Sorry, no trolls.

Since today I had to work at noon, but then got a call not to come in til 1 b/c I had too many hours for the week (and they are too cheap to pay overtime [I own all of the overtime for the store that I work at...now that takes talent]) I was walking in just as the trolls were leaving so I knew it was going to be a different kind of day. It was your ordinary day and we got a lot of well needed cleaning done. Just when I thought that nothing exciting or funny would happen at work tonight I heard this fun story.

Apparently the urinal in the men's bathroom smelled like dying deer. After I got done using the bleach to clean tabletops in the deli, I called Josh to go pour the rest down the horrible smelling urinal, which was requested by another worker. Josh did so and then didn't say much about it when he came back thru my department. However, when I was taking the trash out with Josh he told me that while freshening the urinal he noticed a beer bottle lid on the top of the urinal. His first thought was that someone had stolen some beer. He looked in the trash can where he discovered an empty beer bottle. He then proceeded to go check the alcohol isle to find the bunch of bottles that had one missing. After searching all the beer, he found nothing missing. Where did the beer bottle come from you may ask?! Why, some drunk couldn't go 3 minutes without his beer so he brought it into the store with him so he could continue to fill his bladder while emptying it. Wow, what a clever man.
*AFL: sorry there is not a troll story for today, but hopefully this will tide you over til I can get a new troll story...if not, I guess I can make one up for you.

Piss me off a little

First, I HATE ROAD CONSTRUCTION!!! It is a pain in the ass. And of course they must be working on my route from home to work and home to school. The intersection is bad enough without being dropped down to one lane. I can't even turn right on red at 6am...HELLO there is no one else on the road. So I have to sit thru the whole sequence of light changes. And that is the good time of day to be leaving. Now if I have to work at 3-4pm, there is a ice cubes chance in hell that it will take me less then an hour to drive what usually takes me 15 minutes. The line of cars is honestly about .5 to .75 mile long...all waiting for the light to turn green long enough for 4...yes 4 cars to turn. Ugh. Then on the way back to my apartment, it narrows down to one lane...and the left turn lane, however you have to wait until about 3 car lengths before the light to get into the turn lane. Once you finally get to the turn lane, you can't see around the large machinery to see if it is safe to turn or not. So you have to hold your breath, close your eyes and put the pedal to the medal hoping you get thru unscaved.

Second, I HATE CELL PHONE BATTERIES. My phone battery now has a mind of its own. Sometimes it likes to stay on all day etc and other days it only lasts about an hour. Sometimes, it lets you talk and others it cuts me off mid-sentence. And to top it all off, the F***ing battery is more than I paid for the damn phone. What is wrong with this world??? Stupid price gouging.

Third, STUPID PEOPLE SOMETIMES MAKE ME LAUGH. Here is what happened to a couple of lucky cops...and this is a true story.
The cop gets an early morning phone call on his work cell phone, it is a number that he doesn't recognize but answers it anyway and this is the convo that follows.
C: Hello?
DA (dumbass): Is Tom there?
C: He is not around right now, what did you need?
DA: I was wondering if I could get some meth.
C: Sure, where would you like to meet?
DA: Over by blah blah blah park.
C: Ok, I will meet you there.
* They drive to the park where they met the lady who was all smiles. She took the fake meth and a few minutes later she was in cuffs. How smart can you be to dial the wrong number then talk to someone you don't know and set up a drug deal with them.

Interesting lincoln

In January, something tipped off the police to start looking in an area just outside out town for the body of a person who had disappeared 12 years ago. About a week after starting the search, they recovered the body wrapped in a black trash bag. They finally solved who the remains belonged to, a 15 year old girl. She wasn't a run away, she just suddenly dissapeared from her house one night. Why would it take them 12 years to find the remains that happened to be just about 20 feet or so off the road. They believe that she was killed shortly after disappearing so she hasn't been living then just suddenly killed. Where has her body been for the last 12 years. And how did it just suddenly show up? The man that they believe is the suspect is currently in jail b/c of another murder that he committed. How would he have covered up the remains for this long then decide to dispose of the remains? That kind of confuses me, so does that mean that someone else is involved. Hopefully we find out soon, I sure as hell don't want the other person (if there is one) to be running around waiting for the next victim.

Then, Wedn. night around 7pm, a man was walking the shore of a local lake looking for fishing lures and...whoops, there's a dead body. He was a black man with no shoes or wallet, blue shirt, green pants, white socks, black moustache, receding hairline, and a gap in his teeth. At the time, they had no idea who he was, how he got there, why he was there, what happened to him, when he got there, anything, they had no idea. Thankfully, his fingerprints helped identify him. Now they have another huge task. Examining 5595 acres of the State park and 1800 acres are water. Sounds like a good time to me. Maybe I will ask if they would like me to help, b/c I would jump at the chance. Ok, so they pry aren't going to let me help since I am not at all qualified but it is wishful thinking.

