I wish i was home getting drunk right now
 

i really do. but, i'm at work waiting to find out if they'll close this last customer and i'll be here for another hour. (we closed at 6pm....it's 8:20 right now)...the whores.

it's kind of like groundhogs day. if the customer sees their shadow and gets scared, i'll get to leave in a few minutes, but if they don't. I'm fucked.

I had hoped to make a stop off at Guitar center to see how cheap they are selling Martins and Taylor's during their 'big memorial day sale'. looks like that's out. i work all day saturday and monday too. shit shit shit.

have they invented cloning yet?

fuck you, i'll whine if I want.

I plan to use this thread for random bitching whenever i have a chance. this is not that uncommon a situation (waiting for a deal to gel). you're welcome to join in, commiserate, whatever.

hey, UT. why doncha un-archive my office, and dump this in there.

Hey I feel your pain. I was stuck late almost every night this week. And I'm definitely up for a couple martinis tonight--it's been a pretty shitty week.

Your post reminded me of Mrs. Dallas' next-to-last store management position. She ran a sheet music store that rented space from a piano dealer. The piano salespeople were always like what you described.... all it took was one customer, and boom, you have a $10,000 sale (or more). It was almost sinful if they deprived the theoretical customer of any opportunity to come by. ("Yeah, there's 15 inches of snow on the ground so a lot of people will be off work . . . . and they might come piano shopping!")

no shadow.....i'm still here. these fuckers are gonna pay.

er...., i mean customers

LJ,
Have they gotten to see the finance manager yet?

I are the finance manager. and they just see'ed me. i don't think i have time to get drunk now. i'll have to get extra drunk tomorrow night. :beer:

yeah the goddamn G.P. (general public) the other night I had the kitchen broken down and ready to get hte fuck out of there do get my drunk on, well... at 9:50 (we close at 10:00) 15 people walk in and say 'oh wow! what luck! we just made it".. uh no you simpering pansy ass bastards! if I didn't consider myself a proffesional at my work.. oh they would have paid dearly... but no I cooked them their damn food and then got even drunker than I would have before..oh, as a side note to anyone reading this, unless you know someone working there, it's a really, really bad idea to go out to dinner 30 minutes before a resturaunt closes. me? I won't do anything to you, but oh man the only people worse than the customers in foodservice are the cooks! (no not all of them and I'm damn lucky to be working with the people I am now.. ever read kitchen confiential? that's not the 1/2 of it.. I run a tight ship though.. damn apprenticing to real chefs! taught me too much about respect for the food :) )

I also feel your pain. I had the last table last night. The kitchen closed at 10:30. My table was there until 12:45. I had to wait for them to leave so I could put the chairs up and clean their table. I got home after 1 am. Now I have to go back to work at 10:30 am.

On the bright side, I left with $184 after tipping out $54 and paying the $32 taxes I owe :) (somebody didn't notice their added gratuity and left me an extra $45)

Don't worry LJ, I took care of that for you last night.
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Hey LJ, I forgot you were in the car biz. I am about to buy a compact pickup truck, maybe today. Ford Ranger or Toyota Tacoma. The Tacoma felt much better driving, but Ford is giving a $2K rebate making the price diff $2K. Still tempted to pay the extra money for the Tacoma at $15K.

We test drove one at each dealer. We think we will go to a third dealer where we spent a lot of money in their service dept. We thought we would say to them we spent a lot in your service dept already and if you give us a good price we'll write you a check right now, otherwise, we'll keep looking.

Any advice here would kinda rock. :)

I never go to a sit-down restaurant within an hour of closing...you just never know.

I have a bottle of Boone's here...I should break that bitch open right now. In fact, I will.

I'll cover the boozin LJ. You can just just keep watching the shop.

I went to sleep putting Steve Jr. to bed, so I never got around to drinking. (and then, to add insult to injury, he wet the bed, and when he got up, he stepped on my glasses, which had fallen off my lap as I went to sleep. Fortunately they were just badly twisted and not mangled beyond use.)

So for me too, it'll be double alcohol tonight.

I can just see the ribbon cutting at the Car Dealer's Finance Manager's Hall of Fame for the the new monument complete with waterfall, ferns, a bronze bust of LJ and a marble copy of the contract LJ got him to sign.

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OK Bought the Tacoma pickup truck tonight. Went to three dealers today; bought from the one we visited yesterday. We showed up at 8:05pm, they close at 8pm. We kept the sales guy and customer service rep there until 9:45pm. Thought of LJ while sitting around waiting.

I never did open that bottle of Boone's. I was going to, but then I took a nap...and I just woke up (it's currently 1:50 AM St. Louis time)...whoops!

Can someone tell me why these damn car-buying transactions take so damn long? I don't understand why buying a car still takes 2 hours after you've already agreed on a price. Is it the financing? Would it be as fast as checking out at the grocery store if the buyer just wrote a check?

There's also the various state registration issues.

