Thanks....not

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I got stuck working 10 to 6:30 yesterday because Captain Jackass announced to management that he didn't want to work any Sundays anymore, even though weekends are the only days when he's available to work due to college. This is rather curious, because lottery tickets do cost money. But this old timer tends to ramble....

The weather's been beautiful the past week or so. We could hit 50 degrees for a high today. Heat wave! As I was schlepping some crap to some idiot, a customer walking through the entrance into the store told me "It's such a beautiful day today! You should get out and enjoy it."

Thanks. Thanks a lot. Thanks for reminding me the only sunlight I'm going to get today comes from the florescent lighting. Y'know, if it weren't for people like you, I could be getting out and enjoying this beautiful day.

[TelephoneAngel]

I get the same from people who don't think

"what a beautiful day it is today, don't you think?"

me - fixed grin expression "yes it is"

*thinks - idiot, it was dark when i got to work, it'll be dark when i leave and i can't see out of a window being hemmed in by hundreds and hundreds of "cubes", you're calling a call centre or maybe you think the call centre is located out in a field?"

ditto questions like "is it raining where you are"
"i have no idea"

[underemployeed]

Yeah, I did get to enjoy 30minutes of the heat wave by sweeping our parking lot. The only thing i hated more than not being able to enjoy it, was the fact that people saw me sweeping around the pumps they started throwing trash on the ground where i already swept since they figured I needed job security.


I hate people on the phone because they are harder to wish horrible things on.

People will call me up and ask how the roads are when it is snowing. Hello, I spend 8hrs in 1000sq of space(even If i did know it a liability to answer that question)

[MaseMan]

"It's such a beautiful day today! You should get out and enjoy it."

"So should you!"

[Crime Scene Scarf]

"It's such a beautiful day today! You should get out and enjoy it."

"Cool! Thanks! You take over this restocking, and I'll be back in two hours, okay?"

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"Cool! Thanks! You take over this restocking, and I'll be back in two hours, okay?"

Oh fuck no! I wouldn't have come back at all.

[AtDIelement]

I get the people in the bank who say, "It's a sin to have you locked up in here all day, you should really have the day off... Can I get a deposit slip?"

Usually comes around the wonderful holidays we're open because we're so convenient... To the SCs... not to us.

[Crime Scene Scarf]

Oh fuck no! I wouldn't have come back at all.

Psh, of course you don't come back. You just tell them you will!

[RetailWorkhorse]

Psh, of course you don't come back. You just tell them you will!

And then it's THEM stuck inside while everyone goes to the beach.

I LIKE IT!

[bhskittykatt]

I've been on the flip side. Went to the bank once. The teller asked me if it was still sunny out, how warm it was, etc. etc. Got the feeling she really didn't want to be at work that day and was getting desperate for some sunshine.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

And then it's THEM stuck inside while everyone goes to the beach.

I LIKE IT!

No, not the beach. The beaches around here are a frozen alewife graveyard.

How about...the zoo? The zoo is cool.

[RetailWorkhorse]

The beaches here are gloriously empty (at least until Spring Break starts next week) and it's warm weather. Haven't found the zoo yet. I'm still trying to figure out how to get to the Lexington (I can SEE the stupid ship, I just can't GET to it!).

[Jay 2K Winger]

I get this sometimes at the wholesale club.

Them: "Lovely day."
J2K: (deadpan) "Yes. Yes it is."
Them: "At least you're by the door, right?"
J2K: (blank stare)
Them: "Well, you'll get off soon, right?'
J2K: (deadpan) "I don't get off until 10:30 tonight."
Them: "Ooh, sorry."
J2K: "Me too."