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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A6

31 Aug 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Site of secret field studies in concentration ability   Well okay, now she has officially seen just about everything. As Glenda Jackson is opening the latest manila folder from Liberty Avenue, what tumbles out is not only the expected modest sta...

What's With the Great Push to Be Back in the Office?

30 Aug 2023 3 minute read 2 comments WinterYeti

Business executives and managers do a lot of stupid things, especially when they work in large organizations where they are not "working managers." What I mean by this is essentially, managers who spend their entire day in meetings or typing memos ab...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - K5

29 Aug 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Healthy Shopper Market bulk bins   Though Craig Willis was able to successfully deflect Pierre’s attempts at forcing him to work weekends, he is nonetheless cajoled into driving up to Palmyra and helping their grocery department, for one full da...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H5

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...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G5

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...

Once I Look Up, All Comes Falling Down (The Problem with Being Me)

23 Aug 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

"The same old story, told again. The same beginning and the same end. We talk in circles; let us out!" — The Black Hotels; No Sign of Science; Honey Badger Urgh. I really, desperately need to find and hold down a job, because I am beyond sick and t...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F5

23 Aug 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Healthy Shopper Market’s quasi-mountain outpost   Walnut is a city of approximately 40,000, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The interstate neatly cleaves it into two distinct sections, one of which is modern and heavy wit...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E5

22 Aug 2023 6 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey

As much wine as would fit in the frame   Out here in the wild and woolly retail landscape, it’s often unclear whether keeping these incidents to oneself is the right thing to do. You could certainly advance a valid argument that sweeping somethi...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D5

21 Aug 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Sections 2–18 of the Southside beer empire   The last week of the year, Southside and Palmyra both finally hit their magical $100K mark for the first time. Duane is on the floor at both locations, handing out $100 bills as promised to every em...

Dealing With Burnout

15 Aug 2023 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I'm tired. I'm really, really tired. I've been working non-stop the last three weeks with two big writing project back to back. 123 tasks later, I'm genuinely fried. The last three days have been the worst, with a collective amount of 10 hours of sle...