Sunday night is my house’s Christmas dinner since it is my last night at home. So, while Dan cooks a chicken with numerous side dishes I go upstairs to call my boss. I have to use the house phone, which we keep unplugged in a cupboard upstairs, because my cell phone is out of credit. So, Richard (the owner) answers the phone when I call. … Continue reading December [Part 2]: The Call
Well, it’s been a jam packed 24 hours but the first leg of my surprise Christmas return is underway! Over the past few days I’ve started to develop the old head cold (boo). Saturday I woke up and with a sore throat; the first sign that something is not right. So, naturally, I pump myself full of as much orange juice as possible. Believing, of … Continue reading December [Part 1]: The Cold
For the most part, I’ve found the whole English rain thing to be a myth. It’s hardly ever raining here, however it seems that is has always just rained. Basically, it’s just always wet. When it is raining, though, it’s what we at home would consider spitting. And the water is always ice cold. Because of this, anyone caught in the rain just becomes a … Continue reading English Rain
I got a lovely going away present from my family in the form of an iPod Shuffle. It’s one of those new Shuffles, those extremely tiny, no controls on the actual iPod, iPods. It’s no bigger than my pinky finger but it holds about 1000 songs. I take it to work with me so we can listen to music in the shop, and for the … Continue reading Earbuds & iPods
For our birthdays this year, Ron and I decided not to buy each other anything, considering we were both moving over the ocean soon and adding to the luggage just didn’t seem like a good idea. So, instead, I bought Ron a 2-4 for his birthday celebration back in Canada and he (and Darrell) gave me the promise of something awesome once we actually got … Continue reading We Got Annie…Tickets
So, after being in university for the past 5 years, I have grown accustomed to Hallowe’en being more like Hallowe’ek. You can imagine my surprise to find out that it’s not such a big deal in England. In fact, only two out of the seven people who live in my house even had Hallowe’en related plans for that evening. And one of those two people … Continue reading Hallowe’en
Today is several things. Today is daylight savings time and I forgot to change my clock. And it’s not the good kind of forgetting like in the spring when you have an iron clad excuse for being an hour late for work or school. It’s the kind of forgetting that makes you an hour early for work! (Or in my case, 2 hours early. I … Continue reading Daylight Waste of Time [October 25, 2009]
Today, a man came into the shop and bought a box of juice, which costs 60p pence. He paid with a 20£ note and a 10p coin, giving him 19.50 change. While i am always generally annoyed when someone uses such a large bill for such a small price, I rang it through with a smile. Then when I gave him his 19.50 change, he … Continue reading Short Changed [October 23, 2009]
1. People who ask for a bag for one item that’s already in a bag. 2. People who order multiple items and ask “How much will that be?” before you’ve even had time to lay their items on the counter let alone ring them through the till. 3. People who vaguely point to something and say “I’ll have one of these” and when you say, … Continue reading Customer Service Pet Peeves
* I am eating the bacon, leek, and cheese pasty today. It’s good but I am realising they all taste the same. That could be due to the pastry part, though. Thanksgiving dinner went amazingly! Dan and I cooked all day (starting around 1 PM after a trip to the grocery store – dinner wasn’t scheduled to be until 10 PM because Richard had to … Continue reading A Look Back [October 16, 2009]
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