I've just been reminded (not that I already did not know), it's been around April since my last update. Apparently I have not been keeping this up to date like I wanted to. With what happened yesterday, this seems like the right time, then the other updates to my life and, of course, my car (which I know you all still love and want to be running perfect soon!) will commence soon.
It's been a typical slow day at work on 9/17/07 or so I thought...
I don't remember the exact time it was but I would say it was around 3:00pm, an hour before I had until I would normally clock out and get the hell outa there. I was talking to a young customer, in his early 20's, kind of short, stocky (like Elaine would describe George on Seinfeld), and of the Cuban/Mexican decent. I didn't bother to get his name at first because I knew he was just "browsing around" and did not have an intent to "purchase" (this is the key word right here). He wanted to know about a good laptop for gaming and I showed him the HP 9535nr which was the only laptop we had in the store with a good amount of dedicated video RAM for gaming. He was saying how he did not have enough money on his card to buy it and was going to come back later in the week to get it. He asked a few questions as to why it was the better one and started "inspecting" it. He then said something about trying to get into the "main screen" and I kind of reiterated what he said because he didn't make sense (typical for guys who think they are all that and know shit about computers but when you spend less than five minutes with them you realize they don't know dick!) so I just told him it was already on the "desktop" screen and the Best Buy program was on top of that. He was like, "Oh, ok, I see." I was with this guy for around 20 minutes talking to him about the laptop. One thing to note is he was holding his bike helmet and also had a big ass back-pack on his back. I did not think much of it because it was pretty fat and I knew he won't do something stupid in front of me or my associates around him.
A few minutes later, a female customer wanted my help with the printers, which was just the next isle over. I asked the guy if he had any more questions. Lets call him "fuckface" from now on. He said he had no more questions and was OK. I then went to the next isle over and proceeded to help the female customer with a printer, cables, and ink, and, of course, paper. I put it all in her cart for her and she was all set and proceeded to go up front to check out. I then went back to the lap area and still saw fuckface there.
Another associate was towards the end of the laptop isle and ended up talking to a man I talked to from before about a cheap ass Gateway laptop for $349 to take to the Philippians. I then took control of the conversation and the other associate ended up helping another customer with something else. The man said he wanted just that laptop and nothing else because it's going in a suitcase with his wife (his wife will be carrying the suitcase, not be inside it) and just taken to the Philippians. I walked back to the back, up the ladder and called a MOD (Manager On Duty) for the key to the top cage. I was looking around from atop but saw nothing out of the ordinary nor did I hear anything strange. I saw a manager up ahead and waved him down. He approached me and threw up the keys, which I then caught and opened the cage, removed the laptop, and handed the keys back.
Down the ladder I went, saw the man where I left him then, out of nowhere, with an odd smirk on his face, asked me, "do you know where that laptop the guy was next to went?" I was kind of caught in a strange moment and took a quick look at that HP laptop only to find out... it was no longer there. Now, here I have one cheap laptop in my hand, yet this other one which was locked on display, MIA, as if Hudini was just there and made it just vanish in thin air. I was a bit confused and asked that man if fuckface left already and he said he walked away already. Cheap laptop in hand, I proceeded to walk fast (more like a power walk) up towards the front of the store, while saying something on the headset which was too fast and haded to be repeated because nobody knew what the heck I just slurred out my mouth. I talked to the person in LP about the said person and the person said fuckface left already.
I stood there for a while, cheap laptop in hand, stunned and utterly shocked. "Did this big ass 17" laptop just walk out the door with fuckface?", I said to myself? I knew it did and I knew it was over now and there was nothing I could do about it now, for fuckface was long gone and with the damn big ass stickers on the windows outside, it's hard to see outside anyways.
I turned around and saw the man on his way up. Long story short, I took care of him, while having one of the worst moments I ever had in a retail store. I was on my way back to the laptop area and just repeated what happened over and over again in my head, as if I did something wrong, as if I let this happen. Why did I not sense this? It seemed like I was trying to take care of that customer who wanted the cheap ass laptop and I was not concentrating on my senses of fuckface. Maybe it was because I worked the morning shift (which I barely do) and my mind was not focused as good as it normally is? To this minute of typing this, I still wonder, what if I did something different, would I have stopped this from happening?
