Another edition of Unhappy/Happy.

Unhappy because:

  • Sales training was long and exhausting.
  • My team had to wear ridiculous lime shirts.  We looked like M&Ms on acid.
  • Can’t stop thinking about Usher.  What kind of a name is “Usher” for a rock star?  In my day we had Prince and Madonna.  Hell, we even had Martika. Now those are one-name singers.  What’s Usher’s last name, “GetYourFeetOfftheSeat”?  (Off topic point but still pertinent.)

    Happy because:

  • Training was long but it’s over.
  • Our shirts may suck but my team still totally won.
  • That’s Grey Goose vodka in that martini glass.

    Why do I have to be Mr. Lime?

    In sum: Reasonably happy. 

    Personally, “Usher” makes me think of Edgar Allen Poe and “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

    Posted by John  on  07/22  at  03:27 AM

    The name, that is; not the music.

    Posted by John  on  07/22  at  03:27 AM

    Your watch looks expensive.

    Posted by EV  on  07/22  at  05:09 AM

    Just think to yourself: “Lime green makes me look like candy; people like to lick candy; girls will want to lick me.”

    Posted by  on  07/22  at  05:19 AM

    You look totally gruntled!

    Posted by Papa Goose  on  07/22  at  05:27 AM

    A Grey Goose martini can instantly make any day better. I like mine dirty.Very dirty.

    Posted by  on  07/22  at  05:39 AM

    I actually don’t like mine dirty, but I often order it dirty anyway, because I have literally never met a waitress who won’t take the opportunity to say “Very dirty, eh?” with either a smile, smirk, or sneer.  And that often makes it worth it.

    Posted by Greg  on  07/22  at  05:47 AM

    EV, I thought it was a leopard-print snap bracelet.

    Posted by nikita  on  07/22  at  06:12 AM

    darn, papa goose got to the gruntled joke before i did.  but then, i guess if anyone has dibs on “gruntled,” it’s papa goose, so that’s only fair.

    if vodka is “dirty” and whiskey is “neat,” what are the other spirits?  are they also described in terms of hygiene or housekeeping skills?

    Posted by romy  on  07/22  at  06:19 AM

    Reasonably adorable as well....

    Posted by  on  07/22  at  06:24 AM

    I don’t know, lime green acid M&M;just may be your color. 

    Posted by CF  on  07/22  at  06:27 AM

    but haven’t you read usher’s press release?  he has rock hard abs.

    rock hard.  now you must submit.

    Posted by mona  on  07/22  at  06:58 AM

    Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how actual corporations (as opposed to my rural non-profit) do things. Special neon shirts for teams in a training?! I guess it’s better than shirts v skins. Why not just colored dots? Are you guys running around or throwing things? Do you hit the streets like Amazing Race and have a need to identify one another at great distance while in motion?

    It’s like pulling teeth around here to get a staff meeting called during a fricking move. You should see our coffee.

    Congrats to Team Lime - or did you have a cooler name? The Geese, one would hope.

    Posted by Dirty Dan Sin  on  07/22  at  07:03 AM

    Lime green shirts?  Very girly-man.

    Posted by teahouseblossom  on  07/22  at  07:07 AM

    Be grateful you got a t-shirt.  my team had to wear muu-muus. 

    Posted by dan  on  07/22  at  07:38 AM

    The second best part about dirty martinis (best being the tasty vodka, natch) is the three fat, juicy olives.  Not only do they soak up every last drop of vodka (removing the need to lick the bottom of the glass), they may be considered a meal.

    Posted by rockgrrl  on  07/22  at  07:48 AM

    *whistle*

    Posted by gimmy  on  07/22  at  08:38 AM

    i’m confused (shutup) ... did you have the vodka at the sales training? I would imagine that that would make anything bearable. Quit your complaining. ... That’s my domain.

    Posted by patricia  on  07/22  at  09:00 AM

    Usher makes me think of Ben Vereen. You know, since he is his illegitmate child and all.

    Posted by Janet  on  07/22  at  09:07 AM

    What, no bikini shots?  Quid pro quo....

    Posted by  on  07/22  at  10:16 AM

    I prefer Grey Goose mixed with some 7Up, but that’s just me. Martini glasses look too feminine.

    Posted by Tom  on  07/22  at  12:51 PM

    Rockgrrrl, the true alcoholics don’t like olives because they just take up room in the glass. 

    Posted by Tom  on  07/22  at  12:53 PM

    BTW, folks, that crack about the olives being a meal wasn’t mine—it’s something a friend of mine in New York used to say.  She’s safely out of rehab now. 

    Posted by rockgrrl  on  07/22  at  12:55 PM

    Denial is the first stage, you know.

    Posted by Tom  on  07/22  at  01:36 PM

    oh my friggin GOD I could use that martini right now.

    sorry, what were you saying?

    Posted by jennn  on  07/22  at  01:42 PM

    1) grey goose: mmmmmmmmm

    2) lime shirt: oh shut up, you know it suits you

    Posted by Jules  on  07/22  at  08:13 PM

    Stick with the lime green if you look that cute in it.  Works for me.

    Posted by  on  07/23  at  05:01 AM

    I would keep the shirt. If you’re ever lost in the woods, the helicopters will find you in no time.

    Posted by melly  on  07/23  at  05:55 AM

    Raymond. That’s what Usher’s last name is. How did his parents, who apparently had sensible names, pick a verb as their son’s first name? Off-topic, yadda yadda. It just piqued my curiosity.

    P.S. Nice t-shirt.

    Posted by Gopi  on  07/23  at  06:34 AM

    Each morning I walk around a nearby lake. The lake is populated by geese, ducks, and blue heron. There has been some shoreline repair work which included planting grass. The geese have been feasting on the young shoots of grass. The result has been lots (and LOTS and LOTS) of lime green goose poop. So, I guess lime green and geese just naturally go together.

    Posted by jw  on  07/23  at  08:03 AM

    does that shirt say “SECURITY” on the back?

    Posted by snowy  on  07/23  at  09:39 AM

    Grey goose......mmmmmm!

    I would wear any color for that shtuff. Even *snicker* lime green.

    But dude....you won and all. That counts for something.....right?

    Posted by Shalovee  on  07/23  at  11:12 AM