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April 2009: Tonight is a bit of an odd night. There are undeniable tensions between myself and Slaphead, but he is doing a remarkable job is of keeping his cards close to his chest. This said, I know the guy is entirely untrustworthy. And we know this because he has a history of sticking knives in my back. Not just being in cahoots with The Scotsman over defacing my certificate (which according to The Hero, he should be sacked for). Then there are the customers. They've been pretty dull and thin on the ground. And without exception, every single one seems to miss the concept of "go to the till when you've finished". They come to the till, then wander off and buy some more things. As a cashier, it is so infuriating, because you have to then explain to new customers that you're waiting for some muppet who has wandered off. As it turns out, Slaphead told me that The Scotsman was the one who defaced my certificate. Well, if colleague of the month irritated him, then my next target is really going to peeve him. See, he believes work is turning up, going home and getting paid. I disagree. From my job I have made friends, gained and lost a lover, and become a part of an autonomous group within the company. A far richer experience than just "turn up, go home, get paid". I've even turned my work into a a business on the side (and will do again). Eagle eyed readers will be aware I am in the process of creating a new Linux Distribution (well, technically 3, but under one heading). Such a thing requires PR. LOTS of PR to get it noticed from all the other distributions and gain attention from Windows users. Methinks Law Of Attraction kicked in again, as before work tonight I was researching how to market my little distro, and when I got into work, there was a memo asking if any members of staff have an unusual hobby which could be featured in the new staff magazine. I'm not just going to ask. Everyone will ASK. I am going to send them a copy of each of my distros (netbook, desktop and Windows refugee) along with a maxed out version of my Linux. Development is going to be furious. It's going to need to be to get it from prerelease state to "Try this as a Windows replacement" state. This said - I used Desktop edition this morning and began forgetting I wasn't using Ubuntu... Lastly, I blitzed work today. Slaphead made comments about me being lazy, and not doing enough work. Quite how working the backup chiller, tins, pet food, teas and coffees, cereals and biscuit and cake sections in an hour and a quarter isn't enough is beyond me, but hey ho. So I brought a secret weapon. A sachet of Yerba Mate. My god did it work. Slaphead had 89 cases of ambient to work. I had 130 cases of chilled, 25 cases of meat and 29 cases of produce to work. I finished before him. Actually, I finished, tidied, and smoked a cigarette by the time he finished. But that wasn't quite enough for me. When I get competitive, I like to bury my opposition. So when he came past me with Queen Chav, he said "Yeah, I did all the work tonight. TSM just stood on the tills looking like a moron". I smiled sweetly and said "You had 89 cases of ambient, I had 189 cases of chilled, and I finished before you. Don't you remember? I told you I was finished when we went out for a smoke and you said you still had 2 trolleys of stuff and the trolley you were working?" His face fell and Queen Chav said "Bloody hell, bit keen weren't you TSM?" Overheard in Cafe Nero Lymington - "What are your plans this week? Apart from letting me down" and previously in the same afternoon from the same woman - "Say yes or we are no longer friends" Permalink | |