| Going out of my mind! |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|09:12 am] |
Whoever started all this new scheduling shit is full of shit! Once again, I drive to work... time clock says "Rejected, Not Scheduled" when I swipe my badge. I find a manager, who refuses to clock me in, because I'm neither on the computer generated schedule for today, nor "written in" on it, although my department manager told me to be there... but she's not there to confirm that I'm supposed to be there!
As usual, I'm NOT going to sit around waiting till the department manager gets there, so I come on back home. It won't count against me, since I'm not on the computer generated schedule anyway. The department manager is fed up also, she has already told us, as of next week, just follow what the computer spits out... she's tired of trying to fix the schedule, since she gets no cooperation from the assistant manager over our part of the store! Guarantee, there will be shifts where NO ONE is in the dairy on a given shift as a result!
Computer generated work hours for me this coming Saturday = 2pm-6pm! WTF?!? 4 hours?!? Geesh! |
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| Rain! |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|01:10 pm] |
After an extremely dry month, we're finally getting some good rainfall here in northeast Louisiana!
Watched that new "Nurse Jackie" show on Showtime for the first time night before last. It was better than I expected it would be... but then again, I like Edie Falco. :-)
Cognitive Development called this morning, said their doctor wouldn't be in today, rescheduled Andrew's appointment for July 20. |
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| And Now For A Few Completely Random Things... |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|08:50 am] |
Yesterday after work, I picked up a Norelco electric razor for my son. He's at that "magic" age that the "peachfuzz" on his face is getting highly noticable, and I wanted to make sure he got rid of it before the new school year starts, when he begins high school. I figured it would be easier in the beginning stages of shaving for him to use an electric, because that is what I used the first few years I shaved, not switching to a manual razor till about my mid-20's. I remember when I was about a year younger than him, my "peachfuzz" had started showing up, and I was heavily ribbed at school about it until I shaved it off. Course, mine showed up more than his, because of the dark hair I had then. As a bonus, got 10% off the razor, thanks to my employee discount. :-)
Wilbur's funeral is set for tomorrow at 10am, but I'm not going. I liked the guy a lot, but I HATE funerals and funeral homes in general. Haven't even attended most relatives funerals just because of that fact. I'm planning to donate what might be left of my body to "science" when I go... I consider "funerals" a waste of money and land space.
Off work Sunday and Monday this week. Apart from doing some laundry, taking Andrew to his psychiatric appointment tomorrow afternoon (the place is about to stop seeing him since his behavior has improved quite a bit)... I don't plan on doing much that requires "energy" these two days. After I send this post, going to shut down the PC, unplug it, take the side off it, and blow out any dust that may have accumulated in it since I bought it back in March of 2008... |
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| R.I.P. x 3 |
[Jul. 2nd, 2009|04:25 am] |
Karl Malden
1912 - 2009
Mollie Sugden
1922 - 2009
Wilbur Evans
1954 - 2009 |
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| Vacation |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|04:06 am] |
Since I finally have a weeks vacation built up at work, think I'll take it the third week in August... the week my birthday falls in. |
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| Followup to yesterdays post... |
[Jun. 30th, 2009|07:38 am] |
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From The NewsStar.com:
A 55-year-old Calhoun man was apparently already dead or dying when he crashed into three vehicles and a light pole at the intersection of Louisville Avenue and DeSiard Street on Monday morning.
Doctors at St. Francis Medical Center told Monroe police they believe the man, Wilbur Evans, was dying of an aneurysm or heart attack before the crashes.
Evans, driving a 2004 Oldsmobile Alero, was headed east on Louisville when he rammed into the back of a 2009 Dodge Caravan.
The woman driving the Caravan said that when she looked in her rearview mirror, Evans was unresponsive and slumped over, according to Lt. Larry "Smoke" Matthews, supervisor of the Monroe Police Department's traffic division.
The woman pulled her van into a turning lane after she was hit, but the Alero kept going, running into the back of a 1998 Ford Mustang that was stopped at a red light. The Mustang then hit a 2002 Kia Sedona, and when the two cars moved to the side of the road, the Alero crashed into a light pole before coming to a stop.
Monroe fire personnel gave CPR to Evans, but he was unresponsive. Evans was declared dead on arrival at St. Francis Medical Center.
None of the other drivers suffered significant injuries, according to police.
