Yes, folks... I've been working for the past week or so, and it's the damndest thing - I actually like it! The job is not at all demanding, and so far it's been stress-free. I started as the new cashier at this local non-profit thrift store (yes, the 'bouncer at a gay club' comment was pure bullshit). Now one might scoff at my new position, however - it definitely has it's redeeming qualities. I get first pick on donated shit that comes in, and they get far more than just clothes at this place. So far, I've not gone a single day without buying something (they even give me a 15% discount, which ties in nicely as I can also price shit)... Recent purchases include: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>A Super Nintendo w/ all the accessories - $0.85 <LI>A pair of brand new Panasonic 3-way, 200W @ 8 ohm speakers that are as tall as my waist (10" sub, 4" mid, 1" tweeter) - $8.49 <LI>A VHS-C Panasonic 'Palmcorder' w/remote and 12X zoom - $8.49 <LI>A "Dazzle" Digital video creator unit w/ all the accessories (think: Homeade porn posted on the web for the next time a frog comes along) - $1.69 <LI>Various cartridge video games <LI>A 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum telephone - $3.39 <LI>A Microsoft 'natural' keyboard (the V-shaped one) - $2.69 <LI>...and various other shit that I can't seem to recall right now. [/list] Damn, I love fringe benefits.
You know...that is the real beauty of working in retail...your own personal possesions seem to just multiply (Look at my book, music, and DVD collection).
"Books?" What are those? I had originally planned to work at Best Buy just to get their discount (you pay 5% over their cost on anything) - I can't even imagine how much shit I'd bring home from that place. BTW: I did a little research on the net and found out how much that Dazzle video creator costs new - $250 - and it came with everything! (USB version, Instruction manual, installation CD, power cord, etc) If I had to guess, I'd say the speakers retailed for at least $100 each, and I found that the palmcorder (from 1994) retailed for about $1600-1800. All I need to do now is wait for Wal-mart to get their battery chargers in stock, and I'll be the asshole at parties with the video camera...
Im getting a new job too. I'm going to be IMC's personal dirty little whore. I get fringe benefits too.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Horny__Devil: Im getting a new job too. I'm going to be IMC's personal dirty little whore. I get fringe benefits too. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Dying is not a fringe benefit last time I checked.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Horny__Devil: Im getting a new job too. I'm going to be IMC's personal dirty little whore. I get fringe benefits too. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> HEH! I always wanted one of those... <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote Maybe not to you... your just mad because your sister dosent want to be my dirty little whore..
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GreenAppleSplatters: Dying is not a fringe benefit last time I checked.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> He won't kill me. He'll just smack me around and poke me with things.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Horny__Devil: He won't kill me. He'll just smack me around and poke me with things.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Poke you? with sharp things that will make you bleed? or a thick blunt thing that will leak?
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ulfur Engil: Hey, you wanna bring that camera setup to Salem in the fall?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If I were able to go, I'd definitely bring it... I just got a battery charger for the camcorder today, and it works perfectly... <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Serial Rapist Formally Known as IMC: any used children? or used panties? I know how the mexicans love the soiled underware bin...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well... someone did donate a dead dog one day...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Serial Rapist Formally Known as IMC: Maybe not to you... your just mad because your sister dosent want to be my dirty little whore..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah man,that's breakin' my heart.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GreenAppleSplatters: Yeah man,that's breakin' my heart. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> can i be your dirty litttle whore GreenAppleSplatters? you are one sexy hunk of man meat if i do say so myself...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="verdana">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by rattila the hun: You sure can be my dirty little whore baby. And I prefer ruggedly handsome instead of sexy hunk of man meat.
