Yet another suck from the lady who works for a European game retailer with a "creative" name that isn't Gamestop!

Mercifully, this being Ireland, we don't experience Black Friday. (We have Bog Day on December 8th... Ireland is a largely Catholic country, so on December 8th it's the feast of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It's a holy day of obligation, so all the folk from rural areas around Dublin come to our mall/shopping centre to do their Christmas shopping, yay! But ANYWAY... moving on...) We do, however, have to contend with PEGI (Pan European Game Information) ratings on games, and then the formal IFCO (Irish Film Censors' Office) ratings. PEGI ratings are more like guidelines, we don't enforce anything below 12+, but above that we treat it like an IFCO rating. The law states that we legally cannot sell a game/blu-ray (we sell pre-owned blu-rays) to anyone below the age shown on the product, so this makes for a looooot of sucks.

So anyways, today the shop was jam-packed what with it being a Saturday and OMFG LESS THAN 30 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS! Our policy is to I.D. anybody who looks younger than 21 and is trying to buy a certified game. One customer today came up with the latest Call of Duty (which received an 18+ rating from PEGI and IFCO) and the Saw game, which has the same rating. Please hold while I transfer you to the department of SCRIPT FORMAT and OH NO HE DIDN'T!

Game Slave: That's me!
Jerky McJerkson: Sucky customer
Meanie O'Meanieo: Sucky customer's friend

GS: Oh, you're looking to purchase these games! Can I ask how old you are? *is suspicious cos both look barely 17*
JMcJ: I'm 18.
GS: *apologetic smile* Do you have any I.D. to prove that please sir?
JMcJ: Are you joking me?
GS: Unfortunately not, sir, I have to ask for I.D. if you're lucky enough to look younger than 21, haha... *smile*
MO'M: Are you saying he's lying?
GS: <:O No, sir, I just need proof of age for purchase. JMcJ: Ah, just give them to me... I told you I'm 18! GS: I'm afraid I can't do that, sir. JMcJ: Well I don't bring I.D. with me when I'm buying a poxy game! GS: *smile wearing thin now* Well, if you bring your I.D. next time, we can check it and you'll have your games double quick! MO'M: I'll buy them for him so. GS: Do you have I.D.? MO'M: Wha? I don't need I.D., I'm 19! GS: Same situation applies, I'm afraid. I need to see I.D.! I can hold the games for you if you have a driver's license in the car...? *hint hint* JMcJ: So you're saying I can't buy these games without I.D.? GS: I'm afraid so, sir. It's against the law... JMcJ: F*** you, you f***ing goody goody! *storms out with mean friend* So, if those two ever come back, I'll be telling them I can't serve them without I.D. (again!) and if they swear at me again, they will be banned, and my lovely friend who works as centre security will see to it they never set foot in the centre again! Hurrah!

Hope you all had a lovely Black Friday/Friday of no distinguishable color, or at the very least, didn't want to maim any of your customers.

Bringing you a couple of sucks from the same customer last night, from the Kids/Baby/Maternity section of a chain clothing store that sounds military-related, but isn't.

( A LETTER TO YOU, DEAR CUSTOMER. )

What is it with people and "zomg every character has to have kids and luff them and let them take over the story" usually to the point where the plot is totally forgotten?

( Kids and sparklings in fanfics )

1. Reid and Tyler are not going to Ascend after having super awesome sex. It's something that happens on their 18th birthdays, not something inspired by magical orgasms. And adding a caveat to the Book of Damnation allowing for this early Ascension-by-sex isn't gonna fly, either. Also, Ascending involves more than just a flash of light. It's painful and Reid and Tyler aren't going to Ascend while lying in bed *headdesk*

2. Tyler is not a crybaby. All of the "sobbing" and "bawling" (your words) that you're having him do is beyond ridiculous. He might shed some tears like a normal person, but the constant waterworks is getting old.

3. Even after they get together as a couple, Reid and Tyler aren't going to turn into emo woobies. They will retain their personalities. Reid won't be quoting the lyrics to some cheesy love song to Tyler while they're in bed. Just no.

No love,

me

Two sucks, both recent.

Working in the general area of my high school has meant that people from my high school come in and leave messages for me. People I didn't even like in high school. When I'm not on shift. WTF?

