"He was just trying to climb into her mouth and suck her plastic hip out of her face."
I don't know why that's my subject... I heard it on the tv and it just stuck. I don't even know what it's referring to...?
Anyway. Today has been a strange day. On one hand, it was SOOO bad. On the other, it wasn't too bad...
While I did get into some fairly interesting courses, absolutely NONE of them are required for my degree. For my degree, I have to take 6 pre-1900 literature courses. So far, in my first year, I have taken 0. By the time I signed up today, none were left. All spots, in ALL of the pre-1900 courses, were filled. Completely. Sigh. So now I'm stuck taking the same courses in both the first and second terms... Mythology, American Lit (Early American, and Modern), Canadian Lit, Women's Literature (which are 2 that I wanted to take quite badly, so... I'm mildly content), and Psychology (online). I'm really pissed about this. I am convinced that I was the last person to be allowed to sign up, which is so dumb, because I probably had one of the highest marks in first year. Sigh. Why me?!
On the other hand, work wasn't too bad tonight. I was asked, by Randall, to pick out a cake for a co-worker who is leaving. Of course, I picked a chocolate truffle cake. Hehe. I asked the woman to put "Good Luck Laura!" on the cake, and she put it in a box and I took it to the store. Turns out, she had put "Happy Birthday Laura!" on it... I wish I had asked to look at it before she put it in the box... But I figure that, since she repeated the message back to me, she would have remembered it a split second later? Maybe I'm expecting too much... But the cake was good, so that made up for the slight mistake.
A man called the store today, looking for a copy of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. We don't have it, which is a shame, as many people have been asking about it lately for some reason. I tried to explain this to him, and he seemed content with my answer and my suggestion to check it out online. Less than a minute after hanging up, however, it seemed that he had a change of heart and didn't trust my judgment or whatever. So he called back, not recognizing my voice when I picked it up. He went through the rant again about the book he wanted, and even said the same "Um, I don't know if I have the name correct" crap. I tried to be polite. I really did. "I told you, SIR, that we don't have it in this location." He knew his mistake, finally. I checked a few other stores, and he decided he would check out the Bay/Bloor location. Happy with the end of that conversation, I walked away from the phone. Less than a minute later, there was a call for an available CER (ie, me) to pick up the phone. So I did. Guess who was on the other end?? Good guess. He wanted to know where the Bay/Bloor store was. Then he wondered why I laughed. Content with the answer "It's in the Manulife center... at the intersection of Bay and Bloor", he hung up. AGAIN. And again, he called back, asking what time they were open until. I had had enough. I gave him their phone number and wished him good luck. You'd think he would get the hint??! No... hell no, that's FAR too simple. He called BACK, wanting to know if they are open on Canada Day... Again, I gave him the phone number and ran far away from the phone. I have no idea if he called back, but I feel sorry for the CER who had to deal with him if he felt the need to ask yet another dumb question.
There was a book club meeting tonight, and I was very politely asked by the leader of the club to ask the manager to set up some chairs. I asked how many were needed, and he said "well, we're going to have a good turn out tonight, about 45 I'd say." Which is weird. I've never seen THAT many people at any book club meeting before. But hey, it WAS Pilgrim that was being discussed, so I didn't question it. We set up about 30 chairs before he stopped us and said "Uh, why so many chairs? There are only 10 people coming." Grrrr. I wanted to make him take the chairs back. It's not like the chairs were conveniently stored right where the meetings take place. They're at the BACK of the stock room, which is the farthest corner from the book club corner. Stupid man.
But, the cake was good. That's the only thing that really saved the day, I think... How sad is that?
I don't know why that's my subject... I heard it on the tv and it just stuck. I don't even know what it's referring to...?
Anyway. Today has been a strange day. On one hand, it was SOOO bad. On the other, it wasn't too bad...
While I did get into some fairly interesting courses, absolutely NONE of them are required for my degree. For my degree, I have to take 6 pre-1900 literature courses. So far, in my first year, I have taken 0. By the time I signed up today, none were left. All spots, in ALL of the pre-1900 courses, were filled. Completely. Sigh. So now I'm stuck taking the same courses in both the first and second terms... Mythology, American Lit (Early American, and Modern), Canadian Lit, Women's Literature (which are 2 that I wanted to take quite badly, so... I'm mildly content), and Psychology (online). I'm really pissed about this. I am convinced that I was the last person to be allowed to sign up, which is so dumb, because I probably had one of the highest marks in first year. Sigh. Why me?!
On the other hand, work wasn't too bad tonight. I was asked, by Randall, to pick out a cake for a co-worker who is leaving. Of course, I picked a chocolate truffle cake. Hehe. I asked the woman to put "Good Luck Laura!" on the cake, and she put it in a box and I took it to the store. Turns out, she had put "Happy Birthday Laura!" on it... I wish I had asked to look at it before she put it in the box... But I figure that, since she repeated the message back to me, she would have remembered it a split second later? Maybe I'm expecting too much... But the cake was good, so that made up for the slight mistake.
A man called the store today, looking for a copy of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. We don't have it, which is a shame, as many people have been asking about it lately for some reason. I tried to explain this to him, and he seemed content with my answer and my suggestion to check it out online. Less than a minute after hanging up, however, it seemed that he had a change of heart and didn't trust my judgment or whatever. So he called back, not recognizing my voice when I picked it up. He went through the rant again about the book he wanted, and even said the same "Um, I don't know if I have the name correct" crap. I tried to be polite. I really did. "I told you, SIR, that we don't have it in this location." He knew his mistake, finally. I checked a few other stores, and he decided he would check out the Bay/Bloor location. Happy with the end of that conversation, I walked away from the phone. Less than a minute later, there was a call for an available CER (ie, me) to pick up the phone. So I did. Guess who was on the other end?? Good guess. He wanted to know where the Bay/Bloor store was. Then he wondered why I laughed. Content with the answer "It's in the Manulife center... at the intersection of Bay and Bloor", he hung up. AGAIN. And again, he called back, asking what time they were open until. I had had enough. I gave him their phone number and wished him good luck. You'd think he would get the hint??! No... hell no, that's FAR too simple. He called BACK, wanting to know if they are open on Canada Day... Again, I gave him the phone number and ran far away from the phone. I have no idea if he called back, but I feel sorry for the CER who had to deal with him if he felt the need to ask yet another dumb question.
There was a book club meeting tonight, and I was very politely asked by the leader of the club to ask the manager to set up some chairs. I asked how many were needed, and he said "well, we're going to have a good turn out tonight, about 45 I'd say." Which is weird. I've never seen THAT many people at any book club meeting before. But hey, it WAS Pilgrim that was being discussed, so I didn't question it. We set up about 30 chairs before he stopped us and said "Uh, why so many chairs? There are only 10 people coming." Grrrr. I wanted to make him take the chairs back. It's not like the chairs were conveniently stored right where the meetings take place. They're at the BACK of the stock room, which is the farthest corner from the book club corner. Stupid man.
But, the cake was good. That's the only thing that really saved the day, I think... How sad is that?
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