In an hour I’ll be on my way to Richmond. Fable, the long-awaited role-playing game for XBox, comes out tomorrow everywhere, but rather than have it shipped to stores I’ll be picking up copies for the local stores at the Richmond airport, so it can go on sale today, a day ahead of schedule. IContinue reading “On the Road”
Category Archives: Work
Work, Work, and More Work
This week I’ve been working on an OSR for work. It’s internal parlance for Overstock Recall, where the store receives an e-mail detailing what products to return to the warehouse for reclamation (in other words, boxing game cartridges or resurfacing game discs if scratched) and reprocessing for shipment to other stores. Generally stores receive theseContinue reading “Work, Work, and More Work”
Movie Night!
We may do a Movie Night at work in the next few weeks. I wouldn’t call Movie Night a tradition. More like an occasional happening, getting together as much of the staff as wants to go after work and going to see a film. We’ve done it twice. The last time it came off wellContinue reading “Movie Night!”
Those who forget the past…
What are they teaching kids these days? A conversation from work: Boy, maybe nine years old, brings the Transformers game to the counter to purchase. “Who’s your favorite Transformer?” I ask. His brow furrows in deep thought. “Optimus Prime,” he says at last. I nod. “I liked Optimus Prime a lot when I was yourContinue reading “Those who forget the past…”
One of those days….
It’s always nice to see my company in the news for good things–Profits up. Stores opening. Stock price climbing. It’s never nice to see my company in the news for bad things. Today is one of those latter days. Sigh. (ETA April 2007): I went through the archives, adding tags to old entries. Some ofContinue reading “One of those days….”
On Things You Don't Want To See
Two weeks ago I was driving to a business meeting in the western part of North Carolina, and along I-40 I thought I saw my boss’s car ahead of me. As I passed him I looked to my right, saw that it was, in fact, my supervisor, and he appeared to asleep at the wheel,Continue reading “On Things You Don't Want To See”
On How I Got Here
About two months ago, I guess, I was feeling particularly sentimental. It happens. Time changes people. I was a sad, sullen person at the age of twenty-five. At thirty, I feel genuinely happy, perhaps even content. It’s like the pieces of my life have come together well, and though there are some pieces of theContinue reading “On How I Got Here”
Gagh!
A customer came into the store today with his pet lizard, Diablo, situated on his shoulder. He said he had been feeding Diablo crickets. Suddenly, Diablo began to foam at the mouth. “He’s thirsty. He needs water! He’ll die if he doesn’t drink anything!” I ran into the back, pulled out a bottle of springContinue reading “Gagh!”
Name Badge
I was asked, for reasons unknown, to post the graphic image I use for my name badge at work. And since it’s a random enough request, why not? The Doctor Who LEGO image of Paul McGann was taken from here. Yes, I wear the eighth Doctor on my name badge. Is there a problem withContinue reading “Name Badge”
Puckish behavior?
Defective merchandise needed to be shipped out. A box of systems, games, and controllers overflowed. I pulled together the controllers, and carefully wrote out a defective slip for each one. The last controller, though, had no indication of why it was defective. I held it. Looked at it. Turned it over. Wasn’t it obvious, inContinue reading “Puckish behavior?”