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The House Always Wins

The House Always Wins




The House Wins from the album Oh No by OK Go

This weekend at work was one of those weekends.
It seemed like everything that could go wrong, did.
There were so many call-ins, I lost count.
We were slammed.
All of the managers (myself included) were feeling the pressure, the stress, the frazzle, the frustration.  
There were lots of everything you're doing wrong emails from the corporate big-wigs. You know the phrase "shit rolls down hill?"  What both annoys and amuses me is that at my work, it tends to be "shit accumulates in your in-box."  
That is to say, the corporate director emails his assistant and CC's all the other managers.  So the assistant emails the store manager and CC's all the other managers.  So the store manager emails you and CC's all the other managers.....of the exact. same. message. 



And then there's the replies, which also all get CC'd by everyone to everyone.
My work email ends up looking like some of digital M.C. Escher nightmare.

I'd like to make a note that I like my job a lot, I enjoy the people I work with, and it's crazy-cool to once again have full time, medical insurance, benefits, and truth be told, the hours aren't that bad. There are a lot of perks and if I hated it, I wouldn't do it.  But like I said...it was just one of those.



Tax Season Questions

Tax Season Questions

Recent questions I've been asked at work:

➤  What are W-2's?

➤ So, how do I file taxes?

➤ Um, what does that mean?
(I asked someone to pick up the random detritus on the floor.)

➤ So like, you're saying companies charge you to do taxes for you? So like, you have to pay even after paying? To get your own money back? (In my defense, I did explain that generally they would probably be able to do their own taxes, or get a student credit, etc.) 



God help me, the kids on my team make my day sometimes. And to be fair, some of these kids, it's their first job, and it is better to ask questions. But I can't help that I find it 
1.) Brings me back to the days when I was that young,
and
2.) Makes me wonder why their parents/guardians/teachers aren't explaining this shit.













Two Conversations About Music and a Side Note

Two Conversations About Music and a Side Note

A song comes on at work.
Two younger cashiers are discussing who sings the song, one of them had forgotten and then was all "Oh yeah, I knew that, duh." 
The second was "Of course it's Colbie Caillat - who doesn't know this is Colbie Caillat?"
Me: I didn't. 
Second Cashier: Seriously?  How could you not?
Me: Are you familiar with Matchbox Twenty?
Second Cashier: Um, I don't listen to old music. 
Me: Well I don't listen to new music. 
(Not true, but I think I made my point.) 



A different conversation, featuring the first cashier from the above conversation: 
A song comes on, cashier says he loves likes that song, but likes the version Demi Lovato does better, because Demi Lovato is soooo great.  And he mentions how he listened to "Say Something" for like, four hours straight last night....personal stuff.  
Me: Ah, yes, we had a song like that when I was younger.  It was called "November Rain."
Cashier: .........?
Me: Guns N' Roses.
Cashier: .....I think I might've heard of them once. 

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Side Note: 
You guys gave amazing an amazing response to my last post and I appreciate all the comments.  I will definitely continue to be work on being a little more open and trying to be a little braver & bolder. 

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