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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...
31 Jul 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Organic dust atop some premium wines The personnel nightmares continue unabated at Palmyra, which demand far greater attention than anywhere else. As much as can ever be the case in this high overturn industry, the other two locations remain s...
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...
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...
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...
26 Jun 2023 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Once a week, after going through the invoices, Edgar emails the department managers, spelling out what they could have ordered cheaper elsewhere, and/or should have for possibly some other reason, like quality. The vendor and the item number are aft...
22 Jun 2023 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Would that 4 Hour Workweek guy recommend spending a ton of one’s time on the phone? Glenda Jackson seriously doubts it. As the current accounts payable person for Healthy Hippie Market, fully hemmed in up here at the Bellwether Snacks headquarters –...