Maybe I should have told LP to watch fuckface in the laptop valley but I knew he/she must have known about fuckface because he did walk in the only door you can walk in to get in the store, which was up front, where LP is located. Because of this and looking at the puffy ass backpack, I did not do this. I did not find a logical reason for alarm of fuckface.
I do not play that "blame game" but in a sense, I do blame myself. I am still a licensed security officer. I was trained to some degree in these kind of things, even though I have not had the class in a few years and have not been in security for more than a year, it should still be second nature.
But the flip-side of the thing is, I am only one person. Why did the other 20 or so people in the store not notice this or have an idea as to what was about to take place?
Sure, there is LP (Loss Prevention) in the store, which manly consists of one person in the front of the store looking at cameras, while watching and greeting people who come in and out of the store. Sad thing is, the main focus is to be a so-called greeter. Customers are always first and everything else is on the bottom of the list. That's why everyone in the store has to keep out look out for this bullshit.
I work at Best Buy. Most of us on the sales floor are Customer Specialists, specializing in customers unknown needs. So, that's what I though since I been there for around two years and since this is what they drill our heads with every day while we our in there store. I realized I was wrong; they (the managers) are also wrong. We have other rolls as well, which is never brought up much, most of which are obvious but the last few are not.
Obvious to not so obvious:
1. We are Customer Specialists
2. We are merchandisers, even though there is a "merchandising team" for this, it is still part of our duties when wearing the blue shirt
3. We are the cleaning crew. If there is a mess in the break room, we clean it up. If our department is filthy, we clean it up, not the Clean-Up Busters you would find in the yellow pages
4. We are Social Workers. If there is an issue with a fellow associate, we have to find out what the issue is and the best way to solve the issue because we need to make sure everyone on our team is happy and have no work issues or personal issues which could affect the team players performance. This also applies to customers who come into the store. There is never a day where you don't get a pissed off, bitchy customer. We all have to become the social worker and psychiatrist to work out a way to change their anger and frustration (which could as well may be caused by some dumb ass outside of our store which has nothing to do with us) into happiness
5. We are the technicians. If there is a malfunction with a POS, computer, or printer, we have to fix it ourselves, even though we have tech support who can come to the store and do it for us. After spending a few hours trying to fix the problem, even though we usually have no clue what we're doing sometimes, we will then call tech support to come over and do what they get paid to do.
6. Last but definitely not least, we are the Security/Loss Prevention Officers. We, while talking/listening to customers, and showing customers where stuff is, have to always keep our eyes peeled for suspicious activity, not just with customers (that would be too easy!), but our team players as well because there is always at least one player who just wants to be different and just wants to think about himself and we all know there is no "I" in "Team."
I can go on and on but I think I beat this around the bush enough. Until now, I did not know there was so many things one would need to be efficient at in a retail job. I thought being a Private Investigator was much more complicated. Heck, maybe I should have went into the academy to become a cop because I know for a fact, I would not have to deal with all of the above; I'd be fighting crime (and, well, be a social worker as well).
The name is Rocque and I work in retail. I've been through it all and seen it all and am still going through and seeing a lot more bullshit out there a lot of people do not see because they have no idea how retail is "behind the scenes." It's more than just selling a laptop; it's a lifestyle which constantly changes and is constantly in motion.
Until next time,
Rocque out!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
....... to continue
I noticed I had not added anything in my blog recently and I had a draft to be finished and then publish. I ended up publishing it just now so the blog before this is from a few weeks back.
One thing I had in the title of the previous blog post was about speaking American or something.
I might as well talk about that now before people start to think I'm some prejudice ass or something (yes, it has happened before).
To reiterate, this is America, speak American!
There are many people in this state (and country) who, apparently can not do that. We all see it and we all know it. On the phone, in stores, in restaurants, on TV, everywhere. There is always those people we see or hear every day who do not, to this day speak nor know how to speak AMERICAN. I am not against any race or nationality out there but I honestly think it's time for there to be a rule, law, or statute which should be met when a person moves or has currently been staying in this country, let alone state.
