Gimme a "W!"

Well I used to have another blog here on Tripod, but I decided to get rid of it, seeing as I hadn't updated it since December 24. Rather than just trying to restart it, I opted to start a whole new blog. Basically, I figure I've got enough time this summer to document what the hell I'm up to.

Now then, let's begin, shall we?

-Last night we got together and watched Raw. It was fairly good actually. The opening match between Edge/Benjamin/Tajiri and HHH/Batista/Orton was actually very good, as was the main event (Benoit/HBK), even though the finish was ruined. Of course, the highlight was, by far, the Eugene training segment. I never thought I'd like Eugene, but last night's skit was unbelievable.

-I'm sitting here right now, waiting for Wal-Mart to call me. Damn bastards were supposed to call me over an hour ago. Thing is, I kinda need to know if I have a job or not. Not that I want a job at Wal-Mart per se, but I need something to appease my father. That, and I'm really low on funds right now. So I'd rather just know one way or the other.

The stupid thing about this whole job situation is that my parents are acting like it's some sort of big deal. No, really. They apparently didn't tell my sisters about my interviews because they "didn't want to say something until they knew." Come on now, it's not like I'm up for a job with a Fortune 500 company here people! And it's not like I'm up for Store Manager either. No, this is just a menial, part-time position in the garden centre of freakin' Wal-Mart!

I've never seen an organization more concerned with drug and alcohol intake. Seriously, there was like fifty questions on this stupid thing they made me fill out and there was at least twenty devoted to my opinions on pot and alcohol. Questions like, "if a person smokes one joint per week, do they have a drug problem?" And then there was a bunch of questions regarding stealing from the company too, such as, "if Sarah steals five dollars from the store over the course of the year, should she be fired?" This coming from the store with the world's nicest security system I've ever seen. I love the recording that system plays. It basically says "sorry, we apparently forgot remove the security device on one of your items. Please see an associate for assistance." I love that. Wal-Mart takes the notion of "the customer is always right" one step further by implcating that it was THEIR fault that the security device went off. Even worse, they sound genuinely sorry for having to inconvience you.

Now, I know this usually is the case when the secuirty system goes off. Nonetheless, I feel like they should implement a new recording for the alarms. Something like *loud sirens* "REACH FOR THE SKY YOU THIEVING ASSHOLE! I SWEAR WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT STEALING FROM US YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Think about it, it would be more entertaining. Plus, imagine that going off on you. Next time you're in there, you'll make damn sure the cashier removes those tags, which really is just increasing competence in Wal-Mart employees. Plus, it would definitely make you think twice about shoplifting from the store. I mean, as it is right now, they don't even stop you when the alarm goes off these days, they just assume it was an accident. Even if you did get caught, that apologetic voice on the recording makes you somehow feel better about stealing, I'm sure. And THESE people are worried about me stealing five crummy dollars from them over the course of a whole year? Gimme a break! I have a second interview tomorrow afternoon (a second? I've seen the people that work there and, trust me, I'm pretty sure there was no way they got through two interviews!), which I'm not really looking forward to, but I suppose a job is a job.

Anyway, I'm done for now. I hope to design some sort of image for the left-hand side of this page. In the meantime, enjoy the crappy generic image.

Later,

scott