hello xanga.. i'm back. (kind of) [written august 27, 2007 (trying to catch up)] today has been pretty uneventful.. until about an hour ago... one of the employees called in today.. leaving me with the mundane task of working behind the counter in the wedding dept... well, besides a couple of people coming in to check on their orders, it's been a lil' slow.. anyway, when i returned from my lunch break i heard some sounds coming from the fitting rooms and when i glanced over i saw a girl come out with two pairs of jeans... i asked how the jeans worked out and if i could take the ones she wasn't going to purchase.. she handed me both of them and i hung them up temporarily on our return rack.. as i started straightening the jeans on the hanger i noticed that she picked up her pace towards the front door... on a hunch i started going through the pockets of the jeans and lo and behold i find 3 empty earring packages in the pockets.. "son of a..." having things stolen from you is not a good feeling.. so needless to say realizing that i'd been the victim of theft did not put me in the greatest of moods.. anyway, i pressed on.. finished inspecting the pants, straightened them out on the hanger, and put the pants back out on the rack.. then i went to tidy up the fitting room. where i found........ the girl's cellphone! can you believe the sort of emotions running through me at that very moment?? i went from being angry from having merchandise stolen from me to being down right giddy about having the means to get even! and vengeance would be mine. i took the cellphone, went out back, and nolan ryan'd it into the side of the building.. and lemme tell you... it was a thing of beauty.. the exploding pink razr was reminiscent of fireworks on the fourth of july.. independence!.. independence from the anger that bore down on me from the moment i pulled the earring packs out of those pockets.. with a pep in my step i went back inside.. minutes later guess who strolls back in looking for her cell phone! she asks some of the salespeople up front then she comes back and asks me.. the whole time i try to keep a straight face.. i try to sound concerned.. but i can't help but smile on the inside--a smile so big that i imagine it may have spilled out onto my face... anyway, she left... her head hanging in disappointment... so, quick recap.... earrings: $6
cellphone: $100
the smile on my face: priceless. | 
