I'm long overdue for a tl;dr rant about my job. I know I'm very lucky to have one, and I don't hate the whole thing, I just hate, hate HATE being at the registers. People seem to actually treat you like you're a person when you're on the floor helping them find something, but when you're a cashier, you're just meant to take their money and give them their books. We have to greet now too, which is almost as horrible. We have to stand at the door and say hello to everyone that passes, tell them what's going on and help them if they set off the security sensors going in or out. Just the other day, a lady beeped on her way in and my oh-so-sweet coworker Tarah approached her and said "Hi, did you just come from Target? They miss alot of their security sensors..." The lady snapped at her "DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE DOING ME A FAVOR. I WAS IN HERE THE OTHER DAY AND EVERY FRIGGIN' PERSON WAS SETTING OFF THAT ALARM."

Basically, working at Borders has made me realize that at least a third of the human population should be killed off. Maybe more.

( Don't take it out on the employees )
Some customers are friendly, but fucking insane. The kind that don't make you angry, but give you a story to tell. For example this one guy..

( Slavery is OK! )

So there you have it, Barack Obama kills people.

The day AFTER Toothless' second trip to Borders, I was having a pretty good day, until YET ANOTHER toothless New Hampshire noble approaches my register on SuperCoupon day with a magazine and a book about Ipods.

( I thought I was going to combust. )

I haven't even seen my friends this summer. I've gone out once. I haven't worn shorts or sandals or gone to the beach. Fuck. I just want to go back. 36 days.

On the upside, I really like it when customers actually treat me like a person who is there to help them. One lady called me a sweetheart and it made my day. I told a little girl buying a Miroku bookmark that there was going to be a new Inuyasha anime and she almost passed out from the joy. One old lady came in and told me her life's story about how she lost her son and her husband and how she reinvented herself through spiritual veganism. She smiled and told me that I had a lot of light around me and that I hold a lot of love. She almost made me cry. Even now, she was one of my most positively memorable customers. So there is a bright side, and I very rarely let the bad outweigh the good, but honestly, I think my days at Borders are numbered.

Well, I got one of my wishes granted as far as Gundam 00 goes...Why do I feel so bad about it?

The scene in question was really beautifully executed. It made me feel bad for the character I hated most...

I still think the relationship was rushed and forced, and that Lyle should have ended up with poor Feldt, but...damn. Gundam 00 depresses me in general. Why do I love it so much? ;_;

( hurrdurr spoilers )

I LOVE YOU

I TRUST YOU

;_;

WELL

Clannad ~After Story~ has managed to crush a piece of my soul yet again. Mavu mistook my sobbing for laughter and called me a faggot.

FUCK THIS ANIME.

But then I went to Akibakko and found some things that made me happy :>

( BE MY ONLY SUNOHARA FOREVER )

Oh Sunohara Youhei. I wish to eat chips in bed and read dirty magazines with you <3
also make you the strongest lunch.

CON PICTURES WILL BE UP AS SOON AS I HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO POST THEM <3 shit was fun. lulz and good times were had by all. Also I almost died. Also I can't move my big toe properly anymore.

But it was worth it. OH. IT WAS WORTH IT.

THE BEST

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Ugh....

Merry Christmas eve everyone, hope it's going better than mine. Of COURSE I have to fucking work today, and Borders is MOBBED. Jesus Christ people, IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE, YOU SHOULD BE DONE SHOPPING, AN D YOU SHOULD BE FUCKING MAD AT US FOR NOT HAVING THE SHIT YOU WAITED TIL THE LAST MINUTE TO TRY AND FIND.

Of course due to the fact that lines are all the way to the back of the store, I have to be on registers, which I HATE because people are the most ungrateful to you when you're not helping them find something, and even more ungrateful when they didn't find what they wanted. SO. I'm at my register with a gigantic line snaking parallel to the counter so everyone has a clear view of us, and this guy comes up with a basket full of huge-ass coffee table books and shoves them on the counter at me. I can tell he's pissed off at this point, so I'm like, TRYING to be nice about asking for all the shit we have to ask for while making room to actually SCAN these things. Once all of them were on the table, I hit one with my hip and ALL OF THEM FELL ON THE GROUND. The guy throws his hands up and goes JESUS CHRIST, THOSE WERE GIFTS! And of course I'm like OH MY GOSH IM SO SORRY and he just doesn't say a word to me until we're all done, and EVERYONE saw it.

Of course I wouldn't make eye contact with any of the next customers and they were all like "Some people just get so grumpy around Christmas!" and "I won't yell if you drop my books!" And I was SO embarrassed, even though I drop shit all the time. But this one guy bought a bunch of Lindt truffles an gave one to me, he said I needed it ;o;

So...I have something I wanted to finish by Christmas, and I hope I can...

Anyway, all will be well, only one day of work left for me on Friday, then I'm done 'til summer.

*heavy sigh*

Anyway, tomorrow is not only Christmas, but also my (former?) best friend's birthday...I feel bad because I haven't gotten gifts for any of my home friends...last year we all agreed that we were poor and decided not to...and I can't draw for them because they don't like animu...Oh, I don't know.