I’m going to Ottawa again next week. Brrrrrrrrr. And I’ll be in a meeting during Remembrance Day ceremonies so I won’t even get to see Parliament HIll in action. But, any requests?
i'm kerri. i live in toronto, ontario.
that's canada. i work in marketing, love hugs, carbs,
and cobalt blue. i devour pretzels, make sexy foam lattes, and Love typography with a capital L. i'm never satisfied, so that explains my spur of the moment plans to travel, see new things and visit old friends. i need a teleporter.
i like travel. A LOT.
i secretly wish i were scandinavian. i also want to speak more than one language - i'm going to work on that. bonjour!
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7 Nov 09
"There is really only one city for everyone, just as there is one major love."
Dawn Powell (via In Which Nothing Will Cut New York But A Diamond - This Recording) (via buyhercandy) (via unicornology)
6 Nov 09
I wish I had $5 right now. I want food.
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$5 spent. triple tall soy americano misto and some oatmeal.
5 Nov 09
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3 Nov 09
i have a serious weakness for tv shows and movies with talking animals, so i really can’t stop laughing at the drunk ewok’s on the today show from a couple days ago!
How am I celebrating Christmas Day? I’M GOING TO STARBUCKS.
AND HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING? YOU’RE WORKING AT STARBUCKS!!!
Sad.
I worked at a Starbucks for a miserable two weeks in November 2007. I remember the manager putting up a bulletin on the incorrigibly chirpy bulletin board saying “Want to work on Christmas Day? Earn triple time!”, with five slots for employees to write their names. Half an hour later, my co-workers were fighting over who could get the last shift. A couple had even come from home, just to get their name on the sheet.
I don’t want to say that Starbucks is soul-sucking - that would imply that they have something meaningful or at least substantial to offer - but I do think that working there implies soullessness. Or at least a complete lack of personality. How else could someone be so interested in giving up their Christmas Day for $27/hr?
when i started at starbucks, i was a shift supervisor working a mix of opens, closes and mids in a brand new city, vancouver. working christmas eve or christmas day was a way to get out of working new years eve or new years - that’s just the nature of the beast in retail. when i worked a mall job we had no say in opting out of midnight closes and had a blackout on booking vacation for the month of december.
anyways, those that work christmas are usually the students or fresh outta schoolers who can’t afford to fly home (that was me!) or people who don’t celebrate christmas. the triple rate and the tips people left that day were worth it, even for celebrating the day with regular customers and strangers alike.
and well, i still work here: five years, four positions and two offices later. and, i don’t think the soul has been sucked out of me? no hard feelings mark!
