My weekend from Hell is finally over.  After working on 5 hours of sleep Friday night, 5-12:30 or so, not sleeping but 3 hours before work Saturday morning’s double shift from 11 am until almost 2 am Sunday (the open to close) because I just couldn’t get to sleep, then only getting 4 hours before my double yesterday (Sunday), I’m at the point of pure exhaustion.

Work last night was Hell, pure and simple.  The day shift wasn’t that bad, it was actually quite fun!  The day shift game room bartender called out, so I got to do a bit of bartending during the morning along with running the floor.  About 3 pm though, I was ready to fall to the ground.

I was tired, I was dragging, I was a zombie.  I gave up tables to other servers, I didn’t focus on my tables, I forgot to ring things in.  I just don’t know if I’m young enough to handle the double shifts anymore….or I need to find a good sleeping aid by next weekend when I have another set of them =).

On the plus side, I’ve just finished the next book in a series that I started reading over 10 years ago, by Raymond E. Feist.  This one is called Wrath of a Mad God, and it’s awesome…to an extent.  There are things that were changed, and I’m not much for rewriting history, but all in all, I finished it in 2 days (would have been a night had it not been for the accursed double shift), and it was an awesome read!

You should all check out his books if you like fantasy, starting with Magician..or the split versions of Magician, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master.  You’ll like them.

Welcome back, True Believers.

Part two of the “What do you collect” series is done, and it’s a little short on votes. I’m at an impasse, because I have part three of the collection series ready, but I have other ones that may be more popular that I think I’m going to put up first.

At any rate, here’s the results from this week:

• Nope, not this week either. Maybe I’m just obscure? (40%, 34 Votes)
• Dust (35%, 30 Votes)
• Pens/Pencils (20%, 17 Votes)
• Paintings/Art (16%, 14 Votes)
• Magazines (8%, 7 Votes)
• Coffee Cups/other dishes (7%, 6 Votes)
• Yarn (5%, 4 Votes)
• Rubber Bands (2%, 2 Votes)
• Matchbooks (1%, 1 Votes)
• Vases (0%, 0 Votes)

As you can see, the votes were short this week.  I’ve decided, I’m going to put something a little different up, a little more fun.

I’m also going to change the “Stupid Names” to what it really is, the “Ghetto Names” of the week.  I get e-mails from people about it, and I was trying to not say they were ghetto names, but I’m thinking it’s time.  Change is good, and I call them ghetto names anyway.

Now, for the Ghetto Names of this week:

She:  ShaTranna

Sheleekia

Narinna

He:  Hamarion

Gomar

Natharious

Until next week, everyone!

Enjoy!

Ribeye

Yes, this time I did bring the laptop with me, in anticipation of taking a break at some point of the night and giving you all a half-shift report.  RP claims that the Nazarini’s are on a very tight schedule, and probably won’t have time to come to my job, but I’m never sure about that, and I never take any chances.

I’m in the bowling alley tonight, and that always proves to be entertaining.  Bowling on the weekends, it’s even more ghetto than during the week.  I’ll have lots of “fun” in there tonight, don’t know if I’ll make much money but I’ll be busy, I can guarantee you that.

Another reason I brought the laptop with me is because I’m going to have to do the Poll Results and Stupid Names of the Week just as soon as I get off work, then try to get some sleep.  I have an open-close shift tomorrow, and another double on Sunday, and if I don’t get at least a little bit of sleep, I’m going to be just plain fucked over the weekend.  They’re good money shifts, but only if I manage to get a wink or two.

Come back tonight for the possible half-shift report, everyone.

Ribeye

I think it was in the movie Barber Shop though it could have been one of the Friday series, but it was a quick prayer, given by Ice Cube.

In my years of serving, and being in the service industry in general, I’ve gotten to see many people in many different groups praying in many different ways.  I don’t mean to poke fun at anyone’s beliefs…that’s a bold faced lie and I’m going to Hell for this, but sometimes, people take their prayer sessions a little over the top.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with people who pray, in the majority anyway.  My problem comes from the ones who want you to pray with them.  I’ve talked about this before, back when I first started RagingServer and gotten some mixed comments on the subject, and while I hate to rehash a topic too much, this one kind of fits.

I just don’t feel comfortable when I’m working, waiting tables, and people want to grab my hand and bow their heads in prayer.  That’s your thing, not mine, please don’t feel the need to include me. 

