I Enjoy Being a Girl Vol 2!- Page 167

[danmag]

Posted: 12/11/09 at 2:30pm

Clever, I'm more than a little scared of those two as well...

[lusciouslace]

Posted: 12/11/09 at 2:36pm

Awww thanks for the shoutout Tofu. I'm here...and I'll play crush from beyond the grave.

My whole room when I was a kid was Marilyn and Elvis (and a little James Dean...being that he's an Indiana boy...and Lucy)



I think this where I developed my love for crooked mouths. :)



Gahhhh she's divine

And my most recent



Awwww that one still makes me sad.
Updated On: 12/11/09 at 02:36 PM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/11/09 at 6:34pm

Oh gawd I had a final half-hour from hell at work. I was told to do the cash register at my retail job due congestion in the lines. Granted this is my first week on the job with zero experience working a cash register made in 1983. I am getting a bit of the hang of it but then my shadow had to go on break because she was busting her balls (figuratively) since the store opening at 10 am and it was ten minutes to 4 pm.

So after two or three customers there seemed to be not too many issues. But then she came.....

.... she being a woman when I was just doing folding and customer service acted all weird about the fleece pullovers we sold. She wanted to try for herself before she got it half-price ONLINE. I told her if it didn't satisfy her she was allowed to come back and get her money back or dare do an exchange when her size, she was a rather a svelte woman who wanted a tall pullover which I am pretty positive is not even sold, if ever that size came in. She said she was just here for that but lo and beholden to me she had five items as she approached my register. Every item but one from the clearance section and the most expensive item was 25% off.

As I scanned two items she basically got into a hissy fit that her item did not go 70% but 50%. FIFTY-FRIGGING PERCENT!!!!!!!!!!! So then she wanted me to do price check, keep in mind this is my first week and with just a couple hours under my belt- give or take- behind a register. I had to call my supervisor slaving over the other register because I am such a luddite with this thing to help me verify the price. He then rushed to the area- keep in mind register in front and clearance ALL the way in the back- then he told her it was indeed 50% off. I know this, he knew this, she knew this and was wondering why I couldn't wave a magic wand to give her shirt a 70% discount. Mostly because according to her I cannot split a $19.99 price in my head and that wand is actually a stick up her youknowhere.

So now she wants to drop the shirt because it is 50% off. I have to call my manager back with some restless customers to help me void the price. I throw the shirt aside and give her 70% all her items except the massive coat which was already stored in the bag. But then of course my register was not communicating with me at all and the gap between waiting for my manager to come back and fix the stupefied cash register grew longer and longer. Now I finally scanned everything put them all in a big-ass bag and then I forgot to tag her rewards program card for shopping here- as if she noticed- and in the middle of it all was a completely 'blonde moment' (well actually I am a natural brunette) when I swiped her gold card (and how in the hell is she this cheap?) and realized I did it backwards and charged it to her card. It was the longest 10-15 minutes of my life.

I basically thanked her 5 different times for her patients and was apologizing but then ever so the patron- not in a good way- she told me, 'well when my daughters get a job like this I hope there are kind enough people who are patient with them of they were brand new and struggling'. Well that makes me feel like a million bucks. A good bye to you too.

I basically had no real trouble after that, sure I forgot for a brief moment how to do cash on the register and I had to prove to this lady it was indeed the correct price but they seemed like a flower bed of daisies compared to that woman. I am dreading tomorrow when it is even crazier. I worked an extra 30 minutes than my schedule stated so feeling a bit 'rebellious' I took a few slices of pizza ordered for the next shift and ate it because all I had was Campbell's Tomato Soup on the go and caffeinated drinks.

I need to let out my energy so I am going to the gym and I got Kill Bill Vol. I in the mail from my godmother as an early X-Mas gift so I got that going for me tonight.

Updated On: 12/12/09 at 06:34 PM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 12/11/09 at 6:55pm

Ugh, strummer, I have had that exact same scenario happen to me in the past. Retail jobs are terrible and unforgiving. At least today's over. And Kill Bill is awesome, so chicks kicking ass should definitely help make you feel better!

