back in the saddle
"I just have to tell you, I was totally enchanted with your audition and I can't wait to work with you." - DJ Queenan, Little Women Director
I'm Meg! Yay!
- just made a pizza with Ben. spinach, artichoke, feta, sun dried tomato pesto, mmmmmm :o)
- it goes well with the celebratory glass of champagne that we're having. ben got a part in the show too. this should be fun.
- our Swiss boys leave tomorrow morning. it's too bad, 'cause they're extremely adorable! they watched monty python's search for the holy grail today with mingled confusion and delight
- i wore my grasshopper pants today and it made me think of venice. another smiley face.
- some people have perfect timing. two hours before my shift at work was over, i was pretty much ready to shoot myself* and was mid-response to Dane's question about whether i wanted him to bring me anything as he went on his dinner break... i was asking for any sort of tranquilizer that he could get his hands on when up walks a customer that i had had a few weeks ago, with a book for me. a favorite of his that i said i'd never read... it was really sweet and completely made my night. that is, until i got that casting call and let out an ear-piercing shriek of delight that brought all of my co-workers running to see what had happened to me. hehe :o) that topped it all.
- life is great
*You don't even want to know how many times a day i have the following conversation:
Me: "All right, your total is $12.72."
Customer whips out credit card and holds it under my nose as I'm trying to wrap her purchases.
Me: "Oh, you can hang on to that. Just touch 'YES' first on the screen there, then swipe your card."
Customer looks around perplexedly, grabs an ink pen attached to a clipboard, and hits the touch screen with it repeatedly.
Me: "Just with your finger, Ma'am."
Customer tosses pen, hits screen with a fingernail. Repeatedly.
Me: "With the pad of your finger, Ma'am, it's heat sens-"
Customer jabs a finger at the touch screen, hits "NO," then swipes card.
Me: "I think you may have hit 'NO' accidentally; let me just reset it."
Customer stares.
Me: "Okay, if you could just touch 'YES' first, then swipe your card?"
Customer jabs a finger at "YES," proceeds to pack up wallet.
Me: "Ma'am, if you could swipe your card now?"
Customer: "I already swiped my card."
Me: "Yes, but unfortunately, you have to hit 'YES' first, and then swipe your card.
Customer huffs as she pulls card back out, swipes card, packs up wallet. Stares.
Me: "Uhm, if you could just enter your pin number on the keypad that just popped up on the screen?
Customer sighs audibly, reaches behind screen and tugs forecefully and impatiently on its electrical cable.
Me, rescuing the cable from being yanked out of the machine.: "Oh, that's just where it plugs in, Ma'am."
Customer stares.
Me: "...You can just use the pad of your fing-"
Customer: "It's not debit, it's credit."
Me: "That's fine, just hit 'ENT-"
Customer hits "CLEAR."
Me: "-ER' ...Oh. I'm afraid that 'CLEAR' cancels the transaction, Ma'am. If you could just touch 'YES,' once, with the pad of your finger, then swipe your card, and then hit 'ENTER,' we'll be good to go."
Customer shoots daggers from eyes, unpacks wallet, hits "YES," swipes card, hits "ENTER," slams wallet back into bag and sighs, "Well, they're all different."
Me: "Yes, I understand. I'm sorry for the confusion."
Secretly, I'm thinking that them all being different might induce one to read the directions on the screen instead of having a fit about it. But hey, that's just me.
I'm Meg! Yay!
- just made a pizza with Ben. spinach, artichoke, feta, sun dried tomato pesto, mmmmmm :o)
- it goes well with the celebratory glass of champagne that we're having. ben got a part in the show too. this should be fun.
- our Swiss boys leave tomorrow morning. it's too bad, 'cause they're extremely adorable! they watched monty python's search for the holy grail today with mingled confusion and delight
- i wore my grasshopper pants today and it made me think of venice. another smiley face.
- some people have perfect timing. two hours before my shift at work was over, i was pretty much ready to shoot myself* and was mid-response to Dane's question about whether i wanted him to bring me anything as he went on his dinner break... i was asking for any sort of tranquilizer that he could get his hands on when up walks a customer that i had had a few weeks ago, with a book for me. a favorite of his that i said i'd never read... it was really sweet and completely made my night. that is, until i got that casting call and let out an ear-piercing shriek of delight that brought all of my co-workers running to see what had happened to me. hehe :o) that topped it all.
- life is great
*You don't even want to know how many times a day i have the following conversation:
Me: "All right, your total is $12.72."
Customer whips out credit card and holds it under my nose as I'm trying to wrap her purchases.
Me: "Oh, you can hang on to that. Just touch 'YES' first on the screen there, then swipe your card."
Customer looks around perplexedly, grabs an ink pen attached to a clipboard, and hits the touch screen with it repeatedly.
Me: "Just with your finger, Ma'am."
Customer tosses pen, hits screen with a fingernail. Repeatedly.
Me: "With the pad of your finger, Ma'am, it's heat sens-"
Customer jabs a finger at the touch screen, hits "NO," then swipes card.
Me: "I think you may have hit 'NO' accidentally; let me just reset it."
Customer stares.
Me: "Okay, if you could just touch 'YES' first, then swipe your card?"
Customer jabs a finger at "YES," proceeds to pack up wallet.
Me: "Ma'am, if you could swipe your card now?"
Customer: "I already swiped my card."
Me: "Yes, but unfortunately, you have to hit 'YES' first, and then swipe your card.
Customer huffs as she pulls card back out, swipes card, packs up wallet. Stares.
Me: "Uhm, if you could just enter your pin number on the keypad that just popped up on the screen?
Customer sighs audibly, reaches behind screen and tugs forecefully and impatiently on its electrical cable.
Me, rescuing the cable from being yanked out of the machine.: "Oh, that's just where it plugs in, Ma'am."
Customer stares.
Me: "...You can just use the pad of your fing-"
Customer: "It's not debit, it's credit."
Me: "That's fine, just hit 'ENT-"
Customer hits "CLEAR."
Me: "-ER' ...Oh. I'm afraid that 'CLEAR' cancels the transaction, Ma'am. If you could just touch 'YES,' once, with the pad of your finger, then swipe your card, and then hit 'ENTER,' we'll be good to go."
Customer shoots daggers from eyes, unpacks wallet, hits "YES," swipes card, hits "ENTER," slams wallet back into bag and sighs, "Well, they're all different."
Me: "Yes, I understand. I'm sorry for the confusion."
Secretly, I'm thinking that them all being different might induce one to read the directions on the screen instead of having a fit about it. But hey, that's just me.