Friday, June 13, 2008

News

With a little help from the copy center at Office Despot, I have successfully published the first issue of a zine. It's about 70% recycled material from this blog, though.

There are about fifty copies left of the first print run. A secnd printing and/or a second issue are largely dependent on the response I get to this one.

Anybody who would like a copy can email me or comment on this post or otherwise contact me. There's no charge, but I will glady accept reimbursement for my time, trouble, expenses, and to increase the likelihood of there ever being a second issue. My email is either:
khyron1144@gmail.com
or
khyron89@hotmail.com

I check both fairly often.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Cheerful Idiots

I have figured something out working at the Burrito Gong. Bussiness-like, efficient customers who order, pay, and receive their food with the absolute minimum of interaction with me are the best. I don't like my job, and I'm not there to make friends. They might or might not actually like the food. I'd bet low price point and convenient location/ quick service are at least a part of their reason for going to Burrito Gong.

Second best is actually the angry jerks with complaints. They want the food a particular way, and we failed to deliver. There is justification for their behavior.

The worst customers are the cheerful, friendly ones, especially the ones who think they are funny or clever and try to make jokes. One problem is that there are no new jokes. For instance, if we are using the two window system for drive thru, and one of the cute teenage girls is the order taker at the front window, and I'm working back cash, it is inevitable that some cheerful idiot is going to make a crack about how different my voice sounds over the speaker.

In general the big problem is simply that cheerful people are simply irritating to misanthropic types.