I am just amazed at how many "reality" shows there are out there, and the new ones that are coming out. I am guilty of watching more than a few of these. The subject matter is rather funny for some of them, or more than some actually. The newest I have seen is about people going around buying things from old storage rooms that the people default on and the owners can then sell their stuff. There is one similar to that call "Pickers", which I had no idea what that meant until I watched a little bit of it. There are several shows about "Jersey". I do not get the fascination with "guidos" and "guidettes" and their antics. There is a Jersey show about hair dressers, and one about couture, and one about so-called real housewives (guilty of watching). There are the staples of reality tv that are very popular such as American Idol, Dancing with the stars, Survivor, Big Brother, The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser, The Real World, Hells Kitchen, The Apprentice, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and so many more. Even old washed up stars are getting on the "reality" bandwagon. I just saw a commercial for a show Bob Saget (Full House and America's Funniest Videos) is doing. We have Steven Segal doing a show where he is a deputy sheriff, and Tony Danza is now a public school teacher, and of course Gene Simmons has a popular show (yes i watch it). Of course there was Scott Baio who did one, and Brett Michaels did one. There are shows about catching fish, catching lobster, catching crabs, chopping trees, drilling for oil, flipping houses, flipping hair, catching murderers, working out, losing weight, addictions, OCDs, teen pregnancy, adult pregnancy, having tons of kids, airlines, chasing ghosts, chasing bounties, chasing men, chasing women, getting tattoos, hoarding, singing, dancing, and a lot of cooking. It is just crazy what people will do to be on tv. Jackass comes to mind. Here are a few that some of you, me included, have probably never heard of.....There is Airplane Repo, which is about ....yes, repo of airplanes. I just wonder how that can be that big of a problem. Amish in the City, should be pretty self explanatory. Bromance I am not sure about except that Brody Jenner was in it. "But The Sex Is So Good." The show follows the lives of real couples who have problems but stay together because their sex life is so good. Seriously? Dice Undisputed, a reality series that will offer an "intimate" look into the often humorous life of popular 1980s funny-man Andrew "Dice" Clay. Just the thought makes me laugh, and not because I found him funny. "Family Plots" was about a mortuary. Invasion Iowa, a four-part "reality mini-series" in which The Joe Schmo Show's producers teamed with William Shatner to pull an elaborate reality hoax on the entire population of a small Iowa town. I guess everyone in Jersey was busy at this time, so Iowa was the next best thing. National Bingo Night, a television show based on the popular pastime regularly played at numerous nursing homes, church halls and casinos across the country. *yawn* "The Singing Office" about finding talented singers in the workplace. "You're Cut Off" about bratty, spoiled teen girls. There are so many more but I think you get the point, or pointless. People will do almost anything for their 15 minutes of fame. The question is,
What would you do to be on tv? Me? There is no amount of money that would be worth embarrassing myself and my family on tv.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Useless things I have learned at work
Disclaimer: DO NOT try this first one at home. I will not be responsible.
My coworker showed me how to make a stun gun or defibrillator out of a disposable camera. NO..I will not tell you exactly how to do it, but it is cool. We DID NOT test it out but he knows it works. We did try very hard to get the West Central Wireless guy to be our test dummy, but he wouldn't go for it. Imagine that!
I have learned how to chase birds out of the store. You cannot just scare them out. We did try shooting rubber bands at them, but that just chases them further into the store. So I used a raisin and put it by the door and the damn bird swooped down to get it and then we shewed it out the door. Another time I tried a wheat thin, but we finally got it out before it took the bait. Those birds are nasty and stink!
Having a sign with written instructions is really useless. 90% of people (that's a generous estimate), do not read the instructions. They are clearly posted right in front of them and they still don't read, and then get mad at us when their order is not ready. *sigh*
At the oddest times useless information just pops into my head. Most of the time it is information from high school days that I found useless then and really consider it more useless now. Last night it was The Raven. (this is for you Mrs. Barker!) "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As if someone was gently rapping, rapping on my chamber door." And looking at table salt and NaCl pops into my head.
My coworker showed me how to make a stun gun or defibrillator out of a disposable camera. NO..I will not tell you exactly how to do it, but it is cool. We DID NOT test it out but he knows it works. We did try very hard to get the West Central Wireless guy to be our test dummy, but he wouldn't go for it. Imagine that!
I have learned how to chase birds out of the store. You cannot just scare them out. We did try shooting rubber bands at them, but that just chases them further into the store. So I used a raisin and put it by the door and the damn bird swooped down to get it and then we shewed it out the door. Another time I tried a wheat thin, but we finally got it out before it took the bait. Those birds are nasty and stink!
Having a sign with written instructions is really useless. 90% of people (that's a generous estimate), do not read the instructions. They are clearly posted right in front of them and they still don't read, and then get mad at us when their order is not ready. *sigh*
At the oddest times useless information just pops into my head. Most of the time it is information from high school days that I found useless then and really consider it more useless now. Last night it was The Raven. (this is for you Mrs. Barker!) "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As if someone was gently rapping, rapping on my chamber door." And looking at table salt and NaCl pops into my head.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Random Ramblings
Sad to see the Rangers lose tonight. I really hoped they could pull it out and bring home a first time world series. I am just glad they put the NY Spankies away before losing. Their bats just weren't with them. Hats off to the SF Giants.