Evans' body will likely be sent to Little Rock, Ark., for autopsy on Tuesday.
Police did not release his address.
Monroe Police Cpl. Doug Lambert, left, looks through vehicle information from a car involved in a wreck at the intersection of DeSiard Street and Louisville Avenue on Monday. (Michael Dunlap/The News-Star) |
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| :-( |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|04:34 pm] |
Found out from my department manager at work, about 10 minutes before time to go home, that one of my favorite co-workers in the dairy died today in an automobile accident. Don't yet know the full details about what happened though. Bad thing, he just started his vacation Friday.
Going to work is going to become a little less fun now. :-( |
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| HOT...HOT...HOT! |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|04:25 pm] |
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I KNEW it felt hot outside!
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| Today should be "interesting"... |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|05:08 am] |
Well, since Wal-Mart has been "cutting hours" like mad,today should be "interesting" to say the least. In the dairy section where I work, the department manager has weekends off, so she won't be there today. Wilbur starts his vacation today, so he won't be there. Tony's last day of his vacation is today, so he won't be there. Phillip is having to take a "leave of absence", because his wife had a surgery that didn't go well, so he won't be there today.
Normally, I'd be on my way to work at the moment, working 5am-2pm, since Wilbur is on vacation, and I'd be working his shift, BUT because they are cutting hours all over the store, I'm on the schedule from 6am-2pm instead. I'm expecting chaos when I get there... apart from the two overnight stockers for the dairy section, who mainly just concentrate on the freight that comes in that night, no one else was there, meaning the cooler will most likely look like it was hit by a category 5 hurricane! Add that to the milk delivery truck arriving early, with around 5 pallets of milk, "hilarity" should ensue!
On top of all that... because of what was described in the opening paragraph, NO ONE is scheduled for what is known as the "closing shift" today(even though the store doesn't "close"), 1pm-10pm, so, after I leave at 2pm, the dairy will essentially be on "auto-pilot" until the overnight guys get there at 10pm. Not good for a Saturday afternoon, because it stays constantly busy during that time. I'm predicting the shelves will be bare of all milk and eggs before 6pm if they don't find someone to restock!
'Course I'm not really too concerned about it myself, apart from the "mess" I'll encounter at 6am tomorrow morning... Wal-Mart gets themselves into these situations, because management knows nothing about "management". |
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| Egad! |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|05:05 pm] |
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KNX 1070 radio is reporting Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest! |
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| A "consumer report"... in lieu of nothing new to post... |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|01:16 pm] |
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Avoid cheap, "store brand" fabric softener sheets, like these:
They come out of the dryer "semi-transparent", and do no "softening" at all as far as I can tell...
Switching back to "Bounce" next time. |
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| R.I.P. |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|10:48 am] |
Ed McMahon
1923 - 2009 |
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| Figures... |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|09:49 pm] |
Since finding out I don't go in to work till 11am in the morning, and will be off day after tomorrow, thought I'd see how many "chat regulars" I could find this evening on a few of my regular "chat haunts". Well, no one in the rooms of two of the smaller services, and the other two, Justin.TV and Paltalk, appear to be "down" completely at the moment! WTF?!? |
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| Pharyngitis? Guess So... |
[Jun. 6th, 2009|05:43 pm] |
My extremely sore throat and mild fever wasn't any better this morning. Matter of fact, with an increasing amount of coughing, it was MUCH more uncomfortable. SO, I call in to work, and head off to the state hospital to see a doctor.
After a 4 hour wait, I finally get called back to an exam room. I discuss my symptoms (even though the talking, in and of itself, hurts my throat) with the doctor. She looks in my ears and down my throat (I almost always gag on those tongue depressors) and said my throat was "extremely red and raw" in the back.
Her diagnosis: "Pharyngitis". Out of all the illnesses I've had in my 43 years on this planet, that was a new one on me. First time I had heard of it. Basically, it's described as a really bad sore throat, which I can tell, even painful to swallow water! NEVER recall a throat pain this bad before!
Anywho, they give me an injection in the rump, prescribe Amoxicillin 500 mg (one taken 3 times a day for infection), and a cough syrup, Dextromethorphan (one teaspoon every 4 hours as needed),and an excuse to be off work the rest of today, and all of tomorrow. After getting home, I called work to inform them I wouldn't be back till Monday.
