Hello
A quick post. I am about to be picked up to go meet the Squee at the airport, and that is good. Work has been interesting as of late, as there is a shortage of workers, and they are putting random deli-people on the floor shift. Most of them don't know anything about how to do the floor duties, but I suppose that's understandable. I have also been doing most of the floor and cashier duties, as they are too hard for some of the deli-girls.
I am shocked at the amount of endemic sexism at my workplace. Real honest sexism, stating openly that the women cannot do all the duties that a man can. I am not a fan of this, and neither are some of the women deli workers. Its really shocking, but I suppose it is going unmentioned because the person in charge of these policies is in fact - a woman. I guess that makes sexism okay?....
I also hope I start getting to wear shorts at work, even the customers are starting to comment to me that I am sweating a lot, and seem... heatstricken. I really dont like it when its hot and muggy, I start getting all woozy.
Yep, I suppose that's all for now. Godspeed you Black Emperor.
- The Andrew
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
A Bofferin Good Time
Hello There
Well, its been a little while since my last post, and not too much has happened. I have done a lot of working, helped Richelle move into her new place, and got a cell phone finally. Yeah. Me. A cell phone. The world has changed.
So, I just got back from Boffer, and it was awesome. I did a lot of fighting, including some duelling, and a lot of big-battle fighting. The cool story from this evening comes from when it was 5 on 3, and my two teammates stormed into the middle of the opponents, and managed to take one out, both in turn being taken out. However, I was able to flank around and take them on one-on-one in turn, and two on one.
Essentially, after my team members were out, it was me versus 4 opponents. They didn't stand a chance. I just took the closest ones out, each with a single hit, quickly dispatched one who charged me, and then mowed down the last as he started to turn to flee. It was fun.
^__^
I also gave Keith my round sled to turn into a shield, and some change and money to help him with overall costs, as he does supply pretty much all of the weapons and armour.
That's all for now, I am going to bubble bath and soak these poor bones and muscles.
Rawr!
- Conan the Barbarian
Well, its been a little while since my last post, and not too much has happened. I have done a lot of working, helped Richelle move into her new place, and got a cell phone finally. Yeah. Me. A cell phone. The world has changed.
So, I just got back from Boffer, and it was awesome. I did a lot of fighting, including some duelling, and a lot of big-battle fighting. The cool story from this evening comes from when it was 5 on 3, and my two teammates stormed into the middle of the opponents, and managed to take one out, both in turn being taken out. However, I was able to flank around and take them on one-on-one in turn, and two on one.
Essentially, after my team members were out, it was me versus 4 opponents. They didn't stand a chance. I just took the closest ones out, each with a single hit, quickly dispatched one who charged me, and then mowed down the last as he started to turn to flee. It was fun.
^__^
I also gave Keith my round sled to turn into a shield, and some change and money to help him with overall costs, as he does supply pretty much all of the weapons and armour.
That's all for now, I am going to bubble bath and soak these poor bones and muscles.
Rawr!
- Conan the Barbarian
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Grunt.
Bloggins
Well, yesterday was a long day, and not that great - work-wise. lots of stuff is constantly changing, so I don't have any idea where anything is, and I can't help customers find stuff. Our stuff is constantly changing, including layout, shift changes, shift times, other junk.
One interesting note is that I will now be working the last hour of my shift (between 10 and 11) by myself. This is for... well... no good reason other than to change for changes sake. This is ironic, since sooooooo much of the stupidity at work revolves around conforming to various regulations from one subject to another. And yet, this new change goes completely against WCB regulations on late night workers (who need a second person on from the hours of 10pm to 6am).
The stupidity of other regulations can be seen in this: I am not allowed to wear shorts - because I might pump gas - even though the station is not full serve - and I do not pump gas for customers - since I am a cashier - but I could possibly pump gas - and those who may somehow pump gas cannot wear shorts - because.... um.... that parts never well defined. Apparently shorts will cause explosions or something.
This "grants law" thing has not always been good in my opinion (prepaying for fuel causing a lot more strife with customers than anything else), and at Copperside 2 I did not care so much. Copperside 3 however, right next to harlem, should always have 2 people on in my opinion, just by common sense. Especially during the peak hour for drunken idiots.
Yep.
I have coffee, so I am good right now. I suppose that's all for now, talk to you laters.
- Andrew fellow
Well, yesterday was a long day, and not that great - work-wise. lots of stuff is constantly changing, so I don't have any idea where anything is, and I can't help customers find stuff. Our stuff is constantly changing, including layout, shift changes, shift times, other junk.
