Inventory is coming up on Sunday. It'll be our first time attempting an inventory count with IBIDie, with new machines and procedures. I've done what prep I can: talked through the process with our tech support staff, tested the machines, charged their batteries, and walked through each step as far as I can without actually initializing the ( Read more... )

Some days, I just roll my eyes and laugh in a tired, worn out way. “POTUS said what? How could so many sounds and words fall from his lips yet fail to form coherent sentences ( Read more... )

When your co-worker doesn't show up for work, do you ( Read more... )

Today's pet peeve: the side hustleIt seems like everybody's got a little project going on. I've got a friend who makes book earrings and sells them on Etsy. Another friend does baking. Other friends, less creative with their hands, have taken up selling cosmetics, essential oils, or clothes. It's the modern day, 21st century, hipster version of ( Read more... )

You know, the reason managers stop being willing to give second chances is they see the same patterns repeat over and over again.  Case in point: remember the seasonal employee who bailed on an eight-hour shift with no notice?  SHE JUST DID IT AGAIN ( Read more... )

To the lady who spent the last hour reading books to her kid and then decided to buy her books online because she didn't "fall in love" with any of the stories in the store, and flounced away without putting anything away:

Fuck you.

Good News: Jerkwad with the woodchipper moved the vehicle and it's gone.
Bad News: I totally didn't see him do it, so the opportunity to yell at him for his awful parking job that partially blocked our driveway is gone.**

** OK, I probably would have chickened out of confronting him, but missing the chance to do so means that I can fantasize that ( Read more... )

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A shitty DJ is hacking up the worst of pop music with preteen girls singing along off-key.  I have the worst headache of my life.  #makeitstop

-- me on twitter, earlier todayWho hires a DJ to entertain six girls, aged around 8-10?  What a waste of money.  But it was the kid's birthday, so maybe this was the one thing she wanted.  A DJ.  I don't ( Read more... )

San Jose Bike Party is so f*cking obnoxious. I'm just trying to get home from work and I've got to dodge hundreds of cyclists weaving in and out of the lanes around me, crossing major streets at random intervals, screaming at each other as they go.  When I finally got home (traffic had slowed to a crawl because all these cyclists were hogging the ( Read more... )