Another Walgreens failure

I was thinking about something tonight... you know, I've always said how much I love to write my goofy stories on this blog. You might read something off the wall one day and he next, you might get something from my heart. But here lately it's been a bit of bashing. To sum it all up... writing, to me, is therapeutic. I can express my feelings towards something with out opening my mouth. So with that being said, lets get on with the bashing.

First of all, if you skip down to the very next story, you'll read about my wacky ventures with Walgreens. In addition to that, I want to express what a loser company that place really is... again!

It's tax time! The dead line for companies to send out tax information was the 31st right? Well here it is the 8th of February and still no tax information from Walgreens. So I called them up and asked where my tax information was. " Hi Brian, let me see here, we received a few documents in the mail the other day. Oh yes, here it is. Would you like me to mail it to you" ?

Okay now, do I really have to get all steamed up again because I really want to write what I think or do you see what I'm talking about? Ive never in my life seen a company send your tax information to a store. I may be wrong but I figured they'd send it out via mail.

Next, Shelly and I headed down out to Concord to get our license renewed today. Really... do I have to say more! It was a mess but we got through it in about an hour and a half.

Lastly, we took the pathfinder to Tire Kingdom to get the oil changed, an alignment and a rotation and balance. The guy said it would take around 2 hrs or less. So we thought... we just waited that long at the dmv, we might as well go ahead and get this done while we're here. Three hours later, we're about to set the place on fire. I mean... good lord! What on earth about an oil change and a dad-gum alignment caused a 3hr wait? I will say that they knocked our bill down quite a bit and the customer service was good but geez... you might wanna get another guy to help out with them alignments or something. Sooner or later the wrong customer is gonna be really impatient and the bad words are gonna flow like a river.

Just saying!!!!

Well that's enough bashing for now. I feel better now that I've spoken my inner thoughts.

A good shower

S
howers are one of the greatest feelings ever. Don't you think? They're great after a long day at work or first thing in the morning. In fact, they're good at any time of the day. There is, however, one thing I hate about showers. It's that most of them never have enough hot water. I'm a cold nature kind of person so I can take a warm shower in the middle of the summer. I especially love them during the winter.

So here is the scenario. I get in the shower, then a few minutes of ohhhh and ahhhhh, then I begin to wash my peach fuzz hair and then it's time to lather up with soap. Well don't you know the hot water runs out when this phase of my shower is in full bloom. I got soap all over the place and a pinch of shampoo ( yes I shampoo my peach fuzz) in my hair and the water is liquid ice. Now at this time I'm frickin and a frakin.

All I need is a little more hot water. But it never fails, I'm always right in the middle of something when the hot water runs out! If I had the money, I hire a dad-gum back-hoe operator to dig a hole so I could have a 300 gallon hot water tank installed. Now that's what I'm talking about! 

Strange happenings

You've been craving a certain kind of food all day long or even all week long. You set out to pick up that scrumptious plate or sandwich. You are behind about 5 vehicles. They're all going to the same place as you are at the very same moment!!! Isn't that a little strange? I wonder if that means they were all craving the same food just like you were?

Walgreens

After graduation, Shelly and I agreed that it would be in my best interest if I found a part time job somewhere to help put some money in my pocket. So I started searching for something but nothing had my interest. I knew this decision would head down a road that I probably would'nt like but somethimes you just have to do what you have to do... right? Well, long story short, I landed a part time job at Walgreens. Yeah the drug store. After interviewing, I quickly found out that a high position an Walgreens ( manager, assistant manager) paid really, really good. There is just one problem. Walgreens is a retail store. And bunny doesn't care for retail! At all!!!

Back to my first few sentences, I was saying that I needed to make a little money just to help ends meet but fortunately, I started landing several freelance jobs and even winded up getting another part time job editing wedding videos. Now editing weddings... I loved. So I had a job that I hated and one that I loved. I'll go ahead and spare your brain cells so you don't have to think about it but the " one I loved" job won.

Basically what I'm saying is this. I despise people with their nasty, no good, rotten attitudes. I knew Walgreens was a retail store but I also knew that I needed to work. So when I started getting old ladies (you heard right) tell me they were gonna bash my face in cause some stupid coupon would'nt work, I started counting down my days. There was no way on this earth that I was going to put up with that. Then I started getting some attitude from one of the employees. By now I had my limit on attitudes. Long story short, we had a little "come to Jesus" meeting and we got that squared away really quick. Then I put in for another store and they just kept dragging their feet on the grand opening. At this point in my Walgreens career, I hated that place so bad that I could spit bullets. I'm not kidding either. I've never seen such a freakin crowd in all my life. Okay... I need to tone it down because I'm getting mad just typing this out.

