…feel infinite…

In the evenings I always think, I should post a blog.  Then I end up doing something else, or being too tired to think of anything worth while to post.  Like last night, Greg and I played Zelda, the original game for NES.  I’ve never played it before, and it was definitely fun.  NES games are still some of the best.  Simple to understand, fun, and challenging.  Between us we have lots of good games for NES, and I should play them more often.  I was also thinking of breaking out Donkey Kong 64, for the N64.  I haven’t  played it in so long, I think I’ve forgotten how to play.   I do remember that you needed the expansion cartridge for the console.  Maybe I’ll pick it up when I’m finished here.

On other news, the Christmas Holiday is over, and despite having drove probably 13 or 14 hours (over 650 miles) in 3 days (the 24th, 25th, 26th) it was a good holiday.  One of the best in the past few years.  I haven’t seen my family on Christmas in about 3 years.  This would have been the 4th year.  Last year, the weather was bad and I couldn’t make it in.  The last two before that I was working for Disney World (Pecos and Innoventions respectively) and was not able to make it home for Christmas.  Trying to get off on any holiday is a nightmare, because as you may well know, Disney is open on all holidays.  Infact they are open 365 days a year.  It was generally unpleasant to think about that, but if you’re a guest it’s wonderful.  I’ll do a post in the future highlighting some of my Disney escapades.

I would  like to comment today on working for a bookstore.  I’ve been compiling this list in my head for a while, and I am going to attempt to put it to screen:

My Pros and Cons of working in a bookstore:
(I still love my co-workers, so no offense in my list, okay?)

Pro: You get to know all the great books out there
Con: You want to buy all the great books out there

Pro: You sometimes get to deal with customers who are thoughtful and intelligent
Con:  Those same customers often lack common sense

Pro: You get to work with great co-workers in an intellectual atmosphere
Con: Often some of those co-workers lack common sense (I can think of one former manager…) or cleaning ability…

Pro: I am extremely fast at organizing and shelving (and love doing it)
Con: Often I am completely isolated in the Cafe for days and days of work and not allowed to do bookwork.

Pro:  Working in the Cafe I can take tips
Con:  The amount of work necessary in the Cafe sometimes is not worth the tips.

Pro:  Helping a customer find the one book they’ve been searching for and seeing how excited they are to start reading it.
Con:  “I’m looking for a book, it’s this thick and I think it is blue or green”

Pro:  The festive Holiday season
Con:  The busy Holiday season

Pro: Opening the store
Con:  Closing the store

Pro:  Getting promotional books, CDS, and posters
Con:  No con to this really.

Con:  Stupid rules and timers in the Cafe.  Things that make no sense like, “must greet the customer within 30 seconds and have their drink  ready by 3 minutes”  Have you ever tried to fill just 5 orders of food and drinks in allowing only 3 minutes each?
Pro:  No pro

Pro:  Get to taste new promotional items before they hit the display case
Con:  Cannot drink or eat for free anything.  (But we sample food to customers)

Alright, I’m sure that list will grow.  Borders employees, hit me up with any other good ones you can think of.  I think I fixed my comment thing.  Let me know if it is still acting up and refusing to let you post a comment.  If it says “will go to poster for review”  that’s okay, if it says something like “cannot post”  let me know!

Tentive next posts:
-review of The Pursuit of Glory by Tim Blanning
-Pros and Cons of working at Disney
-General life wiles