I had a gentleman customer the other day. He wanted some film developed. The first question I ask him is his phone number. He said I was the 4th female that day to ask for his number. Then he yells at his wife..."honey here is another one wanting my number". He was joking, of course. He laughed. I laughed. Then he told me a joke. What do you call an empty hot dog? A hollow weenie. I love a sense of humor, even if it is silly.
Yesterday was Halloween. My sons are 15 and 12 and felt they are too old to do any trick or treating. Ty would have liked to go "hang out" with some of his friends last night, but since it was a school night, and I am a fuddy dud, I didn't let him go out. Soon enough he will be driving and never be at home. I read a lot of remarks on facebook about people getting adult trick or treaters or older kids. I think that is ridiculous. Ty is 15 and has not done any trick or treating in at least 3-4 years. Last year he just escorted his brother Trystan and a friend around, but didn't even carry a bag. Neither of them is that crazy about candy anyway. I guess I am lucky in that respect. I am glad I live out in the middle of nothing and never have any trick or treaters. I might speak my mind to the older ones and end up getting "tricked" in some way. LOL
Working is going good but certain things really grate on my nerves. One is parents who let their children throw tantrums in the middle of the store and do nothing about it. The other day there was a boy of about 6 or 7 standing in a basket (which is hazardous enough) and he was throwing the biggest fit. He was screaming and crying (with no tears in sight). The mother was just walking through the aisles leaving him alone in the basket. I am the type of parent that is all for spanking when spanking is needed. There is a time and a place for it. I was not one that liked to spank my kids and didn't do it often, but that doesn't mean I was against it. This kid definitely needed to be taken to the bathroom and given a swat or two. In the end the parent gave in to the child and the screaming stopped. That just taught the child that throwing a fit will get him what he wants.
Can repetitive noises drive a person to insanity? I think so. The electric carts in the store are pushing me to the brink. Especially when they run out of juice, they incessantly sit there and beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. It is not a low beep or a quiet beep. It is a high pitched beep that seeps into the brain. I believe these machines would be good to use for interrogations. Just put one of these in the room and after a while the person will answer any and all questions just to get away from the beeping. Forget waterboarding! Let's cart beep them into submission!
And the last of my randomness for tonight. Am I OCD? When I buy multiple items, I have to buy even amounts. I can't buy 3 of something. I have to buy either 2 or 4. I tried to buy 3 of something the other day and had to go back and get another one to make it 4. I can buy items in ones, but if I buy in multiples it has to be in even numbers.
That's all I have for tonight.
I had a gentleman customer the other day. He wanted some film developed. The first question I ask him is his phone number. He said I was the 4th female that day to ask for his number. Then he yells at his wife..."honey here is another one wanting my number". He was joking, of course. He laughed. I laughed. Then he told me a joke. What do you call an empty hot dog? A hollow weenie. I love a sense of humor, even if it is silly.
Yesterday was Halloween. My sons are 15 and 12 and felt they are too old to do any trick or treating. Ty would have liked to go "hang out" with some of his friends last night, but since it was a school night, and I am a fuddy dud, I didn't let him go out. Soon enough he will be driving and never be at home. I read a lot of remarks on facebook about people getting adult trick or treaters or older kids. I think that is ridiculous. Ty is 15 and has not done any trick or treating in at least 3-4 years. Last year he just escorted his brother Trystan and a friend around, but didn't even carry a bag. Neither of them is that crazy about candy anyway. I guess I am lucky in that respect. I am glad I live out in the middle of nothing and never have any trick or treaters. I might speak my mind to the older ones and end up getting "tricked" in some way. LOL
Working is going good but certain things really grate on my nerves. One is parents who let their children throw tantrums in the middle of the store and do nothing about it. The other day there was a boy of about 6 or 7 standing in a basket (which is hazardous enough) and he was throwing the biggest fit. He was screaming and crying (with no tears in sight). The mother was just walking through the aisles leaving him alone in the basket. I am the type of parent that is all for spanking when spanking is needed. There is a time and a place for it. I was not one that liked to spank my kids and didn't do it often, but that doesn't mean I was against it. This kid definitely needed to be taken to the bathroom and given a swat or two. In the end the parent gave in to the child and the screaming stopped. That just taught the child that throwing a fit will get him what he wants.
Can repetitive noises drive a person to insanity? I think so. The electric carts in the store are pushing me to the brink. Especially when they run out of juice, they incessantly sit there and beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. It is not a low beep or a quiet beep. It is a high pitched beep that seeps into the brain. I believe these machines would be good to use for interrogations. Just put one of these in the room and after a while the person will answer any and all questions just to get away from the beeping. Forget waterboarding! Let's cart beep them into submission!
And the last of my randomness for tonight. Am I OCD? When I buy multiple items, I have to buy even amounts. I can't buy 3 of something. I have to buy either 2 or 4. I tried to buy 3 of something the other day and had to go back and get another one to make it 4. I can buy items in ones, but if I buy in multiples it has to be in even numbers.
That's all I have for tonight.
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