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[labellementeuse]

Some Things About Working in a Starmart in the Middle of Wellington, As Opposed to a Caltex in the Suburbs of Christchurch, Which Make Me Happy:

8. Selling alcohol again (and being sent for my liquor license. Eeexcellent.)

7. Knowing where everything is and being able to give directions. (HOLY CRAP, you do not realise how much it sucks not to be able to asnwer these kinds of questions until you can't.)

6. Only selling one cup of our hideous coffee a morning because everyone buys coffee that doesn't TASTE LIKE SHIT.

5. Being 0.2 seconds away from food that is not pies.
     5a. A Subway on every corner!

4. Being able to play CDs instead of listening to ZM 1000000 hours a day.

3. Things to look at out the window that aren't cars and boring suburban houses.
     3a. Bearded Maori men in corsets.
     3b. Goths.
     3c. Hare Krishnas!

2. Working with keymash.
     2a. Harassing keymash about her music.
     2b. Playing "Once More with Feeling" really really really loudly and trying to guess which customers recognised it (at least three this morning!)
     2c. Talking about television shows I actually care about (See: Supernatural, Heroes, do not see: Shortland Street, Survivor)

1. No petrol, therefore NO FUCKING DRIVEOFFS. \o/

YAY, EVERYONE.

Also! Saturday was Armistice Day, and I missed it for the first time. Please go look up your favourite Wilfred Owen or Seigfried Sassoon poem and re-read it.

Comments

[lady-larla.livejournal.com]

*hug* Sounds like your enjoying yourself.... are you still getting to see the shows? Im not *looks sad*
you forgot 9- Lucy and I driving up in the car and grining and waving...you must have hated that back in Christchurch.

[kuril.livejournal.com]

I love establishments that allow employee's music to be played. In a place like Chico, I get to hear interesting music. Sometimes its music I have in my own collection. Anyway, I try to avoid coffee houses that play only classical (YUCK, not the place for that!), and I tend to dine-in at places with interesting music.

Sadly, Starbucks has found Belle & Sebastian. I guess they're played regularly on their "Starbucks Station." I have to go there because my project groupmates and silly and they think Starbucks is the only coffeehouse in the world. So don't look down on me.

Enjoy your break! Mine starts December 14th.

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

Did I mention I got Mike AND Rory hooked on Heroes? Mike insisted on watching four eps in a row, and so did Rory - Rory was terrified it would be cancelled until I reassured him it had been renewed for the season. Hehehehehehe.

My favourite from teaching WW1 poetry to a sixth form class a few months back:

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

Suicide in the Trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

3a. Bearded Maori men in corsets.
3b. Goths.
3c. Hare Krishnas!

I knoew this is late, but feck, I love me some Wellington. :)