Drinking...only without liquor

Didn't have a picture relevant to today's blog so I just decided to pop up one I took of The Forum in Rome. The building to the far upper left is called The Wedding Cake. It's a big, white building that, when originally built, did not appeal to those who wanted to preserve the antiquity of this area of town. The Wedding Cake reference is a bit of a slam, but apparently people have eventually gotten used to the place.

Today was sort of a crappy day. I wasn't in the best mood when I came in the door and things did not improve. I don't want to bore you with the details, but suffice it to say a major project was taken on with little to no planning. Sadly, this lack of planning seems to be the norm at work. My little corner of the store is being over run in part because of the lack of planning and the seeming lack of concern over the lack of planning. Once again we go "oooohhh...we can make shit loads of money...let's do it!" without considering the logistics of the actual undertaking.

If I were a drinker, I would have gotten plowed after work. I am amazed I haven't become an alcoholic or drug addict at this point. Instead, I stop by the grocery store after work to get my fix. Frozen pizza. Little to no effort on my part, which in my mind is a treat after slogging at the job. I almost decided to combine the heart-attack-in-the-oven with the what-the-hell-let's-add-yet-another-chin ice cream, but the thin, cute high school girls hovering by that part of the frozen food aisle made me reconsider.

Is it wrong to want to smack most of the people I run into?

FRODO CRIME UPDATE:

Got some much more accurate info regarding the hobbit. Seems he got 12 months probation and only had to pay back what he stole. Once again, you need to get confirmation when the story sounds too good to be true.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY OUR TRAINING AT THE STORE SUCKS:

Warning: This will make more sense to my fellow co-workers, but I'll try to tell it so all can appreciate it.

When we pull returns at work, we have this handheld scanner we use. You scan the barcode and if the title is due out the scanner makes a deedle-deedle sound. You then look at the screen and see how many copies you leave on the floor and how many copies you pull.

The other day one of our somewhat ditzy employees was scanning returns to place them on the correct shelves in back. I happened to walk near where she was and noticed she was scanning every copy of the 1 title she had. After she scanned about 4 or 5 of the same book (hearing the deedle-deedle each time), she looked up at me and asked if the sound would stop when she'd scanned the number she was supposed to return.

Errrmmm...yeah. See, the TITLE makes the thing beep. It will beep for every damn copy until we in back actually process the return. She thought the scanner would just know when she'd reached the number she was supposed to pull.

Think of it like this...it would be like placing an item into the copier and hitting the copy button every time assuming it would stop copying on its own when it reached a number only you knew (and which you hadn't entered into the copier).

WATCH IT:

Arrested Development: I'm almost done with season 1 on dvd. It's really sad this show didn't make it past three seasons as it is easily one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

LISTEN TO IT:

Nine Inch Nails "Starfuckers Inc.": Currently...seriously, I'm at the chorus right now...listening to the live version...good angry music for my angsty, frustrated soul.

READ IT:

Esquire magazine: The current issue features a great story on the To Catch A Predator show and just how much the line between being a journalist reporting the story and one creating the story is being blurred on this program. I've never seen a whole episode, but this article covers one I'm glad I missed. One of the "suspects" killed himself. The entire process leading up to his death was a fiasco. Read the article and you will question just whether or not this program, or any that follow its style should be allowed on the air. Let me just say this...of the 23 men "arrested" none of them could be prosecuted because certain legal parameters were not met. I'm not talking little tiny writing at the bottom of the page legal issues. I'm talking basic requirements that were not seemingly considered...all for the sake of television and ratings.