One interesting note is that I will now be working the last hour of my shift (between 10 and 11) by myself. This is for... well... no good reason other than to change for changes sake. This is ironic, since sooooooo much of the stupidity at work revolves around conforming to various regulations from one subject to another. And yet, this new change goes completely against WCB regulations on late night workers (who need a second person on from the hours of 10pm to 6am).
The stupidity of other regulations can be seen in this: I am not allowed to wear shorts - because I might pump gas - even though the station is not full serve - and I do not pump gas for customers - since I am a cashier - but I could possibly pump gas - and those who may somehow pump gas cannot wear shorts - because.... um.... that parts never well defined. Apparently shorts will cause explosions or something.
This "grants law" thing has not always been good in my opinion (prepaying for fuel causing a lot more strife with customers than anything else), and at Copperside 2 I did not care so much. Copperside 3 however, right next to harlem, should always have 2 people on in my opinion, just by common sense. Especially during the peak hour for drunken idiots.
Yep.
I have coffee, so I am good right now. I suppose that's all for now, talk to you laters.
- Andrew fellow
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Long post is lengthy
Might want to grab a beverage and some snacks for this one. I haven't updated in a while...
So Much to tell. Firstly, I went on my trip down to Vancouver to see Allison, and to hang around in Vancouver. This began with a flight down on Air Canada Jazz, which was really good. Apparently it is not the busy season for flying, so I got a row all to myself, and it was good fun. I like flying, it is fun. When I got down there, I met up with Jess, and I was glad to see her, as it has been quite a while. We made our way on the Canada line to the seabus (I love the seabus), and then to the Quay, and finally to Phibbs (the phibbs exchange). I was tired from the trip though, so I was not much good at making fun plans. Oh wells.
The majority of the time down there revolved around the grad art show, which was super awesome and much better than Emily Carr :P I ended up helping out some of the people at the art place, like Jose, who was just finishing his piece 15 minutes before the start of the show. At one point I also bought lunch for Allison and her friend Nina, who is a starving art student, and - in my opinion - needed foods. Also there was a lot of dinners, lunches, and visiting with Allison's family, which I think went very well. I think they liked me overall, which is good ^_^
The big fun I got to do was a day just for Allison and I when we went to Stanley Park! We went to the aquarium, and I got to see otters, and belugas, and dolphins, and a big amazon fish and a whole slew of other things. It was very Awesome. Then we walked around Stanley park, and got to see the lighthouse and cannon. :) The whole adventure was fun, followed by sushi and shopping at a Japanese specialty store.
Mochi is a strange but very good food.
Tuesday night Allison went to the opera with family, and I navigated my way back to her place, stopping on the way back to buy a big thingy of flowers for her ^_^
The trip back Wednesday was also good, I got my own row again, but there was slightly more turbulence just outside of terrace. It was still good and Dad picked me up from the airport.
Since I got back, it has been a lot of Work and cleaning, and still more cleaning. I came back to work to find that my boss had been fired by the big-boss. Apparently her rudeness towards customers finally got her in trouble (she was kind like the grouchy person with a heart of gold). My new boss person is the person in charge of the deli, and she is very nice.
I have been recuperating, and having the occasionally fun stuffs. Richelle came over one day, and we hung out, catching up on stuff and I ended up showing her lots of pics and maps and photos and stuff.
Yesterday I went to hang out with Keith, and there was "Boffering", which is the act of using boffers. Boffers are the foam-covered sticks used to imitate medieval combat. So boffer swords, maces, daggers, shields, pikes, and otherwise. It was Really fun! imagine SCA with "beer and pretzel" rules. we had single combat, as well as big battles (which requires 8+ people). I am going to try to convince others to come and enjoy this game of brutal foam melee. It is also the only real fun exercise I've found since fencing, and it also uses all my fencing skills. Even though it was my first time, I quickly too position as a premier fighter.
At one point somebody hit my leg, so I had to go down on one knee, and there were two more opponents. I could hear my team-mates (who were lying down because they were dead) comment "well, he's injured, so we're probably going to lose...". I proceeded to be flanked by the two remaining fighters, and in some flash of warrior-savantism, I managed to - in one fluid motion - take out both opponents. It felt so very awesome, made better by team mates comments of "holy crap.....".
I think I will endeavor to join in these happenings in the future. I likes Boffering.
That's about it for now, I intend to go see Iron Man 2 tonight, and Allison will be watching it at the same time in Vancouver. Mrawr!
