On being a total badass in his work life, and less of one in Runescape.

So I thought I'd make my first blog post about how life's going, rather than RS. Anybody who wants to know about my RS life can ask in RS itself, right? Besides, my char is waaay behind the totals of most of my peers these days, so it's hardly something to brag about. Screw it, I'll talk about both.

In case you didn't know, I work at one of the major retail stores in the U.S., but I won't say which because I'm always concerned about job security. It's definitely not godawful Walmart, though, I'll say that.

I've been getting a reputation as one of the best employees in my store lately. Several of my coworkers have been saying things like "you're the only one who ever responds to calls," or "I'm not gonna work any more shifts unless you're on the clock, too." Joking, of course, but it's good to know that people are depending on me now. Today I was so badass with responses that my bosses actually paid for my lunch. :D My yearly review is coming up sometime in the next week or so, and since everybody is starting to consider me the guy to call when sh*t goes down, I can definitely use that as leverage.

Speaking of great leverage, last Wednesday I was out in the lot getting carts (the designated person to do it was running late) and I thought I smelled somebody roasting marshmallows. Not a farfetched idea, since it was a windy day, grilling season's started already and the store's close enough to a residential area that the smell could have wafted over from there. So once I had grabbed a line of carts, I turned back to face the store and noticed that the smell wasn't someone grilling, but in fact, a considerably-sized fire in one of the mulchy/bushy spots in the parking lot. (Sorry if my British readers don't know what I mean by that, I know car parks are usually much smaller in the UK than here. It's basically just landscaping for decoration.) I suppose the mulch was dry from the dry weather, and somebody had thrown a cigarette butt into it. Dunno for sure. The fire was mostly smoke, not flame, but it still could have damaged any nearby cars, so it was dangerous enough. Anyway, I called it over walkie in exactly the way I was trained to, rather than panicking like some might have. It got taken care of pretty quickly, but later, I was back out in the lot helping with a carryout and I noticed the pile was still smoking a bit. Mind you, this is after the fire department had come and gone. I let my boss know and they took care of it (again). Long story short, people treated me like kind of a hero, even though I really feel like I only did what I needed to, and what anyone should have done.

I know this whole post is pretty braggy, but everyone I work with has been stroking my ego so hard lately that it's kind of hard not to be a little arrogant about it. *shrug*

Relationships aren't going so great, though. I don't really wanna get back with my ex anymore, but literally every single eligible girl I work with is already in a committed relationship. Quite frankly, I'm tired of being alone, and I dunno what I'm gonna do about it. :/ (For a fuller explanation of my situation with my ex, check the relationship thread p587.)

In RS news, I'm starting to consider dropping some of the dailies I've been doing, since they've been taking ~2hrs to do. Arhein and Bert are bas***ds, with their non-gmt reset, so I have to push them later and later every night and it gets difficult. Got to 70+ all a few days ago. Think I'm gonna try to start focusing on slayer, and ignore all dailies except JOT altogether. They distract me too damn much and I always forget to go back to slayer. Think I might do that at least until I get 85slay and my first abyssal demon task. Anybody have any opinions?

With love to all my Tipiters,

Dragoon/Jared