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" - A10

23 Sep 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.03

one way street of a grocery aisle   Among the first of many head-scratchers about this meeting is that by virtue of being here, this means that the five of them are not at Arcadia right now. They are seated in the semi-dark, as nobody has both...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - L9

22 Sep 2023 23 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04

An empty storefront ripe for some sort of quality business   Corey has always projected this weird dichotomy whereby, long before appointed to such, he tended to act like someone on the inside circle of every discussion, wielding untold power…...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - K9

21 Sep 2023 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.05

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,...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - J9

20 Sep 2023 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.03

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - I9

19 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.03

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H9

18 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G9

17 Sep 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F9

16 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E9

15 Sep 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.06

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D9

14 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04

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...