Here’s a little thing I do: when I’m working the drive-thru window and taking people’s money, I make it a […]
6. In which nothing title-worthy happens
And then there are the days that (so far) have nothing interesting, or at least nothing worth writing about. Something […]
5. I might have found Burrito Bill’s nephew
An early Customer of the Day contender, though a weak one: “I’d like a breakfast burrito.” “Sorry, but this location […]
4. Prudence
One of the day’s first customers called up, a few minutes after leaving the drive-thru, to complain. I overhead part […]
3. That’ll be two social credits, please
More on the subject of job security: I’ve found it helpful to think of it as a currency. I get […]
2. Refuge in…
Last time, I mentioned that what I’m doing right now — jotting down a word or two between bits of […]
1. This could be the beginning of…
So here I am writing a few words between customers. There are a few reasons for this.
It’s days like this, when I see that one assistant manager is trying to give another assistant manager a written […]

Why I keep changing Google accounts
I have a Google account, of course. It’s easy to not rely on Google, but hard to do without entirely. I’m old enough to have had a Google account for years […]

Games like this are why I don’t game much on mobile
I don’t remember what prompted me to install a mobile game last week. I’d read a listicle about decent mobile games, but this wasn’t one of them. I assume that, while I was checking one of those games out, I looked at Google Play’s recommendations and saw this thing, blandly called “Wood Block Puzzle.” […]