At least Loss Prevention's not my problem any more...
I feel like the perpetrator of excessive spamming simply for posting twice today and once yesterday :P
This week has been a bit surreal. The new manager, while not technically working at our store yet, has already done more managerial work than my last manager did while he WAS working. Takes the load off me, but I'm not sure how entirely reassurring that is. I'm used to a state of half-assed 'eventually' rather than efficient 'do it NOW!' which, admittedly, is a large part of my frustration at work. This could be a nice change. Of course, the half-assedness of my last boss made me look positively productive by comparison.
All week I've had a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach. I keep feeling like something bad is going to happen. Really, really bad. I want to get it down in writing in case the world blows up so I can say, "I KNEW it!" I'm not precisely sure what form the badness will take, but it'll happen.
Finally, I've re-learned an important lesson: don't debate with Right Wing Bush supporters. It's frustrating, irritating, and inevitably someone throws in a Hitler reference, which makes everything awkward. I have no problem with RWBS's having their opinions, I have problems with them yelling that Al Quedia is going to kill us all because I refuse to support Israel (or Lebanon, but she clearly thought I should firmly side with the former). I have so many problems with the idea that Al Quedia will kill me over not siding with Israel that I don't even no where to begin. I may have been 'debating' in person, but I employed a useful trick I learned in various online forums: doesn't matter what your point is or how much info you really have to back it up. Stay polite and reasonable-sounding no matter what the other person says. If you can make them resort to CAPS, you've won, simply by dint of not looking like an asshole *g*
The worst part about the 'debate' was it wasn't really debating. It was that horrible kind of shouting match that you see on so many CNN opinion shows. One person shouts at the other person and then people begin throwing out insults until someone is compared to a German dictator. And I sit there trying to bring everyone's attention to the historical significance of the events in the Middle East because I'm a History nerd and can't look at what's happening without blathering on about WWI.
I'm off to watch S2 of LOST. Yes, I shall finally watch the last half of the season and find out what Jason keeps rabbiting on about. Apparently the finale is good. The season lost (ha HA!) me somewhere in the middle.
This week has been a bit surreal. The new manager, while not technically working at our store yet, has already done more managerial work than my last manager did while he WAS working. Takes the load off me, but I'm not sure how entirely reassurring that is. I'm used to a state of half-assed 'eventually' rather than efficient 'do it NOW!' which, admittedly, is a large part of my frustration at work. This could be a nice change. Of course, the half-assedness of my last boss made me look positively productive by comparison.
All week I've had a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach. I keep feeling like something bad is going to happen. Really, really bad. I want to get it down in writing in case the world blows up so I can say, "I KNEW it!" I'm not precisely sure what form the badness will take, but it'll happen.
Finally, I've re-learned an important lesson: don't debate with Right Wing Bush supporters. It's frustrating, irritating, and inevitably someone throws in a Hitler reference, which makes everything awkward. I have no problem with RWBS's having their opinions, I have problems with them yelling that Al Quedia is going to kill us all because I refuse to support Israel (or Lebanon, but she clearly thought I should firmly side with the former). I have so many problems with the idea that Al Quedia will kill me over not siding with Israel that I don't even no where to begin. I may have been 'debating' in person, but I employed a useful trick I learned in various online forums: doesn't matter what your point is or how much info you really have to back it up. Stay polite and reasonable-sounding no matter what the other person says. If you can make them resort to CAPS, you've won, simply by dint of not looking like an asshole *g*
The worst part about the 'debate' was it wasn't really debating. It was that horrible kind of shouting match that you see on so many CNN opinion shows. One person shouts at the other person and then people begin throwing out insults until someone is compared to a German dictator. And I sit there trying to bring everyone's attention to the historical significance of the events in the Middle East because I'm a History nerd and can't look at what's happening without blathering on about WWI.
I'm off to watch S2 of LOST. Yes, I shall finally watch the last half of the season and find out what Jason keeps rabbiting on about. Apparently the finale is good. The season lost (ha HA!) me somewhere in the middle.