Fartin' glitter again

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Today, my supervisor told me: Once Christmas stuff is set, that's the department I'll be assigned to when filling truck.



So instead of three or four pallets of BTS crap, it'll be three or four pallets of little ornaments boxes and other decorative knick-knacks and such.

All of it horrendously overpackaged to prevent breakage in transit. You spend almost as much time removing styrofoam, bubble wrap, plastic bags and tissue paper as you do stocking stuff.

And oh, the glitter! It brushes right off the stuff and gets in your hair, your clothes, your lungs...

Sup told me not to take it as a punishment and she's sticking me there because I'm good at my job, but again I ask: Which deity did I piss off to get saddled with this job?

[crazylegs]

I have only one thing to say to you.

Fire is your friend.

That is all.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Only thing is I currently want to take a to all our Halloween costumes.

You wouldn't think those would be a pain in the ass, but believe me they are. They come on hangers with the bottom of the costume folded or rolled up to the hanger and then secured with about 4 plastic clips that resemble bobby pins.

You have to pick these clips off the hangers, hope that the costume and/or the bag of accessories attached to the costume doesn't fall off, allow the bottom of the costume to furl down and then hang it.

Otherwise, it just looks like a big ball of fabric on a clothes hanger, so customers can't see what the costume looks like, it takes up more hanging space so you can't fit as many costumes in (and we DO NOT backstock costumes; they all have to fit out), and it generally doesn't make for a good presentation.

[SteeleDragon78]

wanna keep from sneezing glitter? grab a mask from hardware, if you can store use it do so, or pay the $3 for it. i used dust masks when assembling prelit fake trees with glitter and fake snow, only after doing a days worth and blowing sparkly stuff when i sneezed.

[Evil Queen]

Psh. Irv secretly loves snortin' glitter. He's convinced it's the best High ever.

[Emrld]

IPF - at least you will be Shineing example at work for a while

I do feel for you . . .glitter can be a big huge pain. While unpackaging would one of those paper suits that painters wear over their clothes be allowed or helpful? It would cut down on the chances of glitter hanging on.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Psh. Irv secretly loves snortin' glitter. He's convinced it's the best High ever.

Hey! That wasn't me in the breakroom with the straw to my nose! Get your stories straight!

wanna keep from sneezing glitter? grab a mask from hardware, if you can store use it do so, or pay the $3 for it. i used dust masks when assembling prelit fake trees with glitter and fake snow, only after doing a days worth and blowing sparkly stuff when i sneezed.

While unpackaging would one of those paper suits that painters wear over their clothes be allowed or helpful? It would cut down on the chances of glitter hanging on.

Good ideas, but probably not okay since I will be doing this in front of customers. Unlike last year, we're most likely not going overnight.

[blas]

I wish I could fart glitter. My carpet could really use some pizazz....

I feel for ya Irv....hang in there and wear a mask over your face!

[Amina516]

Fartin' glitter again

Doesnt it cut and burn on its way out?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Doesnt it cut and burn on its way out?

Yes, but you get used to it after a while.

[RetailWorkhorse]

The....the glitter...oh god.....no...please, anything but that....the glitter, it's evil. Truly evil. Please, you don't know what it's like. The horror....the horror...

GAH!! THE GLITTER!!! IT BURNS!!!!

[Madhatter_67_85]

Eh. Just break enough shit or "misplace" items to not get fired over but enough to screw it up so as to not get assigned to circle of hell that is glitter again.

[PepperElf]

and of course the glitter can get EVERYWHERE.

i used a glitter bath soak once from lush and it got *everywhere*... a few days later it was still on me AND my boyfriend. (thankfully his co-workers didn't notice the glitter specks on his face)

[fireheart]

ahh not the glitter no!!!!
I'll be getting that soon...


I'm planning on taking a to all our store credit card brochures. Seriously, they were a pain in the ass to sell and I was glad I was sick for one of the two weeks we were required to promote them. Now we aren't required to promote them, but I still hate them.

As for you I.P. Freleigh, I can understand if you're doing it in front of customers, just get one of those cheap little dust masks that goes over your mouth and nose. If customers ask, just explain that you don't want to inhale all the glitter because it can be a health hazard if you're inhaling so much. If they don't understand, that's their own problem.

[wagegoth]

You know, we haven't spun The Wheel of Deities in a long time. The result of my spin is:

Hermes/Mercury
Messenger of the Gods

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Pantheon: Olympian
Element: Air
Sphere of Influence: Communication and Commerce
Preferred colors: Red, Gold
Associated symbol: Caduceus
Animals associated with: Snake , Pigeon
Best day to work with: Wednesday
Best time to work with: Sunrise, sunset
Strongest around Lughnasadh
Suitable offerings: Olives
Associated Planet: Mercury


So start wearing some red and gold and get some olives out there in offering tonight.