You know, when you start a new job, one of the perks is a lot of time on your hands. So here I am making myself useful.
I have taken on 5 clients to date and I have two visits to local programs mapped out. This leaves me with about 5 hours of blank space in my day-minder.
You know, one of things that never fails to amuse me is the ridiculous lengths of the receipts I receive from most chain stores. I have walked into a Shopper's Drug Mart or a Home Depot for one, yes one, single item and have been handed a receipt which is as long as my arm.
Why do I need a receipt that rivals my arm if I'm only buying toothpaste? Why? Because they can. With all their electronic/computer/state of the art gizmos retailers have nothing better to do than to track my spending habits and to tell me how much they appreciate my business, do I have any complaints?, would I answer a survey?, you bought this item and saved this much money, I boought the item at 4:05:34 p.m. at store number whatever, cashier # 23423 served me. Oh, and thank you and have nice day. Usually there's a company logo at the top with the main address and contact information. Sometimes, on the back of these receipts is even more stuff...directions on how to win $500 by filling out that survey they told you about on the front. And even just plain advertising or a coupon.
Like I don't have enough frigging information rushing past my eyeballs.
sorry.
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