Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
12 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
one grocery aisle at one small store The eleventh column of the new items spreadsheet is an all-purpose, generic remark field, as Teri had titled this, when she created the template. She was only using this cell to make note of the original co...
10 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
the modern office: clutter as a moat, your desk a fortress “I’m just used to being an overachiever,” Valerie’s saying to Edgar, “you’re an overachiever, too, I can tell. Have you gotten into trouble even once since you’ve been here?” “Mmmm…not rea...
10 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
sections 14–16 of the Southside beer empire The next morning, he’s in the wine aisle at Southside, inspecting a curious development. Though coming down here to figure out whether a couple of items on the latest Benevolence Vineyards invoice...
8 Sep 2023 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Scene from a hearty hipster beer tasting “Destiny is totally different away from work,” Valerie’s telling him, the afternoon of the beer tasting. “Oh, I’m sure,” he says. This impromptu discussion has cropped up on the back loading dock, on th...
8 Sep 2023 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
The invisible discount fairies were powerless to sprinkle pixie dust on these “Well, I’m engaged!” Chef Anthony announces with a broad grin, in Edgar’s office just a few days later. “Oh wow. Congratulations! Who is it? Anyone I know?” Anthon...
6 Sep 2023 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
doors 20–22 of Palmyra beer set Nobody except the two parties involved in that closed door discussion really knows what happened, of course. From the beginning everyone told Edgar that Duane and Arnie had significant history together, so thi...
6 Sep 2023 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Information on these stickers? Data guy’s problem. Equipment used to print them and contents within containers? Not so much. Melissa quits as the company driver after about one month. But then a few weeks later, she is hired back in the groc...
5 Sep 2023 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Nothing a few gallons of nail polish remover won’t erase Inventory shenanigans are not limited to towers of honey charged to the next period, however. It’s a not exactly well disguised secret that Harry often has select members of a store’s gr...
3 Sep 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Larger venue for vitamins manager complaints The eighth column on the new items spreadsheet is a simple flag field, which everyone else is instructed to ignore, because it is meaningless to them. Here Edgar enters a 1 if something is to be wei...
1 Sep 2023 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Pile it high and watch the buddy rings fly! With everything else going on, Liberty Avenue has been even more neglected than usual of late. Sure, they have gotten their token peace offering of a hot food case, but that gain is probably more tha...
