J. Palmer

Um. I don’t know. Just sorta sitting at home in front of the PC and can’t think of anything.

I would like to thank Heather for suggesting Lavasoft’s Ad-aware 6.0 to rid me of the problems I am having at work. Unfortunetely it isn’t doing the trick. Neither is Spybot Search & Destroy. (Both of those programs usually do a great job, however what I got can’t be removed by them just yet.)

Also, I would like to thank Heather for showing me that people actually do read these things.

Um. So now I really don’t know what to say. Ran out of thoughts. Sucks really. Can’t even write a complete sentance. Writers block.

So, did I tell you that I’m living in my mother-in-law’s house? Just checked. No I didn’t. Haven’t really told you anything about myself. ‘Cept that I’m married [to the most beautiful woman in the world (‘course what man wouldn’t say that about their wife, especially if they know what’s good for them)].

Okay, I think I may have some stuff I can link you to. I started to try a blog thing a long time ago, never got anywhere, and then picked the idea back up. I had a geocities site I was playing with before I got the blogdrive account. If you’d like to see the half-hearted attempt at blogging prior to this, click here.

Um. What else?

I’m just writing a paper on the PC, and it was like beep beep beep beep beep beep beep, and then, like, half of my paper was gone. Wait, that wasn’t me. That was Ellen Feiss.

Um. Okay. Diana’s reading over my shoulder now. Afraid that I have an obcession for Ellen. Nope. Just Geena Davis. Loved her in Beetlejuice.

Crap. Now I gotta go downstairs. Arrgh.

Be back to write more later.

They’re back!

Well, the uninstaller didn’t work. Found manual removal instructions, and, so far, there haven’t been any more pop-ups or redirects. Yay!

I’m bored.

If you’re an RS Franchiser, using RSPOS, and don’t already know this, you can have a customer’s L/U Referance differ from the printed name. This can be a fun trick. Before RS picks up a Name/Address file, change the customer’s first & last name to whatever you want. When RS sends a flyer, it will be addressed to the fake name at the real address. This works only if the customer shops your store only, otherwise RS may use information given from another store.

Example: I used this trick on another employee. When he got his flyer for the month, it was adressed to the fake name. (and confused his parents)

Not a big trick. Sorry.

Most other tricks and bugs that could have been taken advantage of (to mess with either co-workers or customers) have been taken out, or I just haven’t found them.

In RSPOSICS 4.00.10, you can create an interesting inventory report. Goto Inventory Adjust/Audit. Run a report at avg Cost. Look for skus without an avg cost. (remembering number in stock) change qty to zero. Change back to original quantity. Do this for every sku without an avg cost, and the report will tell you an inventory value much less than what you have. This does not effect your inventory, or value, it’s just a glitch in the program.

Why I am sharing this info, I don’t know.

Are any of you reading this in the RS Franchise scene?

Are there any people reading this to begin with?

I know that Diana reads this stuff. Like she really cares about a buggy point of sale system. Oh,well.

Interesting news: all of the prices of our wireless phones are dropping! We’re putting Cingular’s suggested two year prices on one year commitments! Wow! I am so thrilled! I have no idea how to convey sarcasm in text!

I hate ’em. Dispise ’em. I’ve never been tricked into clicking ’em. Hate ’em just the same. Now, as for the scripted ads, that actually have a close button that works, and closes the ad window, they’re cool. Still an annoyance just because they’re pop-ups.

“Pop-downs” (you know, that pop-up window thats scripted to go in back, instead of in front) are really annoying.

I accidently infected our file server with some sort of ad client, and haven’t been able to remove it yet. It’s been like this for nearly a month. Pisses me off.

Found one program (X-Cleaner)that actually detects it, but hasn’t been able to remove it yet. I’m gonna try again tonight. Restart the computer in safe-mode, run x-cleaner, restart in safe again, re-run x, see what happens, restart in normal, etc.

Then again, maybe not. Been mulit-tasking here, and found an uninstaller. Hope it works. Gotta go to try this.

Several years ago, there was a different RadioShack Dealer in town. His store was, in my opinion, a great Shack. He had several RS products in, as well as stuff from other vendors, PLUS he was a dealer for most popular two-way radio manufacturers. He was so well into the business that local government and emergency agencies would get their equipment, and have it serviced at his store, rather than making the drive to lexington.

Steve, the old Shack’s owner, closed up shop about eight years ago.

Here’s the story, as I have been told (not from him, but through other parties non-RS related):

Steve had a VERY old contract with RS, which gave him rights that RS didn’t want their franchised stores to have. They tried to buy him out. He didn’t do it. They threatened to sue. They couldn’t do it (would’ve been in violation of his contract). They decided to try to run him out by opening a store just a few hundred feet away.

That was in violation of his contract (he had exclusive rights to operate in our area). He sued. He won. He closed up shop shortly after they did. He decided to never mess with RS again.

Now, here’s where I can say that nobody pays attention. People call us up, walk in our store and ask us when we moved, and whether Steve is still the owner. The fact that people would think that Steve runs this place doesn’t bother me. In fact, I beleive it to be a tremendous compliment. Steve is a great guy. I loved it when my dad would go to Steve’s RS and take me along.

