So speaking of crazy people (me) -- Yesterday I worked 12 hours right? 4 hours selling shoes where I had to be so cheesy I made myself vomit a little. The Big Boss Man was there, and we were having this lame-o contest about how many people we could actually seat even if they said they were just looking. I know very annoying, I didn't want to participate, but if we won I got 20 bucks, and hey 20 bucks buys like an ounce of gas now so I had to participate. We found ourselves saying things like "Well hey it's free to try 'em on today -- just have a seat and I'll grab your size" all while wearing a dopey grin on our face and hoping some sort of worm was quickly eating away our insides.
But I tried to not let the man get me too down. I at least tried to break the rules by every so often just telling a customer, "Hey listen. See that guy with the clipboard? He's my boss. He's making a hashmark for every person I get to try on a shoe today. I don't care if you buy it. But if you sit down, I just may make enough money at this silly job to have a meal that consists of something more than freeze dried noodles and powder." Worked a couple times. Failed miserable a couple others. Whatev.
So then after that lovely morning I took off for job # 2 -- GW Portraits in Lynnwood. It's not a hard job. It's just a boring job. I sit there. That's all I do. I sit and wait for people to come ask me dumb questions. Like the guy who pointed at a $200 picture and said 'How much for the one of Buffalo Bill?" I stared at him and told him the price. He walked away. I stared at him till he was out of sight, then rolled my eyes. That 'Buffalo Bill' was actually Albert Einstein. That's a sign of the education in these here states.
Oh here's a weird story -- I don't know how or why these things happen to me, but I guess I have some crazy Karma going on. Last fall I was promoting a little movie called Jackass. So I was at Southcenter Mall where I normally work, walking around handing out posters, hats, t-shirts, stickers, and toilet paper. There's this young guy working at a cell phone Kiosk, so I stop and ask him if he watches MTV. This guy totally went off on me, told me that it was sick and degrading and anyone associated with it was immoral and evil. Then when he found out I was just giving stuff away he said, "Oh.... I didn't know it was free." Speaking of Jackass. Anyway, this guy then decides to come into my shoe store. A lot. Randomly. And makes a point to let us know that he's an arrogant, snobby, freak-chop. Well one day he came in again. We were really busy, so he just sat down on a bench and started talking on his silly little cell phone and stared at me. I got horrid bad ju-ju. He just kept trying to make eye-contact with me, and I freaked. I seriously stood in the back and cried to Aaron to please go deal with him. I havn't seen him since then. But then came yesterday. Guess where he works now? The Sole Outdoors at Alderwood Mall. Yeah he's infiltrated my company! How the hell does that happen?
A few more Random Thoughts:
--Hello to Erica you big stud you -- had a lovely time chatting today... it was almost like our old times hangin at KLPR!
--An amazing amazing miracle has happened and I just want to mention it. 15 year old Elizabeth Smart was found today, safe, and is back with her family. Makes you remember who's really in charge around here... and that He listens.