But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.

River ,'Safe'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Sep 12, 2005 7:54:54 am PDT #6661 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, and some bookstore/coffee shops have CDs and DVDs....


erikaj - Sep 12, 2005 7:59:48 am PDT #6662 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

But then people want the book with the blue cover, or the movie with the guy. From last year?


Nilly - Sep 12, 2005 8:00:25 am PDT #6663 of 10002
Swouncing

Can I call it a day and go home now?

Laura, I hereby use my authority to send you home. Alas, my authority is too tiny for that to work. The furthest I can send you is to play online. I hope that will do.

I always liked cutting the pizza into an odd number of slices.

Oh, I like that!


DavidS - Sep 12, 2005 8:19:47 am PDT #6664 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The only food service type jobs I had were in college.

I worked as a dishwasher my first semester, first shift (7:30am) Saturday and Sunday morning. Oy.

People I Still Hate: The students who would fill a glass (not a bowl, not a saucer) with peanut butter and then stub their cigarettes out in it.

Later I moved to the drink line. There was an unfortunate incident when the hose on the ten gallon milk dispenser pulled out and suddenly there was a small tsunami of milk runnelling down the line.


brenda m - Sep 12, 2005 8:21:08 am PDT #6665 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Ten years, give or take, in the industry, but never fast food, thank god.


ChiKat - Sep 12, 2005 8:23:22 am PDT #6666 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

My very first job at 16 was at a McDonald's. It was brand new and clean and shiny. It really wasn't a bad job. I worked there for 6 months in between marching band seasons.


Susan W. - Sep 12, 2005 8:24:44 am PDT #6667 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

The summers I was 17 and 18, I worked as a cashier at Hardee's. I didn't eat french fries for a full year thereafter because I was so sick of the smell (which would permeate my hair and skin--ugh).


Sophia Brooks - Sep 12, 2005 8:25:08 am PDT #6668 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Somehow, during that very early "food or retail" stage of life, I ended up in retail.

The Ups:

No Fast Food Ever

The Downs:

No Tips Ever


erikaj - Sep 12, 2005 8:30:02 am PDT #6669 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, Hec, special class of asshole, there.


Calli - Sep 12, 2005 8:31:53 am PDT #6670 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I never worked fast food. I did, however, work at a Raleigh Record Bar in the early '90s, during the Christmas rush.

"Do you have this country cd? It's by this guy, and the main song's about how his girlfriend's gone."
". . ."
"Oh, and there's a guy in a hat on the cd case."
". . . I'll . . . I'll see what I can find."