Work and Windbreaker ramblings
Oct. 15th, 2025 09:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blackicebobaYesterday was wild at work. Like nothing awful happened but like. . .there were a lot of weird interactions both with customers and with coworkers all day.
Someone accused one coworker of smoking weed on the job. Nothing came of this as far as we know but our security and management did get involved. (We're not sure what happened but, like. . .I'm pretty sure her boyfriend borrows her car so if she did smell like weed it might have been THAT.) I didn't notice anything and the smell of weed usually sets off my asthma so I don't think that was the case but STILL.
One coworker stopped a guy from stealing some like. . .IDK pacakges of meat and he got mad at her like SHE was the problem and as he left, he said something and we couldn't hear everything but he called her a bitch. Either way when I left I was like ". . .call your son to come get you if you don't feel safe when you leave." I assume she's fine but STILL. People are nuts and the guy was clearly on something.
THEN. Another coworker came in with her girlfriend (who also works there but I don't really know the girlfriend) and she waved me over as they came in to the self-checkout lane and was like "I need this bad boy out of it's case" and handed me one of the vibrators we sell back in the pharmacy. She was very quickly beckoning me over as she came around the corner cause she didn't want my coworker to get to them first. Like they're not closeted but they were buying tequila, strawberries and a vibrator so they would have gotten comments. Or at the very least I would have heard comments about it later cause like. . .coworker (who I ADORE she's one of my favorite people there) always has comments when people there are dating each other. Not like snotty but just like. . .you know they're not supposed to be in the same departments.
ALSO. The first friend I made there was off work for several months for cancer treatment. She's been in a couple of times to talk to the HR lady and she's messaged some of the people who work on service desk. She came in yesterday and she was getting into one of the riding carts, she waved me over to her. So I came over, thinking she needed help and she went "Come get a hug!!" and hugged me so tight. When I asked how she was feeling she said, "I'm feeling great. They got all of it. I should be back with you all in November." Apparently she's SO BORED at home cause her husband and mom and daughter are like. . .still in protective mode.
But that's exciting. i was so happy to see her cause I miss her. When one of my younger coworkers first found out that I was in my 40's, this coworker was like "H said you're in your forties." I said "I'm forty-two" and she went "I'm forty-three. I knew there was a reason we got along so well." She's also the one who kept trying to talk me into watching Naruto. And when I showed her a picture of Kanda she was like "Oh. Oh he's hot. I would watch that just for him to show up."
SPEAKING OF D.GRAY-MAN.
I ordered the 3-in-1 volumes. Volumes 4, 5 & 6 have arrived. Or like. . .the set of 4, 5 & 6 have arrived. Like the second omnibus is here. IDK where the first one is cause I thought it was supposed to be here first but that's fine. It's currently on the bottom shelf of my manga shelf cause like. . .IDK what to do with it. Eventually I need to get rid of the empty bookshelf that's in my living room, get a smaller one and move all the danmei out in the living room so I have more room for the actual manga in there. Especially if I'm gonna start collecting WBK and Saiyuki as well. But that's a problem for me after bills.
I woke up at like 3 AM this morning with a sinus headache. But also had a flash of inspiration of. . .what if I changed two of my All Ships fics around to where I did a fic that I'd meant to write for RinHaru ages ago for day one and did a lyric thing for SuoSaku. Flash of Lifehouse's "Whatever It Takes" popped into my head.
Specifically this bit:
"If we're gonna make this work
You gotta let me inside even though it hurts
Don't hide the broken parts that I need to see"
She said, "Like it or not it's the way it's gotta be
You gotta love yourself if you can ever love me"
THOUGHTS!! Hmm. This is all a problem for when I'm off work. IDK that I have the. . mental fortitude to try to finish four fics in two days but we'll see. Now that I'm not suffering from PMDD induced exhaustion I'm like I WANNA WORK ON ALL THE THINGS.
ALSO. Reading WBK still and I lost it when Shishitoren and Roppo-Ichiza (sp?) rocked up to help. Everyone being like THAT ASSHOLE DIDN'T TELL US HE DID THIS OMG.
Shishitoren getting lost on the way to the shopping district sent me. As did Hiragi's fight with the guy who beat up Kaji. Him being like HEY. Not everyone gets off on fighting, you need to ASK before you go this hard on someone. Like Hiragi was like "this dude gets pleasure from inflicing pain and experiencing pain so he's not going to react the same way everyone else does" and there was this collective pause of "OH." from everyone as you took a beat to process that. Amazing.
Also, Takashii's been in like two scenes and I already LOATHE him oml. I assume that if this goes the way everything else has done he'll have some tragic backstory presumably involving whatever tf he and Endo got going on and they'll be friends with Furin by the end but atm. He is actually terrifying.
Also like, they said "oh the goal is to destroy Umemiya" and I literally blurted out BUT WHY THO? like I assume they're going to tell us, but like. . seriously why though. Like it OCCURRED to Sakura that was what was happening and there was this OH THAT'S WHY THEY'VE GOT HIM CAGED. They don't want to stop their strongest fighter, they want him unprotected.
Good luck getting past Tsubaki.