Even though I think my job a bit tedious at times, I would MUCH rather be there than feeling as uncomfortable as I do right now. :-( |
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| Small Update |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|08:01 pm] |
I've had the flu more times than I care to remember... think this is another bout of it. Got home, took a shower, threw up... throat still sore every time I swallow, pain also shoots up behind both ears... still running low grade fever... :-(
IF I can only hold out till Tuesday, my next day off, and I'm not better, I'll go for the looonngggg wait at Conway to see a doctor... Going to lay down early tonight again... |
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| Bleh... |
[Jun. 4th, 2009|05:57 pm] |
When I woke up this morning, had a sore throat. Sore throat still present, along with a low grade fever (99.7F). Popped a couple more aspirins, doubt I'll be up late tonight. Kind of glad they are cutting hours at work a bit and I got sent home a couple of hours early... |
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| Thunderbolts and lightning... |
[Jun. 4th, 2009|08:42 am] |
Big thunderstorms rolled through the area last night, knocked out the power for about 20 minutes. After rebooting the PC this morning, I find I'm having to re-log in to most of my usual sites in Firefox. Blah! |
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| Vacation, all I ever wanted... |
[May. 30th, 2009|07:45 am] |
Earlier in the year, on my paycheck stub, I noticed they finally put a weeks worth of vacation time on it. Thing is, apparently if you don't use it within a year, you forfeit it. Now, I already know I wouldn't be able to afford any trips or the such, but it would be nice to just take a week off and just piddle around the house, maybe clean a few rooms that are a bit dusty, and try to catch up on some DVD viewing. They also need to know at least three weeks in advance when you want to take it, and they don't like you to take it around major holidays. Not expecting any out of town relatives or friends to be visiting anytime soon either, so I just need to figure out exactly when I want to take it. |
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| Grrr... |
[May. 29th, 2009|02:12 pm] |
Worked less than two hours of my shift, and got sent home, along with a guy in the meat section... to "save labor costs". Wilbur said they sent 18 people in the store home early yesterday, besides me. Sorry, but I haven't noticed THAT big of a drop in the amount of traffic in the store! Methinks they are just turning into greedy, money-grubbing bastards!
Since I now have the rest of the day to "blow", I drove over to "Best Buy" to get a copy of the DVD set, "Land of the Lost: The Complete Series", which was just re-released on Tuesday (Universal has it now, was formerly released by Rhino Video, but I didn't buy it then). Used to enjoy the series as a kid in the mid 1970's... had a bit of a youthful crush on Kathy Coleman. Universal released two versions, a limited edition "lunchbox", and a standard set. I elected to get the standard set, it'll fit better on the shelf. I know, however, the video will look a bit "craptastic" on my new HDTV, even upconverted in the Blu-ray player... because most of the 1970's-1980's videotaped TV series look terrible on it, compared to series that were originally shot on film from the same time period. IF it had been released on Blu-ray, I doubt it would help the video quality any.
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| They've done it to me again! |
[May. 28th, 2009|01:00 pm] |
Got to work, time clock wouldn't accept my badge. Hunted down a manager. Manager checked the schedule on the wall, which is generated by the computer. I wasn't on it for today, and even though the dairy manager wanted me there for 11am, the assistant manager refused to punch me in. Even if I had found the dairy manager, she unfortunately doesn't have the authority to clock anyone in. Sooo... I just said to myself, "Screw it, I'm just gonna take another day off, go back tomorrow!" I am listed on the schedule tomorrow!
Stopped by the frozen daquari place on the way home, bought a "jumbo" sized Long Island Iced Tea. |
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| Off today, yet busy |
[May. 19th, 2009|07:53 am] |
Well, I'm off work until Thursday morning, but THIS day is pretty much shot. Got a meeting with Andrews special ed teacher at 9am this morning, where she is supposed to go over what he will be doing when he starts high school this upcoming school year.After the meeting, I may drive over to "Best Buy" and see if they have season 1 of "True Blood" on Blu-ray (it's supposed to be released today). Later today, mom has an eye doctor appointment at 3:30pm, so I need to drive her to that, since the doctor usually dilates her eyes. Also, between those times, I need to try and get some laundry washed.
HOPEFULLY, all I have to do tomorrow will be to sit on my posterior! Yes, I'm lazy like that!
