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Sorry to Bother You (2)
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And, on the whirlwind 1 day tour of Calgary and Drumheller with the daughter and boy I find time to take them to the late show, my choice, "Sorry To Bother You". Which was the best movie I've seen in a long time, it had something to say, wasn't made for commerce, it's the perfect dystopian take on Trump's America, absurd, but only slightly, hilarious, but darkly, and far, far more uncomfortable and incisive than the trailer would lead you to believe. Very worthwhile. I'd give it 11 out of 10 stars.
More Beryl...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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The week before last, a day trip, check out a few prospects. Back to where I found the Beryl's, back into the hole, digging, into the sunlight to comb through the rock, break it up, look for those gemmy bits of green and blue...
When, finally, reaching into the hole I pull out this:
an inch and a half wide at the base, maybe 3 inches high, the color is hidden, it will need some work but an amazing specimen, ...
It will need polishing to see if there are any translucent bits, but all that time I've been wasting looking for those small shards when dig deeper and there are pieces like this?
Back to the hole...
The Asshole
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More of the idiot son...
The week past, plans to go to Calgary to visit the kids, last chance this summer, I'm scheduled Thursday and Friday off. And I've spoken with the owners, advised them of my intent, I'm going to make the last ferry on Wednesday night, the other waiter will have to close up on his own.
It comes up we've a new waitress, the other waitress suggests as she's hungry for shifts that maybe the new waitress will work my Saturday, give me an extra day with the kids, I run it past the owner's son: he tells me in no uncertain terms that he needs me to work my scheduled shifts, he's going away to a class reunion in Cranbrook, and I can't help but think him attending a class reunion with his wife is a little like a black person wanting to bring his bride to a lynching, but I say nothing. I'll be back Saturday.
Only on my way out the door Wednesday evening, on my way to the last ferry, the waitress points out that the schedule has mysteriously changed...
I should check it...
And my 2 days off have mysteriously vanished, I'm now scheduled in on Friday at 4:00, one day off, and the owner's son has adjusted the schedule to show that he's worked doubles the past 2 days - the 2 doubles I worked - and he was off, WTF? And I'm enraged and accost the owners, they have nothing to say, he knew my plans, his own were far more important, and lacking the courage to advise or ask me to postpone my own simply changed the schedule to reflect his imaginary work...
He's a sneak and an asshole, the last week he's worked 1 shift, and plans on taking the rest of the summer off once his wife gives birth to his 2nd son, and instead of negotiating with staff, or advising them of plans, simply sneaks in revised schedules, and I'm livid, I've seen how they treat the staff - "We'll just use him/her until....", their bemoaning the staff's "selfishness" when it is in fact their own, I know I can expect no better treatment, but they top themselves with their asshole behaviors, they lament the lack of good employees when in fact they should lament the lack of competent employers, and I'm plotting, hopeful, that when his next spawn arrives I can as suddenly revise the schedule with my absence...
The Kootenai Mancatcher
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At work, the chefs' girlfriend has been selling her dreamcatchers, finely beaded little spirals hung with feathers and leather thongs.
Jealous of her success, I came up with my own "indigent artist" crafts project to sell in the restaurant: The Kootenai Mancatcher. Tradition has it that when a Kootenai girl came of age and found herself single, she'd assemble a mancatcher from a pair of her choicest knickers and hang it upon her schoolbus or trailer to demonstrate her availability ....
Only $60.
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