Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
13 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.04
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 $0.05
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...
12 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.03
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 $0.03
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 $0.02
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 $0.02
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 $0.02
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 $0.02
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 $0.04
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 $0.04
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...
