Day: July 19, 2002

  • It’s Friday. It’s Five, somewhere in the world.

    I can see a time, far in the future, when I’m able to do several Friday Fives in a row. It will probably happen two days before the universe collapses in on itself, though.

    • Where were you born? – Ketchikan, Alaska. I don’t remember the place because our family left when I as only three months old. My earliest reliable memories are of New York City.
    • If you still live there, where would you rather move to? If you don’t live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not? – I don’t. I don’t. Er, I don’t. (Three questions? Does that make this the Friday Seven?)
    • Where in the world do you feel the safest? – At home, of course.
    • Do you feel you are well-traveled? – That’s an interesting question. Is the implication that I’ve been traveled, or that I have traveled? (Hmm, must get mind out of gutter.) No, I have never left the country, nor have I seen very much of These United States. I’d like to, though, on both counts.
    • Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? – I’ve been a few places of mild interest to myself, but I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere of wide, general interest. I apologize for being so boring. *grin*
  • Why I’m not in customer service, Exhibit A

    friend: I’m working on the overnight team at Target. Unload the truck, stock shelves, all that fun stuff.
    me: Well, it gets you away from Joe Average Customer, at least.
    me: (I hate dealing with The Public. Gah.)
    friend: Indeed. I would end up killing all the customers, or “guests” as Target likes to call them.
    me: “guests” har har… I love corporate euphemisms.
    friend: lol, yep
    friend: I can’t help but laugh when the dayside people come in and start saying, “We need to get ready for the guests!”
    me: “Lay out the mines, the mortars and the gun enclosures! Make sure to string the barbed wire across the entrances AND exits!”
    friend: lol
    me: Hmm, I don’t think I have the right attitude to work the dayside shift at Target, ya think?