Jarrett Coleman used to be a commercial pilot. I could call into question how he went through three employers between […]
Tag Archive for ‘Dishonesty’

Nice try, Other Gary
Last week, I got this text message: Your Other Personal Banking appointment is confirmed for Dec. 9, 11:00AM. Confirmation Number: […]
19. Upsales suck, and this company keeps the stupidest secrets
This morning, shortly after opening and after the usual exchange of is-everyone-actually-ready and are-we-out-of-anything, and after the first large order, […]
13. We have always been at war with tap water
Recently: “Just so you know, we don’t have ice water at the moment, because the fruit punch tap is leaking […]

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.” […]

An idiot at the Jim Pattison Group claimed to own dozens of Super Mario Bros. speedruns
Speedrunning, for those of you who don’t know, is a type of video game competition where people try to run […]
Confidential to O.L.: I would have been more likely to believe that you worked at this company’s Broadway location “for […]

Gary the phone scammer, and other idiots
Sometimes it isn’t customers or coworkers making my job harder or damaging my calm. Sometimes it’s phone scammers. The one […]
It’s the little things: policy changes
Here’s how a company run by sensible people could have reacted to the recent change in the federal smoking age: […]
Coworker profile: the cashier of tomorrow
Because sometimes it isn’t a customer, manager, or suit making my job less bearable… I was working five nights a […]