December 25, 2007
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coupons
it is fun helping guys try to pick something out for their girlfriend/wife/mom…one guy was like…”oh yes, my mom is about your size” and then picked out an extra large. very flattering. but guys are always so happy with coupons, and i like making people happy. the manager said we could keep a coupon and use it for the people who didn’t get them. i have only seen one guy ever bring a coupon. i gave him kudos. i think his wife gave it to him.
women are not so happy. or surprised. many of them even get quite snoopy about it, looking around my register and saying “oh, i know there were coupons…” the only thing that really bothers me is the “But the nice lady who rang me up downstairs gave me a larger discount than this!” which is why she should just go right back downstairs.
they had me work downstairs once. all the diamonds and gold scared me. i messed up and gave the wrong change twice. besides, Susie wasn’t there. Susie and i got so bored one night at closing that she called my regester and complained about people making out in the store. then she read my Christmas letter and apologized for talking about such things. i wonder what i put in that Christmas letter…
i really like things like driving. ploping on the couch and putting on a DVD and eating frozen raspberries. those are some things i will miss. family is obvious…so don’t think i forgot to say it.
mom packed my lunch. she put it in a brown paper bag. i felt really specially carrying that brown paper bag to work. not that it is much different from the Red Lobster bag i normally use (except without handles), but…it just means that someone loves me. enough to do mundane stuff like pack my lunch in a brown paper bag.
i tried Sudoku. not my thing
i found a lady’s purse and put it in customer service. she came back and gave me a twenty. i was in the holiday spirit very fast after that.
i want to live. let go. me/backpack/grand canyon. or something. i always think about it. always want it–dipped my toes in alittle…but not really. maybe i don’t really want it, i just want to know i am not scared to try. because i am afraid i am.
SIMPLIFY
i want to simplify this year. mostly…shed these fears that flood my face every time something changes or is unexpected.
Safe? no it isn’t safe. now that we know that, can we move on?
