Posts tagged Work
Where does the time go?
Feb 28th
Geeze, where does the time go? I cannot believe it has been almost a month already since I have posted. Time really flies when you’re having fun..
So I moved stores at work.. That was a good thing, and at the same time a hard thing. I can’t go into the details; but I can say that I will deeply miss my team in The Colony, they were awesome, and definately all Superstars! Thanks to their determined and hard work, we were able to do amazing things with that store.
My new team is also awesome! We have some areas to improve, but I really think we can overcome those things and really rock this store too! There will definately be some challenges, but I honestly love challenges. (Keeps me from ever having time to get “bored”)
Switching to “iPhone talk” now.. I am still absolutely adoring my iPhone! I find myself playing with it almost all the time. (Except at work – ask anyone: I will rarely take it out and use it at all at work — it just feels rude!) I used to dislike iTunes, but find myself liking it now and downloading Music/Videos/Apps more than I should.. LOL. And I am still finding apps than I find useful – though it does seem harder to find “quality” apps on the iPhone App Store because you have to constantly sift through all of the stupid ones that for some reason like to show up first. :p
Anyway, that is really all for now – I need to get myself out and be productive! I’ve already waited longer than I should today.. it’s past noon and all the crazy church-goers are out now. 
*worried look*
TTFN,
Austin
C-C-C-Changes! :)
Jan 31st
Ooh, so where do I start?
It’s been a while since my last post. I’m still working 55-(almost)-60 hours per week. (Welcome to the life of a Store Manager) Things should start to quiet down as time goes on–and we will see how that goes. (Maybe I’m just dedicated!)
Anyway, about a month or so ago: I was eagerly awaiting the release of the Nexus One from Google, my contract was up and ready to be renewed, and I was absolutely sure that I wanted that phone! So the release date finally came — I was ever so excited to purchase mine, as I had been a good boy and did not spend the money I was saving aside for it. However, things took a wrong turn when I attempted to Upgrade/Purchase this phone on Google’s website. The website said that T-Mobile customers were able to get the Nexus One for $179.99, but when you attempted to upgrade it would offer you the phone for $379.99. Wow, $200 MORE than I was expecting and led to believe it would cost. So I called T-Mobile to inquire about why this happened, fully aware that it was Google that was offering a outrageous price, but just expecting that T-Mobile would be able to help non-the-less since their Logo was the only one on the Google website as a carrier.
Talking with T-Mobile, I was told that they do have “private” criteria that is used to determine a customer’s purchase-price on the website, and that I would have to call Google HTC to find out more information. So I called the number given, and spoke to an HTC rep that told me T-Mobile was lying, and that their servers were actually the ones feeding Google with the pricing info per Customer. HTC said that T-Mobile was lying to me, and merely sending me to talk to the manufacturers of the phone just to get me off of their support call, since they had no real fix for me. Well, hearing this (true or not) did upset me; so I called T-Mobile back and told them what information I was given by HTC and that supposedly “T-Mobile lied to me”. T-Mobile was not much help when I asked for a Supervisor. I was told that the person I was speaking to was practically a Supervisor and she was sure she could help me. After about 40 minutes on the phone with her, she was little to no help, except that she did manage to make me angrier by talking in a super-cheeful tone for 40 minutes. She finally gave me a alternate phone number for Google and said that I should call it, as she tried when she placed me on Hold, but that the Automated system said her wait time was “too long,”
I called the number given, only to experience that it answers your call, says it is transferring you, then “We’re sorry, this number has been disconnected or is no longer in Service, please try your call again.” Infuriated by this situation, I decided I was no longer seeking T-Mobile or the Nexus One, as I had felt pretty mis-treated as a Customer to both. T-Mobile said little about the situation until I called and actually (by some stroke of luck) got to a Supervisor, who promised I would be added to an Escalation List for this issue, and would be called/emailed within 24 hours.
