OK, now I hate you guys because I can't stop reading! I also hate to tell you this, but having worked in customer service from age 15 to age 30, and still being the person who answers the telephone, I doubt all of them are exaggerations. People are crazy.

One of the funniest things that happened to me was working the customer service desk right after monistat (for yeast infections) came on the market. It was very expensive (I think around $50.00) and very small, and we rather stupidly just put it on the shelf. A man came to return it without a receipt because it "made his wife itch". We had to have a managers signature because the price was so high, but we went ahead and did it. Ten minutes later, after not buying anything he cam back to the service desk with MORE monistat and the same story. He didn't even a) leave the store or b) wait for another clerk!

I've been reading notalwaysright.com like crack all weekend.

Well, there goes my Monday! Between this one and emailsfromcrazypeople.com I may never work again.

thank god I can't get to there from work.

something set mac off last night and I didn;t keep my cool, so it spun out for an hour. But he did not get violent. He did figure out a new button to push though, dragging treated linens over the suspect carpet and from room to room. UGH. oh and making holes in his mattress encasement.

That sounds really upsetting, but like some overall progress has been made? Still: UGH!

Threadless.com cake contest winners: [link]

Reading 'notalwaysright' makes me nostalgic for FCOTD. I mean, I'm happy that Joe is out of the shitty job and rocking the hell out of school, but I miss it. I know that he doesn't, though.

How big can a cupcake get before it's no longer a cupcake?

World's Largest Cupcake: 1,224-Pound Cupcake Sets Record

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A 1,224-pound triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a record as the world's largest.

The sugary behemoth was unveiled Saturday at the Woodward Dream Cruise classic cars event in Royal Oak, Mich.

A Guinness World Records adjudicator was on hand to certify the cupcake's girth. It was more than eight times the size of the previous record holder.

The colossal cupcake took 12 hours to bake and included 800 eggs and 200 pounds each of sugar and flour.

Slices of the cupcake were served in exchange for donations to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer organization.

Ryan Abood, owner of New Hampshire-based Gourmetgiftbaskets.com who made the cupcake, told the Detroit Free Press that it clocked in at an estimated 2 million calories.

Belated Happy Birthday, DebetEsse!

Where is everybody? Has the Monday Gronkmonster tied all you up in her web?

I'm cleaning the guest room in preparation for my mother's visit.