Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
21 Sep 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Small, crowded aisles glimpsed via arial view “I don’t know what’s got into Corey,” Johnny grouses to Edgar, a rare cloudy sentiment coming from him. “I think that new promotion’s gone straight to his head!” Edgar doesn’t agree or anything,...
20 Sep 2023 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
workers unknowingly surrounding a soiled conference table Of course, that which is initially perceived as pretty fuckin funny, it can eventually become a concept which others will eventually wrap their heads around, too. It starts somewhere...
19 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Sections 10–16 of the Southside beer empire Prior to that day that Valerie slipped him a beer, Edgar had only tried drinking here on one other occasion. He’s trying his best to take this job seriously, plus this is just not something that peop...
18 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Should have maybe gone public with a deli salad index fund Though already having proven himself something of a manic madman, deli merchandiser Pat DiStazio is at least an entertaining one. The question of how long it is before he completely...
17 Sep 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Healthy Shopper wine section AFTER two significant size reductions Wholesale changes continue unabated at Palmyra. Then again, this is the nature of the beast pretty much everywhere, which leads Edgar to wondering where this phrase even came f...
16 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Healthy Shopper “conference” room, though often used as a product repository Trade show weeks have a distinct summer school vibe about them. Roughly once per quarter, Duane, the merchandisers, Corey and maybe one or two other select individu...
15 Sep 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Love your local help, too! Like from the closed down market across town. They have begun to refer to it as The Curse of the Employee Newsletter. Even as when Valerie took over this job from Barbara, they switched from black and white to full c...
14 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Their smallest but no less fierce battleground The hottest take on the streets has it that Karen Hatley is a bitch. This is what virtually all the employees say, particularly those a safe distance removed from her. But Edgar doesn’t believe...
13 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Healthy Hippie mural in early stages Christie Marsh is the next to exit, putting in her two weeks’ notice shortly after this incident. Though insisting the timing is coincidental, she does confess to Edgar that even she had never really like...
12 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Healthy Shopper Market meat case Following that whole Inside Scoop phone call from Scott Wickander, and the controversy over removing dates from products — a charge Corey denied, incidentally — the bosses learned that this wasn’t even necess...
