Xpression.v2

What’s up my loyal bitches? I’ve bene putting off writing this journal entry all weekend long, so I figure it was best to get it in with an hour left in the weekend lol.

Things have been a little chaotic lately in the sense that my brain is completely scattered. Work, basketball, CCD, Neowin, The Elders (Day of Defeat: Source clan I’m in), Maria and everything else just makes me feel like I have a severe case of A.D.H.D. Right now, for instance, I’m fidgety and bored, but thinking of a thousand and one things at once. My thoughts are sort of like the basketball team I coach when they’re on the court: running around with no sense of direction or purpose. It’s almost as though I want to scream at myself, “Chris, shut the fuck up!”.

Work has been retarded lately. My hours keep getting cut back. I only have 13 hours this week. Then, when I’m there, I’m bombarded with customers who get dumber and dumber. Example of a conversation:

Me: Hi, welcome to Best Buy, can I help you?
Customer: No, it’s okay.
Me: Okay. If you have any questions though, let me know.
Customer: Actually, yeah, I need a wire.
Me: Sure. Do you know what wire you need?
Customer: No, I don’t have a clue.
Me: Hmmm, well, what are you trying to connect.
Customer: My TV.
Me: What are you trying to connect to your TV?
Customer: To get a picture.
Me: What? What device are you trying to get a picture from?
Customer: Don’t ask me *chuckle* I don’t have a clue about this stuff.

Seriously, I get customers like that way more frequently than you think. Or I get the customers who insist something exists when it doesn’t. Like a composite video to coaxial wire. I show them the RF modulator box we have, but they insist it has to be a single wire. Even after I explain that such a wire doesn’t exist in direct conversion form and that the small modulator will do just that, they still insist on leaving without buying anything. Gah! I just don’t understand how anyone could go shopping with no basic knowledge of what they are looking for. Anytime I go out to buy a product I don’t know much about, I do my research to make it easier for me and anyone who may wind up assisting me. Why doesn’t everyone else do this, too? It’s fucking common sense.

To get a better sense of how I feel, read shockz blog entry from Neowin. Same frustration, different product.

Joe and I have been playing basketball a little more lately. It feels good. We actually played a game from 11:30 - 12:30 Friday night, at the park. It felt good. The park was empty. The lighting was good enough. It was a fun experience. It’s also a great stress reliever and, obviously, a good enough work out.

I don’t know what else to say, so I’ll leave you with two prolific quotes from “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle”:

Harold: Did Doogie Howser just steal my fucking car?
Kumar: So, she’s kind of fucking cute. Let her touch your penis. (my personal favorite)

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