Fuck, Shit, Cock, Ass, Silly Boner, Bitch, Mother Pussy, Jarred Butthole, Barbera Streisand.

Yeah, bad night..... lol

It started promisingly, with pool at daz's. It then deteriorated to the most stressful night i can remember for a long time.

Now, you guys that know me will know a few things. I am at my best come about 8pm at night. On nights out i am very rarely the guy who says "lets call it a night". This swings the other way to show that i am very bad at mornings... I enjoy sleep.

Also, i am very rarely stressed. I just dont get worked up easily. That's me...

Not tonight.

For some reason, as soon as i left daz's for work (which was supposed to only be for 4 hours) it started to go downhill.

I arrived at work, optimistic as always, and was told that the whole of womens had to be scamped. (scamping is the process of reducing stock, using small red labels) which is normally not a problem, and won't take 4 people 4 hours to do.

Things were looking good....

But i must have done some very very wrong things in a past life... because after the managers had left me in charge and gone home, all the bastard machines we were using to reduce the stuff decided to break... and not fix for about half an hour.

This put a big damper on everything. Morale was low.

I had the job of not only fixing the machines, but also putting out the reduced stock we had and reflowing coats while reflowing clearance.

I started to get a wee bit stressed.

Then once the machines started working again, everything was funky-dory.

...

Untill we realised that about 70% of the stock was getting reduced.

And that we had about 12 racks to scan.

And only 3 of clearance room.

Now, it dosent take a math whiz to realise that 3 is very much not 70% of 12. It's somewhere closer to 25%.

There is 45% of the t.k.maxx womenswear sitting on the shop floor on rails.

I am in the shizle.... fo' sho'.....

Anyways, as this was all getting reduced, i was getting more and more stressed out. I have been on the constant verge of tears for the best part of the night. Crap.

But, i did all i could. We were walking zombies (not the cool kind, the boring stand still kind) for a lot of the night, due to fatigue. and so i thought "fudge it, 1am is late enough.

...

Oh, sorry did i forget to mention i have worked 7 hours (out of what was supposed to be a 4 hour shift) without a break of any kind?

Gahh....

Now, that's not all.....

I am going to bed shortly. As i said before, i enjoy my lie-ins.

Unfortunutly, my main weekend companions, Daz and Stratton, do not know how to lie-in, and nor do they respect another mans lie in.

They want me to go skate tomorrow. I know they will both call me, one after the other, asking what time i will be out. This is why the team nearly fell apart when i was away. For some reason, i am social glue....

But anyway, they will both call me, at approximatly..... 9:30am

They will ask "Are you up?"

I will reply "No, i worked late, i'm sleeping"

They will say "Thats stupid, come and skate, that'll wake you up"
(because, of course, using more energy when i'm tired will help....)
I will say "No, I'm tired, call me later in the day"

This part of the conversation will repeat a few times.

They will then go "I just called *the other one*, and we're coming over."

I will say "I'm naked and i'm not answering the door."

They will come over anyways.

They will knock very hard on the door.

I will answer it fully clothed, ready to skate. I have accepted it as an inebitibilty.

Now, i could always not answer the phone in the first place... But then they ring the house phone, which mum brings to me.... while i'm trying to sleep.

Now, the 'rents are not home this weekend, and so the house phone will ring untill they get bored. Advantage me? I think not.

They will skip the phone call and jump straight to the third part of the morning. They will come over, knock very hard untill i get up and make me skate.

Now, i love these guys. I really do. Daz is my best friend. Stratton a very close second. But they need to learn to sleep. Or accept the fact that i dnot want to go skate the same place we skate every weekend and let me sleep for once. Or at least untill midday...

but no

I will skate, and fall, due to fatigue.

Look out for an injury report tomorrow sometime.... heh.

Ah well, keep it cool guys....

Jamie
Veg
Banana

p.s. i will NOT be answering the phone to tkmaxx tomorrow, at least untill midday....

bleh

"Somewhere, beyond the sea, she's there watching for me, if i could fly like birds on high, and straight to her arms, i'd go sailing." - Robbie williams, beyond the sea.

(i know robbie didnt sing it first, his is just the version i have.)