Yep... I'm up late. Well... I say late but 1:30 am is not too late for me. I'm a night owl. I don't have to be in to work till 10 am so I have a little "sleeping in" time going for me. Here is where it will bite me though. I like to sleep in... big time. In other words I could sleep till 11 am with no problems (compliments to my past college life).
I'm getting off track here... get to the point bunny!!! Okay, it's now 1:34 am and the bunny show is coming at you here on the couch while I listen to my mp3 player and try to type myself to sleep. You heard right... the couch. I can't get any sleep here lately cause Shelly keeps hitting me on the side and telling me to roll over cause I'm snoring. Ha... you thought I was in the dog house didn't you? Shelly and I don't do the doghouse treatment thing. I'd still curl up with her even if she has made me mad as blazes. Maybe if I drop a few pounds, the snoring might go away but I'm totally not motivated to eat right and exercise. I started eating really junky when I got a about 6 months into school so I knew I'd pack on a few pounds. Funny thing is that all that junk taste so good that I don't wanna go back to eating right. Diet food doesn't taste bad but it's just that junk taste so good it will make your toes curl.
With all of that being said, I haven't sleeping worth a hoot lately. It has a lot to do with a few other things too. I have a huge story about that so I need to wait till I have all my ducks in a row before I share that one. It's a hum-dinger of a story too... let me tell ya!
Well, I guess I'll chop this one off. I'm getting sloppy with my words and sentences more so than I am getting sleepy. If I keep going I'll be making no sense at all.
Till next time!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
That's messed up
Wanna hear something that's messed up? In the year of 2009, I successfully made it out to the gym for some cardio exercise a huge total of 1 time! While I was there on my annual calorie burn, I was completely distracted by a TV commercial of McDonald's new cheeseburger. Now that right there is plain messed up!!!
Wanna hear something else that's messed up?
Back when I got hired for Cycle Gear, I had to get a drug test done. Of course this was water off a ducks back to me because I knew this would be a breeze. I get to the office, fill out the paper work and then I sit and wait for my name to be called. "Brian Bunn... We can take you back now"... the lady says! So, I followed the lady back into the room. In this room was another lady and she has a puzzled look on her face. So I ask... What do you need me to do? She looks at me and says... do you know this is drug test that's taken from your hair? Now you do realize I shaved my head the night before right?
I said to her... have some hair from my arm... your can have all of that you want and there is plenty! It's not long enough she replies! You know... I think that dad-gum woman wanted me to show my moon pie! All for a freaking drug test. By now I'm thinking that I could really fill up a cup of pee right now but you just insist on using hair. Suddenly, I thought, hey... how about my legs! So I pulled up my pants leg and they were like... yeah, now this will work.
So long story short... they took a noticeable chunk of hair from my leg in one spot and I didn't have to show them my moon pie! Thank goodness!!!
All of that was every bit of messed up!
Wanna hear something else that's messed up?
Back when I got hired for Cycle Gear, I had to get a drug test done. Of course this was water off a ducks back to me because I knew this would be a breeze. I get to the office, fill out the paper work and then I sit and wait for my name to be called. "Brian Bunn... We can take you back now"... the lady says! So, I followed the lady back into the room. In this room was another lady and she has a puzzled look on her face. So I ask... What do you need me to do? She looks at me and says... do you know this is drug test that's taken from your hair? Now you do realize I shaved my head the night before right?
I said to her... have some hair from my arm... your can have all of that you want and there is plenty! It's not long enough she replies! You know... I think that dad-gum woman wanted me to show my moon pie! All for a freaking drug test. By now I'm thinking that I could really fill up a cup of pee right now but you just insist on using hair. Suddenly, I thought, hey... how about my legs! So I pulled up my pants leg and they were like... yeah, now this will work.
So long story short... they took a noticeable chunk of hair from my leg in one spot and I didn't have to show them my moon pie! Thank goodness!!!
