Update XXII: Cleaning Up the Meat at [redacted].

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didnt bushie once work on a road construction crew?

That was exactly 10 years ago as of early March.

Interesting. What exactly did you do?

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didnt bushie once work on a road construction crew?

That was exactly 10 years ago as of early March.

Interesting. What exactly did you do?

Something new to the forum.  I also worked three months for Walmart in late 2006 only losing that job because they were wanting high school kids.  I was an unloader.

Wow. I wonder what other secret jobs you have had over the years.

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didnt bushie once work on a road construction crew?

That was exactly 10 years ago as of early March.

how long did you last?

He already answered - 2 days. But that was when he was in his physical prime. He's wiser now.

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Are you going to try to sneak some meat out and take it home?

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Bushie, are you physically prepared to sign the papers tomorrow?

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First impressions happen tomorrow

please shave the mustache then

The meat manager also has a mustache.

Interesting. What else can you tell us about this meat manager? (I'm assuming he'll be a recurring character this season)

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No, you're just looking for an excuse to get out of exercising and changing your diet once again.

Standing is exercising. 

In what universe?

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What is your favorite meat to handle at this job? Least favorite?

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This whole saga has reminded me of a great Hey Arnold episode from the mid 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzkq4OON8bs

I had no idea Harold was Jewish

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The health comments I can understand.  I don't understand the childish comments.

you went to see Fly Me To The Moon in the movie theater.

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It took me 2 hours 20 minutes to do those learning modules.  The best thing is I will get paid for that time.  I sent the manager an email with the time I spent on the modules.

why didn't you spend like 30 hours on the modules if you're getting paid?

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Really? That's strange. I haven't seen a dedicated bagboy(/girl) in many, many years. It seems like a huge waste of money to me. When I worked at Costco in high school, the cashiers were definitely higher up in the food chain than us lowly folks in charge of stocking the shelves, unloading the boxes, etc. I think I got paid like $10/hour while the cashiers made like $18/hour. They also had actual training, while I was just told to go start filling shelves with food.

Wait, really? That's the opposite of how it was when I worked at Target. The Sales Floor made slightly more than the Cashiers and got cool walkie-talkies. I know the Sales Floor people looked down on the Cashiers.

The hierarchy was

Cart-pusher - The lowest of the low. Was responsible for pushing carts and cleaning the bathrooms. One of cart-pushers was literally retarded.

Cashier - Rang up items and bagged groceries.

Sales Floor - Technically higher up than Cashiers, although some had little idea how to use a cashier. They had scanners for doing sales floor business.

Specialized department - Things like Returns/Guest Service, Photo Electronics etc. Bushie, at the Meat Department would be at this tier.

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I made it home from work.  Oh what a fantastic day!!   ...I had so much fun and I am one blessed man tonight.  ...God is good!  Oh, and my headache that I had this afternoon was non-existent during the entire shift!!

I just made it home.  So much good came out of today.

I am home from another really good day at work. 

I am getting more and more comfortable in my work and I am better able to handle being on my feet for a long period of time.  For the first time, I have a sense of "I can do this" that is backed up by my production.  This is much better than a call center job and I believe it has more potential.  Good times are happening and more good times are ahead.

Day 7 is in the books.  This job is still great and shows no signs of going downhill. 

Good Monday Evening!  I am home from an awesome day of work! 

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Ideally, Bushie would have had stable employment at Sprouts and rekindled his relationship with Allison. The Series Finale would have been the wedding. That would have been the ideal ending to Update.

With this latest debacle, now is probably as good of time as ever to end Update. Shows can't go on forever and if we keep continuing, Bushie will kick the bucket in a few years and having Update be active at that time would be a little fucked up.