Fucking shit goddamn mother fucking sack of shit bullshit assholes kiss my ass fucking fuckity fuck fuck fuck. First thing that's ever pissed me off at this job happened yesterday. I opened Saturday morning, and I thought I'd help out with the shit that goes on in the back (standard procedure for me to check on what bargains can be had). Nothing could've prepared me for what I saw when I went out back... I had to stand in utter fucking AWE at the sight before me. Someone had donated a 20+ year collection of Playboy Magazine. I was speechless. The other male employee, that works in the back, and myself - we could not find the words, although I suspect it was for different reasons. This guy was merely looking for some stroke material, and personally... I was counting the dollar signs. Granted, I didn't get a chance to thumb through all of them, but I knew they'd fetch a pretty penny on ebay. I was even told that the FIRST FUCKING ISSUE was within the collection. Somebody's wife must've been pretty pissed off. I'll cut a rather long story down short here and just say that the manager, with whom I had no beef with prior, got understandably upset when she found that everyone in the back was looking at tits instead of working while I was trying to find out when the collection started and ended. She originally said I could buy the whole bundle for $100 - but then went back on it and said they weren't for sale. Then one of the "community service" workers we had there, whom had been witness to the whole event, called all of his friends, telling them that there was a shitload of Playboys for sale at $100. This started a fucking mess - this asshole came in, thinking his 'buddy' had called him while merely shopping at the store - apparently, too ashamed to mention that the only reason he was privvy to the Playboys' existence was because he was serving time for a DWI. Soooooo, this fucking asshole comes in, demanding to see the magazines, finding out that they are not for sale - THEN he starts calling the company headquaters! I was just coming back from lunch when he was on the phone with the main switchboard, so I missed the initial fiasco. I catch wind of his ploy from one of the CS workers, and listen in as he bullshits the person on the phone. He says, "...Well, if it was such a problem, how is it that I was told they were priced and ready to sell, and that they couldn't keep the men out of the stack of magazines...yadda, yadda, yadda..." I tell him, while he's on the phone that the magazines were never on the floor, or even priced, for that matter. The asshole has the nerve to tell me, "well, it's not like my buddy went scrounging around through your storeroom..." Long story made short: This guy started bitching to the manager, told her that he was talking to the 'unit director' of the whole chain, whom told him "she needs to put those out on the floor... we can't hold merchandise..." (an outright lie, he never talked to him, just got his name from the phone chick) - then he told her that "the cashier" (me) told him that the whole set was $100. Believe me, if that were the case, they'd be with me by then. At any rate, the magazines are still there, squirreled away in the manager's office, and currently not for sale. Besides, now that the 'unit director' knows about them, he wants to come and "take a look at them"... So, yeah... I was a bit pissed off yesterday (and a little bit today), and that's why I drank enough last night, passed out, and was still drunk when I opened the store this morning. That, and, quite frankly... this night of BBQ and brew was a long time coming.
BTW: I still left that day with a circular saw (handheld type), Black n Decker 2 HP, for 2 bucks, so the day wasn't a total loss... Easy come, easy go, I guess.
Hey Lomo...I was on the phone with Cheezedawg a little while earlier. He is going to be in your neck of the woods in a couple of days.
Groovy! I can just tell him to back up behind the store and we'll load all the Playboys into the back of his trailer! Maybe we can snag some urine-soaked sofas and a 386 or two! I actually take back everything bad I said about this place now. Yesterday's score more than made up for the Playboy incident. I'll keep this post short, and just say that I went home with a pair of Kenwood speakers in excellent shape. Each one weighs 47.3 lbs, according to the paper on the back, and I tend to believe them. Here's the specs for each speaker: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>200W max @ 8 ohms <LI>one 16" woofer <LI>one 5" midrange <LI>one metal 'horn-type' mid/high speaker <LI>two 3" tweeters <LI>one 1.5" super-tweeter <LI>something like 100dB / 1 W of power @ 1 meter (I'll look at them when I get home and give y'all an exact measurment) [/list] I'm only pushing them with a 50W each right now, and it's still pretty fucking loud. The whole fucking house shakes now. Can't wait to get a better amp/receiver for 'em. How much? After my discount, a paltry $51. I'm sure they'll start costing me more when the cops start getting called...
oh.. my mate/lodger/flatmate/whatever got some wharfdale(?) laser range 80 speakers the other week for £16... i'm informed that was the bargain of the century...
an actual email i recieved today from my auntie: I am NEVER going to buy anything again until I talk to you! I just received my refund check from Compaq for $150 for the monitor I paid $149.95 plus tax. When I sent it in, I thought I wouldn't get the refund because the form said it was a "bundle" offer. I thought you had to buy the whole computer to get the monitor free. But low and behold, here I have a check in my hot little hand. *bows to Lomo* *and lifts skirt* huhm, i thought you changed your name to "Lomo's Haus of Sausage". let me know when i can get some of that stufffff!