All of that was every bit of messed up!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Facebook post
A post from one of my friends on facebook:
Jimmy McDonald I was in the restaurant yesterday when I suddenly realized I desperately needed to pass gas. The music was really, really loud, so I timed my gas with the beat ofthe music. After a couple of songs, I started to feel better. I finished my coffee, andnoticed that everybody was staring at me....Then I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my iPod. My bad!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Times are changing
Times are definitely changing. I didn't think I'd ever go back to school, but I did, and loved it. I've also been absorbed into book stores. Not necessary a library, unless it's a nice one but book stores like Barnes & Nobel, Books a Million or Borders. Those are the ones I like. You can go in and get yourself a coffee and then find a book or a magazine to read.
Another sign of the times is what's allowed on TV these days. I'm not even going to get into the nudity that is on regular TV but I will say something about the language. I was watching an old 80s movie a few weeks ago and on this particular scene, the actor said GD. Now if you don't know what that is then I'm sorry, I'm not typing that out for you. You figure it out! So anyways, the network didn't bleep the word out. The very next scene, a guy said bullsh!t... and they bleeped it out. The bleep didn't cover the whole word, just the last part! So, what has the world come too? You can take Gods name in vain but you bleep out something that kids hear in preschool? What's up with that?
Times have definitely changed! Where is the limit? I don't think there is one! We've passed that mark a long time ago!
Brace yourself... who knows what the future will hold!
Another sign of the times is what's allowed on TV these days. I'm not even going to get into the nudity that is on regular TV but I will say something about the language. I was watching an old 80s movie a few weeks ago and on this particular scene, the actor said GD. Now if you don't know what that is then I'm sorry, I'm not typing that out for you. You figure it out! So anyways, the network didn't bleep the word out. The very next scene, a guy said bullsh!t... and they bleeped it out. The bleep didn't cover the whole word, just the last part! So, what has the world come too? You can take Gods name in vain but you bleep out something that kids hear in preschool? What's up with that?
Times have definitely changed! Where is the limit? I don't think there is one! We've passed that mark a long time ago!
Brace yourself... who knows what the future will hold!
Comments
I'm not sure what the deal is but here lately but I've been noticing a lot of spam getting into some of my accounts. It's not the spam you keep refrigerated either. It's more like nonsense e-mails linking to something stupid. It could even be a virus waiting on you as soon as you click the link.
There are all kinds of spider bots crawling all over the web these days so I'm having to turn up the heat a little on a few things.
From now on, when you leave a comment, there will be a captcha for you to enter. It's just for verification purposes. Don't let it scare you away from leaving comments cause I love to read comments. I'm just trying to tell the difference between a human and a computer. That's all!
So.... comment away please!!!
There are all kinds of spider bots crawling all over the web these days so I'm having to turn up the heat a little on a few things.
From now on, when you leave a comment, there will be a captcha for you to enter. It's just for verification purposes. Don't let it scare you away from leaving comments cause I love to read comments. I'm just trying to tell the difference between a human and a computer. That's all!
So.... comment away please!!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Things that make you say... dad-gummit!
1. Your so thirsty and you've been thinking about a Mountain Dew ( or your favorite drink ) all day long. You see a drink machine and you have just enough change to make it happen. You enter the change, hit the Mountain Dew tab and out spits a freaking welch's grape drink ( or your worst drink ).
2. Your hungry and you're heading to the nearest drive thru. There are 3 or 4 cars ahead of you but you'll be turning into the drive thru shortly while the other cars go another direction. You get close and notice those 4 cars ahead of you were hungry too and they're all going to the same drive thru as you are.
3. Your computer is acting up. It's either hung up or your trying to do to many things at one time and the chip can't process everything. You accidentally hit the delete button and it starts working again... and fast!
4. You just bought a new gallon of milk and you are craving a bowl of cereal. You open the lib and smell the milk and it's spoiled already!
5. Your favorite song is on the radio and you jamming to the beat. Your singing like your the new American Idol. Then static takes over and by the time you get a good clear signal again, the song is over!
I can think of plenty more situations like this but sooner or later when the right situation happens, dad-gummit turns into #$%&!