The printer never ran worth a crap and when it broke down... the doggone managers didn't even know what to do. Isn't that why your the freaking manager??? Stupid morons... seriously, I need to cut this off. I steaming already!

Needless to say I ended my stupid Walgreens career. See here is the deal. Even though I hated every minute of it, I'm the person that understands what a commitment is. I'll do whatever it takes to make ends meet. Even if I hate what I'm doing.

All the blessing goes to my wife cause she gave me her blessing to quit and pursue something else. I'm sure I'll shop at the occasional Walgreens since people and good leadership is what makes a good working environment, not the store.

So... here is my chose words to that stupid place where I worked.

I'm better than you and I'm better than the bullcrap you put me into. You never could give me a straight answer on anything, and for that, I wiped my the dust off my feet when I walked out your door for the last time. 

You bunch of freaking morons! 

I'm alive

Wow... I'm almost speechless. If you read the stories I posted a few weeks ago you'd think I'm all down in the dumps. I mean,  I was a little torn on a few things but all I know is what I feel right now. I am coming back to my energy that I once had. In fact, I think I've grown a bit stronger from all of this down time. Maybe it was that I just needed to be away from so much computer work or maybe I just wanted to be lazy for a while. I don't know, like I said, all I know is that I'm feeling alive, upbeat, creative and full of energy.

In the past week I've started to reel back in everything that I am a part of these days and I'm ready to continue where I left off. I've already got some amazing news to tell you. Hey that's it... it's because of... well I can't really say right know. I don't want to ruin anything. I will keep you posted.

So to all my friends and family that enjoys reading my goofy stories with misspelled words and phrases that don't make much sense, then hear this. I'M BACK!!!

Broken record

You know... I keep thinking to myself... What's wrong with you? What are these feelings? Why won't this strange funk go away? But I never can seem to find any answers. I haven't felt like this in... well never. I've been through depression, sadness, anger, strife and even extreme happiness. I sorta understand why I am feeling this way but then again I have no idea why I am feeling this way. Whatever it is, I just can't seem to shake it. I have lost every bit of the drive that I had when I was in school. I'm not complaining at all... just wondering I guess. Wondering when I am going to get kicking with everything. Wondering is the key word here! I just keep wondering when I can start to move forward and regain the drive I once had. Right now, wondering is my broken record.

I sometimes think back to my days at the quarry and think... God, I'm so glad I'm done with that phase in my life. I clearly left a comfort zone by quiting a job I'd been working for nearly 10 years. Before the first 10 years, I worked a job doing the same occupation for nearly 4 years. So lets just say I spent 14 years of my life doing this one thing... and that was all I knew how to do.

Then the next thing I know is that I've got a nice camera and I'm taking pictures of everything in site. Then I start thinking about other possibilities and before you know it, I'm attending college in pursuit of an Interactive Media degree. Something I thought I'd never do. College!

So what's the deal with the broken record title you ask? Well, it's playing over and over in my head. I just need to figure out how to insert a new record and place the needle at the beginning and let the music play. I have been doing a lot of thinking about a lot of things. And I intend on sharing them with you. If you can just be patient with me and let me figure out how to find my new record, then maybe by then I'll figure out how place the needle at the beginning of the record.

It's the Holiday season

Merry Christmas to all and to all... Merry Christmas!

What's going on?

That's actually a good question. One that I can't seem to figure out. I feel like I'm just floating around taking up space with no direction what-so-ever. I mean... what do I say, what do I do. How about these three words. I don't know!

In the past three months, I've been on quite an emotional roller coaster. I was just in college right? Where's that fire, that passion and that zeal? Where's the energy and that ball of ambition that I felt building up inside of me for the last two years? I don't know!  I just wrote a little power story for myself ( just below this story ) on trying to pick myself back up from whatever this funk is but as of right now; it was just words. Lets just say for lack of better terms that I've been completely unmotivated. No edge for anything.

So what am I going to do about this? I don't know! Ride it out probably. I just can't put my finger on it. Like I said. I feel like I'm floating around in space with out a cause. We all go though times like this but this time for me it seems to be a pretty deep rut I've slipped into. I thought that after I got good and out of school, I'd be burning up my keyboard typing the stories I have archived, building my web and video portfolio. Oh I've got some ideas but I just keep adding them to my "to do" list.

