Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
2 Nov 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
latest configuration of a Wholesome Shopper office This arrangement will not hold for long, however — not for Edgar’s office, and certainly not much else at Wholesome Shopper Market, either. When Dale gets the idea that he wants to put toget...
1 Nov 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Todd remains eternally breezy and dismissive whenever Edgar approaches him about anything, actually. He always lends the impression of being too busy and having much bigger fish to try, although the visible manifestations of this are a bit wacky and...
31 Oct 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
first stages of a rearranged office After five odd months working for the guy, they’re beginning to decipher some of Todd’s behavior. Which isn’t to say that this makes it any less weird. One of his first orders of business, right around the...
30 Oct 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
a fortress that wasn’t barricaded quite enough In what Edgar’s come to think of as an inverted version of his Office Basics 101 class from a year ago, they are gathered in a similar number, in the same location. A couple of the same faces, e...
29 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
helpful, considering how turned around all of them are How this will play out is anyone’s guess. But Fred certainly hits the ground running, and days later for example is in Edgar’s office, trying to get a brief rundown on what this pricing/...
28 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
calm refuge in the eye of a storm The so-called multitasking revolution is a now debunked concept, but if you ask Glenda, the flaws with that approach should have been obvious to anybody. That foolishness kind of reminded her of the cold-sho...
27 Oct 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
average vitamin department employee at inventory time The inaugural and, as it turns out, only, WSM fantasy football season concludes with Will and Brian making the playoffs from the East, Jack and a surging dark horse Sharon from the West. Ed...
26 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
The meeting to hash out their loyalty card program kicks off at 10am on a Wednesday. Gathered around the conference table at Central HQ are all three store managers, assistant managers, anyone else who is considered to be a “key” front end figure...
25 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
clipboard back with snazzy improvised pouches: just another organizational tool The first time Edgar ever meets Todd Cashner, he’s working in the frozen section at Palmyra. Edgar, that is, during an otherwise normal, even unusually bland aft...
24 Oct 2023 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
curious trouble pointing a laser at a barcode in this region “Hey, thanks for Fitzgerald!” Will cackles from afar, the next time Edgar is in Central. “You shouldn’t have dropped him the first week of the season!” “Did I really?” Edgar says, with a...
