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So... there are a lot of people out there who will decide - for whatever reason - that they should go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. And not just that they should go shopping, but that they should go shopping at stupid o'clock AM (Midnight usually) I have some advice for these people;

 

1. DO NOT GO SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY!!!

 

2. If you insist on going shopping, be prepared.

2 a Have you coupons organized.

2 b READ YOUR COUPONS so you know what they say and you're not all pissed when you get to the register and find out you can't use it.

2 c Don't bring strollers, buggies, giant purses, or infants.

 

3. Understand that we - the employees - are here to do our job; we are not here to give you free stuff, or awesome discounts or to give you anything special we aren't giving everyone else. If you have a coupon that is valid, we will honor it. If you don't, don't expect the discount.

 

4. We - the employees - are NOT here for fun. We are not enjoying ourselves and we are just as tired and cranky as all of you. Do NOT blame us for your problems.

4 a It is NOT our fault if we have run out of something you wanted by the time you get there. We stocked up as best we could, and any more than that is beyond our ability. Suffer.

4 b We are not intentionally hiding things from you to prevent you from finding whatever extra-special-super-awesome whateveritis you're looking for.

4 c Everyone else in the store is just as important as you and ALSO wants us to follow them around helping them find things and waiting on their every need. If we're not doing it for them, don't expect us to do it for you.

 

5. Do not attempt to return something. I don't care if you only bought it twelve seconds ago, there is a line to the back of the store, or out the door and people do not want to stand around waiting for you to change your mind and return it now that you've just finished buying it. Take it home and think about it. If you really do want/need to return it, bring it back on Monday. NOT SATURDAY, NOT SUNDAY, NOT LATER ON FRIDAY, Monday. Once you get it home you may find out that you CAN use it after all.

 

6. Do not get pissed if the cashier makes a mistake. We will do everything within our power to get it right every time, but you go ahead and look up the statistics of that happening. Even an experienced cashier can get flustered and upset, and you yelling and screaming and stomping your feet and cursing us out is NOT going to make anything better. It will make us hate you and feel less inclined to hurry up your order, and it will make everyone else in the store hate you and everything about you. What a pleasent holiday experience that will be for you.

 

7. Do not take the clearance tags off of something else and put them on something you want. We're not stupid and we know when you do that. It's rude and mean to everyone who's trying to be honest and fair. What the hell is wrong with you that makes you think you're good enough to get it for a third the price everyone else is paying for it?

7 a Do not come up and tell us that you've found this on the 70% off rack when you know there are two dozen more of the same item on the 50% off rack and expect the discount.

7 b Do NOT just dump stuff wherever is convenient for you. You know full well that we have a return station at the register and if you bring it up to us we will make sure it goes back where it belongs instead of on some random shelf or rack. That  just makes our store more difficult to navigate for everyone else. It is thoughtless and rude and un-necessary.

 

8. Do not be afraid to hold a door for someone else. Just because you're letting them go through before you does not mean their going to dash down the aisle and buy the last of Priceless-Item-B that you MUST have. It just means that you're a decent human being who understands that there are other people in the world besides yourself. Everyone appreciates that.

 

9. Smile. I don't care how long you've been in line, I've been running my register longer and i'm JUST as tired as you and probably more so because I'm not allowed to talk to my friends while I'm standing here, and I'm not allowed to be texting people and i'm not allowed to be reading a book while i wait for you to get up here. I have to say the same four sentences OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. And i have to do it all with a smile. So the least you can do is smile back and act pleasent.

 

Remember: The more pleasent you are to all the people working Black Friday, the more pleasent they will be to you. We dont' hate you (yet) and we don't especially WANT to hate you. But when you come in and treat us like crap and yell and scream and have a hissy fit like a four year old, it does not inspire us to do our best for you. If you are pleasent and ask politely and are patient we will do whatever we can to make your shopping experience a blast.

 

 

Thank you all for your time and patietce.

So... i don't dare see when the last update i posted in here was, but here's this one!! lol

1) I have business cards. I'm wanting to start this business for real. i have a couple commissions lined up *fingers crossed* i just wish i had somewhere to do it that wasn't in my bedroom with three cats helping me. *sigh* i wish we had a two bedroom, with one bedroom for sleeping, and one for my sewing stuff. that would improve things greatly i think. *sigh* ah well, i'll add it to the list of "Someday"s

 

2) i have actually applied to graduate school at SIUC. I'm looking into their theater - technical lighting - department and i'm trying to figure out what to do to get assistantships and funding. A huge boost to my personal self esteem... Uncle Booboo called me yesterday to see if i could throw together a lighting design for his highschool theater class's production of Ragtime i think it was. If i had had a little longer time frame i probably would have, but he needed it in like two weeks, and i don't even have lightwright on my comp atm so... :=/ BUT when he realized he needed one all of a sudden he thought of me, and that makes me happy. maybe when i do get out of gradschool i really will know enough people to do that for real. *crosses fingers again*