I honestly think we are doing everything ass-backwards. Sure, this is considered a "free" country (although I don't know what the heck is free in this damn country anymore. Is it our freedom? Ha!! The government does not allow that anymore. Stay tuned in a couple years for those new RFID tags which will be implemented in our drivers licenses to track our habits! More on that can be found here.) Freedom of speech? Ha! That is pretty much gone too!) but there is no need for our country to stoop down low as to the point where we need to have things (well, everything) bi-lingual for people who come into this country and do not understand out native language.
When we go to another country, will there be people for us Americans who speak our native language? Highly doubtable. When we go to another country, will there be signs, documents, and objects in our American language? Highly doubtable too.
From now on, there should be a law for people who come to this country. The law is for there to be a class (or classes) developed, provided free by the wonderful (sarcasm there!) government. This class (or classes) will be specifically designed for others from another country who do not know how to speak our "native" language (which is just about all of them) and for others who do not know how to read out "native" language. These people must take this class and pass a verbal and written test to be able to obtain a Social Security Card in this country, which is required to live in this country. If the people want to live in a "Free Country," it shall be earned, not just handed to on a silver platter. All of us had to learn our language and how to do everything the "American Way" and learn out rules and laws to live in this country; the people who move here shall do the same! I think it's only fair, don't you?
I am honestly at the point where I am sick and tired of going to a damn drive through window to order food and not be able to understand what is being said because of the "broken" American language they are barely speaking (and ending up getting the wrong damn thing I DID NOT order or missing a few things I DID order!). I find not being able to speak "our" language while living in "our" country is a disgrace and slap in the face to "our" country. I am sick and tired of trying to call tech support or a credit card company or any other 800 number for any other reason and having to press "1" for English (our native language) and "Numero Dos for Espanol" No offense to any nationality or race as said above but.... this is America, and there should be no need for us Americans to press any number for our language nor to "select" our language in some other menu system in our Country.
I am also sick and tired of people coming into a retail store and having the nerve to ask me or another associate if we "speaka spanish." Why can't you "speaka American?" Are you not in America? Then why do you not know how to speak American? How do you go around in this Country by not being able to speak American? How is that possible? If you do not find a person who speaks "your" language, do you really like being talked to like a damn five year old trying to understand what we are saying and you talking to us like a five year old so we can try to understand what you are saying? Is that how you want to spend the rest of your life and is that how you want people to see you as? If that is the case, more power to ya!
If you are a tourist or something like that and come from wherever you came from and do not speak American, then that is OK. You are visiting and you do not really "need" to speak American. Surely it will be a little hard getting around not knowing our language but you'll manage to get by and it's only temporary so you have nothing to worry about.
But, if you live in this country and don't speak American by now then...... get da F out!!
I don't mean to be harsh but....... if we don't do something about this of the many issues, this country along with this world, is coming to an end! And that's a fact!
I can go on and on about this but it's after 5AM and I thought I'd be done with this sooner but once I start, I can't stop!
Comments and complaints is highly welcomed and encouraged!
Until next time....
Justin, who always says what's on his mind without holding anything back...... even though he gets in trouble for it in the end.
One thing I had in the title of the previous blog post was about speaking American or something.
I might as well talk about that now before people start to think I'm some prejudice ass or something (yes, it has happened before).
To reiterate, this is America, speak American!
There are many people in this state (and country) who, apparently can not do that. We all see it and we all know it. On the phone, in stores, in restaurants, on TV, everywhere. There is always those people we see or hear every day who do not, to this day speak nor know how to speak AMERICAN. I am not against any race or nationality out there but I honestly think it's time for there to be a rule, law, or statute which should be met when a person moves or has currently been staying in this country, let alone state.
I honestly think we are doing everything ass-backwards. Sure, this is considered a "free" country (although I don't know what the heck is free in this damn country anymore. Is it our freedom? Ha!! The government does not allow that anymore. Stay tuned in a couple years for those new RFID tags which will be implemented in our drivers licenses to track our habits! More on that can be found here.) Freedom of speech? Ha! That is pretty much gone too!) but there is no need for our country to stoop down low as to the point where we need to have things (well, everything) bi-lingual for people who come into this country and do not understand out native language.
