July 3, 2007

An Uneventful Evening…

…for the most part. I was going to post some site reviews and other stuff, but nothing is coming out tonight, thus the lack of posting. I sat and did something I rarely do, watch TV. I don’t watch a whole hell of a lot, but I do like the Law and Order series, so I watched Law and Order: SVU a couple of times this evening/

It took awhile to get staffed tonight. One of my managers called me and said, “yeah, we will be staffed when this other girl gets there, but she is going to be an hour to an hour and a half late”. I have spent the last 48 hours drumming it into my new manager’s heads about how important it was to be staffed tonight after the fireworks (they are doing them tonight for some reason) and he just blithely ignored me. He’s in there waiting tables right now. I did call a girl in for him and she should be getting there any time. Some people just don’t understand how important it is to be on top of stuff when it happens, not hours later.

My other manager decided on her own not to go in for drawer change. She has extra people working, so it isn’t a huge deal but she should have gone on in.

Hopefully I can go the rest of the night with no more phone calls. One more day…

What A Dog and Pony Show

Today was a complete goat fuck. My relief manager ended up calling in. Apparently he tried to get in touch with me yesterday, so I won’t give him too hard a time. His doctor had called him back to let him know that he has skin cancer, so he has to go back and I guess get a biopsy. I don’t know if it’s malignant or not. That would just suck. He’s a pretty good guy and is just trying to get his shit together.

One of my manager apparently couldn’t get his car to start last night. Rather than calling and letting me know, I found out when I called him at 7:15 this morning when he was already 45 fucking minutes late. I ran to the store to make sure everyone there was OK, then went back to the one I was at where that manager was off. I ended up sending the manager trainee and gave him very specific instructions to come back as soon as the other guy got to work. He rolled back in the store at 11:15 after I had cooked 90% of the days business. The guy won’t shut the fuck up long enough to get anything done and has a shitty attitude. They are talking about giving him to me, god I hope not. I would rather have the late guy. His attitude and performance has been slowly improving since I took his store, and the evil I know is a damn site better than the one I don’t.

It makes it worse that this was my eighth day at work I am sure. One more day and I get to go on vacation. Hopefully I won’t kill anyone between now and then…

The Police

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A while back I posted a bit about the Police, their new album, and the subsequent concert. The new album is a two CD compilation of their most renowned songs. The Police were the quintessential 80’s band, and these songs show why. Here is the track listing:

Disc 01
01 Fall Out
02 Can’t Stand Losing You
03 Next To You
04 Roxanne
05 Truth Hits Everybody
06 Hole In My Life
07 So Lonely
08 Message In A Bottle
09 Reggatta de Blanc
10 Bring On The Night
11 Walking On The Moon
12 The Bed’s Too Big Without You
13 Don’t Stand So Close To Me
14 Driven To Tears
15 Canary In A Coalmine

Disc 02
01 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
02 Voices Inside My Head
03 Invisible Sun
04 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
05 Spirits In The Material World
06 Demolition Man
07 Rehumanize Yourself
08 Every Breath You Take
09 Synchronicity I
10 Wrapped Around Your Finger
11 Walking In Your Footsteps
12 Synchronicity II
13 King Of Pain
14 Murder By Numbers
15 Tea In The Sahara

I’m not a huge die hard fan, everyone knows I am into metal and classic rock as well as the blues, but I do enjoy their music. Enough to purchase The Police CD and see them on tour anyway, which is a pretty good bit I suppose.

They even have a widget at their website that you can install on your page that shows their upcoming and current tour dates.

Here is a spot that has been running on TV in the UK recently.

Anyway, the CD has been out for about a month now, and along with the two CDs includes a vintage Police poster as well. One of the things for me not being a humongous fan is that I don’t constantly listen to them anymore, and I was extremely pleased to listen to the album as I forgot just how catchy and enjoyable their music is.


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Dragging…

…ass is about all I am doing this morning. I fell asleep watching Eddie Izzard last night somewhere around ten and then didn’t wake up until almost five this morning. I guess it’s this week is starting to wear on me. It’s not like it’s my eighth day at work or something. Oh wait, it is my eighth day at work. No damn wonder I am dragging.

One of my managers is off today so this will be the only day this week where I may not get out early. For some reason the city of Villa Rica is having their fireworks display tonight rather than tomorrow, which is all screwed up. Still not sure why they are doing that. Tomorrow is the Fourth, that’s when they should have them.

As dry as it is I didn’t even bother to buy any fireworks this year. I’m too afraid I would set my yard on fire. That would not be a good thing for anyone concerned.

Tomorrow is also my last day prior to starting vacation as well. It’s only been three months since my last one, maybe a bit longer, but I feel like it’s been about twelve months already. I will definitely enjoy it even if I have to be somewhat cheap on this one.

That was weird. My Internet connection went down for about three minutes or so. I was getting ready to get all pissed off at Charter again. I haven’t had any problems in the last 24 hours or more since that little rainstorm knocked out my connection on Sunday night but with Charter you never can tell. Shit, if I could afford it I would pick up DSL and keep cable just to have a backup connection. That’s just one of those unnecessary luxuries that I am not willing to pay for though.

There goes the wife’s alarm on her cell phone. I managed to make it into the kitchen where it is this morning, without getting injured. Didn’t want a repeat of yesterday. My toe is fine, but damned if my knee still isn’t hurting where I ripped off several layers of skin on the carpet. Dumb-ass.

I am having a hard time paying attention this morning. My mind keeps wandering. I think the wife found us a babysitter for Thursday night, so I know I am looking forward to going out for awhile. I’ve heard from a couple of people we may be meeting up with but I know this time of year is pretty busy for quite a few people.

Everyone send out their best wishes for RSM, who is going to be offline for awhile in basic training. As he says, it’s not goodbye but merely a hiatus and a bit of change…Good luck buddy, although luck isn’t something you will need there, just the determination that you already carry with you.

That’s about it for this morning. I have to get off my ass and start getting ready for work now matter how much I am hating it at 5:58 this morning…

Tramp Stamp Tuesday

Here I was sitting and drinking my coffee. I almost forgot what day it is…

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