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How very utterly RUDE!
Posted Mar 31, 2004
Rudeness, there is no excuse for it. There is no point in spreading ill will and nastiness around. It matters not whether you believe in reaping what you sowed, what goes around comes around, or bad karma. Rudeness is simply, rude.
Rudeness seems to be mistaken for witty repartee these days. Television shows and movies are full of actors who do nothing more than yell insults. Even worse are the people who don't understand the difference between the people on the screen and real people. These are the people who end up hurling unwarranted insults at real people in a lame attempt at humor.
The worst thing about being challenged to a battle of wits with an unarmed person is the lack of imagination. Really, if you are going to resort to name calling, could you at least use a bit of variety. And, expletives...don't get me started.
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Good thing that wasn't urgent
Posted Mar 29, 2004
Hotmail isn't exactly smoking or breaking any speed records today. I just received an alert through msn messenger that an email I sent some 12 and a half hours ago was delayed and had just been sent. 
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We took a vote today
Posted Mar 25, 2004
And, "it was an annoying day" won by a landslide.
First thing this morning, my hair dryer died without so much as a whimper
. It was a nice purple hair dryer. That was the first hair dryer that could actually dry my (long and naturally curly) hair in just a few minutes, and it was purple. It did have a good life of several years...did I mention it was purple? My house mate went to wal*mart at 6:30 a.m. to get a replacement. The house mate was annoyed(mainly because they had been 
sleeping), but willing to go to wal*mart
. The new one is the same brand, same wattage, same model no., but it's silver and has an ionizing switch. I have no idea whether to 
ionize my hair or not.
I managed to get out the house on time for my morning commute of twenty miles
. The drive was okay, for once. The news on the radio was a bit annoying...discussion of the Pledge of Allegiance on NPR. Walked into the store and a discussion about annoying car problems and shopping for another car. If you were here a couple of years ago, you probably ran across my sentiments on car salespeople.
By this point I was wondering if it was me being a bit cynical, grouchy, etc. I didn't feel particularly picked on by the universe. Now, if the hair dryer had shocked me, it was my car in the shop or I had been late to open the store for either of those reasons, the universe would be under some serious 
scrutiny. For a second opinion I asked a co worker what they thought about the morning. She didn't have time to answer, the lady a few feet away turned around and said "Yes! I must've woken up on the wrong side of the bed". The co worker had to answer the phone at this point. A couple of minutes later I hear "About that question, yes...definitely."
To be fair, 
there was a bit of good news. As it involves someone else, I don't want to post it without their permission
. 
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You can't be serious
Posted Mar 22, 2004
Friday was such a ridiculous day at work. I stepped outside around Noon to get a bit of daylight and fresh air between tasks. Already felt like my head was going to explode. A rather new employee asked me how my morning had been. So, I told them exactly how it had been(hey, they asked...). The first thing out of their mouth was "You know, you should write that down....it would make an interesting book." Not the first time I've heard that.
After a million ridiculous questions, a ton of merchandise ordering and receiving, more merchandise arrived. I was so tired by the time I made it home that I fell asleep in the chair trying to watch a dvd. Wouldn't have been so bad, except for the nightmare about being smothered. Woke up to find the 
sleeping on my ribs. Same had the nerve to wake me at 3 a.m., and at 4 a.m. At 5 a.m. I woke the .
Fully recovered now... Thanks to a couple of hours of Southern comedians. It hurts to laugh *that* much. "The DWI charge was a setup...they was arresting everyone driving on that sidewalk".
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Definitely one of *those* days
Posted Mar 13, 2004
Woke up early yesterday, left the house on time and even got to work with a few minutes to spare. The morning cashier even got in the door on time, at a few minutes before eight a.m.
I was on the sales floor a bit in the morning restocking. Placed my merchandise order as usual, after noticing a slight problem with the ordering machine. Problem was fixed and the order placed by all three people who order from that company (twice a week on specific deadlines).
After that, I got to spend quite a bit of time under my desk rerouting some wires and bits of computer. The new keyboard works great. It took a mirror, a flashlight, and every bit of patience I could muster to connect the keyboard. And, I had to choose between mouse and barcode scanner for the moment(until we get an adapter to connect both). The computer was co operative, space and cabinetry were being difficult. There are still quite a few things that I need to finish on Monday morning. Oh well, some weeks are like that, I suppose.
There is a situation that has occurred twice before that made some of our staff uncomfortable. To that end, I planned on staying at our store until closing. I did some shopping and planned to read for a while.
The situation is this: A young man wearing very baggy clothes (jeans with lots of pockets, and a huge jacket) has entered our store, spent most of an hour looking around, then left after buying only a bag of cookies. The entire time he was in the store, two other people were waiting outside in the car. Same time on the last two Fridays.
I had just finished paying for my groceries when I noticed someone by the cookie stand. Yes, it was him. When he was approached and asked if he needed help, he almost threw the exact change for the cookies at the cashier and ran out the door. We did get a good look at the car and the license plate number. The police have been called, and a suspicious activity report filed.
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