When we go to another country, will there be people for us Americans who speak our native language? Highly doubtable. When we go to another country, will there be signs, documents, and objects in our American language? Highly doubtable too.
From now on, there should be a law for people who come to this country. The law is for there to be a class (or classes) developed, provided free by the wonderful (sarcasm there!) government. This class (or classes) will be specifically designed for others from another country who do not know how to speak our "native" language (which is just about all of them) and for others who do not know how to read out "native" language. These people must take this class and pass a verbal and written test to be able to obtain a Social Security Card in this country, which is required to live in this country. If the people want to live in a "Free Country," it shall be earned, not just handed to on a silver platter. All of us had to learn our language and how to do everything the "American Way" and learn out rules and laws to live in this country; the people who move here shall do the same! I think it's only fair, don't you?
I am honestly at the point where I am sick and tired of going to a damn drive through window to order food and not be able to understand what is being said because of the "broken" American language they are barely speaking (and ending up getting the wrong damn thing I DID NOT order or missing a few things I DID order!). I find not being able to speak "our" language while living in "our" country is a disgrace and slap in the face to "our" country. I am sick and tired of trying to call tech support or a credit card company or any other 800 number for any other reason and having to press "1" for English (our native language) and "Numero Dos for Espanol" No offense to any nationality or race as said above but.... this is America, and there should be no need for us Americans to press any number for our language nor to "select" our language in some other menu system in our Country.
I am also sick and tired of people coming into a retail store and having the nerve to ask me or another associate if we "speaka spanish." Why can't you "speaka American?" Are you not in America? Then why do you not know how to speak American? How do you go around in this Country by not being able to speak American? How is that possible? If you do not find a person who speaks "your" language, do you really like being talked to like a damn five year old trying to understand what we are saying and you talking to us like a five year old so we can try to understand what you are saying? Is that how you want to spend the rest of your life and is that how you want people to see you as? If that is the case, more power to ya!
If you are a tourist or something like that and come from wherever you came from and do not speak American, then that is OK. You are visiting and you do not really "need" to speak American. Surely it will be a little hard getting around not knowing our language but you'll manage to get by and it's only temporary so you have nothing to worry about.
But, if you live in this country and don't speak American by now then...... get da F out!!
I don't mean to be harsh but....... if we don't do something about this of the many issues, this country along with this world, is coming to an end! And that's a fact!
I can go on and on about this but it's after 5AM and I thought I'd be done with this sooner but once I start, I can't stop!
Comments and complaints is highly welcomed and encouraged!
Until next time....
Justin, who always says what's on his mind without holding anything back...... even though he gets in trouble for it in the end.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Speak American!!!
Another day, another damn dollar. Well, not today because I was off these past two days.
Well, I was going to mention a few positive things but I don't really have any to share. Let's see what's been going on since the last time.....
first up...... my car!!
It looks like a fix has been done to prevent my battery from dying down every damn week. It seems like the secondary (aux) battery was draining the other one for some odd reason, or maybe something connected to it was. The fix, for now, was to just unhook that battery all together. The place I took it to said the radio was hooked up to it and the amp but.... the radio still works and so does the amp. I have not been using the radio at all since it's been unhooked but sometimes when I put the fog lights on, the sub-woofer makes a noise. So, I guess everything is still hooked to the other battery as well for some odd reason.
Another prob is the rust near the windshield getting worse. I thought it was the t-tops causing massive leakage but there is a small gap between the frame of the car and weather strip seals so I around it for now using black wire tape. It looks nicely sealed and I have not notice it leak as much.
I got my fender in the mail a couple months ago. As soon as I get a second job and save up some more money, I'll be getting that put on, along with everything else I got for the outside of the car as well. But, before I do that, I'm probably going to get a second cheap ass car to use while that is getting done because it will take a couple weeks to get the body repaired. I'll also be using the other car to drive back and forth to work. I'm just going to find a decent 2 door with no less than a v6 for around $1500 or less. I saw a few 90's Pontiac grand am coupe for around that price a few weeks ago online.
