Let this be a lesson to you
If you go to a liquor store in Shakopee, MN at 9 a.m. and buy a six-pack of beer they will look at you a little askance. When you try to explain how you need it to pay off a debt you have with your co-worker Dougs*, they will flatten their mouths into a thin judgmental line and give a barely imperceptible shake of their head.
If you sing along to Polyester Bride with the windows down on your way to Hell, Inc. for the last time on a Monday morning it will make you feel better. Following that up with a Hall & Oate singalong will make you feel even better than before.
You cannot, apparently, sing “and shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants” on 89.3 The Current.
*the bet was made back before Thanksgiving. It was in regards to whether or not I would still be employed on Valentine’s Day. When the layoffs came everyone was stunned by my psychic ability. Dougs won on a technicality, so we called it a draw and both brought each other beer.
Tags: 89.3 The Current, beer, layoffs
Posted on Mon, 25 February 2008 at 11:43 am
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Somehow I pictured Shakopee as being more beer-tolerant than that.
Maybe I’m getting them mixed up with Sheboygan.
25 Feb 08 at 9:14 pm #Maybe I just patronize the snooty liquor store. It’s like you can’t buy a six-pack of Lake Superior Ale at 9 a.m. on a Monday morning without people getting all uppity. Sheesh.
25 Feb 08 at 9:16 pm #last day? i thought you had until march 3rd or some such?
26 Feb 08 at 9:03 am #No, the last Monday. My last day coming in here will be Friday and the last actual day of my employment is March 3rd.
Got it?
26 Feb 08 at 10:01 am #ahhh, that must be the HR-sponsored, company-certified dismissal schedule. gotcha.
26 Feb 08 at 6:44 pm #Is there anything else you need to know? Do you want me to send you a copy of my termination letter?
26 Feb 08 at 6:45 pm #Try waiting outside before they open, buying a half gallon of vodka, and taking a few swigs in the car before you leave the parking lot. When you’re at that point, you don’t care how they look at you.
27 Feb 08 at 10:08 am #well, since you asked and all … i wouldn’t like a copy of your termination letter, but how about another story or two of yours to read. i thoroughly enjoyed the last one and would like to read some more.
27 Feb 08 at 2:21 pm #I was wondering too if I was the only person at least a bit perturbed by the hack-job the Current did in editing what is otherwise a great song by The Moldy Peaches.
03 Mar 08 at 9:51 am #Nope, I caught it too. It even sounds weird, because they repeat that do a little dance line twice in a row.
03 Mar 08 at 9:53 am #