I Don't Like My Boss

Wow. My boss is a real dick! There's this guy, Steve, who I have known for years. Used to work with him at both of the stores I've been at- he was one of my managers. Well, he was fired last year for some stupid reason. Anyway, he is now at a competing company, and recently a couple of our coworkers went over to his side and left our store. I hadn't seen him in almost a year, which was right after he got fired. Well, today, on my DAY OFF, I went into the store to see when I was working next. I ran into Steve. He shops at our store, since he is usually in the area. I was talking to him, and he was telling me how our manager, Mike, was trying to kick him out of the store the day before, but he was getting one of his other managers to do it, since he's a wimp. Well, he had no real reason to kick him out, since he was merely shopping. But today, as I was talking to Steve, about my good news, and getting together with some of the people I used to work with, my dick of a manager comes up to the aisle we were in, after stalking us, that is, and says, "Steve, please leave my store." WHAT?! How rude is that?! I was in the middle of a conversation, on my day off! We were two customers and old coworkers shooting the breeze, and this guy thinks he's a threat to his store. What an asshole! It just made me want to quit right there. I wish I had had the nerve to say, "Excuse me! We are in the middle of a conversation!" But, I have no backbone. So, Steve and I said good bye and he continued to stroll around the store, with Mike tailing him. I saw him a few minutes later, as I was leaving, and he told me he had lost Mike. He seemed really pleased with himself. He's funny. He doesn't seem to get bothered by things like that. He was even nice to Mike after he told him to leave. I just start fuming when someone pisses me off. Oh well. I'm still fuming. I must go feed the cats. Hope my night is better than my afternoon.

A Pun For You

A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."

Dumb, I know- but it made me giggle.

Two Coworkers Have Died

One of our assistant managers at my store passed away on Feburay 5th after a battle with cancer. I was at his funeral on Saturday. He was a great person. Very funny. He was this serious-looking guy who would come up with these great one-liners and just crack me up. He was sometimes heard in the back of the store, singing some crazy rap song. It was hilarious to see this man in his 50's belting out an R. Kelly tune!

His service was very nice. I hadn't seen him since last year, when he left our store b/c his cancer had gotten too bad. When I saw these pamphlets with his picture on the front, I just lost it. I just can't believe he's gone. His son stood up at the end of the service and said a few words. But it was more than a few. I don't know how he did it- you could tell he was very upset. But he was so great at getting his stories and feelings out about his dad. He was Ray's only child, and you could tell they were close. So, as he was talking, I was bawling once again. He mentioned Ray's love of rap music, and some funny stories. It was very nice.

This is the second death we've had at work in as many weeks. On January 26, one of our co-workers took his own life. That was shocking. He was a good man, he just had a lot of things go wrong for him. There was a pretty big turn out at both men's services. It was nice to see so many people cared for them. It's strange to think that niether of them will be at the store anymore. I'll miss them very much.

A Joke!

This silly joke made me laugh. I needed a laugh today! (Tell you about that tomorrow.) :

A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain, and they name him "Juan." Year's later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

The Colts Win!

I know I'm a couple of days late, but I just wanted to express my excitement about the Colts winning the Super Bowl! This was the team that my husband and I wanted to win, if our teams couldn't be in it. Actually, Dan had a feeling about this team since the beginning of the season, and he always said that he'd like them to win it this year. (He knew his Giants had no chance!) It was nice to finally root for the same team as my man. I even made a little sign to display on the entertainment center: