22 November 2007

16 November 2007

Christmas everywhere

Today was Christmas decorating time at Volkwein's Music. Now, to get a better idea of where I work, picture "The Office". The crazy boss that says inappropriate things, I work with a girl just like Pam, our 'Toby' works in the Piano/Vocal department, and Stanley is in Instrumental music... You think I'm joking. I am not. Come visit sometime and see this mayhem for yourself.
Now- picture old garland, bulbs, plastic Christmas trees, iridescent glittery garland, and twinkle-lights of all colors and sizes thrown around that office in various places. Behind the filing cabinets, twisted around the poles of electrical wires throughout the store, stuck on top of the filing cabinets. It was pretty insane. It's only been 4 hours and I am already annoyed with them. So, there is Christmas music blasting, cookies and hot chocolate in the break-room and we are trying to figure out where to put everything. It was a very amusing morning, actually. Our 'Toby' (aka Steve) is quite tall and was helping us by putting the lights around the electrical poles. He did it by standing on a step stool on top of my desk. Another co-worker, Barb (Phyllis) watched on as he struggled.
Barb: Hey, while you're up there, you might as well give us a little dance around that pole! Steve: There's not enough Wassail in the world for that to ever happen.