LABOR DAY PAIN
This holiday weekend finds R. slaving away at his wonderous retail job closing all weekend until Monday, and -b in the midst of finding a new palce to live as he was just given notice.
Saturday
R. (11:36:59 PM): GOD DAMMIT TO THE BOWELS OF BLOODY HELL
-b (11:37:45 PM): bloody about time
R. (11:38:03 PM): oh don’t start with me bitch
R. (11:38:25 PM): my new boss was on me like white on rice tonight
R. (11:41:26 PM): so Sweara sends me an email
TO: R.
FROM:Sweara
Hey i just wanted to let you know how the day went, since my hours got cut i won’t see ya until tomorrow. I left at 2:30. I worked alomost all my freight out, but still have like 3 and a half left out of about 10. I worked on my girls adj and almost got it finished. All i have to do over there is sleepwear
and lincese and straighten up the back wall again. All the racks are in
place. I have to do signing , but i was going to do it first thing in the
morning since i have to be here at 6, i think i can manage doing signing. Well
i was code one’s all day other than that so enjoy your lovely evening at HELL
88
See ya later
Sweara :-)
R. (11:41:55 PM): I of course die laughing
-b (11:43:28 PM): what
-b (11:43:36 PM): at the lincense or the 88
R. (11:43:42 PM): 88
-b (11:43:46 PM): because i don’t know what to do with either one of them, scream mainly
R. (11:43:56 PM): because now when I see it I hear HEIL HITLER from To Be or Not To Be
-b (11:43:58 PM): does she not have a goddamn drivers license
R. (11:44:13 PM): it was a simple spelling error I wouldn’t get all high and mighty over there Mister or else karma is about to bite you smack dab on the ass
R. (11:45:12 PM): and apparently Sweara is lazy like you as F12 would have caught that
-b (11:45:20 PM): AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
-b (11:45:32 PM): i’m reading an old life magazine
-b (11:45:36 PM): VERY PERSONALLY YOURS
-b (11:45:45 PM): and an illustrated woman is stepping out of a canoe see there it is it’s a KOTEX ad
R. (11:46:14 PM): STOP, dammit
-b (11:46:23 PM): MORE WOMEN CHOOSE KOTEX THAN ALL OTHER SANITARY NAPKINS why could they not just say ALL OTHER BRANDS
-b (11:47:02 PM): but no. they had to put the go.ddamn pe.riod righ.t in the mid.dle of EVER.YTHING
R. (11:47:05 PM): oh and to top it off as I left for work ANOTHER PERSON CAME UP TO ME AT THAT INTERSECTION (it was the second one that day -R.)
R. (11:47:22 PM): he asked “has the mail run yet?”, I noticed by his odd appearance and curved fingernails that he was indeed a person with down’s syndrome.
R. (11:48:14 PM): as I drove off I thought “Do I have ASK ME I LIKE TO HELP FUCKING TATTOOED SOMEWHERE ON ME?”
-b (11:48:35 PM): oh an angel baby, why do i find it so funny they’re called angel babies
R. (11:50:14 PM): I don’t know, it just makes me think “Hi, I’d like to return my gift from God it is defective”
-b (11:50:52 PM): lord help us, you realize by writing that you’ve ensured both of us go straight to hell
-b (11:51:12 PM): you’ll be in the seventh layer, I’ll be up on the sixth
R. (11:51:22 PM): yeah right
-b (11:54:34 PM): we’ll have 9600 baud dialup on a 386, you’ll be stuck with a 2400 on a 286
R. (11:55:05 PM): now bryan that is a lie. you know the internet is the work of the devil we will have quick access but no weetabix
R. (11:55:40 PM): you’ll be relegated to pop up ads of gay sex that never close
-b (11:55:49 PM): or grannie sex. GAH! god that was scary
Sunday
R. (10:26:16 PM): what have you done all day
-b (10:26:40 PM): that was quick. packed
-b (10:26:51 PM): i wish i had a digital cam
R. (10:26:51 PM): oh really
-b (10:27:08 PM): i would say i’m 60% done
-b (10:27:15 PM): i need about four more boxes
-b (10:27:51 PM): incidentally, i have already arranged for expedited moving. oh and my parents drop this on me and just caused me to LOSE it
-b (11:17:45 PM): i’m talking about law school and how i can’t afford it "well you know son i can cash in my long term savings in march. we could help you then with what ever you needed"
R. (11:18:30 PM): aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
-b (11:18:33 PM): “i don’t think you understand dad. we’re talking $8000.” A YEAR
R. (11:18:52 PM): 3 years 24K
-b (11:18:55 PM): “dad. yeah i know. but if it’s something you want to do then you need to do it and we want to help”
-b (11:19:13 PM): “and if you get a job you can start paying it back as you can”
R. (11:19:16 PM): ok
R. (11:19:19 PM): hold on a minute
-b (11:19:31 PM): i was all GGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
R. (11:19:34 PM): did you think “OH shit when I do go home I’m going to have to look for the fucking pod”
-b (11:19:44 PM): lol
-b (11:19:45 PM): yes
-b (11:19:56 PM): well dad has always said that whatever we want we have to do ourselves. ALWAYS. he can’t afford to help. he’ll do what he can but we’re on our own.