The door locks on my car locks using the remote lock thing when it wants to; other times I have to open the car door and....... lock them manually with the door lock thing in the inside of the car!
The car has not been remote starting in a long ass while.
When I get that second job soon, I'll take it to sound insights where I got the alarm and have them inspect the wires in the car and have them redo the main areas: locks, second batt, alarm, and other minor things. Later on..... I'll have someone rewire the whole car back to fact. specs. For now, the main things I just mentioned will be good enough.
The car is dripping shit again so that needs to be checked again. It could be power stearing fluid because it was low a couple days ago so I had to fill it up..... and ended up overfilling it! lol!
The exhaust needs to be looked at and fixed as well because there is more leaks in it. Eventually, after all the other stuff is done, I'll have the exhaust and pipes redone because they are all rusted anyways. That won't be for a long while. My main goals now is the body, electrical, and dash. Just three basic things, which is the most expensive shit to fix, of course! Such is my life!!
Other than that.... my car is running great!! ha!
Now onto my wonderful life...
The past has been creeping up on me recently. People from the past, that is, whom I have been trying so hard to forget and never bump into again. But, of course, that never happens, especially when one works in retail!
To be continued............
Well, I was going to mention a few positive things but I don't really have any to share. Let's see what's been going on since the last time.....
first up...... my car!!
It looks like a fix has been done to prevent my battery from dying down every damn week. It seems like the secondary (aux) battery was draining the other one for some odd reason, or maybe something connected to it was. The fix, for now, was to just unhook that battery all together. The place I took it to said the radio was hooked up to it and the amp but.... the radio still works and so does the amp. I have not been using the radio at all since it's been unhooked but sometimes when I put the fog lights on, the sub-woofer makes a noise. So, I guess everything is still hooked to the other battery as well for some odd reason.
Another prob is the rust near the windshield getting worse. I thought it was the t-tops causing massive leakage but there is a small gap between the frame of the car and weather strip seals so I around it for now using black wire tape. It looks nicely sealed and I have not notice it leak as much.
I got my fender in the mail a couple months ago. As soon as I get a second job and save up some more money, I'll be getting that put on, along with everything else I got for the outside of the car as well. But, before I do that, I'm probably going to get a second cheap ass car to use while that is getting done because it will take a couple weeks to get the body repaired. I'll also be using the other car to drive back and forth to work. I'm just going to find a decent 2 door with no less than a v6 for around $1500 or less. I saw a few 90's Pontiac grand am coupe for around that price a few weeks ago online.
The door locks on my car locks using the remote lock thing when it wants to; other times I have to open the car door and....... lock them manually with the door lock thing in the inside of the car!
The car has not been remote starting in a long ass while.
When I get that second job soon, I'll take it to sound insights where I got the alarm and have them inspect the wires in the car and have them redo the main areas: locks, second batt, alarm, and other minor things. Later on..... I'll have someone rewire the whole car back to fact. specs. For now, the main things I just mentioned will be good enough.
The car is dripping shit again so that needs to be checked again. It could be power stearing fluid because it was low a couple days ago so I had to fill it up..... and ended up overfilling it! lol!
The exhaust needs to be looked at and fixed as well because there is more leaks in it. Eventually, after all the other stuff is done, I'll have the exhaust and pipes redone because they are all rusted anyways. That won't be for a long while. My main goals now is the body, electrical, and dash. Just three basic things, which is the most expensive shit to fix, of course! Such is my life!!
Other than that.... my car is running great!! ha!
Now onto my wonderful life...
The past has been creeping up on me recently. People from the past, that is, whom I have been trying so hard to forget and never bump into again. But, of course, that never happens, especially when one works in retail!
To be continued............
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Vista time
It's been a couple weeks since Vista appeared to the general public in PC's and standalone software versions. This was and still is the biggest time being in a computer area in a retail store.
I have gotten a lot of mixed feelings about it while helping people and just standing around in the PC area of Best Buy. Here are some instances I came across so far:
Scenario 1:
Customer: Do all of these PC's have Vista in it now?
Justin: Yes.
