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, […]
Tag Archive for ‘Folly’
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: a ream of BS
I’ve mentioned the register counter as a paperwork and memo display point before, but one day recently it saw slightly […]
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: […]
How many anti-stealing policies does it take to annoy people?
Here’s what a reasonable rule for employee purchases would look like: Stealing from the company is grounds for termination. It’s […]
It’s the little things: the slice buttons
My employer sells pizza, and one of its more successful and long-running twofer sales has been on two slices. It’s […]
An idiot at NBC claimed to own Beat Saber’s soundtrack
There’s a video game called Beat Saber, in which you wear a VR headset and basically play drums with lightsabers. […]
Holden Matthews, the third face of evil
The subject of this post is Holden Matthews, age 21, of Louisiana. He was a “frustrated musician” whose parents didn’t […]
“Maine unveils new driver’s license design” (that will include Real ID compliant marking)
From my local paper: Your driver’s license will be getting a makeover when it comes up for renewal. The Maine […]
“Why I’m glad people are finally getting jailed for acting like drunk morons on planes”
I saw a slightly edited version of that headline on Twitter: Opinion: Why I’m glad people are finally getting jailed […]
Ray of Infamy 