From something I wrote a few weeks ago: “I don’t think anyone knows there’s a da Vinci Code game, sorry.” It seems that the da Vinci Code game has sold so well that we marked the price down twenty dollars on the game this week. Twenty dollars. Half-price. No, I don’t just think anyone knowsContinue reading “More on The da Vinci Code Game”
Category Archives: Work
On Trying to Do the Right Thing
Yesterday at work a young girl came up to the counter with her father. She handed me a game, BMX XXX. It's a BMX biking game, but crude, rude, and outright crass. As you beat levels you unlock video footage of strippers. I looked at her. She was maybe seven. Maybe. I looked at herContinue reading “On Trying to Do the Right Thing”
On Predictions
Tonight is the decisive game seven in the Stanley Cup finals. Raleigh, naturally, has gone hockey-crazy. I, on the other hand, couldn’t really give a toss. At work on Saturday I asked a kid, wearing a ‘Canes jersey, if he were excited about game six in Edmonton that night. “The ‘Canes have to lose tonight,”Continue reading “On Predictions”
On My Strange Weekend
My sister got married Saturday. That's not what's strange. One of the bridesmaids gave me her phone number. That's not what's strange. I had a dream about work. That's what's strange. The dream, and I'm not clear on all the details because it's a dream and they have surreal logics all their own, involved meContinue reading “On My Strange Weekend”
On Air Conditioning
The air conditioning at work went out on Saturday. With the holiday weekend and all a technician came out today. Oh, it’s been bloody hot at work. It’s just hot in general right now. I’d rather live in an alternate world where rogue glaciers are attacking Maine and Michigan than in the world where myContinue reading “On Air Conditioning”
On Returning From an Inventory
I got in just a little bit ago. Six hours to finish. Not bad, for an inventory performed with two scanners. The procedure was wildly different than I was used to, in both good ways and bad ways. I think the final result will be accurate, but the inventory procedure used is so lacking inContinue reading “On Returning From an Inventory”
On Performing Inventories
Tonight I’ll be in Goldsboro, doing an inventory at one of the stores in my district. First inventory in a while, the first since January. It’s going to be different from the way I’m used to doing inventories. Since the merger half the company’s stores have continued with their standard inventory cycles and procedures, whileContinue reading “On Performing Inventories”
On Doing the Nice Thing
Yesterday morning at work business came in waves–heavy, then light. The store would be empty, save for myself, followed by a half an hour of a jam-packed store with a dozen customers all wanting attention. In the midst of all this…. A woman came in, and she wanted some advice–should she buy a video gameContinue reading “On Doing the Nice Thing”
On Customer Craziness
Two work anecdotes to share, both from customers who came in the store today. A woman came in early this morning. “I need that new Smackdown game,” she said with an uncertain tone in her voice. “Smackdown versus Meat.” “Smackdown versus Meat?” I repeated, not quite sure what I’d heard. “Would you possibly mean SmackdownContinue reading “On Customer Craziness”
On a New Name Badge
I am a font whore — I have CDs with hundreds upon thousands of fonts. Sometimes the hardest part of sitting down and writing is deciding which nifty-keen font I should use. For the name badges the staff wears at work I used a Doctor Who font for the names. It was large, it wasContinue reading “On a New Name Badge”