Stuff Amazon Won’t Let Me Return

Amazon and I have a sordid history. It may have something to do with that time I tried to drown Jeff Bezos in a vat of Twinkie fat or how I lock him in the elevator with The Bad Touch Interns whenever he comes to pay a visit. Or it could be that time I…

Interpretive Dance Day is Today!

I hate Interpretive Dance.  I really do.  It’s just flailing and throwing yourself around.  They don’t even pay attention to the beat.  And if they happen to stomp or fall on a particularly notable part?  It’s genius!  You can’t convince me that having a siezure while music plays is some uber creative way to tell…

Workplace Bullying in Five Easy Steps

I know what you’re thinking, “Isn’t being a bully, bad?” Unsurprisingly, you are once again wrong. Bullying people prepares them for the harsh realities of the outside world. You’re doing them a favor by teaching them that there is no place that is safe, that there is nowhere to hide, and that there is nowhere…

The Week the Wheels Came Off: Part 3

Last we left my final week in retail, the registers failed, the guns were down, the intercom system only half worked and some guy named John was trying to figure out where the water was coming in.  I changed the names to protect the terminally stupid and honestly forgot who John was supposed to be. …

Your Spam Isn’t Even Clever

I caught a spam comment the other day that was just so illiterate that I seriously thought that it might have been written by a high school senior: JOIN THE GREAT ILLUMINATI BROTHER HOOD TODAY AND LIVE A BETTER AND HAPPY LIFE. WELCOME TO THE GREAT TEMPLE OF RICHES AND FAME. Bitch, please, We never…

Fields of Penises

I was honestly not going to write anything today.  I’ve been busy spiking romaine lettuce with  E.coli,  announcing store closures and then there’s that whole blizzard thing on the east coast.  Busy week.  But then while I pouring boiling hot maple syrup over an intern’s backside, it occurred to me that what we all really…