The adventures of.

[roily_rogue]

 Yesterday, at work, I was sitting in the breakroom, enjoying my well-deserved chocolate next to a new recruit who was forced to sit through all our instruction videos, when we heard the bathroom door open and the rather large lady who had been in there since I went to buy the chocolate, slowly made her way back, leaning on her cart. She stopped outside the breakroom, staring at the new guy, (I was blocked from view by the angle.)

"Are you an employee?" she said. (I thought "crap, there must be a mess in the bathroom")

"Uhm...not yet, but I will-"

"The Titanic is on the KATU in five minutes!"

"Oh...?"

"You tell everyone!"

"OK."

And that's how he got introduced to working retail.

Comments

[kyrenekyorl]

Two things my 15 or so years in customer service - and especially retail - have given me. The ability to deal with people when I have the tendency to be a shy introvert, and a lot of interesting stories. Not necessarily good stories. But interesting. ^.^;;

Yeah, I wasn't sure whether you guys had a car or not, but I kind of thought I remembered/picked up that you didn't. I sort of feel your pain - Tay has a car, and my name is even on the title - but I don't drive. I've got my permit still, even though I'm 40 now, but I hate and fear driving. So I always have to ask for a ride if I want to go anywhere, or else walk. *thuds*

I feel you on the old fandoms thing.... You couldn't get me to touch "ElfQuest" (though I'll keep my books forever) or Mercedes Lackey (I'll keep... her older books). In the case of "Supernatural", I avoid it because it SUCKS now, and the first two seasons were the only good ones. I'm not interested in anime any longer, but I do still enjoy playing RPGs, even if I don't write or read fic for them anymore. So, actually, it's kind of a mixed bag.

Hurrah for following your life's dream!!! *hugs you* Me, I'm perfectly happy to be working at a job I (mostly) like and writing fic in my free time. But for people who have more goals than that - which is mostly everyone I know - I think it's GREAT when they can see those dreams begin to be realized. Tay's getting some of her books published - it's only as eBooks, but it's a real publishing company and that's a start! And that's awesome, even though it's not anything I'd want for myself. ^_^ So more power to you, and I really hope things work out!! *waves pom poms*

I think I'll be here on DW forever unless something happens to (hopefully not!). And if it did, I'd probably go back to Insane Journal. ^_^ So you'll always know where to find me. I started posting daily pretty much by accident, at the very end of 2008, and I've continued for close to three and a half years now, never missing a single day. That's both impressive and a little ridiculous, but whatever works, yeah? And sometimes I just post a photo, if I'm sad or cranky or just don't have much to say. Actually, that happens more often than it should. ^.^

/talking about myself

I'm always happy to hear from my friends, be it in a post or in comments, but I also realize they have lives outside the internet (unlike me; I have a wonderful life, don't get me wrong, but I'm never far from my laptop for very long), so I don't mind long stretches of radio silence. It's just nice when you come "back", and then I make like a slobbery dog, even though I'm a cat person and actually quite restrained in RL. *sheepish laugh*

Take care and good luck with your art!!! *many hugs*

[roily_rogue]

Two things my 15 or so years in customer service - and especially retail - have given me. The ability to deal with people when I have the tendency to be a shy introvert, and a lot of interesting stories. Not necessarily good stories. But interesting. ^.^;;

Ha! Same here! I never did tell anyone about the other week, when a coworker found someone had peed in the flowerpots.
It does give you people skills. I am infinitely grateful for them. On the other hand, it makes me want to kill people. Less grateful for that.

I've got my permit still, even though I'm 40 now, but I hate and fear driving.

I can totally relate to that. Screwing up could mildly inconvenience someone...or end lives!*shudder*

I feel you on the old fandoms thing.... You couldn't get me to touch "ElfQuest" (though I'll keep my books forever) or Mercedes Lackey (I'll keep... her older books).

Oooohh, I remember ElfQuest. It was magic to me when I was a teen.

Hurrah for following your life's dream!!! *hugs you* Me, I'm perfectly happy to be working at a job I (mostly) like and writing fic in my free time. But for people who have more goals than that - which is mostly everyone I know - I think it's GREAT when they can see those dreams begin to be realized. Tay's getting some of her books published - it's only as eBooks, but it's a real publishing company and that's a start! And that's awesome, even though it's not anything I'd want for myself. ^_^ So more power to you, and I really hope things work out!! *waves pom poms

Thank you! And best of luck to Tay!

I started posting daily pretty much by accident, at the very end of 2008, and I've continued for close to three and a half years now, never missing a single day. That's both impressive and a little ridiculous, but whatever works, yeah? And sometimes I just post a photo, if I'm sad or cranky or just don't have much to say. Actually, that happens more often than it should. ^.^

Whatever works for you. Sometimes you just need an outlet. Keep doing your thing!

I'm always happy to hear from my friends, be it in a post or in comments, but I also realize they have lives outside the internet (unlike me; I have a wonderful life, don't get me wrong, but I'm never far from my laptop for very long), so I don't mind long stretches of radio silence. It's just nice when you come "back", and then I make like a slobbery dog, even though I'm a cat person and actually quite restrained in RL. *sheepish laugh*

Take care and good luck with your art!!! *many hugs*

Awwwww. LOL. *many hugs back* I'm just a terrible multi-tasker, really, and I'm no good at posting stuff because I over-analyze every single sentence and it takes FOREVER. Just another thing to overcome.