Mercy mercy...

I give up or in, whichever suits the situation better. 

Numerous times this week I have sat down to write something and failed to do anything. I don't even remember my day off. There have been Internet issues which have ranged from having Verizon Internet that has horrible reception at my in town apartment but excellent reception at my in-laws out in the sticks. Google Chrome and Flash issues which have resorted in me calling it quits many nights on Facebook for the simple reason of not being able to play games. Yes I would rather get on Facebook and play games where I have to beg for things from my friends than actually talk to any of them or look at their pictures or just silently stalk them. I have also traded a game that very few of friends play for one that many play, that is where the Flash issue comes in. Then if I can get it loaded about three minutes in it wants to refresh. 

I have been swamped at work and dealing with those things that come from being employed. I am not a fan of the holiday season because I already have issues with budgeting my time. I like the go go go of the holiday season. I think I posted earlier about that crush of go go go that starts in September and runs until March or April here at work. There was a DirecTV snafu this week which has accelerated the rush of this week. We have had customers make DirecTV employees cry which was no skin off our noses because that meant they did what they were supposed to do and called someone who could do something.

NOTE: If you have a problem with DirecTV, Verizon, Sprint, Dish Network, etc., do not go to a dealer to complain call the company. The company cares more to hear from a customer than from a dealer on behalf of a customer. But be nice. You will hopefully accomplish more through them. I have had Whirlpool customers get the part sent to them and warranty extensions for calling. That is the reward for being nice. Remember that always.

 There has been educational drama. But for matters of privacy and ethics I will leave it there. 

I have also just been suffering from distraction. Even this morning I was side tracked by one of those 'What were they thinking...' slide-shows on Yahoo because I have found email posting to be more effective.

I will be trying to hammer something out this afternoon in the way of a real thought provoking or mind numbing post. I haven't really decided yet.

love ya!

Really people?

Today I want to talk to people who drive.

The issue: blinkers or turn signals, you're the driver you choose. But I will call them blinkers and you will listen.

They are there both out of necessity and courtesy, please use them then.

On a weekday morning during school traffic you do not fool the six cars behind you when you wait until you have reached the stop sign to turn on your blinker. We all know that you didn't all of a sudden make the decision to turn left across traffic on the main street. It is apparent that you had that decision in mind when you left your dwelling. 

It is also not amusing that first of all you didn't use your blinker to let us know so that we could alter our route accordingly. I completely understand that the clicking noise is obnoxious when you are sitting in traffic but turn the radio on or speak to your fellow traveling companions. 

Then again you are probably also the same people who either ride for seven blocks with your turn signal on or who do not use it until after you have applied the breaks and have started to turn into the driveway or street of your destination. They are for signaling to the rest of the world that you will either be turning or not turning. Occasionally I will use them to signal to another car on a two-way feeder that I will not be taking the ramp to get onto the freeway and that they do not have to wait on me. That being said they are also important to use when exiting. Because there are times that it is difficult to discern when a car is right lane whether they will be exiting or continuing on the freeway, and I have been known to yield and start on my way only to find out that, yes that car was exiting. That is for both directions if the feeder is two way. 

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Thank you Tuesday...

I know that it has been awhile but my days off have been erratic and I've been pushing it at work trying to get prepared for our big annual sale in December and then for inventory after that. The big push is more for inventory because there is no organization in my office. I want it to work a little more smoothly instead of trying to scramble for the two weeks that it usually takes with someone always bugging me about being done but not offering to give me any help. 

More so today has been hectic because my mom had surgery on her back. This week has also made me question people who work in the medical profession. My mom had surgery at 10, which like all surgeries meant that she was not able to eat after midnight. At 2:30 when they wanted her to get up and walk they couldn't figure out why she was all dizzy. They never even asked her if she was hungry or needed anything to eat or to see if she had eaten, they only told her that it was common to feel that way after surgery. 

I had to go out and ask them to get her something for her to eat and you know what, fifteen minutes later she was okay and ready to get up and walk around so that she could leave.They say that you have to speak up but maybe our hospitals shouldn't think of it as a revolving door moneymaker.

I now am watching Extreme Couponing and well it worries. I am really worried about it. I am worried that people are so freaked out about saving money. Some of these people I think that they should just devout the time that they spend on couponing to just going out and finding a job. I understand that not everyone can just go out and find a job but quitting your job to this is kind of crazy. But I am going to go watch craziness.

love ya!

Quack quack quack...

Quacks come in threes remember that.

I probably will not get a post out tomorrow and if I do it will be tough to slam one out while at work. Yes I am just a bit sad that I have to work tomorrow. But I get a three day weekend because my boss told me to take Saturday and I already have Monday off so that I can take a test.

Things are not gelling at all this week but I will admit that today was a miraculously short day. The first time I looked at the clock is was a quarter to ten, which never happens on a Monday. I did however spend most of my day pasting the DU logo into a Word document to make table markers for the banquet. Tomorrow will cross off the first thing of the busy season which really starts in September and runs through to March.

September is usually when we first start having tropical storms hitting the coast which means we have to be prepared for that at work, this hurricane season those has proved to be extremely disappointing. As Summer winds down we are faced with an onslaught of packages first from market and then from DU. The word Ducks gets thrown around like a code word in those months. I didn't have to work on Ducks last year because I was student teaching but it doesn't seem as chaotic this year as it has in the past.

Then as soon as Ducks is over we start trying to gear up in my department for Thanksgiving which will run into Tent sale which is out annual sale and then into Christmas. December and January are chock full of deliveries first from the tent sale and regular Christmas purchases. January deliveries are more about the special orders that we ordered for tent sale. The beginning of the year is also when we start doing inventory which is a nightmare and a half. I will probably start working on pushing out as much of my merchandise as possible in the next month or so to just make that month better.

January and February also usually bring some kind of winter disaster that as far south as we are we are never prepared for. It is one day of not a blessed soul in the store which you pray for during inventory because we stay open during inventory which makes it difficult as well. I think that this year I will be working on making some lists of the items that are not huge sellers during that time of the season. I have boxes of mess that are the problem when it comes to inventory. That one day of no one is followed by two to three days of solid non-stop customers waiting for pipe to be cut. We actually ran out of things this year because the foul weather hit after our order went in and before it arrived. So we were working with whatever happened to be on a regular order, well actually what was left and on Friday the truck came in and that was gone before anything. There were a few things we had to wait until Tuesday for the next truck to come in.

It is always crazy but these are the months that are much more than normal.

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