will end up taking the wife and girls where they need to go prior to coming in. I have a ton of work to do tomorrow. Luckily my manager comes back from vacation on Saturday. Damn I am ready for that.

Relaxing and Venting…

rmiles7721June 26, 20072Uncategorized

I have a few minutes before my ride gets here, so I decided to put up a couple of posts. After having changed the battery I needed a shower anyway, so I have cleaned up and am now relaxing sipping that Shiner Bock that was so needed.

I don’t know when the hell everything is going to settle down at work but damn some days are stressful. The money is getting a little better judging from my last paycheck but I damn sure hope this promotion has been worth it in the long run. I know it is or will be but I sure do let myself get overly stressed out at times. Part of that is that I care about my stores and have fairly high standards, so that when shit start heading south I am not at all pleased. The last guy that had my position just came and went whenever he wanted and if his stores weren’t staffed, or were dirty it didn’t matter. He would leave waitresses with no cooks all night and shit like that.

Speaking of no cooks I got a call about 1AM Sunday night. My cook at the store where the manager is on vacation had left. His wife had gotten pulled over or was in an accident so the second waitress took him to a nearby town to pick her up. That left one girl working and she waited for 45 minutes when she had a full house before damn calling me to let me know what the situation was.

I ended up getting about three quarters of the way there before they called me back to let me know that the errant waitress and cook had returned. I just went home at that point knowing that if I went in I would nd up sending the lot of the stupid fuckers home and work it. Needless to say I was not impressed.

Yesterday being my day off my boss and a manager trainee ran the shop. NOTHING was done. No damn paperwork, no nothing. I have a few words for my boss when I get to the cookout this afternoon but they have given me about an extra three hours of paperwork to do tomorrow. Asshats.

Gatwick Parking

rmiles7721June 26, 2007Travel

If you are flying out of Gatwick Airport obviously you are going to have to park somewhere. There is Gatwick Parking available but if you want to know your auto is safe and you can park cheap you want to go with Advance Parking. What’s nice is that there are several hotels withing walking distance of the airport so that Gatwick Hotel Parking is taken care of as well. It is getting harder to find spots now than it used to be. Parked cars around Gatwick Airport increased by almost 10% last year, so don’t play the Parking Game, just go with Advance.

You can also pre-book your parking at their website to guarantee a space when you arrive, pay online, and then just present your voucher at the car park. There is free transportation supplied to the airport terminal.

This post is sponsored by Advance Parking.

It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere…

rmiles7721June 26, 20072Uncategorized

…by god. Considering that I have been up now for six hours it might as well be five pm here. Thus the tasty drink I am having trying to relax…

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Day From Hell…

rmiles7721June 26, 2007Parenting/Family

Damn, it’s only 9:50 and this has been one shitty day. I’m sitting back at home right now, at least for the next hour.

The car acted like it didn’t want to start this morning, but it caught and turned over so I went ahead on into one of my stores. I still have a manager on vacation and another one is off today. For the most part everyone showed up at those two stores today but at my third one nobody but the manager showed up. It took me awhile but I finally got him covered. We are having that multi-unit manager meeting/cookout today so I was planning on visiting each store for about 30-40 minutes then head home to get some shorts on. When I went to crank my car at the first one it wouldn’t start. I am damn sure not a mechanic so I assumed it was the battery. I borrowed a waitress’s car, went to the Wal-Mart and got myself a new battery. It sounded funny but cranked right up. I made it to the bank and when I came out it wouldn’t start again. It smells funny, like a burning belt smell. I don’t know but I am assuming my alternator has gone out.

I called for a tow ($50 damn dollars) to the shop that does all of my automotive work, and the wife came to pick me up and bring me home. I have one of the other district’s coming to pick me up for the cookout. Glenn, the guy that does all of my work said that he was pretty slammed so it may be a couple of days before he even looks at the car. I’m damn sure not going to drive the gas-guzzling van. I will just go in a bit late tomorrow, and I think that the girls are going to Panama City Thursday, so I will have the blue car for a couple of days.

My entire week has been like this. Nothing seriously major, but just entirely too stressful. Most of it is because I have one of my managers on vacation so several days I am trying to run two stores at once. It is expensive because instead of me cooking and running a store as I normally do when a manager is off, since I have to take care of two I am paying two cooks. I can’t let myself be productive on the floor in case there is a problem at one of the other ones.

Just wanted to put a quick post up. I’m going to shower and change into some shorts for this thing.

Tramp Stamp Tuesday

rmiles7721June 26, 2007Uncategorized

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