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It's amazing what a 7 year-old, bursting into the back room from the Chinese restaurant two doors down, with surprise slices of fresh-cut watermelon, can do to one's mood. Complete 180-degree turnaround with a simple "Dad say you like watermelon! Uncle Hagrid (her favorite of course, not The Old...

Honestly, maybe a little? I am just so painfully aware now of the "pillow over my head I can't hear shit" world that I was living in that the high-pitched whine is kind of irrelevant. I'm realizing that yes, it's very much there, but it isn't just overpowering other sounds, it destroyed my...

I complained to the manager once. She yelled at me. Then I tried to point out that I sign the checks and my nametag says "Old Guy in Charge". She told me to stop acting like I own the place, and stop touching the cash register because I always screw it up. Then she told me that if I messed up...

I heard that! :ROFLMAO:

I was a lot closer to deaf than I had realized. In my defense, this has been happening over the course of the last 30 years; it kind of crept up on me. I am a natural recluse to the extent that few people have to deal with me face-to-face much these days, and they have all apparently adapted to...

I feel that if you break a contract so egregiously that you are barred from the group of people bound by said contract, you no longer deserve the protections that the NDA within that contract affords. That is not the case legally, and I understand that, but I don't agree with it morally as a...

I know what is really happening, because of a lot of things behind an NDA. A lot of what I know can't be said because federal law enforcement is involved; anything else I say just makes me a target. The two people at the center of everything are lying through their teeth, and we all know it. By...

"I baked cookies. Hid a bag with some behind the toaster in the pantry to make sure you'd have some when you got home" Of all the texts that have been blowing up my phone today, that was exactly the right one, at exactly the right time. From the stepson who never comes out of his room, no less!

If I am calling to order business phone service, and I get "you have reached a number that is no longer in service", then get disconnected, while trying to navigate your automated system to speak to someone to sell me said service, on three different occasions, using three different numbers that...

My "it's official November 1st" business deal finally got official with the bank. Now Adam has to come back to the United States to pick up his check, and I can read him the riot act for all the things he didn't warn me about keeping this three-ring circus running*! *more likely, we will hug...

1: You find yourself in a maze, what method do you use to find the exit? Google Maps, for at least the first four times I make the trip. If I ever lose GPS signal, I'm screwed. 2: Do you know anyone who has no cell phone? Nope. Even "Rebel Jack" has one, and he uttered the phrase "What's a...

I've come to terms with being old. We have joked at work for years about the division between the "Old Guys in charge" and the "kids who do the work". And thanks to an abundance of stupid tricks in my 20s, I've been taking the medical issues in stride for more decades than I care to admit...

Funny thing, that. True story, Tuesday: Let's call him "ArtisticNerd" (My f****g HERO) gets called into what was supposed to be an 11:30 video call for "would you like to add payroll services to the things you pay for with Heartland, Mr new business owner?". When they called in, they got my...

Went next door to ask a favor from the owner of my favorite Mexican restaurant (love that this is a thing we do here in our little mini-community of small businesses), and we ended up walking through the kitchen as we talked. OH MY GAWD - THE SMELLS! Nothing will convince you that lunch must...

In my defense, I am a Costco newb. "Stop in Costco and drop off all the crap to get the business membership card, how long can that take?". Yeah, must have been thinking that too loudly it seems. I have a thing for invoking Murphy (and his damn law) a lot lately.

"Oh, you set your own hours? Don't ever come to Costco on a Sunday" Duly noted, thanks. That's actually incredibly useful advice, that I wish I would have had prior to coming to Costco on Sunday. Mea Culpa. It will not happen again, I assure you. :eng101:

I would go on a tirade about our Point-of-Sales system, but I am typing this from home, while my store manager deals with Heartland customer support and a busy Saturday at a retail store. She apologized every time she called to get personal info to prove that they were actually dealing with our...

This is Adam, shortly after I met him in 2014. In this picture, he is 4 days away from the grand opening of his new store, the fifth such store in a new franchise idea called "Bricks and Minifigs"; stepping away from his scary new adventure into entrepreneurship to take his little girl to a...

1: What's your opinion on trash-recycling programs? I live in Kentucky, and not Louisville proper, so "don't throw your plastic in the fire pit" is progress. Our trash-recycling program? That's funny, I have a septic tank. 2: Where are your keys? Front right pocket. Now that my car key...

This saddens me more than it should for technically being 'some stranger on the internet'. He was one of several early members I have wanted to meet in person. I now truly regret not making that drive down to Texas years ago, to enjoy some Brisket, shoot some guns, and swap some deployment...