May 17, 2007
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I’ve been under a lot of stress,
in case you were wondering… not that you are, but what the heck, right?
If you’ve been following the news lately, a wholebunch of pet food got recalled due to several pets dying from kidney failure. Anywho, in case you didn’t know, investigators believe it was intentional – the supplier for wheat and rice components of pet food intentionally added a melamine compound with another thing (the details escape me at the mo) to boost the protein rating of that ingredient. A higher protein level = more expensive ingredient. So the pet food manufacturers – technically, the food processing plants where certain pet foods are processed and canned – added this ingredient to their wet food and animals started dying.
At first, my cohorts and I thought it was a PETA tactic – you know, kill all pets because life as a pet is worse than no life at all, right?
But no, it was just plain human greediness….
Anyway, did you know there’s a plant called the Devil’s Hand? Google it if you’d like to see it.
So another part of why I’m grinding my teeth so much at night that I’ve basically ground half a molar off is that our general manager at the pet store left to manage the new branch opening somewhere in San Jo. I was one of the (un)fortunate people he asked to go with him to be part of the management team. To which I replied “I don’t commute.”
Then I’m talking to the assistant manager at the store, letting her know that my year review was coming up and if there was anything I could do to – “You’re not getting a raise,” she interrupts.
Wha?!?!
Apparently, there’s a wage cap on certain positions within this oh so excellent company and I’ve reached it. The only way I could get a raise is if I become an assistant manager. Go for it – everyone tells me – though it’d be pretty much a pay cut in a way. So with less than a month until my year review, I’m really really tempted to just fuck the store up….
Oh yeah, I did my taxes online and submitted it 11:45 pm the night before they were due. Got about a grand back, and was gonna save it for our trip to Europe, but Beau spent it all already…… so yeah, I went to the dentist and they told me it’d be only $200 to get that molar fixed, but I’m just gonna wait until it falls out. It doesn’t hurt anymore ….
Less and less of me hurts…..
P.S. just in case you were wondering, I killed the rabbit…..