2. Your hungry and you're heading to the nearest drive thru. There are 3 or 4 cars ahead of you but you'll be turning into the drive thru shortly while the other cars go another direction. You get close and notice those 4 cars ahead of you were hungry too and they're all going to the same drive thru as you are.
3. Your computer is acting up. It's either hung up or your trying to do to many things at one time and the chip can't process everything. You accidentally hit the delete button and it starts working again... and fast!
4. You just bought a new gallon of milk and you are craving a bowl of cereal. You open the lib and smell the milk and it's spoiled already!
5. Your favorite song is on the radio and you jamming to the beat. Your singing like your the new American Idol. Then static takes over and by the time you get a good clear signal again, the song is over!
I can think of plenty more situations like this but sooner or later when the right situation happens, dad-gummit turns into #$%&!
24-The TV Show
It was sometime around the middle of last year when I stumbled onto this show. A good friend recommended that I check it out but at that time, I really wasn't into any TV series. I'm a huge fan of the History Channel, Learning Channel, Travel and the rest of them channels like that. I had even seen a few previews on several shows that were coming out and thought... dang, these look pretty good! But I still never put any time into them. Even shows like American Idol never appealed to me!
Getting back to my point here, my friend let me borrow the first season of 24. At first, Shelly and I started watching them at night after supper. She was immediately hooked. For me, I didn't think I was going to get into it. After three or four episodes, I started to come around and by the last couple of disc in the DVD set, I was hooked. So I turned the set back over to my friend and then he let us borrow the 2nd season. I think he owned all of them because he always told me to let him know when we're finished and he'd let us borrow the next season.
So we start watching the second season and I'm simply glued to the TV. I would even beg Shelly to watch another episode after one finished. She would only last through two or three episodes cause she has to be in bed by 9 pm you know! So we did that until around the middle of the 2nd season. After that, I just couldn't help it anymore. I stayed up till 3 in the morning watching those programs! And if I had a Sunday where I wasn't doing anything, I wouldn't leave the house. I was addicted and I still am! That show is amazing! There is so much action and so many things happening at once that it always leaves you on the edge of your seat.
So here is where I stand. Even though I would get a whole season ahead of Shelly, I would watch them over with her. By the time season 4 was finished, I was in the beginning phase of my portfolio class. So I told my friend not to give me any more seasons until we're finished. There was just no way I would commit any time to my work if there was a unwatched season of 24 around. You know, I never got to Season 5. After we finished school, we continued to hang out but someone else had the season so I wasn't able to watch it. Looks like I'll have to rent or buy the DVD set myself. Did I mention that I was addicted to that show? Since I've been watching 24, Kiefer Sutherland has become one of my favorite actors.
I'm telling you. If you haven't already seen any of the shows, then you just need to make time and watch them from the beginning. It's like there is action, suspense and drama happening all at one time, but Jack Baur always pulls it together somehow and saves the day. It's neat how it all comes together when everything is so scattered.
Right now, season 8 is showing at 9 pm Monday nights. I believe Fox is the network! Go check it out! Beware: You may become addicted!
Getting back to my point here, my friend let me borrow the first season of 24. At first, Shelly and I started watching them at night after supper. She was immediately hooked. For me, I didn't think I was going to get into it. After three or four episodes, I started to come around and by the last couple of disc in the DVD set, I was hooked. So I turned the set back over to my friend and then he let us borrow the 2nd season. I think he owned all of them because he always told me to let him know when we're finished and he'd let us borrow the next season.
So we start watching the second season and I'm simply glued to the TV. I would even beg Shelly to watch another episode after one finished. She would only last through two or three episodes cause she has to be in bed by 9 pm you know! So we did that until around the middle of the 2nd season. After that, I just couldn't help it anymore. I stayed up till 3 in the morning watching those programs! And if I had a Sunday where I wasn't doing anything, I wouldn't leave the house. I was addicted and I still am! That show is amazing! There is so much action and so many things happening at once that it always leaves you on the edge of your seat.
