The other day I saw a truck for a crane business that said, "Your Steel Erection Connection." Swear to God.

Trying to schedule vacation days is frustrating when you have a job.

I hate hate hate when people come in at 5:59 on a night that we close at 6 and want to buy a computer. Thanks. Now I get to stay an extra 25 minutes that could have been spent closing the store and driving home. 6:00 turned into 6:54 because of those people. I also hate people who think that they are special. Don't get snippy with me just because ( Read more... )

Two nights ago I had a nightmare about zombies. They were EVERYWHERE. I had no shotguns or any useful weaponry and there was really nowhere to hide. Last night I had a nightmare about a giant spider that couldn't be killed. It was like a tarantula but was almost as big as my kitchen table and it was too quick for us to catch. We tried stabbing it ( Read more... )

Calvin Anderson is an evil little man.

Let me preface this story by saying that we at the Apple store have tried everything within our power- and then some -to make this guy happy and to help fix whatever problems he think he has, but nothing is ever good enough. No solution is the right solution. For example, we have something called One-to-One ( Read more... )

Why is it that on CSI they never turn on the lights when they're investigating a crime scene? They walk around in the dark with those teeny-tiny flashlights. I don't get it.

I am sitting in the back room at work eating my bagel. I am tired. Funny thing is that when I got here at 8:30 (early for my 9am shift), I walked back and glanced at the schedule... and saw that I'm not actually in until 10. I could have been sleeping right now ( Read more... )

On Christmas Eve, people were nice. Today, everyone is evil. Evil, I tell you! I have gotten so many dirty looks and snippy, angry people and complaints and crying, bitching, the-world-revolves-around-me type of people already today... it's exhausting & disheartening. My 9 hour shift is only half over. Bleh ( Read more... )

Me: "Hi, thank you for calling the Apple Store, Northshore. This is Coreen, how can I help you?"

Lady on the phone: "Well hi, Coreen. And hey, thank you for being there today ( Read more... )

On Tuesday I was scheduled to work 2 - 10. Well, someone called in sick so I agreed to stay until 11 to help out. Then at 11 the manager asked for everyone to help close the store... so I left at midnight ( Read more... )