Not without incident, but definitely without catastrophe. I started my apparently massochistic self initiation by silently alarming the police by using the wrong safe code while getting some cash for one of my baristas. The cops showed up discreetly, and I had to go out and let them know that everything was ok. Good response time, though...
Later on, some woman completely desecrated the womans' restroom. That was bad, but my days of working on the pig farm came in handy. Just kept telling myself that this was nowhere near as bad as that. Plus it earned a little respect, that I would do it myself as the manager.
Later on, I dropped an entire catalog of tags for our pastries, and had to resort them. And Matt, the silly Persian, brewed a whole pot of coffee with the spigot open, so it brewed all over the floor. Nice.
But other than that, the night went well, but busy. Tons of customers. Hope it looks good for me.
Anyway, I've had a song in my head as of late... it's by the great songwriter Randy Newman (Best known for his songs for Pixar movies as of late... Toy Story, Monsters Inc. etc...) It's called Political Science and goes like this...
No one likes us
I don't know why
We may not be perfect
But heaven knows we try
But all around even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money
But are they grateful?
No they're spiteful
And they're hateful
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them
Now Asia's crowded
And Europe's too old
Africa's far too hot
And Canada's too cold
South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an All American amusement park there
They've got surfing, too!
Well, boom goes London
And boom Paree
More room for you
And more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it'll be
We'll set everybody free
You'll have Japanese kimonos, baby
There'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
2 comments:
that is an interesting song to say the least!
glad your closing went so well. i got giggles about most of the things that "went wrong" all except the bathroom one, yuck!
love,
mom
Hey Jim,
Glad to hear your work is working out so well. I like your blog, this is still a relatively new thing for me. You are only the third person I have ever known to do this. I guess all three of you must enjoy it, huh? LOL
I'll keep in touch, you do the same.
JVH
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