red Wrote:
Congrats. And now for a few questions...
1. What's the story on you getting fired because of the internet?
My first two months here (two years ago) I had a job where I mindlessly filtered through affiliate advertising applications for a company, over a hundred a day. There was a lot more "yay america / back on our feet again / support the troops" hooplah going on, and I was noticing that damn near every mom-n-pop website would slap the same three flag/eagle/firefighters banners on their sites, just to try and look patriotic. I mentioned it in a scathing (foolishly worded/titled) thread, and hotlinked an image from one of the sites of a crying bald eagle, before I knew how to 3rd party host images.
The guy followed the link, got into a big argument here, figured out where I worked, called and threatened a lawsuit, and they canned me. Oh and my wife worked the next row over from me. That was a fun day. You never wanna have a conversation with a Human Resources employee that begins with "so, what is this... 'oh-bner'...?" "It's a mis-spelling of the word Boner."
The moral of the story is to always host your images, to never take any argument quite so seriously, to not piss off e-strangers, and to never mention anything about where you work, if you can help it. In hindsight, I left all that shit lying on the table for some biggoted fuckwit to just pick up. And pick it up he did.
red Wrote:
2. What kind of store is your wife opening?
A modern convenience market. Bamboo floors, minimalist decor, steel wire shelving, mid/upper level goods... everything practical like cheetos and cereal, and then glass bottle coke, some organics, some not, pop tarts, smoked salmon from scotland and norway, kinda everything you need to either whip up dinner for one or go to a nice dinner party. Some beer, some wine, a huge salad bar with soup, bagels, etc., some seating inside and out, mostly to go stuff. Oh and XM indie station on the stereo all day (or whatever fickerson and them wanna to listen to). Located in the bottom floor of a new condo building, with house accounts for the residents (we charge their card @ end of the week, they save maybe 2%, we save closer to 5% by not having all those transaction costs). www dot mocomarket dot com. Pretty much 100% the wife's doing (I say this out of humility - she's done an amazing job for which I don't deserve any credit).
red Wrote:
3. I don't normally tell Obner people who are not Radcliffe to shut up, but shut up, Timmy. LOTS of people manage in less than ideal situations.
Again, Timmy's fine. They're valid points. Points we've considered at length, and are comfy with. It's gonna be a little sad, be very workable. We're excited.
Busty Wrote:
wtf?
I knew better than to call during Idol. But I feel like shit, sorry. I also had a few details to work out this a.m. on the phone, but yeah. I'll hit you up with details stat. sorr gee.