I had no finanacing nor trade in. I wrote a check. But, there was hella paperwork especially for the dealer. Besides the govt stuff, they had to prepare the dealer options prices for extended warranty, pre-paid maintenance program, coatings, gps carjack service, and vin glass etching. I only took the coatings.

This transaction was about as simple as it can get and it still took an hour and three-quarters.

You took the coatings?

BWAHWHAHHAHAHA!

Sorry, that just came out.

Ha. That even made me laugh. But, you don't know my kids. A simple Scotch Guard spray wouldn't be nearly enough. And the cloth seats in these cars are sponges. Overpriced, but needed, and below the cost radar.

When we bought our venerable 1995 Ford Escort (just like sycamore's!!) Mrs. Dallas was 8 1/2 months pregnant and probably looked about 14 months along . . . the woman who was doing the paperwork seemed nervous that she'd have a baby delivered in her office if she didn't get us done quickly enough.

Unfortunately, Steve, Mónica went to the junkyard last month.

I am now the coolest guy to ever drive a family car.

Speaking of alcohol...I just returned from the grocery store a short time ago, where I picked up a 24-ounce can of Stag beer and another bottle of Boone's Blue Hawaiian.

I think I'm gonna like being back in St. Louis again...at least for a while.

What, were they out of the 40s?

40 dogs became illegal to sell in the City of St. Louis in the late 90s. A-B responded by making 32 oz. bottles.

The grocery store I went to doesn't carry 40s or 32s...they do have a small selection of individual 16-32-ounce cans, though. I haven't had Stag (which is a cheap local beer) in ages, so I bought a can.

Sometimes that reason doesn't have anything to do with proximity.

I only ever voluntarily drank Schmidt's once.

I don't think I've ever drank that, though I did drink a 40 of Piel's once.

They went to beer heaven before you got here - 1987.

The brewery was in Northern Liberties, I think.

Ah, yes! Bart Blatstein is redeveloping the brewery into some luxury apartment/condo setup, IIRC.

Boone's Farm. :headshake

Bahahahaha!

Man, I might have to buy Boone's for Forks this year. Though it's hella expensive in Philly (over $4 a bottle). And I have 2 bottles of Egg Nog that I want to polish off before I move.

All right!! Out of season Egg Nog!! You are totally the best, syc.

Come to think of it, it's been a while since we've had a good puking at forks.

RS,

I just checked. I can't beleive there is no 3.0L turbo diesel version over there. But I guess we don't have the 4.0L V-6 :guinness:

I won't be the one...especially since I'm not staying overnight this year.

Yea, in the Tacoma they only have V-6 in the 4WD; I didn't want the maintenance problems of the 4WD. They try to funnel you into higher prices with these things. You can spend up to $27K on a Tacoma; I wanted to keep it around $15K. Home Depot is only 2 miles away and that's the main use for me. I work in my home office and have the zero-mileage commute.

That's what I'm talking about.

Dude, clean your fucking stove. :)

I can't drink tonight (oral surgery tomorrow), but I just took a Lortec (related to Vicodin) a short time ago...wheeeeee!

After a couple drinks like that it doesn't look so dirty. ;)

I'm sure it's a fuck of a lot cleaner than Stacyv's stove. :lol:

Agreed. :)

Now I actually have Vicodin...who needs to drink? At least for a few days anyway. :)

I told you guys, I CLEANED the stove after Arsen gave me $200...
I don't want to be known as a dirty girl here...

I dunno, dirty girls can be fun.

So long as they're clean down south.

here we go again.

oh quit whineing you big baby , i will drink enough tonight for BOTH of us , OK !!!!!

I took a Percocet earlier, so I'm still doing alright.

well, this time it was worth it. 2 wks ago i did ok with the customers that kept me late...but this week? well, if you'll excuse me, i have to go wash his blood off of my hands.

yes, i'll sleep fine tonght.

and with that, i toast a freshly opened Heineken, cheers, bro! :beer:

however, i do have a SERIOUS problem:

$200 bucks to clean a stove? Hell, I'd do it for $50, and give you a nice Wesson oil rubdown afterward at no extra charge... :headshake

Just so I'm perfectly clear...that's *you*, Staceyv, not Arsen. :worried:

Absolutely. Although the little purple bags are very cool and have 1001 uses, we really need to get you onto a better quality alcohol.

After all, you're a commercial pilot now.

Yes you do have a problem - They're both empty!

yeah, i am. but the special reserve is soooo smooth though!

yeah, i'll have mike pick me up some more when he goes to africa next week. get this, he can get it cheaper there than here and since he's going to be there......

My brother and his friend should be here in Philadelphia in the next couple of hours...time to hit a few bars. And I bought my first case of beer in almost a year today. Yuengling...the kids should dig it. You can't get it back home.

Don't forget, Saturday is the Freedom! celebration at my place...we're gonna start around 3. PM me for directions.

Dude, I used to get that all the time when I lived in Pittsburgh. Black & Tan Damn, I miss that stuff.

http://yuengling.com/images/fine_beers/m_black_tan.jpg

None of the Yuenglings are bad, IMO. The Black & Tan is quite good.

The only time I drink is .....then.