I Know Things Are Bad But...
Yesterday I was putting in a rare Sunday appearance at The Minuteman...
...last I was writing here I was a manager at The Minuteman, now I'm a highly specialized buyer so I work with manufacturers and distributors who are only open M-F from 9-5. So, I work M-F from 9-5.
Anyway, I'm there on a Sunday when we get a call for Cmdr. Yellowstoner. He's on vacation, you see and this is the airline calling to tell us that his connecting flight from Dallas to The Q has been canceled. Oh, and the connecting flight that's been canceled is scheduled for 11a on Monday...an hour after he's supposed to be at work.
Yes, the asshole told folks he was going to be back from vacation a day earlier than he was actually going to be back. Yes, he knew he was going to screw over his coworkers when he came back from vacation.
Only he wasn't smart enough to give the airline a phone number other than his work one...so he got narc'ed on.
You'd think this would cause some sort of penalty, especially since every time he leaves town he pulls this EXACT SAME STUNT. But that's where you'd be wrong. He gets away with this every time. Shit, they promoted him after the last time he did this.
Yknow, it really makes me question how big a loser I must be if they promoted that asshole over me. I mean, seriously.
Anyway, I'm a buyer now. Really, I'm more of a combo personal shopper/buyer.
It's a cool gig and the hours are good, even though the money isn't so great.
The upside is Beto gets nearly 40MPG now and I used my stimulus check to buy Wedge.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Han's replacement, Wedge. He's a 2.4GhZ MacBook.
Originally we weren't going to spend our stimulus checks. We were going to spite the powers that be by sticking it in savings...but then Han got worse than normal and Artoo (my 40GB iPod Photo) died.
So we dropped the stimulus check on Wedge and took advantage of the various rebates Apple's running right now to get a 32GB iPod Touch (Leia) and a new combo printer.
So on the tech front we're good for a while now...until I give in and replace the ProLogic tuner I bought in the summer of 1998....
...last I was writing here I was a manager at The Minuteman, now I'm a highly specialized buyer so I work with manufacturers and distributors who are only open M-F from 9-5. So, I work M-F from 9-5.
Anyway, I'm there on a Sunday when we get a call for Cmdr. Yellowstoner. He's on vacation, you see and this is the airline calling to tell us that his connecting flight from Dallas to The Q has been canceled. Oh, and the connecting flight that's been canceled is scheduled for 11a on Monday...an hour after he's supposed to be at work.
Yes, the asshole told folks he was going to be back from vacation a day earlier than he was actually going to be back. Yes, he knew he was going to screw over his coworkers when he came back from vacation.
Only he wasn't smart enough to give the airline a phone number other than his work one...so he got narc'ed on.
You'd think this would cause some sort of penalty, especially since every time he leaves town he pulls this EXACT SAME STUNT. But that's where you'd be wrong. He gets away with this every time. Shit, they promoted him after the last time he did this.
Yknow, it really makes me question how big a loser I must be if they promoted that asshole over me. I mean, seriously.
Anyway, I'm a buyer now. Really, I'm more of a combo personal shopper/buyer.
It's a cool gig and the hours are good, even though the money isn't so great.
The upside is Beto gets nearly 40MPG now and I used my stimulus check to buy Wedge.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Han's replacement, Wedge. He's a 2.4GhZ MacBook.
Originally we weren't going to spend our stimulus checks. We were going to spite the powers that be by sticking it in savings...but then Han got worse than normal and Artoo (my 40GB iPod Photo) died.
So we dropped the stimulus check on Wedge and took advantage of the various rebates Apple's running right now to get a 32GB iPod Touch (Leia) and a new combo printer.
So on the tech front we're good for a while now...until I give in and replace the ProLogic tuner I bought in the summer of 1998....
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