48 hours later, (with no resolution or call-back/email from either side) I took my happy ass to AT&T and bought an iPhone, which I LOVE. Talk about faster internet and really-badass Apps! (You also have to understand that before this, I was not an iPhone lover-I really thought it was silly that everyone [and their dogs/cats] had this phone!) After all of this tho, I LOVE and ADORE my iPhone. It’s so much faster, holds ungodly amounts of data/apps more, and has more apps available! Not to mention it was more stable and MUCH more pretty, cosmetically. Funny thing I learned about this is that on one side, Google/Android wants to try to be as popular as iPhone – but it has a LONG way to go (and likely a lot of alienated customers to bring back [good luck with that!]).
My Top 10 Favorite/Recommended Apps so far:
- Loopt
- 2Do
- BillMinder
- CardStar
- ICHC
- Bejewled 2
- AP
- Spending
- MySpace
That is it so far, in the order that I use them. 
That’s all for now, I will be back soon (possibly on my lovely new iPhone) to post again soon!
-Austin-
Just Breathe..
Jan 3rd
Jeebus, it has been a busy, busy last two weeks! Work has been absolutely hell-acious with the Holidays (Gotta love Retail during the Holiday season) — I am hoping it will finally start to calm down now that the major Holidays are over. (And not a moment too soon!) I’ve been working 55, almost 60-hour weeks lately — so I am more than ready to resume “calm” days.
Happy New Year Everyone! – Welcome to 2010 – I hope everyone has a great 2010!
Now, onto Life – I am absolutely in LOVE with Lady GaGa and her new video, Bad Romance. If you have not checked it out yet; you had better do so because i said so! I will even be so nice to add the video to this post! See below:
I am so mad that we missed her tour to Dallas when the whole Kanye thing went down and caused cancellations. ”Lady Gaga, next time you come to Dallas; Aaron and I are coming to see you — we love you!!” -Love Aaron&Austin Monsters
I will try to update again this week now that things should have finally calmed down. (Let’s hope – cross your fingers!)
P.S. Anyone looked at the Links page lately? I’ve removed the obviously bad links, but am now left with few – if anyone would like to exchange links; please let me know!
T.G.I.F.!!!!
Apr 20th
I could not be happier that it is FRIDAY! This has been a relatively good week for me at work.
However, I got a ticket on my way to work on Thursday because I got stuck in the middle of an intersection when the car in front of me slammed on the breaks (because he got cut off by another car getting over due to upcoming construction.) Then, out of nowhere, comes a motorcycle cop. Yay! So anyway; now I owe $155 for something I couldn’t help! YAY! As if the bills I already can’t afford weren’t enough?! As if I did not love police enough? The funny thing is, I have always defended them when people had not so nice things to say about them. And the past 2 speeding tickets I received, I acknowledge that I was indeed speeding and deserved them. But I do not feel that this one is justified; since if it was possible to make my car disappear into thin air, I would have!
Anyways, back to better subjects. Work went much better this week. I set a record up there that hasnt ever been seen in 2 years! (Rock on!) So, overall I am happy.
And how come more people haven’t signed up for accounts so they can leave comments?! Come on, people! :p
TTFN.
why do i go so long without updates?!
Mar 8th
i guess as much as i hate to admit it, i rarely have time to post. so here goes. will try to bring this journal back to life. life has changed dramatically since i last posted. i was in a relationship with my first real love again – it failed. failure in the relationship area doesn’t seem to be new to me, so i will move on to happier subjects.
i got a new job – that i LOVE! i’m no longer in retail — now in an office enviroment. i absolutely love that. same hours every week and paid holidays. they also gave me a “Paid Half Day Off” birthday card for my birthday. was very nice – have never had a job that just gives you things you would never even expect to get.
back to the sad now, i recently (Wednesday, February 28th) lost a friend. bradlie — you will be greatly missed. he was like a role-model to me, and just such a nice guy. touched a lot of lives. wish there were more people in the world like him. still just very shocked and devastated by this.. im sick today. think it’s the flu. whee! anyways.. that is my life recently in a nutshell.