So here is where I stand. Even though I would get a whole season ahead of Shelly, I would watch them over with her. By the time season 4 was finished, I was in the beginning phase of my portfolio class. So I told my friend not to give me any more seasons until we're finished. There was just no way I would commit any time to my work if there was a unwatched season of 24 around. You know, I never got to Season 5. After we finished school, we continued to hang out but someone else had the season so I wasn't able to watch it. Looks like I'll have to rent or buy the DVD set myself. Did I mention that I was addicted to that show? Since I've been watching 24, Kiefer Sutherland has become one of my favorite actors.
I'm telling you. If you haven't already seen any of the shows, then you just need to make time and watch them from the beginning. It's like there is action, suspense and drama happening all at one time, but Jack Baur always pulls it together somehow and saves the day. It's neat how it all comes together when everything is so scattered.
Right now, season 8 is showing at 9 pm Monday nights. I believe Fox is the network! Go check it out! Beware: You may become addicted!
Remember this?
Is it me or does everybody else remember these phones like it was yesterday? It seems like it was only a few years ago when I had one of these crazy phones. It's funny because young teenagers would look at you strange if you told them this was the way phones looked back in the day. Oh and the ring tone they had.... grrrrrr!!!!! Hey wait a minute... is this my phone? Dang... I had one just like this one!
I remember trying to talk to someone and having to stay close to the phone because the cord was no longer than 3 feet. These cords I'm talking about looked like they just got a perm from a hair saloon. Then they started coming out with cords that were 10 ft, 20 and even longer. With a cord like that you could at least go to the other side of your house while your talking. These cords were a freaking mess. They would always get tangled up into a big knot. Then they started coming out with cords that were straight. In other words, these cords didn't have a perm. Cords got so long that you could almost go to the bathroom while you were talking.
Then the cordless phones started booming. Oh my gosh! You could walk all over the house and talk on the phone at the same time. Next thing you know cell phones got to the point to where it was a must to have one. They went from big and bulky to small and thin really quick.
I'll never forget having a cell phone that looked like it would pass for a carpentry tool. They were thick and had an antenna that needed to be pulled out of you were gonna talk to anyone with a clear signal. As time quickly passed, they started getting smaller and smaller. Now cell phones are like pocket computers! I think I'm speaking for a huge percentage of people these days but I think land line phones are out. History! Why on earth would you have two phone bills when you can call anywhere you want to call at any time of the day with your cell phone? It use to be like this. You had your land line phone for local calling and then use your cell phone for long distance. Not the case anymore. Cell phone providers have rates to where you call anywhere at anytime for one price. Unless you're calling someone in Brazil during the middle of the day you'll be fine. Again, why on earth would you have to phone bills?
When I moved out of my old buddies house and moved into a house all by myself, there was no way I was going to get a land line hooked up. Now I'm so use to just having a cell phone that I wouldn't know what to do with a land line.
So welcome to 2010! Shoot... by now I thought cars would be hovering in the air but that may not be far off. Just look at the technology going in to these phones. Shelly and I both just got Verizons new touch phone - the droid. These phones have applications that will start your car. Okay, not that but seriously though, I can put the phone up to a radio and it will scan the song and tell me who the band is, the name of the song, what year it came out and all that good stuff.
Just wait another five or ten years and see what cell phones are doing. They'll make these look dated probably! Watch what I tell ya!
I remember trying to talk to someone and having to stay close to the phone because the cord was no longer than 3 feet. These cords I'm talking about looked like they just got a perm from a hair saloon. Then they started coming out with cords that were 10 ft, 20 and even longer. With a cord like that you could at least go to the other side of your house while your talking. These cords were a freaking mess. They would always get tangled up into a big knot. Then they started coming out with cords that were straight. In other words, these cords didn't have a perm. Cords got so long that you could almost go to the bathroom while you were talking.
Then the cordless phones started booming. Oh my gosh! You could walk all over the house and talk on the phone at the same time. Next thing you know cell phones got to the point to where it was a must to have one. They went from big and bulky to small and thin really quick.
