Ever notice how it's the little things in life that amuse us so much? More to the point, ever notice how it's the silly little idiocies in life that amuse us more than anything else? Well, this is not as much ''the little blog that could'' as it is ''the blog that enjoys going up the down escalator in your local mall.'' Will it have anything of real importance? No, probably not. But enjoy the ride never the less!

 

For any of you who listen to the radio, maybe you've heard the ads for Property Guys-dot-com. The one that caught my prying ears especially was the one that went, "Paying agent fees for real estate is about as useful as rubber lips on a woodpecker." Which would be a great comparison...if woodpeckers actually possessed lips. Being birds and all, you know, I was pretty darned sure they had beaks/bills. Say it all with me now: FAIL.

Anyhoo...

There's roughly 2 weeks left before we move into our swanky new store. They've finished construction on it, and I must say the new digs are a vast improvement over the current just-try-to-hide-the-crap temp job. For one thing, our new store is white and shiny. Very white and very shiny. And our stockroom is actually 2 stockrooms. With lots of shelves. I can't even begin to say how joyous I am to have shelves again.

For once our Head Office has actually done something mostly right. Of course...as Newton's Law dictates, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That opposite reaction came today in a "daily reminder" that showed up on our computer's main screen. And I quote: "Remember: retail is people. Your people. Make them feel special." Now I don't know about you, but that phrasing sounds rather Engrish, vaguely dirty and definitely in need of an editor.

I feel sullied just by reading it. How about you? But let's not dwell on vaguely dirty, sullying things. In other news, would you perhaps like a chandelier shaped like a penis?

http://gizmodo.com/5360742/penis-chandelieryes-penis-chandelier

I know I would. Not only would it make a great conversational piece at parties, but if there was some sad tragedy involving said chandelier, I would be able to make even more great conversation at later parties by saying, "You think this party is wild? You should have been here last month. This giant crystal penis fell from the ceiling and just crushed this poor bastard! Hah ha ha haaaaa...so, anyone want me to put on a Backstreet Boys album?"

But so as to ensure the chandelier leave a bad taste in your interior decorating mouth, I'll cap off this little bit of nowhere with a particular cool (but sadly now "shuffled the mortal coil") Japanese cafe. Jason pointed this out in his LJ, and Mel pointed it to me:

http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

The idea of buying the next person's order, while you receive your predecessor's order, would make for a fun cafe. I'd definitely have enjoyed the surprise...and ideally had enough cash to make things really interesting for whomever came after me.

Labels: english fail, kashiwa mystery cafe, retail is people (like soylent green), this is me attempting not to make a penis joke in the labels

posted by Phillip at 5:14 PM