It's Halloween and I'm staying up late for once

[ziasudra]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Posting at 2 in the morning. No, I'm definitely not opening tomorrow, and the night creature that I am by nature, my bedtime instantly reverted back to late night/early morning hours *g*

I'm very glad I have tomorrow off from Starbucks. As much as I love working there, I realized I've been working eight days straight -- more than two weeks straight if you count my hectic two-day trip to Chicago last weekend as an extension of the no-rest period -- and toward the end of all the craziness, I was definitely starting to lose it.

I almost never felt annoyed at customers. But yesterday (Sunday) I was literally praying that the line would stop extending out the door, which never materialized :\ On weekends there are a lot more tourists and people who have time to dwindle about. Call me weird, but I actually like weekday morning customers who are in as much of a rush to get their drinks as I am to take their orders and get them what they want. Indecisive customers + overworked ziasudra = bad combination.

Then today (Monday) I'm just generally frazzled once the morning rush hit: running out of change (and taking forever to unwrap rolled coins), giving people the wrong change because I apparently forgot how to do basic arithmatic, forgetting to get people their coffees and pastries before sending them off to the sides to fetch their bar drinks... I lose at work today -_-;;

But enough navel-gazing. Here's what's happening around the world, because I haven't posted links in a while:
♦ LA Times: In mirror test, elephants show sense of self

♦ CNET: Seagate bakes security into hard-disk drive -- Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology on Monday provided more details on encryption technology designed to make life tougher for computer thieves. Good news to me.

♦ A follow-up to one of my previous post on the Brazilian election, from BBC: Brazil re-elects President Lula

♦ AP via Yahoo: Japanese champ eats 97 burgers in 8 min. I am... speechless.

Comments

[kaskait.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween!


What drives that food contestant guy? I don't think shoving food down your throat could be pleasant.

[ziasudra.livejournal.com]

I'm more impressed with his hamburger numbers... 97 burgers?!? How does that even fit into his stomach???

Happy (belated) Halloween to you too :D

[mingbutterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you have Halloween off, too... I understand completely how slow customers are totally frustrating. Also when you're in line behind them, it's hard not to contemplate killing them with your mind and all. Anyway, hope you have a great holiday! :-)

[ziasudra.livejournal.com]

Hehe, today I had a guy who ordered a bunch of stuff and then couldn't find any money. I ended up having to cancel the transaction, all the while seeing the line grow longer by the second because it's taken me so long to deal with him. Ah well, no one seemed to have really minded.

You have such a cute icon ^_^