I'll never forget having a cell phone that looked like it would pass for a carpentry tool. They were thick and had an antenna that needed to be pulled out of you were gonna talk to anyone with a clear signal. As time quickly passed, they started getting smaller and smaller. Now cell phones are like pocket computers! I think I'm speaking for a huge percentage of people these days but I think land line phones are out. History! Why on earth would you have two phone bills when you can call anywhere you want to call at any time of the day with your cell phone? It use to be like this. You had your land line phone for local calling and then use your cell phone for long distance. Not the case anymore. Cell phone providers have rates to where you call anywhere at anytime for one price. Unless you're calling someone in Brazil during the middle of the day you'll be fine. Again, why on earth would you have to phone bills?
When I moved out of my old buddies house and moved into a house all by myself, there was no way I was going to get a land line hooked up. Now I'm so use to just having a cell phone that I wouldn't know what to do with a land line.
So welcome to 2010! Shoot... by now I thought cars would be hovering in the air but that may not be far off. Just look at the technology going in to these phones. Shelly and I both just got Verizons new touch phone - the droid. These phones have applications that will start your car. Okay, not that but seriously though, I can put the phone up to a radio and it will scan the song and tell me who the band is, the name of the song, what year it came out and all that good stuff.
Just wait another five or ten years and see what cell phones are doing. They'll make these look dated probably! Watch what I tell ya!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The best and worse of 2009
The year was 2009. Some of this stuff I wish I could forget but all things happen for a reason right? The other stuff I'll always remember. Check it out!
In 2009 I:
That's actually about all that happened other than very fine detail!
Now here is a few of those details I remember but wish I could forget.
Oh lord, I could go on and on about this but I'd be getting a little too detailed. These were just some of the things that stood out to me.
The best thing about 2009 is that I survived. 2009 will also go down in history as the year that I finished and graduated college. My dad would be proud of me! I never thought I'd go back to school but I guess I fooled myself. The funny thing about it is that I actually loved every minute of it. It was definitely hard at times and there were even times that I wondered how in the world I was going to make it. But I made it! College to me was not about having homework. It was about starting over with a new career. I took each assignment with the perspective of this being work from a client. I was never late for class, never late on my school work, and I never missed a day of school. I had perfect attendance all the way around.
And for that I am very proud of myself!
In 2009 I:
- Quit working for cycle gear
- Started working for The Art Institute Cage ( camera rental )
- Finished school and graduated
- Started working for Walgreens
- Quit Walgreens
- Starting doing a lot of freelance for my new business
- Started working with Crown Alley Films
- Finalized my graduation at the walking ceremony
- Received honors during graduation
- Helped my best friend load he moving truck for Texas
That's actually about all that happened other than very fine detail!
Now here is a few of those details I remember but wish I could forget.
- Old ladies shopping at Walgreens telling me their gonna crack my face because of a coupon
- Being totally stressed out about my final portfolio class
- Wishing I could be out with friends but stuck at home doing homework
- Presenting my portfolio with a lump in my throat while the faculty of The Art Institute listens
- Putting up with all the stupidity of Walgreens
Oh lord, I could go on and on about this but I'd be getting a little too detailed. These were just some of the things that stood out to me.
The best thing about 2009 is that I survived. 2009 will also go down in history as the year that I finished and graduated college. My dad would be proud of me! I never thought I'd go back to school but I guess I fooled myself. The funny thing about it is that I actually loved every minute of it. It was definitely hard at times and there were even times that I wondered how in the world I was going to make it. But I made it! College to me was not about having homework. It was about starting over with a new career. I took each assignment with the perspective of this being work from a client. I was never late for class, never late on my school work, and I never missed a day of school. I had perfect attendance all the way around.
And for that I am very proud of myself!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Google is amazing! Don't you wish you would've invested in their stock around 10 years ago? It doesn't matter what you are looking for... Google can help.
So one day, as I started to do a search, I forgot what I was going to enter. The only thing I had in the search bar was why. If you haven't recognized this yet then try it. When you type a word into Google's search bar, it will guess at the rest until you finish your query. So the word why left the guessing door wide open. Take a look at a few guesses from Google when I typed in why.