Customer: *Laughs* I don't want anything to do with that piece of shit! (or something to that affect)
Justin: OK, well, have a good night!
Senario 2:
Customer: Do you have any PC's left with Xp in it?
Justin: No we do not but I can order one for you.
Customer: That's OK. I'll try someplace else.
Justin: OK, good luck!
I have been using Vista a bit so far and, as soon as ATI releases a driver and software for my TV tuner card, I'll switch to it as my main OS and have Xp MCE as a secondary OS justin case. So far, I think it's the best Windows version yet. Nice interface and great features, not that I'll use many of them but it's cool to know it's there in case I do.
This was a draft and I'd thought I'd finish it up before I update this a bit more coming up right after this......
I have gotten a lot of mixed feelings about it while helping people and just standing around in the PC area of Best Buy. Here are some instances I came across so far:
Scenario 1:
Customer: Do all of these PC's have Vista in it now?
Justin: Yes.
Customer: *Laughs* I don't want anything to do with that piece of shit! (or something to that affect)
Justin: OK, well, have a good night!
Senario 2:
Customer: Do you have any PC's left with Xp in it?
Justin: No we do not but I can order one for you.
Customer: That's OK. I'll try someplace else.
Justin: OK, good luck!
I have been using Vista a bit so far and, as soon as ATI releases a driver and software for my TV tuner card, I'll switch to it as my main OS and have Xp MCE as a secondary OS justin case. So far, I think it's the best Windows version yet. Nice interface and great features, not that I'll use many of them but it's cool to know it's there in case I do.
This was a draft and I'd thought I'd finish it up before I update this a bit more coming up right after this......
Monday, January 22, 2007
Posting Positively
OK, some of you out there (well, like 2) have told me I should post something positive so here it goes.
It turns out the battery was dead in my car again. I went to Auto Zone to have them test it and low and behold, it was a goner. Since I got it less than a year ago, they gave me a free replacement. Saved me $70 on a new one. So, now the knight rider is riding again through the knight.
Today is my Birthday and I got one of the best presents ever which I never had in a long while. Actually, I never had something like it before. It was a rare and fun experience and I'm sure you guys are dying to know what it is already so I'll just cut to the chase and tell you: I went over to a girls house and, well, talked for a hour and so. Talked, you say? Yes, just talked. Now, I know some of you out there may not think talking was such a big deal but to me, it was. I met this girl online (ha, what a surprise!) a couple days ago and we started chatting on AIM for a bit. She was already wanting to talk to me on the phone but I declined because I am phone shy. I asked if she had anything special planned today and to sum it up, I met her at her house and we talked and had a great time. Now mind you, I highly, under no circumstances , recommend any girl giving out her address to a guy to meet at their house. It is very dangerous and you can't trust guys at all these days. I, on the other hand, even though went through with it, am a rare exception to that rule for the simple fact that I'm a guy of high morale and a very protective person where I will not hurt anyone, in anyway, shape, or form. If you check out the rest of my site you will find that out. I'm honestly surprised she did that even after her friends told her not to but I guess she knew somehow she could trust me and she did and is still alive and unharmed. ;-)
She is a very nice and sweet girl and we will be spending more time together in the future. Right now we will remain good friends until maybe some day, something will progress but for right now, I'm not going to rush anything because I like it the way it is and don't want to screw up what could be a great relationship for years to come, instead of a few weeks like the other shitty ones I had. I think she is cool and she thinks I am cool and I'm cool with that! lol!
Now I will leave it like that for now and see how everything goes. Hopefully it won't get jinxed like everything I post here does.
On that positive note,
Justin
It turns out the battery was dead in my car again. I went to Auto Zone to have them test it and low and behold, it was a goner. Since I got it less than a year ago, they gave me a free replacement. Saved me $70 on a new one. So, now the knight rider is riding again through the knight.
