The other day at work, we were in the middle of morning rush. Basically, "rush" is a group huddle of a dozen employees where a couple managers spout off business figures us commonfolk don't pay much mind to and remind us of things like sell the latest promotions and don't forget the rules. One of the rules the manager brought up at this rush was ( Read more... )

I worked in concessions today. I got a $10 iTunes gift card from a random customer guy, $5 cash from a big flashy Filipino family w/ their Ed Hardy shirts and Louis Vuitton purses and glittery makeup, and a quarter from another guy's change ( Read more... )

So last night I was hangin' around the snackbar at the end of my restroom porter ("porter" being a deceptively more agreeable term for "janitor") shift and the guy restroom porter wondered aloud, "Why are there all these Tampax in the storage [room for restroom supplies]?" and I thought 'What kind of questions is that? Obviously... Oh that's right ( Read more... )