Fellow Book Lovers

I AM NOT ALONE!!!  I know a previous post about reading really sounded like I was the only one, but I witnessed something today that made me smile in victory.

Sitting in traffic, (which has gotten worse this past week--thanks 41st street construction) I looked over to my left to the car next to me and what do I see?????????????  A young man READING HIS PAPERBACK BOOK.  Ha!  See, I knew I wasn't wierd.  What annoyed me was that I couldn't see what he was reading (the light was red, and we were just sitting there, so don't worry).  If his windows would have been down, I would have yelled "Hey, I do the same thing!"  ***Not really, just thinking I would have.

It is also my passion to see what other people are reading when I walk by, which is another reason I don't like those electronic readers (seriously, how do you know they aren't reading a porn mag???).  I always get a smile when it is a book I have read and enjoyed.  This is another reason why I check out the other titles on the shelves in the library that are next to my holds I am picking up.  For me, it's not what you are wearing, but what you are reading.

Sidenote:  Found a GREAT saying by Louisa May Alcott that I think I need on my tombstone.  Take note, please.  “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”

9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Today's anniversary is always a hard day, one filled with sorrow, but also pride in being in a country where things happen that test people, who rise above the tragedy.  I am sharing a link to Boatlift, a documentary about the evacuation of people from the island of Manhattan as the planes hit the towers and eventually fall.  Over 500,000 people were evacuated, the largest ever in the history of the world, in the course of 9 hours.  Amazing, watch it when you have time to reflect.  It got me crying.

The Bloggess

Found this one on Twitter, and started following her blog and she is hilarious!  Check it out.

What You Might Hear

Kristen's recent post got me to thinking about what I hear all day at work.  I have the opposite problem that she does.  My hearing senses are constantly bombarded and I will at times just come home and sit in the quiet to try to decompress.  With the muzak, walkie talkie chatter, questions, babies/kids crying, and overhead announcements I can get quite overwhelmed.  Here are some examples from just the past week:

1. "oh, oh, oh"  Before your dirty minds start to "go there", think of a small puppy cry when hurt.  This is what I heard the other morning, what I think was before 5 a.m.  The other asst mgr, Dara, and I were putting out Christmas decor.  Because it was early and the store isn't open yet, we were in comfy attire, which for her are flip flops, because she is constantly overheated (I also think in menopause denial) and thinks it is cooler for her.  Literally, I thought a puppy was in the next aisle and had it's paw stepped on, it was that kind of whining.  She had dropped a ceramic Christmas tree on her toe, and you are right, it was the top point that went into her toe.  Suprised it was the whining and not the usual swearing she does, she said it hurt that bad.
2. The constant walkie chatter is normal, but what gets me is the "KEEELLLLYYYY" everytime Michael has to tell me something very important (or yell at me).  My response is always "MIIIICCCHHHAAAELLL????". 
3. "43 to Guest Services"  Our code for manager on duty is 43.  See, we don't want every guest in the store to automatically think something bad is happening when they hear "manager to Guest Services".  Sometimes it is good information, but 99.99% of the time it's not.  No one wants to get these calls, it's like a crap shoot, you never know how bad it is unless you answer it, and do you really want to know?  Sometimes, you can hear crickets chirping after that page, it becomes so quiet because noone wants to answer.  Worse call???? "43 to the Restrooms".  That is NEVER a good one.
4. "43 line one".  See reason behind not answering number 3.  It's always a complaint, employee calling in sick, or corporate calling to tell us to fix something.
5. "Did you hear???"  Our store personnel are normal when it comes to complaining about what is going on around the store.  We complain alot and all day.

Sausage, Snausage

I really don't like sausage.  Wierd huh?  I like spicy foods, so why don't I enjoy sausage?  Maybe I haven't found a decent type.  Maybe it's only cheap sausage I don't like.  When I say sausage, I am talking about the breakfast/pizza kind.  I will eat it, but will pick most of it off.  If I order something with it, I usually don't ask them to omit it, because I eat around it.  This morning I got off work at 10 a.m. (more on early mornings later) and was hungry, so went through the drive through.  I asked for a breakfast burrito and didn't pay attention (plus they didn't ask) that it was a choice of meat, so I didn't say anything and they gave me sausage.  Would have rather had bacon, but I ate it anyway, because it also had eggs and melted cheese.  Well, I am paying for it now.  Heartburn, yuck!