Current Creative Outlet: pseudo-WW2 universe setting called "Seas of Iron" (or called that until further improvement). I have drawn a few maps for it, detailing the fictional countries in their "great war". I have also drawn numerous ships used by each side, such as the ones below: The LMS Pegasus (LMS meaning "Lord Majesties Ship") and LMS Illustrious - both from Cordia, a nation analogistic to Britain, and the Amyagi - a ship from Rin-Quiy, the analogy of the Japanese Empire.
I have also been listening to a band called "The Headstones", who did a cover of an old Travelling Willburys song "tweeter and the monkeyman". Its good, and I wholly suggest listening to it.
Hopefully I will be updating more often now. Have a happy day everyone!
- Tweeter and the Pandrewman
So Much to tell. Firstly, I went on my trip down to Vancouver to see Allison, and to hang around in Vancouver. This began with a flight down on Air Canada Jazz, which was really good. Apparently it is not the busy season for flying, so I got a row all to myself, and it was good fun. I like flying, it is fun. When I got down there, I met up with Jess, and I was glad to see her, as it has been quite a while. We made our way on the Canada line to the seabus (I love the seabus), and then to the Quay, and finally to Phibbs (the phibbs exchange). I was tired from the trip though, so I was not much good at making fun plans. Oh wells.
The majority of the time down there revolved around the grad art show, which was super awesome and much better than Emily Carr :P I ended up helping out some of the people at the art place, like Jose, who was just finishing his piece 15 minutes before the start of the show. At one point I also bought lunch for Allison and her friend Nina, who is a starving art student, and - in my opinion - needed foods. Also there was a lot of dinners, lunches, and visiting with Allison's family, which I think went very well. I think they liked me overall, which is good ^_^
The big fun I got to do was a day just for Allison and I when we went to Stanley Park! We went to the aquarium, and I got to see otters, and belugas, and dolphins, and a big amazon fish and a whole slew of other things. It was very Awesome. Then we walked around Stanley park, and got to see the lighthouse and cannon. :) The whole adventure was fun, followed by sushi and shopping at a Japanese specialty store.
Mochi is a strange but very good food.
Tuesday night Allison went to the opera with family, and I navigated my way back to her place, stopping on the way back to buy a big thingy of flowers for her ^_^
The trip back Wednesday was also good, I got my own row again, but there was slightly more turbulence just outside of terrace. It was still good and Dad picked me up from the airport.
Since I got back, it has been a lot of Work and cleaning, and still more cleaning. I came back to work to find that my boss had been fired by the big-boss. Apparently her rudeness towards customers finally got her in trouble (she was kind like the grouchy person with a heart of gold). My new boss person is the person in charge of the deli, and she is very nice.
I have been recuperating, and having the occasionally fun stuffs. Richelle came over one day, and we hung out, catching up on stuff and I ended up showing her lots of pics and maps and photos and stuff.
Yesterday I went to hang out with Keith, and there was "Boffering", which is the act of using boffers. Boffers are the foam-covered sticks used to imitate medieval combat. So boffer swords, maces, daggers, shields, pikes, and otherwise. It was Really fun! imagine SCA with "beer and pretzel" rules. we had single combat, as well as big battles (which requires 8+ people). I am going to try to convince others to come and enjoy this game of brutal foam melee. It is also the only real fun exercise I've found since fencing, and it also uses all my fencing skills. Even though it was my first time, I quickly too position as a premier fighter.
At one point somebody hit my leg, so I had to go down on one knee, and there were two more opponents. I could hear my team-mates (who were lying down because they were dead) comment "well, he's injured, so we're probably going to lose...". I proceeded to be flanked by the two remaining fighters, and in some flash of warrior-savantism, I managed to - in one fluid motion - take out both opponents. It felt so very awesome, made better by team mates comments of "holy crap.....".
I think I will endeavor to join in these happenings in the future. I likes Boffering.
That's about it for now, I intend to go see Iron Man 2 tonight, and Allison will be watching it at the same time in Vancouver. Mrawr!
Current Creative Outlet: pseudo-WW2 universe setting called "Seas of Iron" (or called that until further improvement). I have drawn a few maps for it, detailing the fictional countries in their "great war". I have also drawn numerous ships used by each side, such as the ones below: The LMS Pegasus (LMS meaning "Lord Majesties Ship") and LMS Illustrious - both from Cordia, a nation analogistic to Britain, and the Amyagi - a ship from Rin-Quiy, the analogy of the Japanese Empire.
I have also been listening to a band called "The Headstones", who did a cover of an old Travelling Willburys song "tweeter and the monkeyman". Its good, and I wholly suggest listening to it.
Hopefully I will be updating more often now. Have a happy day everyone!
- Tweeter and the Pandrewman
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