Today is my Birthday and I got one of the best presents ever which I never had in a long while. Actually, I never had something like it before. It was a rare and fun experience and I'm sure you guys are dying to know what it is already so I'll just cut to the chase and tell you: I went over to a girls house and, well, talked for a hour and so. Talked, you say? Yes, just talked. Now, I know some of you out there may not think talking was such a big deal but to me, it was. I met this girl online (ha, what a surprise!) a couple days ago and we started chatting on AIM for a bit. She was already wanting to talk to me on the phone but I declined because I am phone shy. I asked if she had anything special planned today and to sum it up, I met her at her house and we talked and had a great time. Now mind you, I highly, under no circumstances , recommend any girl giving out her address to a guy to meet at their house. It is very dangerous and you can't trust guys at all these days. I, on the other hand, even though went through with it, am a rare exception to that rule for the simple fact that I'm a guy of high morale and a very protective person where I will not hurt anyone, in anyway, shape, or form. If you check out the rest of my site you will find that out. I'm honestly surprised she did that even after her friends told her not to but I guess she knew somehow she could trust me and she did and is still alive and unharmed. ;-)
She is a very nice and sweet girl and we will be spending more time together in the future. Right now we will remain good friends until maybe some day, something will progress but for right now, I'm not going to rush anything because I like it the way it is and don't want to screw up what could be a great relationship for years to come, instead of a few weeks like the other shitty ones I had. I think she is cool and she thinks I am cool and I'm cool with that! lol!
Now I will leave it like that for now and see how everything goes. Hopefully it won't get jinxed like everything I post here does.
On that positive note,
Justin
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Another problem fixed, another problem goes in place of the former
Well, here I am, in my room, on my day off. I had an appointment in Stuart to take care of someones Ipod but and make some fast, easy cash.... my car wouldn't start so now I'm just sitting at home, listening to loud rock music, being pissed at the world and the shitty life I have.
I guess it all started when I noticed some ants in the car a week ago. I vacuumed the whole car out and bug sprayed all over. I thought it was all over but, like always....... I was wrong.
Getting in my car to head home after work yesterday, I noticed a lot more came back for the attack. I headed to Wal Mart to get a can of bug spray and a bomb thing to bomb the bitches. After heading home, I let the bomb loose and let it do its thing. I went into the car a couple hours ago to head to Stuart and saw what a wonderful job it did. No ants in site, or at least live ones. I was quite proud of the annoying task I accomplished. That was... until I tried to start my car. Looks like it may be a dead battery again, just like the other times when it "chooses" not to start. I say chooses because it honestly has a choice whether it wants to start or not and this time it chose not to. Could it be because I bombed the inside with that bug eliminating killer? Maybe he didn't like that. But I took care of the problem it had. Maybe he wanted to have the ants in the car to keep him company or wanted some pets. Or maybe he wanted to turn himself into an ant farm, instead of being a car because we both know he hasn't been doing a good job of that lately. Oh, one more thing to note too, on the way home from work, the radio and cd player were acting oddly. I realized it was because the headlights and fog lights were on. I turned them off and the radio and cd player worked fine. But when the lights were on, the car chose to make the cd player act like it was possessed, which it is and the car anyways.
Maybe I bought the wrong kind of bomb..... I wonder.
I'm starting to wonder why that guy got rid of it. Now I think I know. The car is cursed and acts like the real car from the tv show but in a negative way. I try to fix the problems it has but another one ALWAYS pops up after it. Could it be a "Knight Rider" curse with them all? I know it's not the Trans Am causing it. There are quite a few people on that Knight Registries who have similar problems as well.
I'm honestly ready to throw in the towel and I know everyone will be happy if I did because everyone wants me to get rid of the damn thing. But everytime I think about the money I spent for the car and trouble my uncle and I went through, I know the money I get for it will not do me justice and the car justice for that matter.
I hope I get a pretty decent tax return in a few months so I can buy a "regular" car and set this one aside from being my daily driver car until I actually get some decent money coming in to take care of the problems it has and to break the curse it has on it once and for all!
What a fantastic new year this has been so far!!! (in case you didn't know, that was sarcam)
Time to make a phone call to see if anyone would help me with my problem, even though I help everyone else and I should at least be given a helping hand in return but...... you know the story!
Until the next bull shit hits the fan and smears on my face to the point where I get disgusted again,
Justin
I guess it all started when I noticed some ants in the car a week ago. I vacuumed the whole car out and bug sprayed all over. I thought it was all over but, like always....... I was wrong.
