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Did I hear you right?

// September 16th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Blog

. . .  I totally think this guy just asked me where the sex shops are in Niagara Falls.

He asked and I said, “Pardon?”, thinking that I didn’t hear him right but it turns out I may have, because the second time around I swear he said the same thing.

Afer much consideration, I began wondering if he was saying SNACK shops, because he did have a bit of an accent so maybe I just wasn’t hearing him clearly. But the second time, he said it a lot quieter O_O

That’s one I’ve never been asked, if that’s indeed what he asked. 

I told him that he can find anything he’s looking for on Lundy’s Lane.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with asking about or going to sex shops, I was just taken aback. Especially seeing as it’s a family campground. . . you know, usually with hundreds of children running around aimlessly.

Seriously, it’s never boring for long.

// September 15th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // Blog

Working at a campground you get to meet all sorts of interesting people and encounter situations you probably never thought happened in the realm of reality.

While the following two things do not by any means stretch the limitations of your mind, they are at the very least mildly entertaining.

So I walk into the store today, about a minute late. Fortunately no one really minds because it’s the off season and it’s not like there are people banging down your front door to get anything (which, does happen in the busy summer season). When I get behind the counter, there are three notes sitting there. One is just telling me to do the total out, which is fine (and gives me something to do later today) and the other two:

(As a note, I’m typing it in caps because that’s the way my boss writes).

HABITAT #28
PART OF THE WALL BLEW OUT DURING STORM.
I STUCK IT BACK TOGETHER BUT IT IS NOT RIGHT. BETTER CHECK IT.

And the next one is my personal favourite of the two:

TRAILER 69 FORGOT TO GIVE IN THE KEY. WILL SEND IT BACK TO US.

ALSO SHE LEFT HER TEETH!
BOTTOM PLATE, SHE THINKS IN THE BATHROOM OR BEDROOM.

CALL IF YOU FIND IT.

(Insert contact information here)

There’s another lady staying here who’s her own breed of special, but I’ll post about that at a later date.

Oh dad.

// September 6th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Blog

This is the conversation I had this morning with my father on my way out the door.

Him: When are you leaving?
Me: Right now.
Him: Oh, okay. When are you finished?
Me: I’m not sure, I have to wait until Jenn gets there.
Him: Will it be after three?
Me: I think so.
Him: Oh…
Me: Why?
Him: I’m going to a blues club tonight, and I wanted to take your car.
Me: Okay…
Him: Will you be home by 5?
Me: Yeah, I’ll be home before that. When are you leaving?
Him: I don’t get off work until 7.
Me: . . . . . . . .
Him: O_O
Me: Why did I need to be home before 5 then?
Him: Oh… I don’t know!

Haha, it made me laugh. I think by the end he was like oh crap, why am I even asking this but it was just so random because it pretty much made no sense whatsoever. If anything, my dad is amusing. And I don’t mean that in any sort of mean way, he’s funny.

People don’t understand what a whirlpool is.

// August 23rd, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Blog

Today I had this lady into the campground store. She’s been there for a few days, and I remember the first time I talked to her she was kind of intense. She told me that there was an ad that said we had free wifi, and I explained to her that no, it doesn’t say free wifi. It says that there is wifi available in the park, which is true, but it’s not free.

Anyways, she was okay with it. She’s just very straight faced.

So today, she comes in.

Her: The whirlpool.
Me: I’m sorry?
Her: The whirlpool.
Me: Okay, you want to know how to get there?
Her: What is it?
Me: O_O It’s… a whirlpool.
Her: Oh.
Me: Yeah, like… a giant pool of swirly water? (I had no idea what else to say and I was kind of taken aback by the question)
Her: Oh I see.
Me: It’s just up the river, it’s not right by the falls.
Her: Can we go to it?
Me: Well there’s the Aero Car, which goes over it.
Her: Okay. Can we swim in it?
Me: … In the whirlpool?
Her: Yeah.
Me: No… you’ll die.
Her: Oh.
Me: It’s huge, and really strong.
Her: So, where do you go?

[Shows her on the map]

Her: So you can just see it?
Me: Yeah, you can just park over here, and see it. Or you can ride the Aero Car if you want.
Her: Oh okay. But we can’t swim there?
Me: … no. It’s a giant whirlpool.
Her: What’s over here?
Me: Well if you keep going up the river, you’ll see the botanical gardens, the Butterfly Conservatory and the parkway here goes right into Niagara on the Lake. It’s a nice little heritage town with interesting shops.
Her: Can we swim there?
Me: There are places you could swim there… but I wouldn’t recommend it. If you want to go swimming, go to Crystal Beach.

So I ended up giving her directions there and she went on her merry way. But I honestly couldn’t get over the whole whirlpool thing. I mean, honestly. It’s a giant whirlpool.

See, the giant whirlpool that would kill you if you tried to swim in it?

It reminds me of that guy who on the phone, asked me if they could go have drinks in it. I think he thought I was talking about a jacuzzi, but he was pretty shocked  when I told him no, because it would kill him, haha.

Haha. Dumb.

// August 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

I got more dragon eggs, so please click and help my babies grow!

I have reached a new level of sad with my dragons, haha. If you look at the sidebar on Pink-Spider.net, you’ll see the eggs and then a link which opens a pop-up window. Check it out for my new levels of lameness. It’s awesome lameness though and it entertains me (I totally wrote ‘entertains men’ first) so it’s worth it.

