i should be packing a lunch

instead of wasting time at the computer, like i'm doing now. everyone's out of the house right now, though, and having the computer all to myself is a rarity that i can't resist. i'll buy lunch! fuck it! dude, i work at a grocery store, after all.

speaking of which, here is a small list of things that annoy me at work:

1. old ladies who freak out if you put too much into their container. our small container is all of 12 ounces, but they insist they can't each much more than a spoonful and will actually reprimand you if they get one broccoli floret too many. have they never heard of leftovers? would eating more than 6 ounces of chicken salad actually be such a crime?
2. old men who eat bologna. bologna is okay on it's own (delicious, actually) and for the most part i'm fond of old men, but they are fucking persnickety when it comes to the thickness of their bologna.
   
3. we have a nice new girl at work, who happens to have the same name as i do, and yesterday i was helping her help out a customer and the old lady we were assisting actually had the gall to complain when we were done. "i prefer to be waited on by people who know what they're doing." yes, well i hope you get rained on and melt.
   
4. i love it when yuppies freak out about having to buy their prosciutto in packages. they want us to have a big hunk of salty ham ready to shave thinly for them, and when they find out we don't they basically stomp their feet and pout. one guy was canadian and told me "american's are fucking stupid." we might be, but we could totally take over your country, fucktard.! i smiled and nodded, which made him more mad.
   

for the most part i like my job a lot, which i think is pissing my mom off. we had the "underemployment" talk the other day, which is basically a rehash of every "potential" speech i got as a teenager. she's taking to sarcastically making remarks about how it "must be nice" to waste my talent/intelligence/time etc. i can see where she's coming from, and no amount of pointing out i took this job as a space filler will convince her. plus, it's not such bad work and it is actually giving me some skills i can parlay elsewhere. i don't know. it's work, you know? maybe i should be looking harder for something better, but right now i'm pretty okay where i am. my expectations are low, i guess.

not so low that i'll go to work without putting some makeup on, though. i have some eyeliner than needs applying! place your meat orders at the deli, please, and don't forget to check out our wide variety of cheeses. thank you and have a nice day!