Working for/on the weekend (rant)
I do work for the family accountant from time to time. In the past, he'd call from time to time, and I'd do some computer work for him. These days, however, he's in the middle of tax season, so he's needed lots of help with things not having to do with accounting and tax preparation, so whenever he has some errands to do, he gives me a call. Lately, this has been occuring on Saturdays, and usually from 9AM to closing time. Today was no exception. I took out the trash, got provisions multiple times, bought a load of toner cartridges at Staples (more on this shortly), and did lots of faxing. I must've faxed at least 200 pages. Somehow, I managed to get not one paper cut.
When I went to Staples, they only had one toner cartridge in the type I needed (HP 12A) in the rack of toner cartridges. For some reason, they do not stock many 12A cartridges in with the rest of them, so in with the multiple 13A and 15A cartridges, sat one lone 12A (even though there's room for at least three). I figured an associate would be along shortly to ask me if I was all set, but I was wrong. It was at least 15 minutes before anyone noticed me! Even the desk clerks were too busy to help. Finally, someone decided to ask me what I needed, and I told them. 10 minutes later, after fiddling with the little PDA device apparently used to keep track of stock, two more 12A cartridges were located for me. Where had they been? Near the printers, and not in the dedicated toner section. As I was walking out, the manager mentioned to the clerk to move -one- of the cartridges from the printer section to the toner section. Needless to say, words fail me.
Fortunately, I had my 1GB iPod shuffle to get me through all of this. I got my shuffle a couple of months ago, and it has been a sheer boon to my life. No longer do I need mess with relatively-low capacity cassettes or CDs, since the iPod shuffle holds around 240 songs (actually less in my case, since some of my MP3s are long enough to take up the side of an LP). Most of the day, I had the shuffle sitting at my desk, playing through a set of computer speakers, which really helped me get through all the faxing. It's definitely worth the $150 I paid for it.
Anyway, sorry about the rant; sometimes, I feel like I have to vent...
-Adam
When I went to Staples, they only had one toner cartridge in the type I needed (HP 12A) in the rack of toner cartridges. For some reason, they do not stock many 12A cartridges in with the rest of them, so in with the multiple 13A and 15A cartridges, sat one lone 12A (even though there's room for at least three). I figured an associate would be along shortly to ask me if I was all set, but I was wrong. It was at least 15 minutes before anyone noticed me! Even the desk clerks were too busy to help. Finally, someone decided to ask me what I needed, and I told them. 10 minutes later, after fiddling with the little PDA device apparently used to keep track of stock, two more 12A cartridges were located for me. Where had they been? Near the printers, and not in the dedicated toner section. As I was walking out, the manager mentioned to the clerk to move -one- of the cartridges from the printer section to the toner section. Needless to say, words fail me.
Fortunately, I had my 1GB iPod shuffle to get me through all of this. I got my shuffle a couple of months ago, and it has been a sheer boon to my life. No longer do I need mess with relatively-low capacity cassettes or CDs, since the iPod shuffle holds around 240 songs (actually less in my case, since some of my MP3s are long enough to take up the side of an LP). Most of the day, I had the shuffle sitting at my desk, playing through a set of computer speakers, which really helped me get through all the faxing. It's definitely worth the $150 I paid for it.
Anyway, sorry about the rant; sometimes, I feel like I have to vent...
-Adam
posted by Adam Vaughn at 7:28 PM
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