The rest of you...I can't IMAGINE why you'd be afraid of tofu and me together. We are the pictures of ladylike behavior.
Updated On: 12/11/09 at 06:55 PM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/11/09 at 7:22pm

Thanks jag. I would love you and tofu together but the world may explode so much energy. You would be each other's red button. Don't touch each other, please!

Oh and randomly googling I found a photo that will give everybody vapors...


... well except you, jag.
Updated On: 12/11/09 at 07:22 PM

[killertofu333]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 12:55am

Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!! Where is all this "scared of Tofu and Jag" business coming from? Name one time we've done anything that reflects nothing but decorum and respectability . If anything I'm scared of having to get between the bartender and Danmag after he cuts her off. Me and Jag are 80 year old NUNS compared to the ladies who lunch. My mission from here on out however, is to slowly but surely corrupt Star and SAMN. They seem so pure and innocent that I can't help but try to bring them down to my depraved, Tequila shootin' level. MUWAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Seriously though, I've toned my sh*t down considerably in the last 4 months. I haven't had to cut a bitch in ages nor have I had to "go out back" and expel the numerous shots of whiskey I've just consumed. So there .

Strummer, I'm sorry that bitch was trippin' today. There's a reason I avoided retail for so long....because of people like that. Although I do believe working retail gives you a much better appreciation for service industry workers. All the crap they get from customers on a daily basis is crazy personified.

The other day I finally called out my homophobic/misogynistic co-worker and he was PISSED!!!!! I mean really pissed. To the point where he actually threatened to cut me with the box cutter he had in his hand. He made yet another comment about my other co-worker who's gay behind his back, saying that he was less of a man and making fun of the way he speaks and walks. I got so upset that I just flat out asked him why he was so fascinated with [insert name]? Why was he so worried about who he may or may not be sleeping with? And why the hell is he so focused on his hips when he walks by? This homophobe was probably the maddest I'd ever seen him and he glared at me so long and so hard that I thought I'd crossed a really HUGE line with him. But then I started to laugh at him for getting so mad about a series of seemingly harmless questions. I mean there's obviously a reason he's so hellbent on ragging on gays every chance he gets, so I just asked him why. My biggest thing is if you act like an ass I'm gonna make you feel like an ass, plain and simple. And in my book this guy's name is ASSY McGEE!!!

Updated On: 12/12/09 at 12:55 AM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 1:05am

lol so Tofu, you don't wear a hate like the ladies who lunch but you wear a habit. Now I'm thinking Whoopie Goldberg in Sister Act.

Thanks tofu, and yeah I do have a new appreciation for people who work retail and I definitely have an appreciation for those who work multiple jobs. I realize now that there is no sarcasm in retail because you do have to take everything word-for-word. That's probably the hardest transition aside from the cash register from me and I am being serious- of course.

Tofu, what are the laws over sexual harassment in the work place in NC? The guy sounds way over the line. He has ever approached [insert name] and has [insert name] expressed anything about Assy McGee's treatment of him?

[killertofu333]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 1:30am

Ya know what Strummer, I need to brush up on our employee manual regarding sexual harassment. I mean Assy hasn't actually said anything to [insert name] he's only said it about him to me of all people. But he likes to get extra close to me and whisper in my ear all the time which is unnerving and just too close for comfort and he's pinched what he likes to call my "cute little baby fat" on my side. Needless to say I was pissed beyond belief about him pinching me and saying that I had baby fat....f*cking dick!!! There was one time he was so close that I thought he was going to kiss me and I think I vomited a little in my mouth. Don't get me wrong he really isn't a bad looking guy but for one thing he's male and he's got a never ending stream of crap coming from his lips so yuck on both fronts .

