Sir! Sir! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling!

Well I'm going to see Episode III tomorrow at 8:30, but I still couldn't resist the temptation to buy a ticket for a 12:02 AM showing. I figure I missed being there opening night for the last two episodes, and I won't get another chance.

Work has been dull since they took away my favorite toy. My boss said it was distracting me. She had complained previously that I looked too busy carrying around my clipboard and making notes on how to improve products, so I had thought the yo-yo was a good way of breaking the ice.

I didn't make her very happy today, firstly because I read my schedule wrong again and she had to call me, secondly because I trounced her and everybody else in Texas Hold 'em, thirdly because I pointed out another half-dozen design flaws in the POS system, fourthly because I disagreed with her on company policy regarding word-of-mouth discounts, and pentawise on account of my calling the enemy at a customer's request to ask about a hypothetical product that we didn't have.

See, it turns out there are discounts that we can give to customers who ask about them, but that we can't tell them about. Seems to me like a recipe for disaster, since sites like fatwallet and techbargains routinely distribute coupon codes. I hate having to withhold information from my customers, and resent not being able to look up product specs and third party reviews on the internet at work. I'm more interested in finding the right solution to my customer's concerns than about selling them one of ours pre-packaged. She tells me I'm in it for the commission and hte spiffs, but a Jedi craves not these things.

She tells me "You don't have the mindset for retail." I was not in a position to disagree, having sold almost nothing all day.

Good news on the car front, for those of you keeping up, she's totally unscathed. I called the dude that was scared of the bug to tell him there would be no claim, and resisted telling him "Maybe we'll bump into each other again one of these days." Okay, so I didn't so much resist the temptation as not think of the line until after I had hung up, but that's probably for the best.

Three and a half hours till showtime. I guess I should watch episode II while i'm waiting. I want to take pictures of people in line, but I don't think they'll let me take my camera in.