The Upside of Valbowski
Just thought everyone should know that Sandlot 2: Son of the Beast, the straight-to-video classic, recently came out. Starring James Earl Jones, this one is a can't miss.
Also, I've been puzzled lately by ATM machines. Is there any reason that the automated woman speaks with a British accent? Did the ATM machine originate in the UK? Personally, I would like my ATM machine to speak American dialect when I am taking out my cash. "Please wait while your trahnsahksion is being prohsessed," she says. I just think it's a little bizarre.
Working at a convenience store really sucks. As I was on my hands and knees stocking flavored soy milk the other day, I had a revelation: I am about to be a senior in college and I am on my hands and knees stocking flavored soy milk in a shitty convenience store. I am a lowly cashier. There are freshmen who are student managers. Actually, I don't mind the lack of responsibility. But it's still pathetic.
Having to complete hundreds of transactions in a shift at the store, I try to vary my speech when telling a customer his/her total or giving someone change back. Two-fifty, a dollar seventy-eight, four dollars and 34 cents, a buck and a quarter, you know, switch it up. That got me to thinking. Do other countries say the equivalent of our "dollar fifty," for example. Like say you're in Germany, do they say "Euro 75?" Or is it cool to say "Yen 44?" I may have to do some research on this subject.
Coming soon: my wrapup of this season's TVmovies, including "Category 6: Day of Destruction," "Spring Break Shark Attack" and "Locusts," and the Sci-Fi Channel classics "Chupacabra," "Raptor Island," "Sasquatch" and "King Cobra."
Also, I've been puzzled lately by ATM machines. Is there any reason that the automated woman speaks with a British accent? Did the ATM machine originate in the UK? Personally, I would like my ATM machine to speak American dialect when I am taking out my cash. "Please wait while your trahnsahksion is being prohsessed," she says. I just think it's a little bizarre.
Working at a convenience store really sucks. As I was on my hands and knees stocking flavored soy milk the other day, I had a revelation: I am about to be a senior in college and I am on my hands and knees stocking flavored soy milk in a shitty convenience store. I am a lowly cashier. There are freshmen who are student managers. Actually, I don't mind the lack of responsibility. But it's still pathetic.
Having to complete hundreds of transactions in a shift at the store, I try to vary my speech when telling a customer his/her total or giving someone change back. Two-fifty, a dollar seventy-eight, four dollars and 34 cents, a buck and a quarter, you know, switch it up. That got me to thinking. Do other countries say the equivalent of our "dollar fifty," for example. Like say you're in Germany, do they say "Euro 75?" Or is it cool to say "Yen 44?" I may have to do some research on this subject.
Coming soon: my wrapup of this season's TVmovies, including "Category 6: Day of Destruction," "Spring Break Shark Attack" and "Locusts," and the Sci-Fi Channel classics "Chupacabra," "Raptor Island," "Sasquatch" and "King Cobra."
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