Comments on: The Checkout http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/ My last chance to trust the Man with the Star Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bobbie http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 bobbie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:23:57 +0000 http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=456#comment-1178 Congratulations Chris!!! I ran a closet store back in the 90's for a few years (before Home Depot moved in and put us out of business :[) Tre'cool! Congratulations Chris!!! I ran a closet store back in the 90’s for a few years (before Home Depot moved in and put us out of business :[)

Tre’cool!

]]> By: BoyGrowsUp http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 BoyGrowsUp Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:37:21 +0000 http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=456#comment-1172 Just think how irritated and disgusted you would be had you used the situation as a reason to pick up a 12-pack for yourself. But you did not, and as you know, that is all that really matters. And congrats on the job! Just think how irritated and disgusted you would be had you used the situation as a reason to pick up a 12-pack for yourself. But you did not, and as you know, that is all that really matters. And congrats on the job!

]]> By: Marc http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Marc Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:51:20 +0000 http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=456#comment-1171 Kudos on the employment. Kudos on the employment.

]]> By: Marc http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Marc Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:50:37 +0000 http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=456#comment-1170 You know, when I have those moments where envy and judgement get all mixed up, I just have to take a step back and repeat after me: The lives of these strangers have nothing to do with mine. Their looks are not a referendum on mine, their youth not a finger pointing at my age, their presumed love of intoxicating does not require a conclusion on my part one way or the other. They could be medicating misery, or they might have been having a lovely gathering of a group of friends who have 2 beers each and they need the foil to bake chicken. My focus on them is another way of placing the problem or solution outside of myself. And then I smile. You know, when I have those moments where envy and judgement get all mixed up, I just have to take a step back and repeat after me: The lives of these strangers have nothing to do with mine. Their looks are not a referendum on mine, their youth not a finger pointing at my age, their presumed love of intoxicating does not require a conclusion on my part one way or the other. They could be medicating misery, or they might have been having a lovely gathering of a group of friends who have 2 beers each and they need the foil to bake chicken. My focus on them is another way of placing the problem or solution outside of myself. And then I smile.

]]> By: Java http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/07/19/the-checkout/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Java Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:45:04 +0000 http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=456#comment-1169 Congratulations! You got a job! "I’ll be designing and selling storage solutions -closets. I figure I’ve spent enough time in them that decorating them is the next logical step." Made me laugh enthusiastically! (I was going to say "long and hard" but that just sounded a bit too suggestive to me, and that's not where I'm going with this.) You have the strength. You have the tools. You are working it. Shit like this (the aluminum foil) comes up from out of nowhere and smacks you in the face. It hurts. It opens some pretty fresh wounds. But you have the strength, the tools. I sense a lot of progress. Don't know you very well, but from what I have read recently you know how to get up. You know how to fight. That's something to be proud of. Hang in there Chris. Congratulations! You got a job!
“I’ll be designing and selling storage solutions -closets. I figure I’ve spent enough time in them that decorating them is the next logical step.”
Made me laugh enthusiastically! (I was going to say “long and hard” but that just sounded a bit too suggestive to me, and that’s not where I’m going with this.)

You have the strength. You have the tools. You are working it. Shit like this (the aluminum foil) comes up from out of nowhere and smacks you in the face. It hurts. It opens some pretty fresh wounds. But you have the strength, the tools. I sense a lot of progress. Don’t know you very well, but from what I have read recently you know how to get up. You know how to fight. That’s something to be proud of.
Hang in there Chris.

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