Andy's found a side job it seems...

[asphaltcowgrrl]

...and he's working in Trenton, NJ.

So, I was in desperate need of something fun and lighthearted last week which led me to start Janet Evanovich's newest Stephanie Plum book, Look Alive Twenty-Five. If you're not familiar with these books, they're ridiculously silly and quite enjoyable. They're a big go-to comfort read for me because they never fail to bring me out of whatever mood I'm in.

Anyway, I'm always finding funny, quotable things in her books and today I read this:

Two garage bay doors had been rolled up, allowing people to enter and exit what had now become the Snake Pit. A band called the Romanian Slippery Unicorn was already onstage, blasting out music that was so bass-heavy I was getting heart arrhythmia. The lighting was lower inside. A cannabis and menthol vapor haze hung over the crowd.

Needless to say, this cracked me the hell up. Sounds like Andrej started a band but let Zayne name the damn thing.

I'm having an urge to go back to that AU bit I wrote with Zayne and James in a band with Andrej as their manager and... I have to work, guys. It's so not fair. HAHAHA.

Source: Evanovich, Janet. Look Alive Twenty-Five (Stephanie Plum) (p. 105). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Comments

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm.....

That one does have promise. 😁😈

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Smutty promise, but promise. HAHAHA.

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

True. There is not enuff smut in the world or my world for that matter....lol

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, in that case then, I'm going to see if I can try and fix that. :D

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Cross your fingers! It's only just 8 AM and already I want to strangle someone. :D

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

I feel ya and I'm not even at work yet.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

The oldest brother of the three I work for is leaving for Australia today. I get in, he says, "Come back here, I want to show you how to write a check (in Quickbooks) so you can pay the bills while I'm gone." Um, Patrick? Do you remember who taught YOU how to write a check in QB? IT WAS ME. LOL

I hope your day goes as smoothly as it possibly can. *hugs*

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I would have strangled him as well.

We shall see. The boss is back from vacay, which means her bosses will be back to micro-managing her when for the last week they have left us alone.

I need to make it to August and then I'm on vacation again. Thank you, Jesus....

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

He makes me crazy. I have to handle some things for him, but he won't give me his password to one of the companies in QB. "Tim has it and he can log you in." Guaranteed, Tim will say, "It's... xxx," and go right back to work. LOL Now, not giving me the password to his bank, I can understand but for QB? He's insane.

Micromanagers are the worst. Patrick is awful about that. Wants me to do things that only I handle (like payroll or job invoices) HIS way. How about no? Hopefully the higher ups keep your boss busy so she doesn't make you nuts on her first day back.

YOU CAN DO IT! And I'm jealous... it might be another 6 years before I actually get to take a vacation again. Hahaha.

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Ugh....

That kind of behavior would drive me around the bend.

My boss is pretty cool. She can get snarky, but that's usual because her bosses get her last nerve.

I have to go baby sit Electronics because all the closers called off. Don't know diddly squat about phones, tvs, computers and video games. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

The good news is that, after almost 22 years, I've figured out how to work around him (mostly through his brothers).

That's good - having a boss you like makes all the difference in the world. And snark is a retail associate's last line of defense.

Argh, that's rough. I probably know enough to get by, but Best Buy's not knocking on my door either.

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good.

Jen's pretty funny and alright to be around most days. But, we have this one boss who drives her up the wall because he doesn't like the fact that she knows more about how to run garden center than he does.

Snark is anybody who works with the public last defense.

It wasn't so bad. Folks didn't ask overly difficult questions and were alright with me telling them that I didn't know because I tried to help them at least.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, even better that he's going to be in Australia for the next month. LOL

That has to make work a little better. Ugh, I hate men like that. My boss, Tim, gets like that sometimes. Tries to prove me wrong about the dumbest, trivial things. Like something I hear on the radio on the way in to work. Not even something important. But I guess some guys can't handle a woman that can do something better.

Amen to that. :)

Glad to hear it! And honestly, as a customer, I get it. Not everyone is going to know everything about the entire store (especially one as big as Walmart tends to be). Plus, technology changes so fast that, even if you did, you might not be up on the new stuff. Now, if you were Best Buy, it'd be a different story.