R. (11:20:37 PM): yes I remember. ergo the POD comment
-b (11:20:48 PM): i KNOW what their financial situation is and it ain’t pretty
-b (11:21:11 PM): well it isn’t bad for two retiree’s with a house that’s almost paid for and few other financial obliagtions but putting a kid through law school just ain’t in the cards it just ain’t
-b (11:22:07 PM): of course seeing as how they bought a $40,000 sports car... maybe there are things i don’t know
R. (11:23:03 PM): yes
-b (11:24:12 PM): oh public works has a position open i think i will apply for it as well and ask for more money
-b then proceeds to update his resume. He sends me this paragraph.
-b (11:30:26 PM): n Provide the highest level of customer service to commercial and residential customers by maintaining a friendly demeanor and having a working knowledge of city ordinances relating to delivery of utility services. Answer questions and address concerns regarding utility accounts. Set up new accounts and quote necessary deposit; investigate new accounts for possible collection opportunities. Generate orders for meter installations and other utility maintenance. Provide options for customers whose accounts have fallen into arrears. Take utility payments; maintain a cash drawer and balance daily.
R. (11:31:14 PM): I think it was larger than the window
R. (11:31:27 PM): and it reads the same just friendly added
R. (11:31:28 PM): lol
-b (11:31:36 PM): no
-b (11:31:39 PM): here it is changed again
-b (11:31:50 PM): n Provide the highest level of customer service to commercial and residential customers by maintaining a friendly demeanor and having a working knowledge of city ordinances relating to delivery of utility services. Set up new accounts and quote necessary deposit; investigate new accounts for possible collection opportunities. Generate orders for meter installations and other utility maintenance. Answer customer questions and address concerns regarding utility accounts. Provide options for customers whose accounts have fallen into arrears. Take utility payments; maintain a cash drawer and balance daily.
R. (11:32:15 PM): hold on a minute I require a reset eyes rolled back
-b (11:32:39 PM): aren’t you funny but speak
R. (11:33:14 PM): this better be the last one because it sounds the best and I read THIS ONE ALOUD
-b (11:33:24 PM): yes
-b (11:33:28 PM): noooo
R. (11:33:36 PM): and I HAD TO MAXIFUCKINGMIZE THE SCREEN TO SEE IT ALL
R. (11:50:36 PM): you must stop me from watching ab fab
R. (11:51:02 PM): “she was so anal retentive she couldn’t sit down for fear of sucking up the furniture” Patsy
-b (11:54:22 PM): oh i LOVED that line i’ve used it in several times with you to no discernable effect
R. (12:05:54 AM): fuck my shower has not had the relaxing effect I wanted it to have instead I am invigorated
R. (12:06:18 AM): envigorated?
-b (12:06:46 AM): i hate when that happens
R. (12:07:13 AM): you don’t understand I have to be at work at 6 am that is in less than 6 hours
R. (12:08:36 AM): so my new boss grabs my shoulder and slaps my back as if we were old army buddies today
-b (12:10:12 AM): he is the fiftysomethingyearold
R. (12:11:01 AM): 54
R. (12:11:18 AM): now the girls had warned me that he was "touchy feely" in the bad daddy don’t touch me there sort of way
R. (12:11:34 AM): I thought I was safe being male
R. (12:11:38 AM): APPARENTLY NOT
R. (12:17:16 AM): OH JESUS
R. (12:17:22 AM): the kitten has stolen my socks I put them on the desk he obsconded with them. I must chase him down. I think he has a sock fetish
-b (12:18:09 AM): i should go shower and get in bed i need to go out and about tomorrow
R. (12:20:24 AM): ok I go chase him down the sock is gone but he reappears I look under my bed and notice a pair of shorts that have been missing
R. (12:21:38 AM): I pull on them his paw is attached as if I am about to raid his cache of clean laundry which of course I AM as I’ve been missing these things for some time at least he steals clean clothes
-b (12:22:32 AM): yes cats are finicky though
R. (12:23:33 AM): so now I know why he climbs to the top of the closet and jumps down quickly when I enter my room he is checking out what to steal for his cush kitty apartment under my bed
-b (12:25:15 AM): well one could say he’s a cat thief
R. (12:29:25 AM): that pic has him in his preferred seat when I am online until he starts to type to you although yesterday he climbed up to the top of my head
