Oh. Dear. God.

Well...the Kolker dies in Everything. And in great taste, he dies from suicide. He slits his wrists on the saw that is stuck in his head. How exciting. Sometimes I wonder what I would do if a saw were stuck in my head whilst working at Gap. Hmmm. So anyway, he dies and Brod has their son. She names the son Yankel since in Jewish custom, it is bad luck to name a child after a living relative. Wow. I would be in big trouble if I were a Jew. Everyone I am named after...ok minus one, but he was alive when I was born...would mean a triple threat in bad luck. Oiy Gevalt! So now Brod is on her own. This should be interesting. As of yet, she has never been without some form of "supervision" in her existence. The book should progress quite interestingly.

Alexander comments on what it is like to see a loved one cry. This is relative to his grandfather's situation which is melancholy. He talks about what a moving experience it is to see someone cry. Usually, I cry when I see someone else cry. I know this is manly and all.

Today was quite an interesting day. We had a no call no show at work. Our GM said it was time to hire a boy that was reliable. Finally, I will get to have my friend Clinton from Gap come in to work. I made it guaranteed that he would get hired if he applied at Barnes. He is excited because it can be a primary job. He is the hardest worker I have seen before and I think it would be excellent to have him there. Me, Fabiola and Clinton...three Gappers at Barnes. I hope he starts soon.

The GM told an amazing story about the no call no show. Apparently we have a cupcake shop next door to Barnes. What?!?! How come I did not know? Now I have a new way to get fat. I love cupcakes. Well, anyway, our no call said she went there one time after hours. The "man" running the cupcake shop asked her to come in to drink. Well...the GM and the cafe manager informed her that "man" is actually a woman. HAHAHA. Angie (no call) said "he" was hitting on her, etc. To this day she still thinks the woman is a guy. This is about the biggest amount of Schadenfreude I have heard in a LONG time. I was laughing so hard when I heard it. I cannot wait to go to the cupcake store and see the shman.

So, customers of the day at Barnes:

1. A woman had me do ESL research on the computer.
   
2. A woman thought she could buy our gift fixture. She was so obnoxious and probably did not have much going on in her head.
3. I met one of my professors' wives! She was awesome and I got a member card from her!

So, tonight at Gap was basically the ninth circle of Hell. All things possible that could have happened happened. So...I was isolated as usual. I got into the store at 6:30 and was scheduled to leave at 11. The store closed at 7. We had a FOUR hour closing and it looked as though NO one had recovered ALL day today. Well, this would not have been so bad if everyone would not have left at nine. It was just ME and the two managers after nine. And guess who the managers were? The ice princesses. Oh. dear. God. I wanted to take the saw in the Kolker's head and gently apply it to my body. Princess asked me how I was doing around 9 and I told him "Shitty." Prior to that, the other one wanted to know what was wrong with me. Well, it is pretty hard for me going into the night knowing the two I was going to be working with. They have no motivational skills and NO morale. I wanted to jump off of a table. So, naturally, they isolated me, which I was fine with. Once I knew it was them, I was gone. I decided I would concentrate on being alone at work. They asked me if a cigarette would make me better or better yet if they burned a cigarette on my skin. HA. What charm. What skills in staff morality. How lovely. I was going slowly down my escalator to Hell. Well...this was only at 9. I still had two hours alone with these two. After break, it was up to me to recover the ENTIRE store and the fitting rooms and all the returns. And...I had to help the two of them move furniture all over the store. They wanted to use me for muscle. But, redemption came along...Ice Princess said "Patrick, we really appreciate you for being a trooper and hanging in here with us all the way until 11." I could not believe it. I was appalled. I am pretty sure I came to an understanding with these two tonight. I apologized for being off. I have been sick and I have worked 36 hours since Friday combined Barnes and Gap. So, the rest of the night was fine. I am pretty sure they like me. When I was running away from Gap, I ran into one of my B&N managers. She laughed at me.

So, tomorrow and Tuesday, I have off. I am going to hang out with Dena since she is recovering. I am hanging out with my friends Justin and Tim and Jeff. I will get to work out again with Dexter. I am so excited about sleep and just relaxing!! It will be amazing. I just cannot wait. Actually, I am experiencing the relaxation now. I am watching the movie version of Maurice Sendack's Caldecott Winner Where the Wild Things Are.
Tonight, I called Sheryle's sister-in-law, the ESL lady. She called back. She wants to help. I am pretty sure I will be teaching next year. So, I will leave this blog on these good thoughts.

Night. :)