holiday reentry from retail…
December 23rd, 2007my final day of Christmas 2007 retail working has come and gone.
I only had to buy a few more things for Mom.
Decompressed by reading a book in the bookstore
after realizing that all the cool snarky Papyrus Christmas greeting cards were gone
leaving the place looking like a grocery store snack section in a stoner neighborhood.
headed home on the el,then caught the 50 bus up to Franklin Mills,
where all were treated to one woman’s litany of music industry woes,
with much name-checking and general drama.
(note: excessively dramatic name-checking only proves that you’re neither
intrinsically compelling nor original in any way worth mentioning)
The shooter’s headphones went on -
which bought her blather down to a somewhat ignorable level.
Got off the bus near Wally World, wondering as I wondered
what other present to get Mom
(she had already told me one thing she wanted, which I got for her)
One braving of insane Wally World lines,
[and a trip to customer service where I tried to make a CSR's day by:
1) addressing her in a civil manner (unlike the profanity spewing "get me a manager" type next to me)
2) thanking her and wishing her a happy holiday.]
I was finally on my way home.
I’ll let you know how Mom likes the other gift later on…
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