It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Saturday, June 6
Back At The Hotel
Tonite at the hotel, Robert was almost as glad to find out we’d found our wallet as we were in finding it…Last week, he had fretted over us losing and both following nites asked if we’d found it…He didn’t ask tonite tho and he was putting some registration cards in the bucket in the back office – he was facing away from us here – when we took our wallet out and waved it in front of his face…Completely focused on this mindless administrative task, he didn’t notice it…So we opened it and waved it again, all but hitting him in the face, which got his attention.
Then Brian, the maintenance guy informs he was letting a family use the pool past the standard 2200 closing time…Sigh…We don’t like this…Rules are rules, and 2200 should mean 2200, not whenever the hell the maintenance head feels like kicking people out…This wasn’t a surprise, either, because Brian is a wishy-washy appeasing sort, and you can say what you want about us, we’re not…We could’ve said no and perhaps gotten into a pissing match over this, but we decided not to, and didn’t bother objecting…We did tell him that once you let some people in, you might well have to let others in, and that’s no good, but Brian said he’d be there the whole time – which we didn’t altogether believe, but what the hell.
Food Talk
There is lots of sundry stand news…Recall we were obliged to find a new dairy supplier, and we did, and there are lots of new goodies…They’re not all out yet – not until we get rid of the old stuff – but out there now is a new ice cream sandwich, plus a new brand of frozen pizza: Jacks.
It’s a pretty popular brand…The longest of longtime readers may – or they may not – recall when we worked for the retailer our classic Bachelor Purchase of the Nite…The competition for this award was especially tight on weekends, when every dorfman in town came in – some barely out of their jammies – for Maigc the Gathering Cards and Junior Mints…Well, macaroni and cheese and frozen pizzas were purchased in disturbingly high quantities, too, with ol’ Sparrow ringing up no small number of Jack’s pizzas, with some actually saying how good they are.
So, in order to be of the greatest possible service to our guests, we tried one tonite…It was OK, better than the old brand we carried, but not all that great, either, tho it should be noted it was a deep dish pizza, while Jack’s specializes in thin crust, full-size pizzas…They’re sold in individual packets, too, meaning we can swing some deals with buy-one-get-one offers or throw one in as a freebie if they’re buying a lot of other stuff or if they’re cute and stacked.
We’re also carrying frozen burritos now…We haven’t taste-tested these puppies yet, but we will soon enuff…Any why we didn’t start carrying these five minutes after weed was legalized in this state will always be a Mystery of the Front Desk.
Help Wanted
It’s been a couple of weeks since Romeo left his position working the three nite’s we’re off here, and a replacement still hasn’t been hired…Pierro said the Front Desk Supervisor (FDS; or maybe it was the AGM) had an interview with someone who turned out to be a lousy fit, while one there were high hopes for no-showed for their interview…There is no one else in the pipeline, and the FDS sees so little hope that he asked me to work for him one Tuesday in a couple of weeks, so he can go to a concert…We said sure…It’s our nite off, but we’ve shown two strait weeks of work is nothing.
The Day’s Workout
We all but had the gym to ourselves tonite, and we got more weights, deep breathing, and neck work in.
One guy who was there was the dude who lives in those units kitty-corner to The Shire…We chatted a bit today, and he’s a medical student, which surprised us because we thought junior college was the highest level of education available in the next county…(Unless you’re going for your Masters in Crystal Meth.)…He said the university runs a medical school at the hospital out there, and we noted we’ve known several people who’ve tried to become doctors and none of them succeeded…Some were because they knocked their girlfriend up, while the others got knocked up themselves…The guy nodded as if he’s known people that’s happened to, too.
Sparrow’s Sleep Log:
The Sleep Log will return tomorrow.
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