It is to my great annoyance to constantly hear about the ever-imposing presence of the Internet in our lives. Yes, I concede that this is indeed happening and will only intensify as age ensues, but it’s just so much drama that’s only going to become profusely boring when the children of our children’s children’s children’s children are forced to learn [...]
Unlike some of the customers, I’m not that in to the whole “New Age” thing, and so I know little of the practice of meditation, but I get the idea of it here and there when I’m doing certain jobs around the store — jobs that take me away from any register and any person. Every few weeks or so, [...]
Some of our worst jobs have a way of being useful by putting us in positions to do things that we should never really do. Not because these things are particularly humiliating — indeed, a job is not a job if all aspects of it are not humiliating — but rather because we are bad at them. Proof of this [...]
I hate doing a lot of things at the store that directly relate to my job description. All the counting, lifting, bagging, standing, and talking to customers is often all too much to handle. Sure, my great-grandmother lugged loads of bricks around when she was nine — which is probably one reason why she and other family members from the [...]
Upon hearing the word “kombucha” for the first time, people typically perceive it as part of a made-up language a child speaks with his imaginary friend. In truth, it is an exotic tea that — in addition to being pricey ($2.99 being the sale price) — has a smell that falls somewhere in the range between rancid vinegar and death, [...]
Assuming that you are around the same age as I am, you will no doubt have in the back of your minds some memory of the surly influence of what is commonly known as the “tote bag.” Surely we can all remember those public-broadcasting telethons in which these were dealt out as an incentive for supporting the station’s continued existence. [...]
Assuming that you are around the same age as I am, you will no doubt have in the back of your minds some memory of the surly influence of what is commonly known as the “tote bag.” Surely we can all remember those public-broadcasting telethons in which these were dealt out as an incentive for supporting the station’s continued existence. [...]
Assuming that you are around the same age as I am, you will no doubt have in the back of your minds some memory of the surly influence of what is commonly known as the “tote bag.” Surely we can all remember those public-broadcasting telethons in which these were dealt out as an incentive for supporting the station’s continued existence. [...]