Afterthought: I have a Twitter account, but I think Twitter is starting to ruin LJ... I see more and more posts here that are just "Twitter Update" summaries, not actual posts. |
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| Greatest Woman In The World! |
[May. 17th, 2009|04:05 pm] |
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With all the long hours I've been working, good to have a mom that offers to come over and help with the dishes and laundry! Gotta luv 'er! :-)
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| Grrr... |
[May. 17th, 2009|04:12 am] |
Didn't get enough sleep last night, no thanks to the boy. He turned up his music last night, talked loudly to someone online, waking me up a little after 12:30am. Took me over an hour to get back to sleep. Worked till 7pm last night, stayed up just long enough to watch "America's Most Wanted", then dozed off. It's 4:12am now, I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open, but not much I can do about it... gotta be at work in a little less than 50 minutes... |
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| Too many "mothers" out the day before "Mother's Day" |
[May. 9th, 2009|05:42 pm] |
WTF is it with rude asshats, or mothers, as I also call them, being out shopping on the day before "Mother's Day"?!?
Asshat 1: A middle aged woman started fussing at me out of the blue when I was restocking the "Blue Bonnet Margarine", saying,in a snitty attitude, "You KNOW you are supposed to move the older product up before putting in the new product!!!" I had already looked at the dates, ALL the Blue Bonnet had the SAME date... we got a shitload of the stuff in a few days ago... it was all from the same batch... bitch!!
Asshat 2: A guy appearing to be in his mid-late 30's walked up to me when I was stocking the cheese wall, and asked, "Could you tell me where the "Albert's Hot Sauce" is?" (YES, there IS such a product, nothing to do with me though). I told him I had no clue, I had never stocked it. He said, "It's normally in the dairy section." I told him I've never seen it in my section of the store. He ranted on, like I should know where everything in the freggin' store is, since I wear a "Wal-Mart shirt". He apparently found it down near the deli, waved it in front of me a bit later, and after he said where he found it, told me AGAIN I should have known where it was! Didn't tell him this, but this is what I felt like telling him... "I'm only really familiar with the area of the store I work in, or maybe the electronics department also. I RARELY see the rest of the store during the day. When I buy a bill of groceries, I mostly shop at "Brookshires", so I don't have to wait forty-forever to get checked out! Now put that in your redneck cap and smoke it...ASSHAT!!"
Yes, I DO mainly grocery shop at Brookshires... better service, quicker check-out time. Just because I work at Wal-Mart doesn't mean I do all my shopping there! Needed some more hairspray today, since it was just one item, stopped by "Fred's" (a small discount store), which is on the way home, got in and out within 10 minutes.
IN OTHER NEWS: Discovered, after getting home from work, Andrew talked my mom into getting him a 40" Sony HDTV LCD for his bedroom today, early (she was going to get him one after the school year was over), since it's confirmed he has passed for the year, and his class only has 4 more days left in the year. He's thrilled about it, currently got his PS3 hooked to it...
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| R.I.P. |
[May. 5th, 2009|04:31 pm] |
Dom DeLuise
1933 - 2009 |
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| New days off |
[May. 5th, 2009|10:07 am] |
Starting this week, and for the foreseeable future, my days off will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays, instead of Mondays and Tuesdays. Wilbur, one of the other dairy department workers, wanted his Sundays and Mondays off again, so the manager gave them back to him. I'll be working the 5am-2pm shift in his place on those days.
Not much else new to report on this morning. I've got a second load of laundry in the dryer. Just finished electronically filing my state income tax. Only getting back $125. That might pay a bill.
Sunday was an interesting drive to work. Left the house around 4:30am... high winds and pouring rain. Had to drive extremely slow... rain was coming down so hard, could barely see 3 feet in front of my truck, even with wiper blades going full steam! Got to work, sat in the truck a few minutes to see if the rain would slack up just a little... it didn't, so I pulled out the umbrella, and headed toward the store. Wind was blowing the rain under the umbrella, so I figured I'd better pick up some speed. Tried to "dash" to the door, but the first step I made, that strange leg pain came back with a vengence... so running was out of the question. By the time I made it to the door, my "bottom half" was completely soaked! Mighty cold in the dairy cooler when you are wearing wet pants!
Wanted to listen to Bill Handel on KFI AM640 this morning, but it's been a "no go" situation. The ad when you open the "Listen Live" button plays fine, but when the main player loads after that, no audio whatsoever, even though the timer on the player is moving. Go figure. |
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