I work today and then I'm off for two days and I again don't have anything I need to get done except write (and load/unload the dishwasher) so we'll see how things go. Probably watch more of Stampede and Naruto but otherwise.
Someone accused one coworker of smoking weed on the job. Nothing came of this as far as we know but our security and management did get involved. (We're not sure what happened but, like. . .I'm pretty sure her boyfriend borrows her car so if she did smell like weed it might have been THAT.) I didn't notice anything and the smell of weed usually sets off my asthma so I don't think that was the case but STILL.
One coworker stopped a guy from stealing some like. . .IDK pacakges of meat and he got mad at her like SHE was the problem and as he left, he said something and we couldn't hear everything but he called her a bitch. Either way when I left I was like ". . .call your son to come get you if you don't feel safe when you leave." I assume she's fine but STILL. People are nuts and the guy was clearly on something.
THEN. Another coworker came in with her girlfriend (who also works there but I don't really know the girlfriend) and she waved me over as they came in to the self-checkout lane and was like "I need this bad boy out of it's case" and handed me one of the vibrators we sell back in the pharmacy. She was very quickly beckoning me over as she came around the corner cause she didn't want my coworker to get to them first. Like they're not closeted but they were buying tequila, strawberries and a vibrator so they would have gotten comments. Or at the very least I would have heard comments about it later cause like. . .coworker (who I ADORE she's one of my favorite people there) always has comments when people there are dating each other. Not like snotty but just like. . .you know they're not supposed to be in the same departments.
ALSO. The first friend I made there was off work for several months for cancer treatment. She's been in a couple of times to talk to the HR lady and she's messaged some of the people who work on service desk. She came in yesterday and she was getting into one of the riding carts, she waved me over to her. So I came over, thinking she needed help and she went "Come get a hug!!" and hugged me so tight. When I asked how she was feeling she said, "I'm feeling great. They got all of it. I should be back with you all in November." Apparently she's SO BORED at home cause her husband and mom and daughter are like. . .still in protective mode.
But that's exciting. i was so happy to see her cause I miss her. When one of my younger coworkers first found out that I was in my 40's, this coworker was like "H said you're in your forties." I said "I'm forty-two" and she went "I'm forty-three. I knew there was a reason we got along so well." She's also the one who kept trying to talk me into watching Naruto. And when I showed her a picture of Kanda she was like "Oh. Oh he's hot. I would watch that just for him to show up."
SPEAKING OF D.GRAY-MAN.
I ordered the 3-in-1 volumes. Volumes 4, 5 & 6 have arrived. Or like. . .the set of 4, 5 & 6 have arrived. Like the second omnibus is here. IDK where the first one is cause I thought it was supposed to be here first but that's fine. It's currently on the bottom shelf of my manga shelf cause like. . .IDK what to do with it. Eventually I need to get rid of the empty bookshelf that's in my living room, get a smaller one and move all the danmei out in the living room so I have more room for the actual manga in there. Especially if I'm gonna start collecting WBK and Saiyuki as well. But that's a problem for me after bills.
I woke up at like 3 AM this morning with a sinus headache. But also had a flash of inspiration of. . .what if I changed two of my All Ships fics around to where I did a fic that I'd meant to write for RinHaru ages ago for day one and did a lyric thing for SuoSaku. Flash of Lifehouse's "Whatever It Takes" popped into my head.
Specifically this bit:
"If we're gonna make this work
You gotta let me inside even though it hurts
Don't hide the broken parts that I need to see"
She said, "Like it or not it's the way it's gotta be
You gotta love yourself if you can ever love me"
THOUGHTS!! Hmm. This is all a problem for when I'm off work. IDK that I have the. . mental fortitude to try to finish four fics in two days but we'll see. Now that I'm not suffering from PMDD induced exhaustion I'm like I WANNA WORK ON ALL THE THINGS.
ALSO. Reading WBK still and I lost it when Shishitoren and Roppo-Ichiza (sp?) rocked up to help. Everyone being like THAT ASSHOLE DIDN'T TELL US HE DID THIS OMG.
Shishitoren getting lost on the way to the shopping district sent me. As did Hiragi's fight with the guy who beat up Kaji. Him being like HEY. Not everyone gets off on fighting, you need to ASK before you go this hard on someone. Like Hiragi was like "this dude gets pleasure from inflicing pain and experiencing pain so he's not going to react the same way everyone else does" and there was this collective pause of "OH." from everyone as you took a beat to process that. Amazing.
Also, Takashii's been in like two scenes and I already LOATHE him oml. I assume that if this goes the way everything else has done he'll have some tragic backstory presumably involving whatever tf he and Endo got going on and they'll be friends with Furin by the end but atm. He is actually terrifying.
Also like, they said "oh the goal is to destroy Umemiya" and I literally blurted out BUT WHY THO? like I assume they're going to tell us, but like. . seriously why though. Like it OCCURRED to Sakura that was what was happening and there was this OH THAT'S WHY THEY'VE GOT HIM CAGED. They don't want to stop their strongest fighter, they want him unprotected.
Good luck getting past Tsubaki.
I work today and then I'm off for two days and I again don't have anything I need to get done except write (and load/unload the dishwasher) so we'll see how things go. Probably watch more of Stampede and Naruto but otherwise.
