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25 Aug 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
site of the latest price related intrigue Some conspiracy theory type cashier, a thirtysomething dude that’s been with the company for maybe three weeks, sticks a post-it note to the monitor up in Palmyra’s office which reads, Friends: be care...
24 Aug 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
It’s strange how certain topics get lofted into the air, and begin to catch fire due to their momentum, when you’ve mentioned your own recent preoccupation with them to no one. Of course, skeptics will claim that it’s only because you are cu...
17 Aug 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
A mere 1/30th of the Beer Ambassador’s display space. At Southside. This isn’t to suggest that Palmyra has cornered the market on personnel — or personality — struggles. Naturally, after months of relative calm, many of these bombshells just...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
