Chaos

Duty at the OC today, and it was...hell.  Pure, unadulterated hell.  Ok, it wasn't that bad, but it was close. First, there was a huge crowd.  Second, the USDA povery guidelines have been revised, so we had re-register everyone...which is not a bad thing, and in some ways does slow everyone down, but of course, our clients are idiots, and so even though they have been told 600 times they need two forms of ID, etc...they didn't have it, and of course, our clients seem to think the rules change.  In the meantime, because of the crowd, it was decided to add a fourth registration person, which meant that some volunteer had to be taken from real work...one of the other managers was approached by a client if he could help, and she said yes, and...well, after a few minutes, I was summoned from the clothing room, because...the guy was not the brightest bulb, and also had a tendency to bullshit with his friends, baby mama, etc...so while he was nice, and helped some...most of the time, well, we'd have been better off alone.  Someone also had the unwise idea of letting people store their carts in the main room, which added to the mess...especially when one of the clients -- a Romney voter, I am sure -- took someone else's cart and -- claimed it as their own, which nearly set off a riot... My battle-tested rule of course is that you take your cart with you... I guess the main problem is that when it is zoo city -- like today -- you really can't be nice, or too kind, or doing favors, because you'll forget, our clients will hose you (honest types, you know), and then EVERYONE will be trying it.  Some people say I am mean...I prefer efficient.

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I got a kick out of this...first, of course, we are shocked, shocked, to discover a Glenvillain involved in serious shenanigans.  Two...I thought of the contretemps with Aaron Hernandez, and how some people seem to think that Urban Meyer should be tarred and feathered, or something...I guess my answer is that these guys are football coaches, and they are hired to win games, preferably 13 or 14 in a row, so that while it would hekpful if they recruited choirboys...they're not going to, and we really should be mindful of that, especially as by the time the scholar-athletes (ha!) arrive on campus, there is prolly very little that can be done.

A friend and I dined Thursday at the patio of Sterle's Country House...I sort of regretted not eating inside, of course, but it was pleasant out there; a litle high, price-wise, but the beers were pretty decent and the food was good...the pretzel appetizer was pretty sharp, actually, and the sausage sandwich was good (not Polish, of course, but we can't be perfect).  The patio IS a good idea to attract people - not that far from downtown, and it's five minutes off the highway, so anybody could stop by, and we noted that some of the senior-types who stopped in for dinner (I escorted a carful of grandmas to the front door when I arrived, can't imagine why) came by for an after-dinner brew.  I suspect it will not attract the West 25th crowd, but that is probably a good thing as well.