I'm beginning to feel excited for my brief foray back into Albertan life.  I was kind of dreading it, but how can I now, when
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Since I have been a small child, I have had the apparently deluded impression that in order to run a country, no matter its size and influence, one must have some sort of comprehension of human nature.  Or someone in the government ought to at the very least.  Either the current Conservative government is incredibly naïve, or...  Well, I'm not ( Read more... )

Some truths that ought to be universally acknowledged:

1) Messaging your manager publicly on facebook and whinging about hours is not cool.

Ask him about it privately.  See if people want to switch shifts.  Bitch privately to your friends.  I don't care, just don't publicly confront him about it, especially not online, when you're not working.  It' ( Read more... )

Shitty fucking day.  People should go die, and I am about to follow my icon's advice (which may or may not be readable).  With the addition of alcohol.  You'd think that the bad karma I have coming at me would think that backing into someone into the parkade was bad enough, but, no... Eight and a half hours of pure, undiluted stupidity given in the ( Read more... )

So, please, this summer, make your friendly neighbourhood barista happy by not ordering a blended beverage.  You may be shocked by the genuine nature of the following, "Have a nice day."

The ordering of said blended beverages is widely viewed as an extreme form of sado-masochism and, aside from a small and deeply troubled minority, we like to curl ( Read more... )