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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - B5

14 Aug 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

mayhem for sale by the ounce   Getting a handle on this bulk madness is presumably one of the reasons Duane asked Harry to come up with a list of what each store is carrying. The results were evidently not quite what Duane had in mind, though, f...

“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — A5

10 Aug 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

C alone is so confusing, it warrants four letters.   The eighth column in the new items spreadsheet is dedicated to a simple flag, to mark whether the product in question is packaged or random weight. The number 1 is placed in this column if so,...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A4

7 Aug 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

When you open your eyes, you’ll see that life is cubicle.   Modern efficiencies can be great, if that saved time is put to good use. This is one of the things Glenda thinks about often, as she’s humming along entering invoices, in her island of...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - J3

28 Jul 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Ground zero for many epic yet ridiculous battles “I like Christie, don’t get me wrong. But…” It’s amazing how many conversations start out this way, Edgar’s thinking. As Arnie begins to rant in what amounts to a slightly elevated whisper, up h...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" I3

25 Jul 2023 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

The emails continue between Edgar and Tonya on a frequent if not daily basis. At no point does he ever mention doing anything socially with her again, nor does she. Until a handful of weeks have gone by and out of the blue it’s 2:30 in the aft...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H3

21 Jul 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

    Well, Tonya Flaherty never called him that Friday. Or at any other point. However, the highly entertaining email exchanges continue unfettered, such as when Edgar inquires about this line of incense which mysteriously appears in expected...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G3

17 Jul 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

IT professional’s wheelhouse. Not so much the pricing coordinator.   Well, Edgar thinks with a wry smirk, it’s funny how the technology is bullshit to certain people, most of the time…except when maybe they want a project knocked out in lightn...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F3

13 Jul 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Steve’s lone remaining outpost: scooping salads into plastic containers   With the promotion of Edgar’s mom to deli manager, this means that the part time fuckup Steve is now into his fourth administration. Having arrived on the scene before D...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E3

10 Jul 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

The sixth and seventh columns of the new items spreadsheet are dedicated to cost and retail, respectively. Cost obviously doesn't appear on their shelf tags, and there's nothing they are doing within the Orchestra system that involves these numbers...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D3

6 Jul 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Liberty Avenue remains his least investigated outpost thus far, for obvious, business related reasons. Though in many respects still his favorite to visit, because it is so chill, there’s not enough going on to justify driving over there more th...