HASTA LA VISTA, BABY!!
Yes, it is true. I am no longer employed at "THE OFFICE" / The Asian version........
Tuesday was my last day there. I am truly blessed and happy. Queen had continued to be very snobbish and hadn't said anything about my new job. NADA! On the final day my boss took us all to lunch as a "goodbye gesture" to me. We all went to a restaurant that is close to THE OFFICE, Anne and Bills. This is a restaurant in Forest Park that serves your basic southern/home cook'n. During dinner someone asked about my job, and she surprisingly joined the conversation by asking "where will your new office be located?" This was quite humorous to me, because for the 2 weeks I worked out my notice she had not said one word to me much less say ANYTHING about me leaving THE OFFICE as well as my new job. Very strange... Well, maybe they can replace my position with a therapist. They ALL could really use one.
Anyway, back to lunch.....this restaurant serves those large green onions that have the huge white bulb part on the end. My coworker from THE OFFICE was very intrigued by this unique, southern tradition. People actually pick them up and eat them as is? Yes, I answered. I asked our server to bring some for all THE ASIANS at the table. They wanted to try THE ONION. They all kept referring to it as "THE ONION." Well, THE ONIONS were brought, and they all were holding it up and nibbling on it as if they were eating a piece of fried chicken/drumstick from KFC. Their faces were fun to watch. What I really enjoyed was seeing the family sitting at the table next to us. I could only imagine what they were thinking......They were probably thinking "look at all those foreigners with that one American, and he is feeding them all green onions, and letting them have a taste of southern culture." Anyway, that family was fun to watch as they were laughing at our table. Fortunately, none of my coworkers from THE OFFICE saw them at the other table.
Well, after lunch I was able to finish up the short day and leave at 2pm! This was a good thing.
Wednesday through Friday I will be "getting stuff done" around the house. NO, this is not a honey do list! This is a self made/self do list! I feel very happy so far at all I've gotten done. I don't know why I am not always this into getting stuff done. I've cut grass, cleaned the garage, clean the siding on the house, gone shopping for some new work clothes and purchased new tiles for our bathrooms. We will be putting the tile down in the bathrooms this Saturday.
This is the best part. I had looked at several places, and was going to be able to buy the 12" tile for $1.20 ish each....We were looking at different places trying to decide which we wanted...This was not going too well. Well, just for the heck of it we went to Lowes (knowing they wouldn't have any better choice OR PRICES) WE WERE WRONG. We saw tile for the same price as we had seen before, but we didn't like any of them...... We finally found one we both liked, but this stupid tile was double the price! (about $2.25 per tile) We had both of the little darlings with us, and were tired and yada yada yada...You know the rest, right? The next words out of our mouths were "let's just get this even though it costs more. We like it right???" We both were at peace with this some what stupid and non-frugal decision.
The Griffin clan made its way up to the cashier (with the boys riding on the cart with the tiles which added for some great, free entertainment) It was almost like a feature film shown in slow motion. The cashier picked up the scanning gun. She looked at us and smiled. She scanned the bar code on the boxes of the tiles. The total price appeared on the register. It couldn't be. This had to be a mistake. She said, "no it isn't, they are on sale. Each tile cost 55 CENTS !!! We were very excited, and I know the cashier thought we were freaks.
The moral of the story is.............well, there isn't one! It is just fun that these simple, simple and simple things can be free entertainment.
I know I won't be able to BLOG about THE OFFICE, but selling insurance won't be too boring either. A friend of mine was talking to some clients in their home about insurance, and this couple started kissing and one thing lead to another. Yes, my friend was still there sitting right in front of them. Needless to say, they were somewhat frisky in front of him, and gave him a show. So, I am sure I will be able to share fun blogs regarding the fun world of insurance. Stay tuned!
Tuesday was my last day there. I am truly blessed and happy. Queen had continued to be very snobbish and hadn't said anything about my new job. NADA! On the final day my boss took us all to lunch as a "goodbye gesture" to me. We all went to a restaurant that is close to THE OFFICE, Anne and Bills. This is a restaurant in Forest Park that serves your basic southern/home cook'n. During dinner someone asked about my job, and she surprisingly joined the conversation by asking "where will your new office be located?" This was quite humorous to me, because for the 2 weeks I worked out my notice she had not said one word to me much less say ANYTHING about me leaving THE OFFICE as well as my new job. Very strange... Well, maybe they can replace my position with a therapist. They ALL could really use one.