Updated On: 12/12/09 at 01:30 AM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 1:39am

OMG. He is pervy and a coward. He is like the Pete Campbell of your office. Yes, tofu study that manual like a Maxim 100 issue es pronto! Tofu, has he been close to give that he breaks the limit you set? I am surprised you have held such discipline if that's the case, especially a guy like that!

[killertofu333]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 2:13am

Well Strummer if you've been lurking long enough to know the things he's said about my "boyfriend" not hitting it right then you'll know that he's a skeevy sack of pus. I've lost count of how many times I've physically pushed him away and stated my personal space rules with conviction. Since our second in command at work has a raging hetero crush on him I doubt he'll get canned anytime soon. And as far as the discipline thing goes, I've found that it's getting harder and harder for me to hold my tongue on certain issues. When I was younger I was more or less mousy and didn't like to make waves and just dealt with bullsh*t as it came, and it came often. But as I've gotten older I just can't sit idly by and let things continue to go down without me adding my two cents or calling you out on your BS. Of course I'm respectful about it but I'll still say something. I tend not to get loud when I'm telling someone off, I stay eerily even toned and quiet which I think freaks people out even more so than yelling at them. I can tell that I kind of intimidate Assy from time to time because he's already commented numerous times that I've got one hell of a mouth on me. Unfortunately I think strong women are a turn on for him so he's always up in my face hoping I'll give him an earful of sass. EWWW.

Oh and I hate Pete but I love me some Maxim.....so yummy!!!

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 4:38pm

SAMN,
PICK "COME DOWN NOW"!!!! Musically speaking, I like Keys much more... but Come Down Now shows off A LOT more vocally, thus making it the better choice for an audition song IMO.

Hi strummer, welcome to BWW! Since you've already been reading the boards, you have a good feel of how BWW works... but if you ever have any questions, just PM me! (Forgive me if it takes me a thousand years to reply, I'm a busy boy).

As for my beyond the rave crush, Gene still has my heart.

In addition to being one of the most attractive people on planet earth, he's so freakin' talented and it makes him 10x more attractive than he already is.


Tofu,
good for you for standing up! I'm much like young tofu, I just continuously take sh*t. Not just with homophobia, but with everything. If Assy is a douche to [insert name] behind his back... well, that's Assy's problem and unfortunately, there is not much to be done. It does; however, seem like his behavior towards you is extremely unprofessional. Have you considered talking to HR?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 5:17pm

Thanks jazzy, and how I wish there were more men today like Gene Kelly.

Oh remember that line in Mean Girls of how seeing your teachers out of school is like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs? Well today I got that three-fold. My gym teacher, my basketball coach, and my sociology teacher all within an hour of my shift. I noticed one former English teacher from middle school earlier this week but nothing like this. Didn't have the courage to approach them, mostly because this woman asked me if said had a size ten jeans but she said ten the way NeNe on Real Housewives says Kim as 'Keeeeeeeeeeeeem'.

It was so much better today but just to give advice to you shopaholics, please do not try to fold it separate from the uniform table of folded clothes, do not put them back on the rack inside out 8 different times, do not lay it out on the table spread out, have the common courtesy for when after you try something on put it on a rack right next to the fitting room with hangers at your disposal and not leave it in the dressing room- at worst fold it on the bench, and please, please (!) just do not leave a piece of clothing in the wrong pile or worse have a big-ass parka cover up the entire section of pajama tops.

The end

Oh and my dad is still not taking my atheism well, and yet he is a self-described agnostic and cafeteria catholic. For some reason he wants me to recite the Sermon on a mount to him but I don't think he can separate anti-theist from atheist. He also thinks I am just in a phase because I go to a liberal arts college and just want to challenge authority, a Nietzsche phase so to speak. Actually no I have basically questioned God's existence since age 11 and when I chose St. Augustine for my confirmation name I was being ironic. He tells me not to flaunt it, but I'm not, I just don't pray- and nobody at Thanksgiving noticed so stop thinking Grandma will keel over if she doesn't see me fake praying.

