Cheapskates!

There are some clients who will do anything not to pay you after a job is done. They will find all kinds of excuses to say that we didn't do the job properly, when in true fact we did the job satisfactorily and even got them to acknowledge that it was done properly.

Then when it comes time to pay us after a few weeks (some of these idiot clients have 30 days credit terms), they will say that your sticker is coming out. The color not right, the sky is purple, the moon is bright pink, anything just to avoid paying for the job.

There are times when I feel like just walloping them across the head with a baseball bat. At least that way, they don't have to pay me and I'll be satisfied! I think I'd better go check some fixed annuity rates, at least I won't get depressed reading those!

Broaden My Horizons

A friend asked me today if I had a dowel pin at home. I gave him this blurry look and asked him just what the heck a dowel pin is?

I've never even heard of the word dowel let alone know what it is. A pin maybe, but a dowel pin? Geez, I really should start reading a lot more and broaden my horizons. I'll bet all of you know what a dowel pin is except me. Maybe I should read the dictionary for an hour every night before I sleep. But then again, I bet I'll fall asleep right away the moment I read one sentence from a dictionary ... LOL!

Feeling Lethargic

It's not even 11.00am yet and I'm feeling pretty lethargic already. The weekend was a tired but eventful one. Thank god tomorrow is a holiday though I don't think I'll be getting any rest cos I intend to wake up early and go for a morning run.

Yes, runners are a crazy lot. On holidays and weekends while most people sleep in, we wake up at ungodly hours just to torture ourselves by running god knows how long ... LOL! Well, at least after the run tomorrow, I can sit and look into finding out just who sterkly on Linkedin is.

Suspicious Minds

I had an early morning call at the office for some work enquiry. It was a strange conversation with this person asking if can duplicate some certificates. Well, to be honest, we probably could but it would depend on the original cert and if there were security features on it or not cos we won't and can't duplicate official security protect items.

But the person kept insisting that we must not divulge to anyone about this duplication if we could do it which raised my suspicion about this guy. Maybe I should really do a back ground check before  even talking further to this unknown stranger.

We meet all kinds of weirdos in my line of work!

Treasure Island

I was out shopping with the wife today and came across some awesome log beds in one of the furniture outlets there. I was so taken in by it that I wanted to get one for our room even!

In fact I would have, had we not just a few months ago bought ourselves a new bed from IKEA. I kinda liked the log beds cos it reminded me of Treasure Island, not that they had logs beds in Treasure Island mind you. Sometimes my mind works in weird ways ... LOL!

But in the end, after seeing the price, I decided that maybe our good old, or rather new IKEA bed would suffice for now!

Numb Mind

I'm so exhausted from working like a slave the past two weeks that I'm suffering from adipotril side effects. In fact, please don't even ask me what the heck that is cos I just don't know.

My mind is so exhausted, if you asked me my name, I'd have to whip out my wallet, dig out my ID and check my name! That's how tired I am. And what is going to make it worse is I have a15.5KM race to run tomorrow night ... siggghhh ...

But tired or not, I'm pretty excited about the race tomorrow. I hope the weather holds out though. Happy weekend folks.

The Owl

Darn, it's already 12.30am and I'm still wide awake. Normally that wouldn't be too much of a problem but I have to be up at 6.30am and be in the city by 8.00am for an early morning installation. It actually isn't all that far or long to drive into the city but heck, traffic on a work day is extremely horrendous and I'm not at all looking forward to the drive. Maybe I should start working by audio teleconferencing all my clients in future. At least that way I can still be in bed and work at the same time!

Magical Bracelets

Do you believe in charm bracelets? One of my walk in clients came in today to print some stuff and he was sporting this groovy looking colorful bracelet. I asked him what's with the psychedelic band around his wrist and he said it was to give him good luck in business and to protect him from bad mojo!

Say what? Seriously, does things like that really work? I'm amazed at some of lengths and stuff people would believe to increase their good fortunes. Let's get real, is wearing a bracelet with supposedly magical properties around your wrist going to make you richer? I thought you need to work hard to become rich? Each to his own I suppose.

GPS

I'm looking at buying a new GPS watch and Mrs. Spiff thinks I'm looney! I already have one GPS watch that I use for my runs at the moment which is the Garmin Forerunner 610 but I've got my eye on the Forerunner 910XT. It's a piece of beauty and can be used even while swimming. Not that I can actually swim, mind you :D But I have this thing for gps and garmin and besides, it would look cool on my wrist. Maybe I should start printing some money cos the thing costs a bomb!

Even Lucifer Would Complain!

Man! The sun is sure taking some serious revenge out there. It's so hot that I think Lucifer himself would be complaining!

What the heck is wrong with the weather these days? If it rains, it pours. If it's hot, it's blistering. Even standing in the shade is enough to make you sweat profusely, let alone moving pallet racks!

I think I'll just go sit quietly in my room and enjoy the air-conditioning which is working double hard just trying to keep the room cool!