R. (12:30:28 AM): and for a moment I thought “perhaps this is the answer to my thining hair?”
R. (12:30:53 AM): ok I must remove myself from here and go to sleep
-b (12:31:08 AM): yes
R. (12:31:15 AM): I now have only 4 hours or so to rest
R. (12:31:18 AM): until tomorrow
-b (12:31:26 AM): very well
Monday: Labor Day
-b (7:55:28 PM): i have two courses of action and cannot decide which is the best to take. frankly i do not want to take either of them
R. (7:56:54 PM): oh
R. (7:57:09 PM): I realize that there is no mail, but since when did this apply to email
R. (7:57:27 PM): what are your courses of action
-b (7:57:52 PM): to stay for six months to a year and then move or to leave
-b (7:58:00 PM): well let me rephrase
-b (7:58:07 PM): quit my job, leave, find another job
R. (8:00:25 PM): as quit your job, leave Bryan TX, find another job
-b (8:01:19 PM): yes
R. (8:03:40 PM): when you say stay you mean find new accomodations in Bryan TX
-b (8:03:49 PM): yes
R. (8:03:58 PM): well that does suck
-b (8:03:58 PM): which was a big fatassed bust today
R. (8:04:11 PM): well it is the holiday
R. (8:04:24 PM): ok when you mean leave you mean back to mommy and daddy
-b (8:04:31 PM): AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
-b (8:04:35 PM): the offer has been extended
R. (8:04:43 PM): well come now
R. (8:04:51 PM): you don’t have many options
R. (8:05:13 PM): moving anywhere else would have to be because there is employement available immediately
-b (8:06:35 PM): well i am at the proverbial crossroads
-b (8:06:39 PM): and i seem to have lost my fucking map
R. (9:02:22 PM): so
R. (9:02:34 PM): I closed last night
R. (9:02:38 PM): tried to sleep
R. (9:02:41 PM): did not
R. (9:02:43 PM): could not
R. (9:03:13 PM): finally decided fuck it all and woke at 4 something am
R. (9:03:22 PM): fixed something to eat
R. (9:03:26 PM): watched television
R. (9:03:28 PM): NOTHING
R. (9:03:30 PM): NOTHING
R. (9:03:41 PM): well the infomercial on the REVO was on
-b (9:03:50 PM): REVO?
R. (9:03:53 PM): and it was just WRONG it is a brush that twirls straightens hair and shines it
-b (9:04:23 PM): nooooooooo
R. (9:04:44 PM): turns those nappy locks into wannabe glistening strands of acceptance
R. (9:04:50 PM): except
R. (9:05:16 PM): each time they showed the inherent complications with straightening your hair yourself they show this african american woman with rather untamed hair
R. (9:05:21 PM): and then they show the REVO
R. (9:05:25 PM): all white women
R. (9:05:41 PM): then I had to settle on BBC America as it had news
-b (9:05:48 PM): why am i hearing aries spears singing
R. (9:05:48 PM): with that British slant
-b (9:05:54 PM): girl you know you’re WRONG
-b (9:06:01 PM): WRONG WR WROONNNNN
-b (9:06:02 PM): G
R. (9:06:05 PM): then afterwards their version of ET was on
R. (9:06:21 PM): or maybe it was ET and Access Hollywoods bastard British child
R. (9:06:31 PM): because they spent way too much time on Jacko and his third offspring
-b (9:07:04 PM): why did you have to remind me he spawned
R. (9:07:10 PM): “Jacko’s third child is said to have his father’s nose, which is good because he has been missing it since right after Thriller” the snooty British anchor said
R. (9:07:22 PM): then they spent about 10 minutes talking about how Oasis hate americans
-b (9:07:23 PM): noooo
R. (9:07:30 PM): because they wouldn’t buy his album
R. (9:07:40 PM): and they call them jigs instead of concerts
R. (9:08:17 PM): and so forth and so on. I heard so much American bashing I suddenly thought, “This is so much like -b dammed holier than though Anglo wanna be”
R. (9:08:26 PM): then I left for work now I have had no sleep so I am a zombie. I get the merchandise set in record time before store opening I just have to stock it
R. (9:09:06 PM): I left around 1pm came home and collapsed then woke up and quickly dashed to the landlords deposit box to give her rent
R. (9:09:57 PM): So all in all this Labor day has been just that LABOR
R. (9:10:27 PM): I want the next holiday off but the next holiday that is a real holiday is Thanksgiving and we all know what I will be doing then.
R. (9:11:10 PM): oh and I make out the check for 2001 by mistake I don’t know why I am sure my landlord would not have appreciated that
-b (9:14:36 PM): i am in at seven all this week but the kicker is i have to stay late probably until five
R. (9:14:49 PM): DAM
-b (9:15:01 PM): that is all week
-b (9:15:11 PM): i need not say how that will affect my home shopping experience which is why i wanted it out of the way
R. (9:15:31 PM): yes
-b (9:15:33 PM): however i think i have settled on willow wick so it will be a matter of re-visiting that location during lunch hour
-b (9:16:18 PM): it is convenient to shopping and a straight shot to work i think i will also be purchasing a virgin mobile phone
-b (9:17:11 PM): as the pricing is right that will eliminate a phone bill well at least a monthly bill
R. (9:17:35 PM): somehow because I am tired I read that as VIRGIN MOBILE HOME
-b (9:17:55 PM): and now i’m seeing that scene in mars attacks
R. (9:17:58 PM): you can take it and run with it
-b (9:18:10 PM): where the two trailer park trash folk are in the armorous embrace of love
R. (9:18:20 PM): lol yes
R. (9:18:29 PM): you realize this is going to be part of the entry
So there you have it. A weekend of pure Pain.
Later,
R.