Oh yeah this came up because we have a family dinner at our house for my aunt's birthday. We are not close, mostly because she made a wicked turn to the right after the '08 primary and she is a bit of a veiled racist so if Obama comes up I basically want to stick a fork in my ear. My uncle, my dad's brother, is just as worse if not worse because he is a smart dude but extremely stubborn and elitist. She's more like the Wallace Shawn character in The Princess Bride who uses phrases with no idea what she means and also a lot like a parrot. Everything she hears from everybody bears repeating even if she is so absent-minded over how a.) offensive it is and/or b.) how patronizing it is to those who accompany, particularly my dad who has less patience for it than I, my mom ironically enough, does though she feels the same way. I know she's family and she's older but sometimes I cannot believe she is a full-grown woman related to me. But it's her birthday so I will shut up but I know the moment somebody mentions she would be eligible for medicare under the new HCR things will get crazy.

[danmag]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 6:37pm

Off to the husband's office holiday party....a fun evening of talking to people I could give less than a sh*t about. Oh well. At least there's an open bar.

Updated On: 12/12/09 at 06:37 PM

[clever name]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 7:34pm

Jazzy, I loooooove Gene Kelly, too!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/12/09 at 8:25pm

Danmag, who's the designated driver in that party? Was the open bar a dealbreaker?

[danmag]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 7:52am

LOL...I am NEVER the designated driver! Of that you can be sure!

The party was actually a lot of fun...until the very end when I got trapped talking to the elderly, crazy wife of one of the oldest partners in the firm. Thankfully my husband rescued me with the fake "Ethan just called on the cell phone and wants to talk to you" excuse.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 12:34pm

I haven't been the designated driver since I was pregnant and couldn't drink.

I had a Christmas party here last night and I'm hung way over.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 3:58pm

Ahhhhhhh, Princess and the Frog! Uh, pretty sure Naveen is by far the most attractive Disney prince (even though he does spend most of the movie as a frog). That movie made me super-happy... so many catchy songs and gags, even a little Streetcar Named Desire reference. I even cried at one point.

But now I'm super-excited to see Sherlock Holmes. Also, I'm in a play right now called Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face, which is about circus freaks... it's bizarrely hilarious.

Tofu, that guy sounds like the biggest slimeball in the history of the world. If I worked there, I'd pour coffee on his crotch and make it seem like an accident.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 7:47pm

Schmerg, which part did you cry in? The second star? Yeah I saw what happened at my job? I got a little emotional, and I was just coming in for a break.

I love how somebody with a wikipedia account called the movie controversial.

I gotta say Naveen was very fine- human or frog- though I will always love Prince Eric the most of the princes.

The film looked good. Musker and Clements already gave me my favorite Disney Movie, The Great Mouse Detective, and they were due for a comeback after Treasure Planet. Updated On: 12/13/09 at 07:47 PM

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 8:09pm

So, guess what y'all... I have a date next Tuesday! I know I haven't been on here much lately but I am kinda way too excited about this and had to tell you guys :-P

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 8:35pm

That's great! Dinner, movie? Dinner AND a movie?

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 9:07pm

Just dinner I think... we're getting together after his final exam and my shift at the store (which by chance happens to be right next to our schools extension center :-P ) so I think we're just gonna grab some Pizza and hang out for a bit!

[clever name]

Posted: 12/13/09 at 10:27pm

Ya wu! Of course we expect you to check in with us and tell us how it went! Who's the lucky guy?

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 12/14/09 at 8:11am

I will for sure! He might stop into the store while I am work tomorrow night :-P
I actually met him in chorus! I've known him for about a year, but originally I kinda wrote him off because he has way different views then I do on a lot of things... but the more I talked to him the more it didn't matter. He's polite and never pushes his views on me, which is all I want. He's the country boy I was mentioning in one of my last posts :-P It's kinda hilarious because I am a total city girl (even though I spent most of my childhood living in the middle of bum-freaks-nowhere).

[danmag]

Posted: 12/14/09 at 11:06am

Good for you Kels!! :)