Well, I'm near Newton, IA right now. This morning I got up around 8:30 and got some money, a power inverter for the car, and as I had heard that school started today, I dropped by Lincoln Park.
I saw Mr. Strassburger, my old Math teacher cum College Admissions Counselor, Ms. Tookey and Ms. Weissenberg, who will be retiring soon. I saw Ms. Tosto, my old Biology teacher,who I am very fond of. I saw ... well, the same old thing. I talked with Mr. Smith for a little while. He said he was the resident luddite when it came to this whole Internet thing, and that he found TV to be a better tried and tested waste of time: a refreshing point of View.
One thing that was new were the metal detectors they have now at the main entrance. I walked straight through, setting them off, while the guy's back was turned, thinking how I'm glad they weren't there in my time, as I tend to carry many interesting metal implements with me. Like any time you're going to violate someone's rule, I think it best to not look back and just cruise on your way like you know your business. So, I just continued down the hall. No problem.
Earlier in the day when I'd gotten my inverter at Circuit City, I strolled right on past the Security Drone they station at the door to check your receipts. "Sir ... sir! Sir!"
"Huh?" I turned around after walking out the entrance.
"We need to see your receipt."
I held my receipt up.
"We have to see it."
"Well, come on out here."
"You have to come back here."
I turned on my heel and continued on my way.
The tuna gang claim that you don't actually have to show them your receipt. I always pass right by the guy at Fry's, not making eye contact like you are supposed to do when you don't want to give the homeless person money, or show the Drone your receipt. The Fry's guys never complain. Then again, I don't know if this law obtains in Illinois.
But I should shop at Circuit City more often, just because I like being an asshole. I drove home with a lecture in my head based on the simple math that if you have the two Security Drones on hand as the Best Buy I'd walked out of had, and one cash register open, again, as the Best Buy had, then you should never need to inspect a receipt, as you can keep the one guy at the cash register, watching hawk-like as the customers payed for stuff. Hell, if it aint too tricky the Drone could even work the cash register, freeing a sales clerk for other work like stocking the shelves or helping customers.
One of the faculty explained that yeah, Lincoln Park had metal detectors as a political thing, but that they didn't really use them. After all, it would take hours to search every kid in the morning. It is one of the more retarded concepts to be introduced to education in recent years. Anyway, I think Best Buy should try and recruit Security Drones from Lincoln Park High School, where one might learn common sense from faculty example.
Well, this has been nice, sitting at a Rest Stop picnic table outside Grinnell, Iowa. I feel like I can get back in the car again, which, while it is a totally awesome car, doesn't have the most comfortable seats after you've sat in them for some hours. Maybe Uncle John has returned my call, even. He lives in Newton, ya see.
18 August
<<
2000
>>
24 August
Journal
H O M E