We rent DVD's out. As such, you have to have an account with us, of course, because we aren't going to rent out to just anyone. Since it's a small independant store, our system is a little different than say, Blockbuster. (Of course I've never even had an account at a Blockbuster, so I could just be talking out of my ass there.)

We do a 40 dollar authorization on the card used to open the account, to protect us from people getting a pre-paid card and then coming here and spending all the money on it in one big go and getting away with stealing a bunch of videos from us. It does NOT charge your account, it just tells ME and the machine that there IS 40 dollars on your card.

So this lady comes in, buys a bunch of toys and lubes and wants to open up an account. I start going through the motions and it comes to the point where the authorization is needed. I go through the spiel of why we do this, and she freaks out. She's telling me that we're stealing her money and even though it SAYS it doesn't charge to the account, she knows it's going to anyway and we're just trying to steal her money!

So I gave her a choice of opening the account or her leaving with none of the DVD's. She picked the porn.

Recap: King of Burgers minion... who only has two more shifts! *fistpump*

I was on drivethru last night, and it was my city's Christmas in the Park. We're one of the closest fast food outlets to the park, so we were slammed.

1) We only take two separate orders per car. No, that's how we've always done it. Why? Because I can only have a certain number of pending orders before the system freaks out. If half those orders are from one car, I can't get the line through as quickly. I'm sure you can split the orders up between two of you and pay each other back. You don't want to do that? Come inside. It looks busy? That's because it is. So is drivethru.
1a) If you agree to just do two orders, don't try to start ordering a third one. I won't take it. Just... no.

2) While we're talking about separate orders, could you please tell me if there's two orders for your car before I send the first order through? Otherwise whoever's cashing will get confused. This wouldn't be a huge deal if it didn't happen all the time.

3) I don't control the prices. I don't control what we don't sell anymore. Yelling at me won't help. If I was in a position to change those things, I wouldn't be working for minimum wage on a Saturday night. Trust me.

4) Yes, my accent is bizarre and unique.* No, that doesn't give you the right to mock it, or to demand to know "where the fuck [I'm] from."
*I live in New Zealand. My accent is a mix of the mainland NZ accent, the Southland burr, and my dad's Australian accent. It's truly bizarre, especially to people here or in Aussie.

5) Don't tell me we're sucky planners because it's busy. We have extra staff on tonight - drivethru has an ordertaker, a casher, and a runner. We actually can't be any more staffed than we are.

( Slightly NSFW )

Hopefully, that's it! Two more shifts and I'm out of there.

Reasons to like BPAL beyond the stink-pretty aspect:

When the forum decides to play games with the names of various different fragrances, they come up with things like this:

Antony + Asp Viper + Serpent's Kiss + And There Was A Great Cry In Egypt = Well, I Guess The Ptolemy Dynasty Is Done (by indicolite)

Seriously, the best one of the lot. Although Cordelia + Faith + Destroying Angel = Buffy and Jabberwocky + The Deep Ones = English Department Meeting (by LadyCrow) are also good.

Why yes, I'm turning off my brain after a very busy day at work, however did you guess?

Dear crossover author, there doesn't need to be that many couples in one fic. Out of everyone, there are nine couples and two characters left alone in this fic. Not everyone has to be in a relationship. Nine couples is way too much. Single people can be happy.

Also, there is such a thing as too many crossovers. You don't have to cross every single show by the same producer every time you write. Especially in one fic.

I really am trying to post more often, I swear!

I wrote a silly poem at work this week, while contemplating my cup o' pens:

My pens and pencils come and go,
Some are ones I do not know.
Where they come from, I'm unaware,
Perhaps they appear from thin air.
Red and blue and black and green,
Appear and disappear unseen.
What they do, I do not care,
As long as when I reach, they're there.

GENIUS! *cough* Teehee.

I'm making beef stew right now and it smells delicious. I might post the recipe later, if anyone wants? Let me know!

Title: I’ll Always Call You Home
Author: lizook12
Pairing: Temperance Brennan/Seeley Booth
Rating: Strong PG/T
Spoilers: None
A/N: Much ♥ to luvvinbones and hpaich for tossing ideas around with me and to cupcakebean for look overs & yelling at me to "stop being paranoid". Title found in Miranda Lambert's Makin' Plans.
Summary: Are you feeling ok? You seemed fine when I left earlier...” “I am fine. I was just cold, that’s all.”
Read:

Bases pack { 04 }
. balloons . New York . guys . city night lights .

