Year: 2005

My camera is not liking me at the moment, or vice versa, I have not taken a “real photograph” in so many days now, we need to reconnect and go out exploring.

I was on a quest in my uni break yesterday to find some chatterbox paper, so I went to the store which is just near uni to find well maybe 10 different patterns, I then rang a store another 15mins down the road to see what they had, they told me they had the entire range, I asked if they had the rec room, “yes we do and we are also having 20% off at the moment” so I drive over, walk in and start browsing, mmm ok found the Chatterbox, so not the whole range and none of the papers I was after, so not happy jan at that point, walk round the corner and lo and behold Barb and Adele are there as well, brief chat, kept on shopping, they left, I left.

Picked up some new papers, stickers and tags, forgot to get the Heidi Grace Congii paper that I wanted to get.

And well since I was going to drive back past Ikea, I may as well stop and have a look right?

Bits Magnetic Board – The other year I recieved the magnetic poetry calender for christmas, however the board that came with it was not very strong and the magents always fell off, so when I saw this in Ikea, I had to get it 🙂 Today I screwed it too the wall and put the poetry out to play 🙂

Fniss Bin – I got this in hot pink on a previous trip but yesterday I got it in translucent white so I can have two bins in my room – one for rubbish and one for recycling 🙂 Think Green.

I also picked up two tea light lanterns and a big burken glass jar, that I am using to store my adhesvies and dyes in.

On either side of the burken jar, I have two Pamp vases with my ribbons in. So that is a peak at what I picked up.

You know where I live, you even know my name, you know what time I am normally at home.

So please tell me why are holding my parcels hostage? Have you taken up scrapbooking?

Please have them on my bed when I get home from work tonight or I can accept tomorrow.

You are always so good at getting my parcels to me, never more than 8 days from the USA, normally it is 5-6. Where are they this time?

Every time I walk past the front door, I pause to see if you have pulled up, I hear a car in the street and I look to see if it is you.

Please Mr Parcel Man, I need you to deliver my parcels as soon as you can.

Thanks
Helen

I work at a grocery store filling the shelves, so I am used to people coming up and asking me where items are located in the store but some people are just plain RUDE.

Last night this lady came up to me just said “Baking Soda” nothing else, I knew that she wanted to know where it was but please where were the manners?

How hard is it to say “Excuse me, could you please tell me which aisle the baking soda is in?” How hard is that? I was talking to some of the other fillers about these sort of customers and we all agreed that it is the most annoying thing we get asked. However the thing that really kicks you, is that it isn’t the teens rampaging the shop before the movies but the middle age women, who I bet are always getting up people if they don’t say please and thank you.

Next time someone comes up to me and just says “Baking Soda” or “Tomato Sauce” I am so tempted to just say “What did you want to know about __________” or “What exaclty is your question?”

I am there not only to fill the shelves but to help the customers, you learn to ignore the rude ones and cherish the nice ones but sometimes the rude ones just annoy you too much.

And in other news Chatterbox is starting an Australia and New Zealand DT – see details here. I currently plan on entering it as I know I have it, the question is can I bring it? or can I bring them what they want.