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What a bitch! I’m proud of growing up poor and rural, though apparently some people are really insecure about it. My boyfriend was actually in 4H when he was a kid because his dad (a teacher) ran the local chapter; they raised sheep, rabbits, etc. I think it’s really cool.
And speaking of obnoxious girls in bars, the other night I went out with my boyfriend, his old roommate, and the roommate’s new girlfriend. She was so rude the whole night! The roommate was talking about how he’d been having trouble getting work (he’s an illustrator), but mentioned that he was doing a lot of work on his website. His girlfriend snickered and said "Yeah, your website. Every time you say that, it’s like you’re saying you’re getting the band back together. It’s a total timewaster."
She had a contrary comment for everything ("well, ACTUALLY…") and was also a total bitch to the (very nice Irish) bartender. She asked him "Is the pear cider any good?"
"Yeah, if you like cider, it’s a good brand."
She sighed and said "Well I don’t want a lot. Can I get a frosted glass, and can you just fill it halfway." (this was a command, not a question.)
"Sorry, it comes in a bottle."
She sighed again and said "OKAY, I’ll TAKE it."
He gave her the bottle, the frosted glass she’d requested, and an extra napkin. She rolled her eyes and took it, didn’t thank him, and didn’t leave a tip.
Also, for the majority of the evening, the three of us were engaged in conversation while she was typing away on her cell phone. SO RUDE!
Oh oh oh! Back in the exciting days of retail, I had to call the "call center" and reactivate this lady’s store credit card account. This required communicating with both her and the call center representative on the phone, at the same time.
The lady is already bitchy because her account has been closed due to inactivity, so once I get the representative on the phone, naturally the lady thinks that the best way to handle the situation is to MAKE AN OUTGOING CELL PHONE CALL to someone else while I am trying to help her. The representative is asking me all these questions to ask the lady, and the lady acts like I’m annoying her by interrupting HER phone call (i.e. "I’m trying to talk and this GIRL keeps asking me all these QUESTIONS").
I wrap up my talk with the representative but due to shitty communication from the lady, some blanks are left unfilled and I inform the her that she will need to contact the "call center" herself and give them the rest of the information to complete the deal.
She throws a huge fit and demands to speak to the manager, who kills her with kindness and reiterates that yes, she will personally need to contact the company to complete the reactivation.
She says "well it SHOULD HAVE been done right the FIRST TIME" and storms off muttering "dumb bitch" under her breath.
Yeah. I can’t wait til she gets a giant brain tumor from her cell phone.
This isn’t a particularly exciting story but god do I hate cell phones.
I liked Dallas a lot! Deep Ellum is where all the cool bars are
Old warehouse district; saw my first DinoJr concert there (@Trees) in the mid 1990s.Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
Lupe Fiasco – Food & LiquorOne of my favorite albums of all time is the soundtrack he did for Black Caesar. It’s always near the top of my cd stack.
I had the opportunity to see him when I was in college and it was truly awesome– the young white guy who played great blues guitar, the old man on drums, the multiethnic troupe of girls in red-white-and-blue latex leotards, and James himself, sweating pints and singing with that ecstatic throat. He did multiple "caped" stage exits, each time with a different sequined blanket. I won’t forget it.
"It would almost be unthinkable for a man who lived such a sensational life to go away quietly." — Al Sharpton
could be…they also used to accept returned cds that had been played, and may have re-sold them as well. you guys didn’t hear any of this from me though
Dude the employees were some of the worst shoplifters
I also remember the guys in Receiving would open albums, burn copies, then use their shrinkwrapping machine to seal them back up. They really made out with those $100 box sets!
Ah, young adulthood.
I don’t know, I think this is what they get for paying their employees $7 an hour and generally treating them like crap! I remember the "mandatory inventory" where we were all required to arrive at 5:30 AM and start counting shit…and continue counting shit all day while the store was open to customers. Managment was also lousy and HR was totally uncool. Basic business rule #1– if you don’t take care of your employees, your business will suffer.
I did make some great friends there so it wasn’t a total loss! And I did love working around music every day, especially with other people who knew so much about different genres and the occasional, equally passionate customer.
One heads-up about the closing: be sure to shop their website. I picked up a few DVDS as Christmas gifts at a cost of about $7.99 a piece.
There were a pair of sisters in my high school with the last name Fallis…always felt bad for them :-
I read a similar version of this story that CLEARLY puts Leos (Jeremiah, me) at the top of the class!
Quote:So, what’s your sign? You crash here often?By Naomi KimThu Dec 14, 9:42 AM ET
Never mind how careful you are behind the wheel or how long you’ve been driving, the signs of the zodiac may be bigger factors behind your ability to avoid car crashes — or why you have too many.
According to a study by InsuranceHotline.com, a Web site that quotes drivers on insurance rates, astrological signs are a significant factor in predicting car accidents.
The study, which looked at 100,000 North American drivers’ records from the past six years, puts Libras (born September 23-October 22) followed by Aquarians (January 20-February 18) as the worst offenders for tickets and accidents
Leos (July 23-August 22) and then Geminis (May 21-June 20) were found to be the best overall.
"I was absolutely shocked by the results," said Lee Romanov, president of Toronto-based InsuranceHotline.com, who also wrote the book "Car Carma" which touches on the correlation between astrological signs and driving ability while doing the study.
Romanov originally wanted to have some fun by examining astrological signs as a possible cause for the variance between insurance companies quoting high and low rates but didn’t expect to find anything interesting.
"Now, changing postal codes is far less significant to me than drivers of certain astrological signs," she told Reuters on Wednesday.
Even age, another variable for determining insurance rates, is less of a consideration to Romanov. The cutoff line for being considered a higher risk driver is 24 years of age; 25-year-olds are considered not-high risk.
"I’d rather get into a car with a 24-year-old Leo than a 25-year-old Aries," Romanov said.
Leos, described along with the study results on InsuranceHotline.com/a10.html, are "generous, and comfortable in sharing the roadway."
Aries, on the other hand, "have a ‘me first’ childlike nature that drives Aries into trouble."
"I wasn’t believing in it before," said Romanov, "but I would think twice before getting into a car with an Aries."
I hereby demand a reduction in my insurance costs
this is gonna sound really lame for a rock n roll site, but since you asked, I was really big into Tori Amos (when she had only 1 LP and 1 EP on the market) when I was about 13/14. I liked her lyrics so much that I would doodle them on my notebooks at school, and these popular assholes would grab my things away from me when the teacher wasn’t looking, scrutinize the words, then toss the books back at me and tell me how "fucked up" I was. one girl told me "god, get some taste."
cut to a couple years and a couple albums later, and the people who had tormented me about my tastes in music were painting glitter on their faces and wearing fucking fairy wings to Tori Amos concerts.
I never quite got over that. I haven’t gotten any of her albums since the second one. I don’t think I stopped liking her, but the association with all the pricks of high school really hindered my enjoyment for a while. (this also happened with Blues Traveler, who were ruined for me by all the trust fund hippies at my college.)
now that I’m a grownup maybe I should try to pick up the slack and go get some of the records I missed?
