Petty revenge

I think I may not be suitable for retail work any longer. Either that or I am seriously burnt out from working the U-scan. Lately I find myself turning all green and scaly and red-eyed at the least provocation.

Case 1. A relatively busy moment in the morning, a guy is scanning his things, and it seems to be going okay, until... He scanned something, but it didn't read, *but* another machine *did* beep. (Cue annoying female voice)

"Please remove the last item from the bag, and scan it, before placing it in the bag"

Whereupon this perfectly normal guy turns into a ravening moron. He repeatedly picks up the item, and *SLAMS* it back in the bag.

*rolling eyes...Pleasant smile*

"Sir, the item you're trying to bag didn't scan yet"

"IT DAMN WELL DID SCAN! I HEARD IT!"

boyyoudidnotjustyellatme!

*pointing* Do you SEE it on the screen?!" And yes, this was said loudly, and with much snark.

Happily he didn't complain, and did apologize to me for yelling in the first place. That. Was a. First.

Cases 2-? Please refrain from throwing things on the counter and ignoring me, because I have reached the point where not only will I ignore whatever it is you tossed on the counter, I will ignore you too.

Today alone, this happened 3 times! A man walked in, I already had a customer, and he tossed a winning scratch off ticket on the counter and walked away toward the lottery machine. Really? by the time I was done with the other person, he had wandered back to me, and *PUSHED IT CLOSER TO ME* still not saying a word, so I walked away. Wonder of wonders... he wasn't American. "You make cash?" No, I wish I did buddy.

Another walked in, tossed a 20 on the counter, and went to go pump his gas. again... Really? He was lucky no one took the money, because I left it there, and 5 minutes later he came in, "I paid for my gas but it isn't pumping.

"I'm sorry, I haven't had anyone *ask me* to authorize a pump in nearly half an hour sir."

"My money is right there"

"Oh! I thought someone just left it there."

Say it with me people... "Really?!" And as usual,

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Bibliophile

Yeah, I might have mentioned before that I am a rabid reader. *Someone* thought it would be a good idea to get me an e-reader.

Did you know there are FREE books to read?! Not bad ones either, There are like, a BAZZILION books under 3.00!!!! *Without* having to hunt in yard sales and library sales!

No wonder I never get anything done!

This is the cover I made for it. This is what happens when they want upwards of $60. for a cover and all of the choices are ugly.

Spring!

It's *GREEN* again! And *flowery*!

Okay, more top tomfoolery...

Why are people surprised when I say I can't accept Canadian coins? I won't accept Euros either... helloooo!

At the station, there is a shelf, a scanner/ scale, and a bag scale. If you step up to it, doesn't it make sense to put your items on the shelf so you can scan them over the scanner and then place it in the bag, or at least on the scale? It's all assembly line easy, but alas, no. Why must people try to place their 6" thick items on the 2" frame around the scanner, then give me the stink eye when the machine tells them to remove the item from the scanner? Or expect me to run back and get a new one when it falls off and smashes? The customer is N O T!! always right.

I respect peoples right to be as big as a house, being moderately round myself, I can sympathize. But please... for the love of vitamin A... PLEASE make sure your clothes fit! I do NOT want to see your hairy nasty belly sagging out from under your shirt and over your pants! I don't think it's appropriate at all to be messing around with (ass)crack in public either. Girls... it is NOT sexy to walk around with your button and zipper open because they won't close, and I'm so glad you're happy to be pregnant, mazel-tov! but seriously, I don't want to see your veiny, stretch-marked belly hangin' out, pull your shirt back down!

Any pet- peeves to mention?

Shall we start a "Give the Fashion- Challenged a mirror" charity drive?

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storms

Well, after the recent storms up here, I've had this unreasonable fascination with the sky.

But you must admit it's pretty!

This little guy is not in a pond, it's the driveway to the strip mall where I work. (:

This was actually an exact week after the storms. Still flooded.

And a little tidbit, that actually happened today; A guy walks up and says to the customer I was dealing with.. "Carrie?" And they proceeded to go back and forth about how she knows the family of the person he thought she was, but she's no relation, and blah, blah... But at one point she was having trouble remembering a name, and kept saying, "you know... so and so's marriage partner" That was how she put it, repeatedly, "marriage partner". Ummm, whatever happened to "wife"? I may be hopelessly old fashioned, and no one can call me "P. C." and now I know why.

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Lousy Pen-Pal

I have a *pile* of pictures on the camera that haven't been uploaded, scraps of paper stuck every where with notes about the people I deal with every day, and at least 3 people sending me e-mail after e-mail asking if I've fallen off the face of the planet.

I'm so engrossed in finishing my projects that everything is getting ignored, and I'm ashamed.

A couple of months ago, I found out a co-worker is pregnant with a girl. A GIRL! FINALLY! I can *make* stuff! Honestly, I thought I'd only do a blanket. But this pattern I found was so fast, and so simple, yet so pretty, I decided to do the whole set... Booties, bonnet, blanket and sweater. No kidding, I finished the blanket in a week, *just* working on it at work. When I showed the blanket to my mom, she said she had a friend at her gym that was having twin boys, and asked if I could make her a pair of them, and all this needs to be finished this week! Thankfully, I'm almost done.

SO ... pics to follow. (:

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Gimme Shelter

Todays post is a subject near and dear to my heart... Rescues.

In case you hadn't noticed, I'm a cat people. (:

I'm a firm believer in procuring my pets from shelters, no- kill, or otherwise. I have no patience for irresponsible pet parenting. These beautiful babies right here should convince you. They were actually adopted by the time we took these pics, but the shelter had to use money to rent a space in the mall in order for this to happen. That's money they could have used to take care of more animals.

Have you ever seen markings like this on a cat before?!

These two reminded me of two of my previous, and deeply missed loves.

The first cat we had, well, to be truthful, adopted us. Just followed one of my parents into the apartment one day. The first fuzzy one here^, reminds me of the first cat I can remember, who decided my dads parking spot, occupied or otherwise, was going to be his new home. Yeeeaaahhh, no. In he came, got cleaned up, and became the best lap-cat in the universe.

The shorthair was a kitten that got (literally) tossed onto a neighbors porch, and being as how Fluffycat had recently passed from skin cancer, they gave us the kitten rather than take him to the shelter. Hello Chuckles of the striped mouth, and awesome fetching skills!

And these little twits.

Both my girls were adopted after we moved up here. Mona was actually "Free" which meant she'd been there so long, they didn't even care about the donation, just give her a home! Issue kitty, but even 5 years later, she gets a little better all the time.

Here is something free you can do as often as you want, just click the link, and bookmark the page. http://www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com/

Please, get your pets fixed! Adoption is the best way to get a pet. They need someone to love as much as you do! And as usual...

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How bizarre, how bizarre....

Part one...

1. Almost any commercial on tv

2. What videos people will post of themselves online

3. What videos people will *watch* online

4. The behavior of squirrels

5. What people can find to complain about

6. What people will *love*

7. The behavior of at least 1/2 the customers in a coffee shop on any given day.

To be continued...

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