Jason McGathey
Jason McGathey

Jason McGathey

Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!


"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H15

23 Oct 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Bellwether Snacks headquarters   At the nexus of these disparate threads — somewhere between business concern and sporting event — is this matter of the next company president. Bare minimum, there’s surely a good analogy connecting their fanta...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G15

22 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

office layout optimized for efficiency   Yet there are matters such as those, which are somewhat critical…and there are others of major importance, like the upcoming NFL season. So when bulk/produce/beer merchandiser Brian Prentiss throws out...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F15

21 Oct 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

A leaky business model? Perhaps. Just hoping to catch whatever trickles down.   “What if we started havin, like, an Employee of the Month?” Shad suggests, from his chair in the last row, “then we could give them an incentive, maybe an incentiv...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E15

20 Oct 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

fairly typical Healthy Shopper Market office   A boss who does absolutely nothing is better than one who is actively bad. This is an early takeaway from the Vince Brancatto era, surprising only because it’s something most have probably never t...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D15

19 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

a smattering of the produce at a Healthy Shopper Market   Or so they believe it to be. But before anyone can make a significant dent into this inquiry, they find themselves blindsided by another major twist. This chapter of the saga arrives on a...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - C15

18 Oct 2023 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  At the very beginning of her tenure as Palmyra’s receiver, Sharon has already latched onto a bunch of changes she wishes to make to the process. Which Edgar is mostly fine with. Even if she’s more than a little high-strung, it’s great that s...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - B15

17 Oct 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  So the dream team proves relatively short lived. Would they have expected anything else? The only question remains who will fill Duane’s shoes, although again it seems ludicrous to expect that a serious candidate can be found and vetted in the...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A15

16 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  So this is but another example of the Hippie Paradox in action — you mustn’t dare tell them how to live, but they are certainly going to give you an earful about everything that’s wrong with your existence, unprovoked, and with evidence rang...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - L13

15 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Keep your friends close and your…smokers closer!   It feels like a surveillance operation from the movies. The Feds lying in wait for an eternity, for a technicality that allows them to throw the book at someone. And that’s pretty much what th...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - K13

14 Oct 2023 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

pristine view from a Healthy Shopper office   Yet despite these hiccups, most of them sense that this company is definitely moving forward, and that the right pieces are slowly being snapped into place. Maybe the talks of expansion have comple...