Joining the rest of you...finally

I'm going to attempt to upgrade to broadband over the next week or so. Because of this potentially messed up plan, I won't be able to access the internet for awhile. Therefore, no blogging. Granted, I've been a bit lax of late so it probably won't seem all that different from the norm. I'll save my "best of" lists for my return.

Happy New Year!!!

Go see Juno--very, very good and very, very funny.

Bliss

COOLEST

THING

EVER!!!

Please also enjoy my 70's era living room carpet.

Guess who got a digital camera for Christmas....

ouch

Just for reference, I stand on the other side of the wall of boxes. My computer is just under the clock that you can see on the left hand side near the top of the photo. Also, towards the bottom right hand side, just over the gray table add about 40 more boxes and directly opposite that on the other side of the door that you can't see add 40 more boxes and that's what we got in on Tues. If you look up at the top of the picture, over the boxes, you can just make out our inflatable green alien named Dave. He has spinal issues.

grrr...f*ck work...grrr...crowds suck...grrr...

Hey gang. Just a quick entry tonight. After being bogged down with boxes for about 3 weeks now, management have decided to suddenly give a shit. One manager came back to say they had called a few people to see if they want to pick up extra hours by working in back. I have no idea if any of these people know what they are doing...my vote is maybe one or two. One of those called currently can't lift anything over 5 lbs. which makes them better for shelving than receiving, which I pointed out.

The uber came back around 3:35 and asked when I was done for the day. I told him 4pm. I would've stayed later, but I had a chiropractor's appointment that I'd already rescheduled once before so I needed to get home ASAP. He says something about taking the last 25 minutes of my shift to explain to someone how to sort because, "Everything's been scanned right? All that's left is to sort..."

Now, to most of you the horror of this statement will be lost. To anyone who works at the store, you know just how idiotic and freakishly wrong his sentences are. After I regained consciousness, I reminded him that the only boxes we scan and don't open are bargain promo and gift. The other boxes get received as we pull them down and plop them on the work table to then sort the books. If you receive a box and just let it sit there, the computer (correctly) states we have the book in our inventory, but no one will be able to find it.

Trust me when I say I was floored, disappointed and immediately angered by his stupidity. I asked for help from an employee I know has been trained. I asked the uber, in fact, about 2 weeks ago. His response was to pretty much mumble and do nothing. If I had gotten some help then we would have probably been closer to being caught up. As it is, the computer currently has us listed as getting a double tomorrow of 346 boxes at over 6700 lbs.

I realize that there are much bigger issues in this world than where I'm going to cram these boxes and when they will get done. I know that people are suffering much worse fates in this world than myself. Doesn't mean I don't get pissed off and need to vent though. Thank you for your time.

Quick last bit: Went and saw I Am Legend. I really enjoyed it, but it is depressing as hell so be mindful of what sort of mood you are in before checking it out. Really enjoyed the Dark Knight trailer before it and probably would have liked the Cloverfield trailer except only the sound was working at that point...sounded good though.

I will try and post during the next couple of weeks, but between probably pulling extra hours at work, STILL needing to finish up Christmas shopping, going to a memorial service on Friday and trying to get together to celebrate X-mas with visiting friends, I'm not going to promise anything. Try and feel the love for me and say a couple of prayers for my sanity.