Like I said, this is just a few. Google usually has 10 guesses at your unfinished query! You should try it sometime. And by all means experiment with it a little!
Let's look at: why is poop green
Here is what associatedcontent.com says about green poop!
"Green poop can be caused by a number of different reasons, most having to do with diet. For starters, having too much iron in your diet can cause that nice grassy shade to appear in the toilet bowl. This is especially true if you are taking iron supplements; too much iron in your diet can stain and create your green poop.
Also, green poop can be caused by a diet high in leafy vegetables like spinach. If you are finding green poop in your toilet bowl, go back through all you've eaten and determine whether you have eaten an overabundance of salad. Green food dyes can also cause green poop, especially those found in ice creams, candies, and some cereals.
If you're experiencing green poop as a result of your diet there is no need to fear, as your feces should regain its original brown color over time as whatever is causing the stain works its way out of your system".
There you go! The green poop mystery has been explained!
So one day, as I started to do a search, I forgot what I was going to enter. The only thing I had in the search bar was why. If you haven't recognized this yet then try it. When you type a word into Google's search bar, it will guess at the rest until you finish your query. So the word why left the guessing door wide open. Take a look at a few guesses from Google when I typed in why.
- why do men have nipples
- why is the sky blue
- why is poop green
- why did I get married too
- why can't I own a canadian
- why do dogs eat poop
- why do cats purr
- why are people posting colors on facebook
Like I said, this is just a few. Google usually has 10 guesses at your unfinished query! You should try it sometime. And by all means experiment with it a little!
Let's look at: why is poop green
Here is what associatedcontent.com says about green poop!
"Green poop can be caused by a number of different reasons, most having to do with diet. For starters, having too much iron in your diet can cause that nice grassy shade to appear in the toilet bowl. This is especially true if you are taking iron supplements; too much iron in your diet can stain and create your green poop.
Also, green poop can be caused by a diet high in leafy vegetables like spinach. If you are finding green poop in your toilet bowl, go back through all you've eaten and determine whether you have eaten an overabundance of salad. Green food dyes can also cause green poop, especially those found in ice creams, candies, and some cereals.
If you're experiencing green poop as a result of your diet there is no need to fear, as your feces should regain its original brown color over time as whatever is causing the stain works its way out of your system".
There you go! The green poop mystery has been explained!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The new look
After a little searching, I think I found a nice template to use. I like the vibes that it's giving off. It's making me feel bright...
Enough of that hog-wash! Seriously though... I hope you enjoy the new look. I'll be adding to the sidebar here and there but the over all layout and appearance is what I was looking at.
Welcome to the new bunny show!
Enough of that hog-wash! Seriously though... I hope you enjoy the new look. I'll be adding to the sidebar here and there but the over all layout and appearance is what I was looking at.
Welcome to the new bunny show!
What am I thinking?
It looks like I should be a little more careful of how I word some of my sentences, or even explain some of my stories. What I should do is wait a good day or two before I post. This will allow me to read over everything and correct any mistakes.
I gotta tell ya... that story about Walgreens hardly made any sense to me now that I've re-read the story! Dang... if I don't half understand what I'm writing about then I can't expect you to understand what I'm writing.
I'll do better, I promise.
Change of subject here but I am looking at yet another layout. I know, I know... I keep changing it! Well, I like this one but it's a bit too artsy. So be on the lookout, this layout will change before long. There are a ton of designers out there that have built countless xml templates and they're way better than what the blogger templates are.
That's it for now. Oh one more thing. It feels good to be back!
Cheers!!!
I gotta tell ya... that story about Walgreens hardly made any sense to me now that I've re-read the story! Dang... if I don't half understand what I'm writing about then I can't expect you to understand what I'm writing.
I'll do better, I promise.
Change of subject here but I am looking at yet another layout. I know, I know... I keep changing it! Well, I like this one but it's a bit too artsy. So be on the lookout, this layout will change before long. There are a ton of designers out there that have built countless xml templates and they're way better than what the blogger templates are.
That's it for now. Oh one more thing. It feels good to be back!
Cheers!!!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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!
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!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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!
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!
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