Started last weekend while at our Bowling banquet and wrapping up this weekend I could be having the best week ever. Well besides when I got married (so I don’t get my arse beat). I’ll go into it more after the weekend of picnics wrap up.
cheers!
17 Confessions Of Staples Drones
This article was written by anonymous about the secrets of how the Office Superstore, Staples, operates. WHY didn’t I think of this years ago? For roughly 2 years I worked at Staples in Erie. I helped build the store up from the very beginning and left it all behind when I came to Pittsburgh. Even then I knew there was something creepy about working there. It wasn’t seen in our store (hoooo ra 355!) but at other locations there employees had this wierd bond. Almost cultish. The world revolved around Staples. Eat, Sleep and Drink Staples (I gof sumthin stuck in mah froat). They were uber-obsessed. Always talking about store numbers on their cell phones, making comments about other stores, basically they think they’re the elite of office supply companies. (damn this should be a movie)
Back to this article, I can say that from what I witnessed this is just about dead on. Granted I worked there 10 years ago but it still holds true. Those warranties are shit. You can coupon code ANYTHING in that store and if it meant a sale the manager will write something off or code it out. I miss the interaction with people talking computers but anyone in retail will agree, dealing with the public sucks. Dealing with the Erie public is worst that hell itself. Everyone tries to work a deal, everyone tells you a story to guilt you (my favorite was “I drove ALLL the way from Girard for this.” It’s 15 miles away.), and just about everyone is a prick and feels that you owe them. See what I got out when I did!
I think back and man we got very little. I think I left at $6/hr (roughly $11K/yr). The rewards from selling those Purchase Plans were very small and if the old DM Jeff Weaver ever sees this… I still don’t f’n like you. I haven’t been back there in a long time but I’ve heard that a couple of the people I worked with are still there. I have to admit that next to working at a restaurant, Staples is the best place to work the morning after a night out at the bars. You have to know where to hide. I may have to dig up some old photos. I was pimpin in my red 
Today is the mrs. birthday so to go along with other gifts (I had to suck it up and actually buy a Bon Jovi cd/dvd combo in public) I picked up Collective Soul’s 7 Year Itch which is a collection of their greatest hits from 1994-2001. It’s been a running joke with us for years since we saw it on our first trip to Record Rama in 2002. Everytime we’d see it in a store I’d think about buying it and then forget about it.
Last year my brother added to the humor when he said “I just picked up this great CD from this new band named Collective Soul!” I said “Um, they came out in 1994 but thanks for catching up.” We both got a good laugh out of it. Now whenever a song from Collective Soul comes on my wife and I joke “hey, there’s that new band!”
I’m really diggin this CD. You can play it in the background and groove or really listen for the sweet small details they put into this. Since I’ve started podcasting I pay more attention to small details and refuse to listen to anything new unless it goes through my Sony headphones first. 7 Year Itch is a prime example of music that needs to heard for the first time this way. Think of it as the closing scene to Dazed and Confused when Mitch kicks back in his bed and puts on the enormous 70′s headphones. Not saying you have to go THAT far but even the $20 Sony’s (MDR-V150) from K-Mart do a quality job.
Also just read that Chris Benoit killed himself and his family in a murder/suicide according to cnn.com I can only image what the Wrestling Mayhem Guys will be saying about this tonight on their live calling show.
See, I’m not making it up. That’s their slogan. Never again will I mock PA for being the “State of Independence”.
This past weekend was a great time to get away from Pittsburgh for a few days. Drove down to Morgantown, WV and attended our bowling banquet for 2007 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa. That’s about all you need to know. I won’t bore you with how relaxing it was to sit by a pool for 2 days with no internet access or even how the Hawaiian luau (with open bar) was the best party to date. Maybe someday I’ll tell you about the flirtatious lifeguards and smokin catering server. There are plenty of pictures. It’s just a matter of when I get a copy.
Until then, let’s just say, it was a good time.
Cheers!
On our way to Lakeview this past weekend (review coming tomorrow) we saw this gem on I-79 South. Not only was the typo on the back but on the doors as well. I called the company as I drove behind it to let them know.
*note: everything that Karen Price has written caused great pain in my head and eyes to bleed. This is your only warning.*
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_513583.html
Pittsburgh Pirate fans are pissed off. Pushing 15 years of finishing under .500, a disastrous MLB draft this year and on field play that is borderline summer beer league, a grass roots group of fans started a protest in that fans should protest the June 29th game vs the Washington Nationals.
As news spread on local TV more details started to come out and momentum picked up. This morning Karen Price reports the following (from the link above)
The protest will consist of a pregame rally and petition-signing on Federal Street from 5-7 p.m.
- OK this is starting out well…
During the game against the Washington Nationals, protesters will leave their seats after the third inning and will have the option of staying in the concourse until the fifth inning or leaving the ballpark.
- Stop, right there. WTF. Rewind… So you’re asking people to PAY for their seat, thus already giving the Pirates their money. Secondly, they have the “option” of staying until the 5th. So while waiting you’re probably going to BUY something to drink and maybe something to eat. Oh and you’re still watching the game live or watching the TV in the corridor.
Chomos, a 43-year-old business owner from Wexford, wants fans to wear green shirts, to symbolize money leaving the building.
- What if I paid with a credit card, do I dress in plastic? (thanks, dma) What if I paid with American Dollar Coins, do I dress in gold? What shade of green? You all really should match.
“The goal is to give upset fans, fed-up fans, an outlet to voice their opinion publicly for the first time in 14 years of losing baseball,” said Lucas, 25, of the North Hills.
- Your outlets are message boards and blogs. Stand by the stadium and do your protesting thing but for the love of God don’t give the team money and then go “ha ha we’re leaving!”. If you’re going to go through with his how about each of you hand me the money you’re going to pay for tickets and we’ll watch it on TV somewhere.
A Pirates spokesman said the team has no comment on the protest.
-That’s because everyone in the front office hasn’t stopped laughing long enough to compose themselves.
*sigh* this idea had so much potential…
I may be in a small group of people that LOVED the ending to Sopranos. At first I was pissed because I was expecting more but since I recorded it I was able to go back and watch the final scene over and over. Sheer genius. To get it you have to think about what’s going on. That’s not what this post if for though. I’m asking the Pittsburgh Pirates, Hillary Clinton and everyone else to stop. It’s not even the fact that EVERYONE with a video camera seems to be doing their own parody, it’s the fact they all SUCK. Yeah it’s the bit thing to do and you feel a need to jump on the bandwagon but stop. You’re not funny.
In case you haven’t visited You Tube in awhile here is what I mean…
(i suck for not having the You Tube plugin installed, i know)
Hillary Clinton’s version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gK0G5pbT7RQ
Pittsburgh Pirates version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZC1jiwKMHc
I was driving into work today when a couple more sites popped into mind that I may want to start. After buying this domain I started to get the itch again for more sites but one thing I have to keep in check is that I shouldn’t make a site for the sake of doing it and then let it be 1/2 assed. I need to go all in with it. Who knows, maybe this SCAN venture has new life. I need to sit down and figure out what projects I’m making for myself now. Already with work, school and pimpin the podcast I’m a pretty busy guy.
Maybe it will all come together while I’m sitting by the pool this weekend.
mmm pool.
Ok so i finally registered my name. When the site is ready I’ll let everyone know.
Until then…
CHEERS!