I’m getting off topic a little.  The reason I started this post wasn’t to talk shit about people who pray, it was to talk shit about the different ways they pray.

Muslims pray 300 times a day, on a pretty mat in the corner.  I exaggerate, I think it’s only 4 times a day.  I’m all for that form of prayer, because it’s usually out of my way and doesn’t get on my nerves.  Muslims, you get a big thumbs up on that one. 

I’ve heard so many different and long winded prayers, it makes me wish that on the days that I have to hear it, “Jesus Wept,” would just be suitable.  Personally, I was always partial to “Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub.”  I was raised Catholic, and I honestly don’t remember the dinner prayer we said once you get past “In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost.” 

I’ve walked up to tables, and seen people almost in tears while they said their dinner prayers, mumbling things like, “Thank you for this cheesestick, that we shall partake in before our meal.”  That’s not an exaggeration. 

I’ve walked up to tables and thought that I was dealing with mentally incapacitated people, seeing a family of three sitting perfectly still, not looking at each other, not holding hands or anything, just sitting still.  I didn’t realize they were in prayer, usually that’s over with in 30 seconds or less.  This particular group lasted almost 7 minutes.  I didn’t even feel bad for interrupting them either.  All it would have taken was a nod from them and I’d have left.

As it was, I was almost yelling, “Come on, guys, I need to get your drinks.  Why are you ignoring me?” 

It kind of makes me think that Ice Cube had it right.  “Jesus Wept” is about the shortest prayer I’ve ever heard, and I think it would be the most appropriate for most situations.  Short, sweet, and mentioning the christian Lord and Savior.

I’m interested to know what kind of prayers other people say at dinner time.  Other religions.  Me personally, I am silent for a minute before eating, and those above me know what I’m thinking so I don’t have to say or do anything.

What about you? 

Sitting at RagingPartners job and waiting for him to get off, it’s 11pm here in Nashville.  His hotel is currently sold out.  Normally this is a good thing for me, because he tends to send a bunch of people my way, and I get a few extra guests that are there to look for me.  Today, it doesn’t much matter because I’m off work, but it helps out when I am at work. 

I can only hope that he doesn’t send this group to me when I go back to work tomorrow.

It’s pure and utter Hell here at the RP’s hotel tonight.  There are teenagers and their chaperon’s everywhere, and the teenagers outnumber the adults at least 30 to 1.  This is a group of kids from some Nazarene Churches down in Georgia. 

They are loud.  They are obnoxious.  They are loud. 

They are teenagers, and I really hope that I don’t have to deal with them on a level any deeper than I already have, and just having to hear them was a deep enough level for me.

Everyone knows that I hate having to deal with teenagers and their younger counterparts in general, but these are even worse.  These have a superiority complex to them having to do with their faith.  I’m sorry if this offends my Christian readers, but it’s true.  These kids think going to church and constant prayer gives them leave to act however the fuck they want to act.

There are people complaining here about how loud these brats are, and I don’t blame the other tenants one bit for complaining.  Some of them have to work very early in the morning, truck drivers and airline pilots and the like, and they are being awakened and kept up until all hours of the night by a bunch of wailing kids. 

They don’t know how to clean up after themselves either.  They filled this lobby with pizza and chips, sodas and water, and after they’re done, they’re just leaving the shit for the adults and hotel staff to clean up. 

This is why I don’t work in a hotel.  At least not yet.  And when I do, I just don’t know how much of this shit I’m going to be able to put up with before I contemplate strangulation. 

I certainly hope that RP has a better attitude with these brats than I’m having right now.  I also hope that he doesn’t have the audacity to send them to my job tomorrow night.  They’re going to be here until Sunday, so it’s a very real chance that after one of their prayer circles or whatever they end up coming to the RagingComplex for food and game.  I may even take the notebook, so I can sneak to the break room and make a post. 

On the notebook thing, I’ve talked about taking it to work before, and some of you had some words to say about my using it.  Yes, I have had time to get online and search for things, but it’s not often.  I usually don’t have time to even pull it out of my backpack.  There’s also times that I bring it with me, and I’ll go to the breakroom just to get on here and check out my hits/visits and approve comments.  I’m in the bowling alley tomorrow night, so there’s a very real chance that I’ll have time to post from work.

I just hope I’m not posting about these fucking teenagers….

Ribeye