Ok then August 31, 2008
Posted by Sharny in : Scraps, Work , add a commentRight, so, I’ve decided that I’m just gonna post my little work based nuggets here since I really can’t be doing with creating a separate attempt at an anonymous blog about it. As such, I don’t intend to say anything mean about people, merely just report on the cool/odd happenings of the day. I’ve been thinking about them since I started really but not yet wrote them down, so I’ll start with a few that I can remember
- A customer whos subtotal landed on both £6.66 and £13.37
- The first person to buy Mr Brain’s Pork Faggots. They really need to get that name political correctness checked.
- On that same vein, white cracker bread, which, if cracker was a racial slur anyone took any seriously, would be the racist equivalent of calling something black nigger* chocolate.
- Impressive sales, such as a person’s 71 item shop coming out to exactly £71
- And of course, lots of fun things such as totals coming out at numbers such as £23.32 among other examples
There is, of course, a ton that I’ve forgotten but hopefully if I document them each day that I’m there then some fun things will pop up.
*It should be noted that you shouldn’t take offence to this, it would be indeed wise to just do as I do and laugh at silly racism. You may, of course, say “oh but you don’t know what it’s like to have people hating just because of something you can’t change” when in fact, my obviously German surname and first name have caused me to be on the receiving end of plenty of hate. The obvious difference, of course, is that when someone calls you a Nazi, or Hitler, they are actually referring to a group or single person responsible for the deaths of millions of people, whereas when someone kills you a nigger it means almost nothing except for the meaning you (or society) give it. In that sense, I have little pity if you do choose to take offence.
Fire! April 3, 2008
Posted by Sharny in : School, Scraps , add a commentAs I was coming home this morning (from school, I only have a lesson first period) I saw a fire engine going past, followed by a lot of smoke coming a house next to the train tracks. I don’t really know what had happened but a small crowd of pensioners had gathered to watch the team of firepeople (that’s the politically correct version fo sho) put it out. I couldn’t really tell what was going on but when I went back into school after lunch the fire was out and it looked a little charred but if you hadn’t seen the smoke or fire engine you probably wouldn’t realise.
This kind of event qualifies as high drama round here, fire is very exciting.
In other news I have a parents evening tonight, I don’t think it will be much use really, I think I can predict quite well what all my teachers will say but I won’t be there for very long anyhow.
Realisation May 8, 2007
Posted by Sharny in : Scraps , add a commentThe kid who didn’t realise I am a guy briefly talked to me today. He seemed genuinely surprised that I am actually a man. Not a great boost to the old self-esteem there. Of course, its actually just funny that he seems to have difficulty recognising my…err…being a male.
Today has been quite a hazy day, feels a bit like a dream. Pretty crap really. Nothing really happened bad or anything it just feels sort of strange. Everything is pretty much on target otherwise, not much to report to the all seeing internet, although I do have the joy of “looking forward” to the may ball next Friday, no idea how that is going to go, I guess we’ll see.