This is the most excitement in Lincoln for quite a few months so I am planning on staying on top of these stories...YIPPY!!

Death Penalty

So, this week, the part of the state was trying to get rid of the death penalty. As of right now, I believe that there are 9 people on death row in nebraska. Also, nebraska is only one of three states that still has the electric chair as their form of execution. Now, I am sure that even though I wouldn't go into great detail on this subject I may still piss a few people off...too damn bad, you have your thoughts and I have mine, I just choose to voice mine. Anyway, thankfully, the death penalty is still "alive" (excuss the pun) for a while longer, but only by one vote. That one vote margin scares me. These people are on death row for a reason. They murdered someone or many someones in a very gruesome manor. Do I think that they deserve to die?? YES! They know the law, they know what is morally right and what is morally wrong before they commit the crime and they know what they are getting themselves into. Honestly, sometimes I think the form of electric chair doesn't come close to what the criminal should be getting. And don't even get me started with lethal injection. Moving on, these people sit on death row for years and years and years before they are put to death. Some even die of natural causes or because of something that happened in jail before they are put to death. I think this is also bullshit. If they get sentenced the death, please put them to death the next day. Holding them in jail for 10, 20, 30+ years is wasting all taxpayers' money. In Nebraska it cost about $30,00 per prisoner per year to hold them in jail, think about it everyone, is that what you want to be wasting your money on? I sure as hell don't! Now, that this man who killed 2 cab drivers in Omaha in '79 found out that they death penalty is still in effect, he decided to stop appealing and told them that he was ready to be put to death. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE READY TO BE PUT TO DEATH OR NOT!! The person that you killed didn't get to choose if they wanted to die and neither should you. Grow some balls and face it like a man...and save us all the trouble. Thanks

Yep, I am from a small town...Trolls

I have noticed a small difference between small town people and "city" people, or at least the city people that I know. Back home, if someone got pulled over or any of the emergency vehicles left the fire hall, you followed them then drove by as many times as needed to figure out what was going on. However, when I ride with my "city" friends and I see someone pulled over with 2 or more po-po's or an accident, I want to drive by again just to find out what is going on. They are not as amused. I am not sure if it is b/c they see stuff like this all the time and there are more interesting things to do or what the deal is, but "city" folk just drive on by like nothing is happening. So, 2 days ago, i was driving home and there is ALWAYS a speed trap on one side or the other of a bridge not far from my house. Cops are there at least 5 out of 7 days a week, no surprise, anyone who drives that road should know this. As I came over the over-pass the runs perpendicular to the "trap road" I noticed flashing lights. Great, another dumbass got pulled over for speeding I thought. Boy was I wrong and since I had to go pick up my pizza anyway, I made a point to pass this scene three times...here is what I observed.
Pass 1. Two cop cars have their spot lights on the car that is pulled over. Three cops are there, with two of them holding the suspect down while the other is cuffing him.
Pass 2. Suspect is using the phone to call someone. His mother maybe, parole officer, girlfriend...hell your guess is as good as mine.
Pass 3. I think that I see another cop car there, but I am wrong. It is actually a tow truck taking the suspects car away and the suspect is being put in the police car. I am not sure what he did but it was a highlight for my day.

Then I had a fun encounter with the trolls and I thought I would report it for AFL.
N: (ugh) What can I get you?
T(1): Is that mac and cheese plain?
N: YES, it is the same as it is everyday and we are never going to change it.
T(1): Ok, I would like about $0.45.
N:(get it for her) There you go. Anything else?
T(2): What is that? Beef and Noodles?
N: Yes.
T(2): (To T(3)) Would you like some?
T(3): Oh, a little bit.
T(2): Can you stir that up a little? The top looks a little dark.
N: It is beef and noodles, it is going to be that dark all the way through, that is how beef and noodles are.
T(2): Ok, well we will take about $0.90 but try not to get a lot of beef in there, just the noodles.
N: I'll do my best.
T(2): Oh No, over here, there are more noodles over here.
N: I am doing what I can but I am not going to sit here and pick out every piece of beef for you...sorry.
T(2): Ok, then.
Finally got what they wanted within reason and gave them their other order of mac and cheese however I was ----- that close to blowing up their car today, they really got on my nerves.

And finally, this is for Kori. Did you know that Hugh whatever that plays House is also in the human version of 101 dalmations? He is one of the bad guys, I didn't know that until I watched that movie again yesterday.