This evening, whilst paying for some clothes for Abigail at Mervyn’s I overheard something funny on the overhead music system.
It was an advertisement for Mervyn’s trying to tell me why they were the best clothing store, it went something like this:

Mervyn’s is open from 9 AM-10 PM Monday through….
And do you know why we’re open from those hours?
Because we know that you’ve got something called a life.

I thought to myself, “I’m important, and I have a life. However, the employees here don’t have a life.”
Being a smarty pants I thought I’d ask the clerk (a college age gal) if she was important and had a life.
Humorously she told me that she was thinking exactly the same thing, but said that after she was done with college the Mervyn’s ‘lifelessness’ would be all over.
What a weird thing for Mervyn’s to say to the public!

This site is not dedicated to employer/employee relations, but I can’t imagine that hearing that several times a day (since most of the overhead music is looped) will keep workforce morale high!
C’est la vie.
I guess that if you want to please the public oppressive, condescending statements towards your employees isn’t going too far.

The Secret Life of My Wife

Also, speaking of not having a life, Jessica watched the entire first season of Alias on DVD this week.
That would be 22 episodes and a bonus DVD with behind the scenes footage of faux espionage.
Or, to put it in pragmatic terms: (40 X 22) + 60 = approximately 16 hours of Alias.
Granted some junior high and high schoolers watch that much TV in one day during Christmas break, but come on, a stay at home mom?
I will testify that she wasn’t eating bon-bon’s while watching the shows 🙂

Resting in Him,

Randy “Spy Guy” Pete