The Drama
It all started when I was paged to pick up a call today. It was very bizarre. A lady was on the phone asking if I had heard about the incident with 'the lady with the cart' yet. I had not and told her so... She assured me that I would. The she started telling me that she had her toddler in the cart and it was unstable and had fell on her. At that moment, she was out in the parking lot waiting for her husband to come pick her up. She instructed me to come and get this cart right away... As she began speaking, she started to cry until she was in full out choking-out-the-words sob mode. I had absolutely no clue what this was all about. I was stunned by this lady bawling in my ear. I was pretty confident every associate in the store would have been talking about a customer being crushed with a cart - this is the kind of dramatic action they thrive on!!! But things were wayyyyy too calm on the home decor front for this to have actually occurred. I'm a suspicious person by nature, so the thought crossed my mind that she was trying to scam us. I rushed outside to check the situation out - and there was not a sole seeking the application of my crappy first aid skills. (Gee Whiz Darn. That course is still a waste of time and attention span!)
So - now I am suspicious....(when I worked for Staples - I had an associate who's favorite pastime was to call and prank me. Bad bad associates!)
So, eventually the lady calls back. We determine that she is in another part of town, shopping at another banner that our company owns. Expecting after the exchange that she got it, and I was far, far away - I was surprised when she again insisted that I come outside and get the cart that maimed her. Finally it dawned on me that this poor lady was still in shock, and decided to call the store on her behalf. And I told her to make sure she filled out an incident report with loss prevention just in case. Couldn't help it. The advocate in me busted loose.
Strange call though...Glad it wasn't my store.
Yummmm, bought caramel popcorn today from Kernels. It is totally delish.
The Trauma
Okay, so I closed last night right? And it was Thursday. And customers didn't want to leave the store. So I was very delayed getting home. And Big Brother was on LIVE. And And And - Big J FORGOT TO FREAKIN' TAPE IT.
I am totally distraught! I found out today that it was the night they revealed the BIG TWIST!!! And that lippy poser Scott got voted off!!! And he was completely freaking out about it!!! And that loser Jase totally lost it on Adria!!! And the Freaky green haired tom boy won HOH!!! The horror of missing it all!!!
(GRRRRRRR!!!!! Sometimes husbands need to be thoroughly spanked!
I told him I was going to divorce him over it, but he was far too gleeful...Hmmm.)
Now I desperately need to find someone who has the tape!!!
For the record - I want Will to win. He is one funny motherfucker!
SWEEEET RELIEF
I have been bookless for the last few weeks (that's how I ended up getting involved in this blog thing in the first place). Today I FINALLY I got my jonesin' self to the Chapters and bought my quarterly armload of books. Luckily I had a gift card left over from a b'day or xmas - cuz this trip came to 80 smackeroos!!! That pretty typical though. This time I had found a bunch of my fave authors on discount - always helps. Big J however, COMPLETELY lost his mind and bought a $27 book! (He's usually a pretty big tight wad. Obviously this was a case of temporary insanity!)
We got some really cool books though. He found a book on essays based on the Matrix trilogy. He also picked up Plato's 'Republic'. I always wanted to read it, as it is referred to in most of the books on Ceasar. I also found a new spy author to try out, and a really thick book that is historically based on two people growing up in Victorian London. Now - I hesitated on buying this one. It looks serious. Taking a peek into the pages, it looked like work of the historical fiction type...However I have been duped before. Where there is Victorian themes, there can be lurking skanky porn tales in between what it otherwise a decent story. We'll see how it goes! I also found a hardcover book by Colleen McCullough (Ceasar's Women). It's called the October Horse and chronicles the period of Ceasar and Cleopatra. VERY EXCITING. MY BEST FIND OF THE TRIP. THIS MAKES ME EXTREMELY GLEEFUL!!! Let's see...What else? Oh, and a new book from a series I've been reading for the past few years...WEB Griffin, Badge of honor series.
I love the Chapters expeditions. THEY JUST ROCK MY WORLD!
Corie:
Also exciting - bought hair product after my brow wax. Aveda product. My fave. Just pay for it with your first born child. I got something new - cherry bark conditioner.
I'm a total geek. I know it. My love of books and reality TV = major sickness.
Even thought the end was so stellar, it still doesn't make up for 'Big Brother Gate'.
Time to suck back my own advice - Build a Bridge.
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