I had a long-winded rant all typed out about my work and the types of people I come across on a daily basis, but I've since thought better of it. So instead, I'll talk about something else work related.

We have some nice perks. We get first dibs on the choice merchandise that comes across the buy counter from the general public. I've recently acquired the soundtrack to 300, the Neil Gaiman book The Wolves in the Walls, and several Final Fantasy games for the Playstation (like FF7, 8, 9, Chronicles, & Anthologies). Sometimes, you miss out on stuff because it came in before you started your shift or you were off the day it came in, like the Criterion box set of Kurosawa films I missed out on. So, even though we sell things at half or less (sometimes more depending on the circumstances), we get a pretty sweet discount on top of it all.

My best deal was getting the Criterion Collection of Seven Samurai for 84 cents. It was through a series of fortunate circumstances such as a coupon and store credit. So, even on the worst days at work, I try to remember things like that and it doesn't seem so bad that I just had to dig through a box full of cat hair and spiders.

I wonder at times how long I'll work there. I think it will be for some time yet, though I doubt it will be for the rest of my life. However long I'll be there, I know I'll enjoy the ride.