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The Muse has fled
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And we sit around talking about penis length and how it's width that matters.
It's slow, we're always busy but sometimes it's slow to start and when it's slow the other servers, they talk to me.
I wish they wouldn't but they do anyways.
The bosses' nephew, he's gotten engaged, refuses to discuss the herpes thing further.
And G. is concerned about his penis length and is enquiring after mine and I'm reassuring him that unless it's particularly small or otherwise deformed it probably doesn't matter.
And it's been a week now since I'm back to work, I'm thwarted from leaving by the dentist, unavailable for a consultation until Sept 22, meaning that the earliest I can be out of there is October, and I'm frustrated. Enormously and I make a note to vent upon the dentist.
Still, there are other things to be organized in the meantime. I need to see a doctor, get a prescription for Champex, 1st thing to do upon leaving the restaurant. And there are others, lists re; refinishing my accommodations, etc, trivial, mundane things, and I realize that the muse has fled, she lives on the margins of emotion, love and hate, margins of experience, too much alcohol, cigarettes, too little sleep, and now, in the long middle, she's not there.
There's nothing to write about.
Back to Work
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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The vacation is over. And it's a bit of a relief, really, it wasn't particularly relaxing. Not at all, not in the least.
And so I hear about everyone elses better, more relaxed vacation. G. Stayed in town, just hung around, Franco went to the mountains for a few days, and the bosses nephew moved in with his new girlfriend, the dishwasher looking after the house was getting to be a bit much.
He had a good vacation, and he shows us pictures of his girlfriends fine breasts on his Ipod and then a video on his facebook. I try to look politely interested, I'm not particularly, it's not my girlfriend, not my facebook, and I don't know if I particularly "approve" of showing off nude photos of one's girlfriend at work....I'm a bit of a prude that way.
The boss, he's impressed, if only his son could be this smooth...
But things aren't all what they seem in paradise. Halfway through the shift he's getting me to translate his text messages and his girlfriend checked into a clinic, she has an infection. He wants to know what an infection is and I explain, and he begins denying that it could have been him. He's had 6 women since coming to Canada. And a few hours later and there's another text message confirming that it's herpes. And he's denying it still but now he's looking a bit concerned. I cheer him up with the old: "What's the difference between Herpes and True Love" joke, he seems to take it well, offers to infect me, and so the circus continues.
I've a month left. Maybe a bit more, the dentist, the move, they've cost a fair bit. But it's the only thing that keeps me going.
Working for the guy who works for 7/11
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It's Sunday morning in the old house and I'm doing a few final things, outside for a break having a smoke when big talker walks by, back from his night shift at 7/11. He sees that I'm moving and stops to talk, somehow it comes up that I do computer stuff and he gets excited. He's been doing computer stuff forever, and is getting back into it, this 7/11 thing is just til he gets back on his feet, I should give him my number and he'll give me a ring when the projects come in....
That's me. Working for the guy who works at 7/11.
Telus - I need to speak with a human being
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Telus. On the phone for 10 minutes, pressing buttons, listening to the automated system trying to route my call, I haven't time for this, I need to speak to a person. I need to speak to a person, and so when the music comes on yet again and the voicebot comes back with "OK. I Think I understood you say...say 'Yes' if that's correct" I lose it, but the voicebot, she doesn't understand you screaming "I NEED TO SPEAK WITH A FUCKING HUMAN BEING!".
This is Telus Customer Service. We'll do anything to make sure you don't have to speak to us.
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