Getting in my car to head home after work yesterday, I noticed a lot more came back for the attack. I headed to Wal Mart to get a can of bug spray and a bomb thing to bomb the bitches. After heading home, I let the bomb loose and let it do its thing. I went into the car a couple hours ago to head to Stuart and saw what a wonderful job it did. No ants in site, or at least live ones. I was quite proud of the annoying task I accomplished. That was... until I tried to start my car. Looks like it may be a dead battery again, just like the other times when it "chooses" not to start. I say chooses because it honestly has a choice whether it wants to start or not and this time it chose not to. Could it be because I bombed the inside with that bug eliminating killer? Maybe he didn't like that. But I took care of the problem it had. Maybe he wanted to have the ants in the car to keep him company or wanted some pets. Or maybe he wanted to turn himself into an ant farm, instead of being a car because we both know he hasn't been doing a good job of that lately. Oh, one more thing to note too, on the way home from work, the radio and cd player were acting oddly. I realized it was because the headlights and fog lights were on. I turned them off and the radio and cd player worked fine. But when the lights were on, the car chose to make the cd player act like it was possessed, which it is and the car anyways.
Maybe I bought the wrong kind of bomb..... I wonder.
I'm starting to wonder why that guy got rid of it. Now I think I know. The car is cursed and acts like the real car from the tv show but in a negative way. I try to fix the problems it has but another one ALWAYS pops up after it. Could it be a "Knight Rider" curse with them all? I know it's not the Trans Am causing it. There are quite a few people on that Knight Registries who have similar problems as well.
I'm honestly ready to throw in the towel and I know everyone will be happy if I did because everyone wants me to get rid of the damn thing. But everytime I think about the money I spent for the car and trouble my uncle and I went through, I know the money I get for it will not do me justice and the car justice for that matter.
I hope I get a pretty decent tax return in a few months so I can buy a "regular" car and set this one aside from being my daily driver car until I actually get some decent money coming in to take care of the problems it has and to break the curse it has on it once and for all!
What a fantastic new year this has been so far!!! (in case you didn't know, that was sarcam)
Time to make a phone call to see if anyone would help me with my problem, even though I help everyone else and I should at least be given a helping hand in return but...... you know the story!
Until the next bull shit hits the fan and smears on my face to the point where I get disgusted again,
Justin
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Happy new year!
So, it looks like it's the new year again. Time to get my act together this year because last year I obviously did not. Nothing much new is going on this new year so far.
I'd just like to mention one interesting thing which happened to me on the way home from my friend's house though: I was turning the block my house was on and felt a nice, cool breeze, even though my windows were closed because it was a tad chilly out tonight. I looked through the rear-view mirror and could not see a thing. I then looked over my shoulder and...... sure enough..... my trunk decided to open on it's own! Good thing I was already home and on a side street. How and why did this happen? Probably because the car has a mind of it's own like I've been saying for the past two years. I parked my car, closed it, tried to open it with my hands and it didn't so I just drove around some more for a bit to see if it would happen again. It did not so I just parked it and went inside..... disgusted at another problem with the damn car. Hopefully this BS won't happen again on my way to work tomorrow!
On that note, nothing much worth mentioning is going on so I'll leave it at that....
Have a good night everyone,
Justin
I'd just like to mention one interesting thing which happened to me on the way home from my friend's house though: I was turning the block my house was on and felt a nice, cool breeze, even though my windows were closed because it was a tad chilly out tonight. I looked through the rear-view mirror and could not see a thing. I then looked over my shoulder and...... sure enough..... my trunk decided to open on it's own! Good thing I was already home and on a side street. How and why did this happen? Probably because the car has a mind of it's own like I've been saying for the past two years. I parked my car, closed it, tried to open it with my hands and it didn't so I just drove around some more for a bit to see if it would happen again. It did not so I just parked it and went inside..... disgusted at another problem with the damn car. Hopefully this BS won't happen again on my way to work tomorrow!
On that note, nothing much worth mentioning is going on so I'll leave it at that....
Have a good night everyone,
Justin
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