 

3) My job is mediochre. Yes that does mean that it's not great, no benefits, stupid hours, stupid people, blah blah blah. BUT it also means that i'm not miserable while i'm there, i feel like i get treated like a human being for the most part, and i - over all - enjoy the job. so i think on the big scale, that i come out ahead there. Also, i've already got the Sunday after Thanksgiving off which is nice to know now, and i'm hoping to be able to work it out so i can make it to church for the advent services... at least some of them... *having run out of fingers, crosses eyes*  lol

 

That's pretty much it in my world atm... i have my Boo and I Love him more than words can express. i enjoy Video games - working my way through Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and enjoying that a lot, along with Culdcept on the Xbox 360, and i'm thinking about trying Guitar Hero World Tour... oh and also Prototype i started and am enjoying. So that's my world update, thanks for tuning in, and have a great night!!

So this morning i woke up from this dream. and was relatively happy about it... lol

 

Apparently i was at a bridal party for John and Heather. There were a lot of people there, both that i knew and that i didn't know, and we were holding it outdoors in some kind of park, with a LOT of trees and nearby hills with caves in them. It was very pretty but got very dark suddenly, and i realized there was a storm coming. I wanted to tell everyone but was suddenly behind the 4th wall and no one knew i was there. Just then, John and Heather walked out into a cleared area in the middle of the party to start a waltz (because they can waltz... O.o... lol) and a number of other couples quickly joined in. A little less than halfway through the dance, lightening struck from the storm over head, hitting John and Heather (who were dead center of the dance floor) who promptly shot off lightening bolts to everyone else dancing until everyone  dancing was just covered in crawling bolts of electric. It didn't appear to hurt anyone, but the few of us not dancing were really pretty freaked. I returned to interactive mode, and pulled out my camera phone because freaky or not it was really pretty. But as i went to take the picture i realied that the cave next to me was having somekind of convulsion or something. As the dance ended, iwas trying to get everyone into this cave to protect us from the lightening. As we came in i got a better look and realized that what i thought was the ceiling was actually literally millions of frogs, each about the size of your standard roasting chicken. They were all brightly colored and moving constantly, almost in time with the storm. I reached out to touch one (because that's always a good idea) and it just kinda fell off the ceiling into my hand. Which then tingled/hurt/ached and got progressively worse the longer i held the frog. I finally dropped it and almost fell over totaly exhausted and feeling kinda sick. Someone else did much the same thing and then John stepped in and was like "oh hey, don't touch the frogs. They eat the lightening and if you touch them they just suck all the electrical energy out of your body... pretty not good over all...."

 

I woke up about then....

 

Electric eating frogs? i ask you.... Also they were very pretty.... and large... lol

So i'm back with Shawn ^_^ and it makes me so happy...

 

I'm still in retail... it's somewhat less thrilling but still fun and fulfilling, probably far more than anyone would believe.

 

I miss hanging out with my best friend, but i understand that there's work and school and stuff that needs done, and hopefully we'll get a chance to hang out soon.

 

I'm REALLY glad that my friends and Shawn all seem to get along together really well ^.^ It makes me very VERY happy.

 

I still wish i was slightly more organized than i am.

 

lol that's about all for me, but i figured i'd throw out a little update in case there's anyone out there still reading lol

 

w/ love always,

<3MND

well... it appears to me that Tabulas has gone the way of the 8-track and VCRs... folks just don't use 'em anymore, tho there are a number of us who do at least still have them...

It's sad to me a little bit. I feel that a lot of comraderie and enjoyable times have been lost by the lack of interest in tabulas. There are a number of people that i don't ge to see every day who i feel like i have no idea what's going on in their lives anymore because they no longer post any sort of updates. I don't really mean the seven page "heres' everything that is even vaguely new in my life" sort of updates, I mean the ones like "Wow... today was a (good/bad) day because_____" or "OMG my car is a failure at life." or any of half a dozen other non-vital update-ing type stuff. *sigh* Ah well.

 

For anyone who may still care, i still play WoW all the time, tho usually on Maelstrom these days, and i just started the process of actually beginning my sewing business. I opened a new bank account... i'm buying supplies and necessities for it... i've got my finger's crossed and i'm on my knees praying.

 

That's pretty much all there is for me. I welcome and enjoy responses, but... at this point... i don't really expect them. I'm on facebook, i check my e-mmail religiously and i have my phone on me pretty much 24/7. I miss you all, quite a bit, and wish you the best. <3MND