puppies are cute

HA! Gotta ya! Puppies are, in fact, cute. But, that statement has nothing to do with the subject of this blog.

First, Lost. What the fa...? So, Ben is Carrie now? For a bit, I thought he has multiple personality disorder (and could ya blame the guy--dad's birthday greeting of "this is the day you killed your mother" doesn't really scream out Hallmark does it). But when crap started flying around, I began to have Sissy Spacek flashbacks. And if Locke is dead I will be sooooo annoyed. He is one of my favorite characters. I felt very confused after the episode ended, but I'm looking forward to the big two hour finale in a couple of weeks. Jack flashback groovieness and hopefully, the start of an Others ass kickin'. One more bit, the guy who recruited Juliet must have found the fountain of youth if he's the same guy who was talking to Ben as a kid. I need some clarification on this point.

At work, the preparation, or lack thereof, for inventory continues. Last year, when I was still responsible for damaged/defective markdowns, I had to complete them the Mon. before inventory. We weren't allowed to do d/d's after that point until inventory had been completed. Now, since we shifted that responsibility to the store manager and we no longer have actual paperwork to fill out, I'm not sure if this is still the case. None the less, I have 4 full boxes of crap, plus what's on the cart that needs to be gone through or else I have to find somewhere for it to go. I left sir mix a lot a note asking him to please do this task. Originally the note said "you MUST do this by the 14th" and ended with "if you don't it will suck." I re-wrote the note, but nothing has happened yet.

Sir Mix has also re-started a policy that we aren't allowed to read at the info desk or at the cash registers. In a small way, this idea seems to make sense. Especially when you are a head cashier and a line is forming and your co-worker asks you to come help and you tell them just a sec while you finish the page you are on. (And some managers want to move this person up in the food chain.) But, when no one is around and you've completed all the little piddly tasks, it's nice to be able to flip through a magazine or book now and again.

Here's the less than logical bit. Sir Mix did say it was okay to be milling about in front of the info desk and browse books that are on a table or stop and look at books while walking the aisles. Sir's "logic" is that customers will see you reading and think, "Gosh, that employee is expanding their knowledge of the book product they sell." The reality, I think, is the customer will think, that employee is dicking around and probably won't want to help me. Or, if they are perusing Penthouse Letters XXIV (which is so much better than XXIII), they will think, ewww I don't want this person near me.

I suppose I could be wrong though.