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

[Joe Republic]

Bushie definitely has the ability to last more than a month at this job. Unfortunately, as the total waste of the past month has proven, he has no real desire to. As JMann astutely pointed out, there's never been a challenge too small for Bushie to run away from.

"Run"?

[Joe Republic]

CADD is definitely in a locked chest tucked away in the attic.

First nominee for Update XXIII's title.

[Joe Republic]

First impressions happen tomorrow

please shave the mustache then

The meat manager also has a mustache.

All the more reason for you to shave yours.  Otherwise, you'll be stuck inside bad sitcom plots in which you keep getting mistaken for the meat manager, and are asked to make managerial decisions that you're unqualified for.

Or worse... terrible porno plots (for bears) with far too many meat-oriented innuendos.

[Joe Republic]

Standing is exercising.  

Update XXIII title nominee #2

[Joe Republic]

Don't be too optimistic about this job becoming a habit.

[Joe Republic]

Then, after my break at 8:00, we got started cleaning.  It took us until 10:20 to clean up and then we were able to leave.

Do they not use military time at Sprouts?

[Joe Republic]

Good Wednesday Morning!  I slept very well this morning and I'm not sore this morning.  The worst soreness I feel this morning is in my left wrist and arm.  My legs and feet are just fine.  I think that has a lot to do with the Aleve I took after I got home.  I officially extended the apartment lease for another 7 months today effective June 1 through December 31, 2015.  They really jacked up my rent, though.  My rent goes up $48 a month...  I make the next decision in the latter half of October.  I may find another place to live this coming winter, but I'll cross that bridge later.  For now, I can focus on getting my job off to a really good start and cultivating a winning formula for success here.  After sleeping on it, I am even more excited for Friday evening!

Ooh, painkillers addiction ahead?  Man, the foreshadowing this season is really dark.

[Joe Republic]

As was stated before $10 an hour is not enough to cover all my expenses no matter how frugal I am.

You're hanging onto the super-duper Cox cable package though, right?

[Joe Republic]

As was stated before $10 an hour is not enough to cover all my expenses no matter how frugal I am.

You're hanging onto the super-duper Cox cable package though, right?

Even reducing that won't bring me into a surplus.

So I guess there's no point reducing it at all then.  Makes perfect sense.

[Joe Republic]

How much do you normally budget for scams, Bushie?

[Joe Republic]

Indians have their own license plates? I did not know that.

Sure do.  They're usually a third to half the price of a typical state issued plate and are just as valid and legal.

Shouldn't you only be eligible to be issued 1/32 of a plate?

[Joe Republic]

I do get cold, but for every one time I get cold, I get hot 10 more times.

Update XXIII: Getting Hot 10 more times

Update XXIII: I am very hot natured

On second thought, both these titles would be more appropriate for Update XXX.

[Joe Republic]

What is the discount at Sprouts anyway?

also you can save money by just drinking water from the tap and not buying bottles of it

In Oklahoma??  Do you want him to poison himself?

[Joe Republic]

https://www.sprouts.com/specials/-/flyer/store/805

blackberries - 98¢ 5.6 oz pack
grapes - 98¢ a pound
broccoli - $1.28 a pound
boneless skinless chicken thighs - $2.99 a pound
rice - 69¢ a £

if only Bushie had his discount card to afford these extravagant prices instead of having to save with a $10 combo from Braum's

No joke I actually got one of their flyers in with my junk mail today.  I'm most interested in their Chicken Sausage Celebration ($3.99/lb).

Bushie, imagine I'm a customer.  Using your best salesmanship, please describe your Chicken Sausage Celebration.

[Joe Republic]

Didn't you just get your oil changed?  You can't have driven 3000 miles already.

[Joe Republic]

Is the Sprouts meat department going to have a wall clock for him to watch (as per his hereditary condition), or will he have to wear a wristwatch?

[Joe Republic]

As he already said, CAD(D) is now locked in a box and hidden away in the attic.  Presumably years from now, his next of kin will find it along with all his other belongings, and donate it to Goodwill.

[Joe Republic]

That's a 2:3 ratio of exclamations to words.  Anticipation is high.

[Joe Republic]

That's a 2:3 ratio of exclamations to words.  Anticipation is high.

What?  He had a mundane night of working in a grocer's meat section.  Christians always go apesh**t over every little friggin thing.  It's part of the disease.  The good is glorious.  The regular is good.  The bad goes unrecognized.  A shame, truly. 

I've noticed that too.  I have a few Christians on Facebook, and they'll frequently show up on my newsfeed with "just ran with my dog for 45 minutes!! #blessed" or "gotta do laundry!! Praise Him!!" and such.

[Joe Republic]

There has been a little delay in the oil change.  My dipstick came apart and won't go back together.  So, they're having to run to a local dealership and get one.  He said they're only like $22 so it's not bad.  It'll just cost me more time.  I've been here for 2 hours already for a mere oil change...

Update XXIII: My dipstick came apart

[Joe Republic]

All you guys saying that bagel bites are just for kids are JUST PLAIN WRONG.  Fifteen years ago, they started marketing directly to under-16s, instead of their moms actually doing the grocery shopping.  NOBODY can say that 16 year olds are kids.  NOBODY.

[Joe Republic]

"After my boss pointed out what I had done wrong and suggested ways to improve things so that customers won't be so disgustedappointed in future, we had a good old laugh about the situation."

[Joe Republic]

I like to go Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings.  I like to be there every time the doors are open if I can.  I'm old fashioned like that.  It's how I was brought up.

I'm pretty sure most laymen even in ye olden times didn't spend their entire Sundays in church.

No, but they went to church twice on Sundays and once on Wednesdays.  Occasionally the church is open for various functions throughout the week and I like to go when I can.  Sometimes we do things outside the church building.  Like this coming Tuesday, I am having dinner with a couple of the church guys at Buffalo Wild Wings and then on Friday evening, we are having a Young Adult Fellowship at Dave and Buster's.  (Those are my cheat meals for the week).  Yes, Christians can have fun, too.  In fact, I think we have more fun than non-Christians do, we just don't get sloshed and wasted.  We may have an occasional beer or a glass of wine, but we don't get drunk with it. If people want to drink, they will generally have one, maybe two, beer(s) or glass(es) of wine followed by water the rest of the way.  I don't drink myself, mainly because I'm always driving.

I just completely chased a rabbit there, but unless it is a wedding of someone I don't know or am not invited to, or a funeral of someone I don't know, then I like to be at church when I can, but I like to be responsible with it.  If I have somewhere to be early in the morning, I usually don't go the night before unless it's early.  For instance, since I have to be at work at 5:00 am this Thursday, I will probably not go to church Wednesday night since we don't get out until 8:00 pm.  If I'm not feeling well on a Sunday and I have to make sure I get to work on Monday, then I will opt to stay home and take care of myself.

Since when were Christianity and temperance the same thing? I've known plenty of religious boozers.

And since when do non-religious people only have fun when drunk?  I haven't been drunk in probably over a year; I usually have just one beer or whatever because I'm typically driving.  Some of the best nights of my life I was sober the entire time.

Non-religious people clearly have more fun since there are fewer inhibitions and other worries about things that don't matter.

[Joe Republic]

So by the end of next month (assuming he still has this job), Bushie will have lost 100 pounds?!  Amazing!

[Joe Republic]

Ew seriously, what the f[Inks] is wrong with Jokelahoma:

http://www.ora.tv/wtfark/cockroach-orange-8-year-girl-oklahoma-breeds-thousands-cockroaches-0_58dpwx7dxcfj