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    I work in a hardware store in the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco (a rather odd bubble in an odder pile of suds). We sell mini-lights year round, even changing what we call them to the nearest holiday.
    So a guy comes in and asks for Xmas lights. We point him there and he says "I just want to see how much they're discounted."
    (They cost like $3.99 anyway)
    I laugh and say, "Sorry, we sell them year round, they're the same price as always."
    *whine* "but they're Christmas lights- they should be marked down!"
    I answer, still smiling, "No sir, these are New Year's Eve lights.
    (there is nothing on the box identifying them as being related to any specific holiday)
    "So they'll be on sale next week."
    (okay, subtlety is lost on this one)
    "No sir, then they'll turn into Martin Luther King Day lights."
    *whiny voice that makes me just want to slap the taste of his mouth* "B-but that's not FAIR!"
    And my co-worker, who has never heard this riff before adds, "And then they'll be Valentine's Day lights, right?"
    I think that was when the lights finally went on in Tinybrainville, he scowled and turned his wrath on my much shorter co-worker,
    "You shouldn't encourage him, you know!" and stormed out.
    Hah! Like I need encouragement...
    I'm Irish, being a smart-ass is part of my genetic legacy.
    Last edited by StanFlouride; 12-29-2008, 07:47 AM. Reason: grammar
    "What did you have for breakfast this morning? Carnation Instant Bitch?"
    -Eric Foreman That 70's Show

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    But after Valentine's Day, they'll be marked down, right?
    You gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.

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    • #3
      ...or all the bulbs get changed to green and they become St Patrick Day lights.

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      • #4
        Quoth StanFlouride View Post
        I'm Irish, being a smart-ass is part of my genetic legacy.
        Its funny, because its true.
        http://www.deezer.com/#music/album/100130
        Melody Gardot

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        • #5
          Quoth ReadyToRetire View Post
          ...or all the bulbs get changed to green and they become St Patrick Day lights.
          Only then they'll cost double.

          Well, someone's gotta pay the leprechauns.

          (Kiss me, I'm... like, 1/16 Irish)
          "For the love of all that is holy and 4 things that aren’t but feel pretty good anyway" ~ Gravekeeper

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          • #6
            Can you let me know when you get some Flag Day lights in?
            To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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            • #7
              Are you going to get a shipment of Arbor day lights?
              http://footloosecomic.com Pirate Faeries!!

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              • #8
                What about for the Pagan Sabbats? Do you carry Mabon lights?

                he asked, dripping with sarcasm
                I never lost my faith in humanity. Can't lose what you never had right?

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                • #9
                  Quoth Panigg View Post
                  Its funny, because its true.
                  So *that's* where my side comes from!
                  Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                  • #10
                    Quoth StanFlouride View Post
                    I answer, still smiling, "No sir, these are New Year's Eve lights.
                    Could have really blown his sad little brain cell and told him they were Hogmanay lights.

                    Man, the choices are staggering.
                    Up-Helly-Aa lights
                    Burns' Night lights
                    Brigid's lights or Imbolc Lights

                    and that just through the first of February!

                    Quoth StanFlouride View Post
                    I'm Irish, being a smart-ass is part of my genetic legacy.
                    Join the club. (And I've got Scots to go along with it!)
                    Have a listen to "Kiss Me I'm Irish" by Gaelic Storm. Says it perfectly!
                    It's floating wicker propelled by fire!

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                    • #11
                      Let me know when my special order St. Crispian's Day lights come in, please.
                      Unseen but seeing
                      oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                      There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                      3rd shift needs love, too
                      RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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                      • #12
                        Quoth StanFlouride View Post
                        I work in a hardware store in the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco (a rather odd bubble in an odder pile of suds).
                        Hey! Hello from across the Bay! (I live on the hillside, where I can look down from my front porch and see San Pablo Casino -- or at least their sign. I also live just over the ridge from Wildcat Canyon National Park).
                        Who hears all your prayers? Why, the NSA, of course!

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                        • #13
                          Saying Hi! from Palo Alto. No, I can't afford Palo Alto; I just work there.

                          There are so many cool things about the Haight. Parking and driving are not among them. I'm surprised a hardware store has managed to survive there.
                          Labor boards have info on local laws for free
                          HR believes the first person in the door
                          Learn how to go over whackamole bosses' heads safely
                          Document everything
                          CS proves Dunning-Kruger effect

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                          • #14
                            Being a smart-ass, always so much better than being a dumb-ass.

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                            • #15
                              You're all wrong, you know. They're "Everything" Lights.
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                              Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
                              Uneasy with confrontation.
                              Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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