I will say this much. Ever since I've graduated, I've been on a heck of an emotional roller coaster and the worst of it was this past week. I'll most definitely go into detail about it all when the time comes. For know I'm just going to give myself a break because you can't live on the cutting edge all the time. I have to think that times like this are learning curves for the next adventure. All I know is that I'm ready to get out of this funk and I'm ready to get back on track with this blog. Because I love it and I love to share the experiences that I have. Especially the ones I dream about. So is it all good now? Are you saying your getting your fire back? Are you... Brian Bunn saying that ambition that was building up is getting ready to come out? I don't know. I really don't know anything that I'm saying these days but I do know how I feel. Empty. Lets hope that after the holidays, I'll find that zeal! I'm ready... that's for sure.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and may God bless you in every way possible! 

It's time

That's right, it's time. I seen this time coming before I even graduated and trust me... it's another story for another day, but for now, it's time to get out of this slump that I've been in. Just to brief you a little on what I mean... we'll lets just say that my brain needed some rest. I've crammed and crammed for 2 years and missed out on a ton of stuff just so I could give 100% of my concentration to school. So when I graduated, I was pretty much sick of it. I was just tired of doing all the things that I needed to do in order to have a successful portfolio and most of all, to prove to myself that I could do it and do it well. I wouldn't and I didn't stand for anything less. So you could say that I've been a little mentally drained lately.

As I take a few steps back and think about everything I did and what I want to do, I can feel my motivation slowly creeping back in. It's a little intimidating sometimes but I love the curiosity that is flowing through my veins. At the age of 34 I am starting all over again as far as a career. I know exactly what I love and I know exactly what I want to do with my life. I know for a fact that I will be an asset to the any company but when I achieve that position that best suits me... then whoa... look out! I'm definitely a team player.

Right now it's survival mode and I am extremely thankful for what I am doing. Here's to hoping that the economy starts coming back to life. Not only for myself but to all of the hard working men and women that need or have lost their jobs.

Let the Christmas shows begin

This time of the year has always been one of my favorite times of the year. And to go along with this holiday season are the best Christmas shows ever. Tonight we kick it off with The Grinch that Stole Christmas and Shrek the Halls.

 

 

 

 

 

Out Cold

Yep... Shell-Bell is out cold. Most of the time she sets the timer on the TV but here in this picture... it looks as if she wants to be in control of when the TV turns off. That girl starts shutting down about 9 pm and the time of this shot was around 9:30. So you know she is done for the night.

Its Thanksgiving time

This year will be a little awkward for me. I will have to miss out on any Thanksgiving dinners or seeing any of my family members. Since Walgreens is open year round this means that I'll be working on most holidays. It sucks but there isn't much I can do about it. I'm just thankful to be working.

Oh and by the way. I posted this on facebook the other day and I thought it would be fitting to share here as well. If you can't think of any reason to be thankful then think about that nice cozy warm bed to sleep in after a long day or that nice relaxing shower with hot water. I could go on and on...

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Hack... Cough.. Cough Hack...

I just have a few words on my mind right now. I'm sick of being sick! Ever since I've graduated it seems like I have been battling with something. This is totally not helping out on my list of things to write about either. Were gonna get straightened out one of these days though. I just hope that one day is soon.

A short story of a camping trip

Shelly bought a nice camper. She was very excited. We planed a trip to the mountains one weekend to do some camping and hiking. We got to the camp site. Had a hard time getting set up. Got aggravated. It was raining. We were cold. We didn't sleep good. Our dog Jack couldn't get comfortable. It rained all night. We didn't get any sleep cause of the rain. It was raining the next day. We were even more frustrated. We packed up and left. Had a hard time getting the camper set back up when we arrived home. Got even more frustrated. Camper is now for sale. Check craigslist for the details!


http://charlotte.craigslist.org/rvs/1428520485.html

Terms of use

You know... why is it that every time you sign up for something there is a mile long terms of use letter to read through. I should say book instead of letter. Really... who reads through any of that stuff. If you do then more power to you. Seriously, there could be a sentence or phrase in the middle of any terms of use letter saying: I am going to take everything you own and then burn it or anything crazy like that. This cold go on and on for a whole paragraph and we'd never know it.

Guess what would happen next. We'd scroll down to the bottom and click OK!