Two Weeks Away

That's right loyal TGM fans, Nate-O is just two weeks away from birthday number 23! The theme for this year is "Booze, Boobs, and Birthday."

I know, I know. It's not very original, or even very catchy and it was a similar theme for my 21st birthday. This time though, I'll have a TWO DAY extravaganza with a bunch of my friends.

Needless to say, I'm excited. Very Excited.

However, if the landlord company had anything to say about it, they would've but the kabosh on my festivities with a swift kick in my financial nuts.

It started on tuesday while I was over at Jake and Joey's, just hanging out. They apparently were short on their rent for the month and had only just gotten a 2nd notice about their infraction. Needless to say, Joey was pissed because they didn't get a 1st notice.

Later, I'm heading back to my apartment and see a similar 2nd notice on MY door. WTF? We were short 300 bucks! (Due to a stupid error which I won't get into.)

Tack on a manditory $50 late fee after the fourth of the month and then 10 bucks every day after that, and we owed $436! In an irate move, I call the landords and they give me some BS about they sent out a first notice. That doesn't change the fact that I didn't get that notice and this whole issue could've been resolved much sooner.

The next day I go into the office to try and get the issue resolved. Thankfully, the book keeper dude was fairly receptive to my gripes and he cut out the $80 per day fees and we only owed $350. I made sure he put a note in our file to call the tenants if this problem happened again.

I don't understand what is so difficult to put a notice like this in the mail at the end of the day. 41 cents isn't that much for a stamp.

But, that's all resolved and now I can move on to a few more events before the 28th. Namely Father's Day and my cousin James' wedding a week from Saturday. Should be good times all around. (Only problem is that the wedding reception is at the Rathskeller in downtown Indy, but drinking won't be allowed... how dumb is that? It makes me happy that there will indeed be booze at Ryne and Martha's reception. Go BOOZE!)

Of course, interlaced with all this fun stuff will be more miserable times at Beefs. At least we have a kitchen staff metting scheduled for Monday. Some of the big questions to Captain Braceface (our miserable boss):

-Why can't we have the air conditioning on in the Kitchen? 93-97 degree heat is unbareable.
-Why aren't people getting 30 hours a week? I'm lucky if I get 25.
-Why won't Captain Braceface man-up and tell us our faults himself? This delegation bullshit doesn't warrant any respect from the staff.
-Why are wages so differently unfair for new hires?
-Why is our Kitchen Manager closing? That takes away valuable hours from other kitchen staff.

The only problem is that this meeting is only scheduled for 30 minutes... not much time for our BIG questions. Something tells me this meeting will go on longer.

Plus, I hope Joey challenges Captain Braceface to a bare-knuckle boxing match. Winner gets the deed to the resturant. Loser gets thrown into the fryer. (Loser = Captain Braceface)

Wow, that was a long rant. I guess I needed to get all that out of my system.

Next Time: Why out-of-shape middle-aged people shouldn't play Nintendo Wii.


~Nate-O