This is one of those blogs where you probably had to be around a long time for it to make any sense. I did a blog a while back about a coffee vendor we had at work. I only knew him by the name Johnny B, and his company, Complete Vending. In that entry (found here), I went over some of the issues that happened while we were doing business with him. Well, as it turns out, he is back. Not back in the store, but rather back in the news. Seems there was something of a marijuana growing operation taking place in his warehouse. I believe the phrase "Oops!!!" may be in order here. No wonder he couldn't tell what good coffee tastes like.
As I was looking for more information regarding the pot bust, my past was in the paper again. It seems that one of the radio stations that I used to work at, WJAS 1320 am, has been sold. In typical radio fashion, the sale was completed on Thursday but none of the staff were alerted to it until Friday. But then, it was the Greek philosopher Bob Slydell who said "We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have
statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it
at the end of the week.." Bonus points for the people who got that. I have no idea what the selling of the station means for the people that work there, though they do employ two people that have been in broadcasting for decades in Jack Bogut and Bill Cardille. I know I have fond memories of working with "Chilly Billy" when we would have to put together shows for his vacation time. Bill and I would sit in the production room and bang out his liners and what not so it would sound like he was still on the air those days he was off. Hopefully everyone who works there lands on their feet, I sat through one mass firing when I was at WAMO (that was also due to the station being sold, and also happened on a Friday) and it is far from a pleasant experience.
More on the station being sold (since I am being all linky and stuff).
Oh well, enough focusing on the past, I am 6 days away from my promotion (unless I get fired before then) so I will focus a little more on the future if that's okay. Like what will I have for dinner? What will I write about tomorrow? Decisions, decisions.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Blogger 365 Day 151 - Almost dinner time
Yes I know it is late, but I just threw my dinner in the crock pot. Nothing too fancy, just hot dogs, sausage, sauerkraut and pierogis. I am not even sure I am all that hungry, but I should probably eat something tonight.
Work wasn't bad today, I did about half of what I need to get done this weekend. In part because I was taking it easy on myself, I have to go in on Sunday anyway since the weekend paperwork needs to be split up with Sunday being the 1st of the month, we can't file a combination of May and June at the same time so i am going in Sunday to do the paperwork for Friday and Saturday and on Monday we will deal with the Sunday stuff. Since I have to be there anyway, I didn't go all crazy with what needed done today, instead I found some other tasks that I could tackle and saved some stuff for tomorrow. I don't want to go in and just do one or two things, it seems like a waste of my time so I left myself a few things to get done instead.
I started reading another book today. I haven't finished my book on the beginning of World War I yet, but I reached a point where I was burning out on information overload. Between all of the dukes and bishops and kings and ministers that are in play, it almost felt like the more boring parts of the Bible, where you sit around reading whom begat whom. I needed to step back from it, thankfully I still had a Robert Parker laying around the house that I hadn't read yet, so I started that on the bus today. I will probably take it to breakfast with me tomorrow as well, I am thinking an early breakfast, then tackle work and then hopefully get home to enjoy some pleasant weather.
It was beautiful outside today, lots of sun and warm without being hot. Damn near perfect, so of course I was indoors for most of it. Oh well, que sera, sera.
I am probably going to place the order for my cell phone on Monday, and I feel like I am being drug kicking and screaming into the 21 century. I am still unsure of my need for one, after all, Buck Rogers was around in the 25th century and he didn't have one and he got along okay. Plus he did have the hot Wilma Dearring to look at (Erin Gray) in those skin tight body suits. Yes, my mind was poisoned as a child and has only gotten worse since.
Oh well, better go check on dinner. Eating is fundamental.
Work wasn't bad today, I did about half of what I need to get done this weekend. In part because I was taking it easy on myself, I have to go in on Sunday anyway since the weekend paperwork needs to be split up with Sunday being the 1st of the month, we can't file a combination of May and June at the same time so i am going in Sunday to do the paperwork for Friday and Saturday and on Monday we will deal with the Sunday stuff. Since I have to be there anyway, I didn't go all crazy with what needed done today, instead I found some other tasks that I could tackle and saved some stuff for tomorrow. I don't want to go in and just do one or two things, it seems like a waste of my time so I left myself a few things to get done instead.