Anyway, back to lunch.....this restaurant serves those large green onions that have the huge white bulb part on the end. My coworker from THE OFFICE was very intrigued by this unique, southern tradition. People actually pick them up and eat them as is? Yes, I answered. I asked our server to bring some for all THE ASIANS at the table. They wanted to try THE ONION. They all kept referring to it as "THE ONION." Well, THE ONIONS were brought, and they all were holding it up and nibbling on it as if they were eating a piece of fried chicken/drumstick from KFC. Their faces were fun to watch. What I really enjoyed was seeing the family sitting at the table next to us. I could only imagine what they were thinking......They were probably thinking "look at all those foreigners with that one American, and he is feeding them all green onions, and letting them have a taste of southern culture." Anyway, that family was fun to watch as they were laughing at our table. Fortunately, none of my coworkers from THE OFFICE saw them at the other table.
Well, after lunch I was able to finish up the short day and leave at 2pm! This was a good thing.
Wednesday through Friday I will be "getting stuff done" around the house. NO, this is not a honey do list! This is a self made/self do list! I feel very happy so far at all I've gotten done. I don't know why I am not always this into getting stuff done. I've cut grass, cleaned the garage, clean the siding on the house, gone shopping for some new work clothes and purchased new tiles for our bathrooms. We will be putting the tile down in the bathrooms this Saturday.
This is the best part. I had looked at several places, and was going to be able to buy the 12" tile for $1.20 ish each....We were looking at different places trying to decide which we wanted...This was not going too well. Well, just for the heck of it we went to Lowes (knowing they wouldn't have any better choice OR PRICES) WE WERE WRONG. We saw tile for the same price as we had seen before, but we didn't like any of them...... We finally found one we both liked, but this stupid tile was double the price! (about $2.25 per tile) We had both of the little darlings with us, and were tired and yada yada yada...You know the rest, right? The next words out of our mouths were "let's just get this even though it costs more. We like it right???" We both were at peace with this some what stupid and non-frugal decision.
The Griffin clan made its way up to the cashier (with the boys riding on the cart with the tiles which added for some great, free entertainment) It was almost like a feature film shown in slow motion. The cashier picked up the scanning gun. She looked at us and smiled. She scanned the bar code on the boxes of the tiles. The total price appeared on the register. It couldn't be. This had to be a mistake. She said, "no it isn't, they are on sale. Each tile cost 55 CENTS !!! We were very excited, and I know the cashier thought we were freaks.
The moral of the story is.............well, there isn't one! It is just fun that these simple, simple and simple things can be free entertainment.
I know I won't be able to BLOG about THE OFFICE, but selling insurance won't be too boring either. A friend of mine was talking to some clients in their home about insurance, and this couple started kissing and one thing lead to another. Yes, my friend was still there sitting right in front of them. Needless to say, they were somewhat frisky in front of him, and gave him a show. So, I am sure I will be able to share fun blogs regarding the fun world of insurance. Stay tuned!
What kind of insurance is this anyway that you're getting free shows? Stripper insurance??
I want to know if you "get things done". I was supposed to "get things done" today while I was off and kids were in school and all I got done was vacuuming the living room. And this tile, is it the big porcelain tile for the floor? I've done that before, all by myself, and I will NEVER EVER do it again even though it looks cool. I'm debating the ceramic tile on the kitchen walls but I dont know if I have the energy. If you "get things done", I will hate you forever.
Posted by
JL |
5:25 PM
Congrats on the new opp, Tommy and I'm liking the new look to your blog.
Good luck on the tile this weekend. Sounds like fun......um, wait. No it doesn't.
:-)
Posted by
Jennifer |
6:38 PM
Like the new layout!
Gary and I tiled our kitchen several years ago. After we had put down about two rows of tile, we looked at each other and said, "what on earth made us think we could do this?!" MAJOR TIP: invest in the knee pads! By the end of the night I had towels wrapped around my knees while Gary duck taped them on! It was alot of work, but now we are glad we did it!
Posted by
Tracey |
7:03 PM