I've seen this come up often enough in fanfiction, and it's driving me nuts. I'm not an expert in family structure or sociology or anything, but I'm reasonably certain that when a child is adopted (i.e.: Not a stepparent adoption, either; the fandom in question this time has a child who was taken in by his best friend's family following his father's arrest), then his relationship with his new brother is not "stepbrothers." They would be "adopted brothers," or simply "brothers" if the linguistics is driving you nuts.

Furthermore, when adoption takes place, I believe "foster" is the wrong term as well. At least in the U.S. (which is where this fandom takes place, though in the future and with aliens, so who knows how that affects child services), the foster care system is meant to be temporary, waiting for either reunification between child and parent or adoption. So I'm pretty sure "foster brothers" would be wrong as well.

So it's Thanksgiving, and I'm in your box office, selling you tickets. I'm in a pretty good mood, getting to chat with one of my favorite coworkers, and everyone's been fairly mellow and pleasant up to this point.

Until this guy comes up. Let me say, before I start, that I have a lisp. It's not super bad and I'm not unintelligible, but it's there.

Guy comes up to get tickets.

Me: ...Okay, for two tickets it'll be sixteen dollars!

Guy: How much?

Me: Sixteen dollars! *cheerful happy smiley yay*

Guy: *looking in his wallet* Thikthteen dollarth. *smirksmirk*


...excuse me what.

I was only as polite as strictly necessary through the rest of the transaction, and then cursed him when all the other customers were gone. I hope he gets hit in the face with a football and has a lisp from them on. :| But I mean SERIOUSLY, who over the age of nine does that?!

Friday wasn't Black Friday around here, but it was Eid, which, for where I work, is the busiest day of the year. Relevant part is, this meant I closed yesterday and opened today, which resulted in less than five hours sleep between shifts and a very rambly post. So anyway.

Today we had exciting times. A customer lost her purse, and the managers and I searched the lobby for it (to the point of going through the bins - they made me do that bit). After about half an hour of that, another customer handed the purse in, Joy! But, when they came to check the purse, apparently a hundred quid was missing. The customer started crying, and the manager had to run down the road and get the other one to come back. At this point, I was willing to give the second customer the benefit of the doubt. Maybe someone else had stolen the money and then just ditched the purse, and she'd handed it in innocently. Then she ran outside and drove away while we were waiting for the police to arrive, so...yeah.

Both customers had family with them. Looking back, it seems weird that the customer was initially walking away from the carpark, when she first left, and then, when she escaped, drove away in a car. I'm thinking maybe the other lady with her - her sister, I think - must have called a friend or something. The question still remains though, why bring the purse back? Maybe she didn't realise the owner was still there, and thought she'd be long gone before it was claimed.

'kay, Jas sleep now.

Less of a rant and more me bemoaning the fact that what appeared to be good fic is probably going to turn lame pretty fast.

So, I like your fic. It's well written. The prologue was phenomenal. I knew going in that it was going to be a war story. I knew that you were planning on pairing an OC with a canon character. I was okay about all these things. Excited, even, because I think your plot rocks, and I was willing to give your OC at least three strikes because you seem like a competent writer. You still seem like a competent writer, but here's the thing about war stories: there's a fine line between a badass and fanatic. No, really. And your OC is toeing the line of fanaticism. She's supposed to be the good guy, but right now? Right now, I really want to punch her in the face.

I understand the necessity of making her a hard woman. Hell, I like the (relatively traumatic) background you gave her because it fits. But in making her a hard woman, you've got to be careful. There's a difference between being a badass who has suffered through a whole ton of crap and being a fanatic who wants to kill everyone who's different. I don't think the latter is your intent, but that's definitely the way your kid is coming off. I want to like her, I really do, but I'm seeing shades of Hitler in her and her quest to slaughter the canon character's race.

So honestly, right now, I'm pulling for the guy who is supposed to be evil, even if, in canon, he was the genocidal nutcase because your girl takes it a step too far. You're shooting yourself in the foot, author. Please stop because I really want to like your story.

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