What bothers me is just the fact that no-one pays attention to the world around them. Another example:

This store has been here for five years. We still get people calling, or coming in, and asking us how long we’ve been here.

Five years, and there are still people who don’t know we exist.

Oh well.

Well, I’m home now, or at least I will call it home, seeing as it is where my dear Diana and I are hanging our hats. Not my idea of home, though.

See, we’re living at Linda & Fred’s (My in-laws, mom & stepdad, to be exact). Not too much fun. Linda can be a royal bitch at times, and Fred, well, he tries to stay out of Linda’s way. Kinda reminds me of us (not! though, Diana can be a bitch……..)

Of course, every woman can be a bitch. It’s their God given right dammit! Just some exercise it more than others, and take it to extremes.

Anyway, Diana is pouting, because I’m not taking nudie pics of her. Instead, I’m having her do a portion of the homework assignment that she has to do, which I will be completing shortly. I have a way of writing essays that is MUCH better than hers, so whenever she has an essay assignment, I, for some stupid reason, get to do it.

Oh, but I love her anyway. I’ll bet that I will have the tar beaten out of me when she reads this. She can be mean at times. Especially in bed. *nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say-no-more*

Now I’v gotten her paranoid. She thinks that I am writing all sorts of mean, nasty, ugly things about her. She thinks I’m pissed because I have to write her paper.

Anyhoo,

Once more I am running out of things to say. For someone who just said they had a nice little way of writing, I sure as hell am failing to prove it.

Yay, I judt got told about some stupid thing that happened on Maury.

I hate talkshows.

I really don’t care to hear about ’em either.

Oh, I’m getting tired! Think I’ll leave for now.

I just realized that if you, the reader, are very resourceful, you could figure out who I am, where I live, and where I work.

Sorry, I’m not giving you any hints.

Looks like I may be getting two toys for free. We set out two TYCO RC Bass Boats, 600-4338, Discontinued December 25, 2003, on the counter. They’re now a buck each. They were returned, because they’re defective, and we just want to be rid of them. If nobody buys them, I get to take ’em. Their defect? They only steer to the left.

Rob’s walking around the store. Aimlessly, I think.

Bored, bored, bored. BORED!

Slow day.

If you haven’t caught on yet, I am trying to keep writing all day. Sure, I could simply re-edit my original entry, and just keep adding to it, but I’d rather do this.

Okay, the call rob took a few minutes ago:

Lady signed up for a plan with Cingular back in December. Called us today to ask about her “free minutes”. She was referring to the Bonus 500 rollover monutes. Fact is, she most likely will not get them unless she raises a fuss with Cingular. She signed up on a 29.99, and rollover starts at 39.99. A few days later, she did go up to the 39, however the bonus rollover is only available at time of activation.

Just made an old lady upset. She came in looking for an antiquated ink. She needed a Canon BC 20. Deleted from the product line on October 7, 2000. We still had one in stock. Sold it to her for half-off original price. She’s worried that she may never find ink for it again.

I hate when people call and ask “what time do you close”.

I’m starting to find myself at a loss of words. I can’t think of what else to say.

We are still tripping up our prepaid customers on the price of airtime. In KY, airtime is taxable. At one point in time, we sold our airtime like everyone else. A $20 card would be $20 + tax = $21.20 . Later, we decided to give customers a break, a $20 card would be $18.87 + tax = $20. Now, we’ve reverted to the old method.

Gonna go smoke again.

Just had a kid come in asking for a case for their Motorola T720. What parent, in their right mind, would activate a line for their child, and give them one of the most expensive phones out there? Hope they added insurance to that account.

One customer in the store right now. Davis. He’s a friend. Right now, he’s just browsing. Playing with the Pioneer car audio display.

Looks like he’s leaving now. He says he’ll be back in a few days to get a V120t PIB. We have ours priced at $89.99 instead of Cingular’s recommended $99.99.

Kid with the T720 just came back in. He’s browsing now. He’s interested in a Rugged Case.

Stepped away for a few. Had a few more customers come in.

Boring day.

Slow day.

Kid is back in.

I just sold him the case. $14.99 plus tax. Yippee.

Rob’s trying to find out information on a transaction that (partially) occured yeaterday. Somebody needed airtime, LeAnn added it to the account, and the customer hasn’t purchased it yet. Okay, here’s the story:

We have one customer who adds airtime before they pay (okayed by Diane manager/owner). That customer called in for a friend who needed airtime. Big stupid mess. It’s gonna lose money. Oh, well. No way to tell Diane that she’s an idiot for some of her business ethics.

Now Rob’s talking about Shandra. Shandra is his live-in girlfriend. Shandra’s dog ate the antenna off of his new cordless phone. 430-3851. Ugly phone.

Jay just came in. He’s getting ready to leave. Went to the restroom. He bought 38 new guns.

Rob is talking to an upset customer over the phone.

gotta go.