I started reading another book today. I haven't finished my book on the beginning of World War I yet, but I reached a point where I was burning out on information overload. Between all of the dukes and bishops and kings and ministers that are in play, it almost felt like the more boring parts of the Bible, where you sit around reading whom begat whom. I needed to step back from it, thankfully I still had a Robert Parker laying around the house that I hadn't read yet, so I started that on the bus today. I will probably take it to breakfast with me tomorrow as well, I am thinking an early breakfast, then tackle work and then hopefully get home to enjoy some pleasant weather.
It was beautiful outside today, lots of sun and warm without being hot. Damn near perfect, so of course I was indoors for most of it. Oh well, que sera, sera.
I am probably going to place the order for my cell phone on Monday, and I feel like I am being drug kicking and screaming into the 21 century. I am still unsure of my need for one, after all, Buck Rogers was around in the 25th century and he didn't have one and he got along okay. Plus he did have the hot Wilma Dearring to look at (Erin Gray) in those skin tight body suits. Yes, my mind was poisoned as a child and has only gotten worse since.
Oh well, better go check on dinner. Eating is fundamental.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Blogger 365 Day 150 - One week left
Just 7 more days, and really only 5 work days, until Dee's last day with us on Friday and I am handed the keys to the empire. I will only be working with her for 4 of those days since I am heading off for the GFS show in Monroeville on Tuesday. The time is fast approaching yet I am strangely calm about the whole thing.
Don't get me wrong, I like Dee a lot, and going into this process I was unsure come June whether or not I would be able to handle everything that would be thrown my way, but between us selling the one store, cutting down on my need to be in two different locations, and some changes that have come at the other store, I am thinking I might be growing into this job just a little bit.
I had the opportunity towards the end of the day today to ask Ed what all he wanted from me once Dee does leave and he mentioned that he wants me to do he same things I do now as well as what she does. I tend to be a little more hands on on the floor than Dee is, I can hop on a register if need be or run the lottery. I am also not afraid to get my hands dirty, whether that be climbing under coolers, or catching trucks or what not, pretty much whatever needs done I can, and if needed to, do. He doesn't want me to get away from that aspect of the job.
But he also did say that I would be doing her work as well, which is more time consuming than hard for me. I can do the numbers, and I have no problem starting earlier in order to get a jump on them. Recently I have been starting at 8:30, I can easily move that to 7am and get myself an extra hour and a half to do nothing but numbers. There will also be some things that will have to change, for starters, next week I am going to have to break with my years long struggle of being a Luddite and spring for a cell phone. It is one of the concessions I am making, though Brian offered to pay for the phone, I think it is better if I do that. Ed also said we would talk about my salary, with out me bringing up the topic. I have a number in mind that I think is fair, I have no intention of turning this into a get rich quick scheme, which I will bring up when we have that conversation, but rather it is an investment for both parties. By the same token, I am taking on the responsibility of a store that does a significant volume in business, kids stitching soccer balls in Third World countries should not be making a wage competitive with my own.
So next week should be a fun one, let's see what happens.
Don't get me wrong, I like Dee a lot, and going into this process I was unsure come June whether or not I would be able to handle everything that would be thrown my way, but between us selling the one store, cutting down on my need to be in two different locations, and some changes that have come at the other store, I am thinking I might be growing into this job just a little bit.
I had the opportunity towards the end of the day today to ask Ed what all he wanted from me once Dee does leave and he mentioned that he wants me to do he same things I do now as well as what she does. I tend to be a little more hands on on the floor than Dee is, I can hop on a register if need be or run the lottery. I am also not afraid to get my hands dirty, whether that be climbing under coolers, or catching trucks or what not, pretty much whatever needs done I can, and if needed to, do. He doesn't want me to get away from that aspect of the job.
But he also did say that I would be doing her work as well, which is more time consuming than hard for me. I can do the numbers, and I have no problem starting earlier in order to get a jump on them. Recently I have been starting at 8:30, I can easily move that to 7am and get myself an extra hour and a half to do nothing but numbers. There will also be some things that will have to change, for starters, next week I am going to have to break with my years long struggle of being a Luddite and spring for a cell phone. It is one of the concessions I am making, though Brian offered to pay for the phone, I think it is better if I do that. Ed also said we would talk about my salary, with out me bringing up the topic. I have a number in mind that I think is fair, I have no intention of turning this into a get rich quick scheme, which I will bring up when we have that conversation, but rather it is an investment for both parties. By the same token, I am taking on the responsibility of a store that does a significant volume in business, kids stitching soccer balls in Third World countries should not be making a wage competitive with my own.
So next week should be a fun one, let's see what happens.
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