And I keep going to Shattered-Tranquility.net and starting posts that should be in Pink-Spider.net and vice versa.

One day I’m going to screw up and look like a total idiot.

So, I get this call…

// August 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

Before I get to this one, I have to say that there’s this couple that stays at the campground a few times a year, every year. They’re super nice and they never cause any problems, but they’re probably one of the most oddly matched couples around. Well, not really. But you know that stereotypical oddly matched couple, where the woman is a little chubby and tall and the man is this small little thing?

Well, it’s like that.

And I think both of them might be missing a few marbles (and teeth).

Anyways, this story doesn’t have to do with them.

So I get this call at around 4:30pm.

Me: Campground ^^
Guy: Hi… my name is and I’m staying on site [number], in the tenting section… and my wife just came back from the washroom and told me there were two people enjoying their shower just a little too much. Together.
Me: Oh… oh no.
Guy: Yeah… you know, it’s just not really appropriate for a family campground. When there are kids around and stuff.
Me: No, I completely agree with you. I’ll send someone up there.
Guy: Okay, thanks.
Me: Sorry about that.
Guy: It’s okay. Thanks.

Jim was there so I told him and he went up there to find them still going at it. He didn’t find out who they were, but he yelled at them saying that they’ll be kicked out if they’re caught again and saying that it was inappropriate. He said the woman peeked out, but he didn’t recognize who it was.

We never found out who it was.

But of course Amanda goes, “Hey, you think those are our buddies?” Referring of course to the couple mentioned in the very beginning of all this.

I sat there for a good five minutes asking her why she would even suggest them. That’s not a thought I ever wanted to have. Ever. I mean come on, there are some people you just can’t consider as sexual beings because it just… it’s just hard to wrap your mind around. You know it happens, but you’d prefer to be ignorant and think otherwise, haha.

And that’s the second time this year we’ve caught people having sex in the women’s washroom showers.

But on the plus site, there have been less stories about poo.

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// August 16th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

Today has been an up and down sort of day.

I’m still worn out for some reason. I’m assuming eating a meal a day probably isn’t cutting it, although I did have breakfast and dinner today. So that’s pretty good.

I have pretty much no apetite. Every now and then I get really hungry, but then even if I eat something small, it’s gone. At this point I guess I’m eating because I know I have to. Not beacuse I’m hungry or beacuse I like the taste of something, but because I know if I don’t, I’ll get sick.

That’s kind of messed up, but that’s how it is right now. I’m also kind of bummed about something that happened [or didn't happen, actually] the other night. I know that makes me lame and I know I can’t over think it and think it means something bad, because honestly, benefit of the doubt likely said I’m a sane person and not around. But I still can’t help but feel disappointed.

Work was okay today. Actually, the shift went amazingly fast. I hope it goes like that for the rest of the weekend!

The coolest couples seem to come in when Amanda and I are working. I think one of my personal favourites were the two guys who checked-in at the same time. They were in a group (two sites) and we said, “Are you together?” They replied, “Yeah, we’re together.” “Wait, no. We are, but you know, not like that. We have wives.” Haha.

Anyways, today we had this couple who called us about seven times because they were so lost getting there. One of the first times I talked to them she wanted to know if she had to go North or South.

…

I wanted to say, well you’re coming to Canada… which you know, is north. So north would be the logical direction. Naturally I would never be rude like that on the phone (and I’m glad I wasn’t because they were super cool). It took them seven hours to reach us. It should have taken about four. :/ So when they got there they were not only exhausted, but relieved to finally have found us. When they got there they were looking at the map, and the one lady goes to the other, SEE. IF WE HAD JUST GONE THIS WAY WE WOULDN’T HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY.

… those were the directions we had told them, haha. Apparently the driver wasn’t really listening to the directions.

When I was asking what kind of site they wanted, she said she didn’t care and if they hadn’t found us, she would have pitched a tent in any open field she found. That made us laugh. It was cute.

And on a completely unrelated note, driving home was a disaster.

First, I drove my mum’s car today. Which I hate driving because there’s no tape deck so I can’t plug in my iPod. Also, when I drive it I feel like a little old lady behind the steering wheel. I have no idea why, but the car makes me feel tiny. It’s not even a huge car or anything.

Then, coming home I ran into all this damn construction they’re doing. They don’t do it every night in the same spot, so you never actually know if it’ll be going on or not which is why I take the same route home. It was really bad tonight though; they closed one of the lanes and traffic was super backed up. Luckily, someone had opened this gate so that if you knew where you were going, you could sneak through there onto the service road.

Which I did.

Only to find that the lift bridge was up. -_-

So I had to wait until the boat went through, which I swear took forever, and then I could finally make my way home. It felt like such a disaster, haha.

On my way I passed this huge graveyard. For some reason, when I drive past a graveyard at night I always feel like I have to look as hard as I can at it, just in case I see something. I swear to god I saw stuff, but I have no idea if it was anything real or just the reflection of my headlights on tombstones. :/

It’s one of those things where I desparately want to see something like a ghost or spirit, but if I did I would probably pee myself and not be able to sleep.

The rest of the night has been pretty quiet. And I know I should be in bed already but I can’t help but stay awake. I’m tired, an dI’m not doing anything overly important so I have no idea what compells me to stay awake… but here I am. I need to stop going to bed at five in the morning.

So, with that said, I’ll try to sleep now.

(。・o・)お(。・д・)や(。・。・)す(。・_・)ノみ♪

It’s another sunny day here at the campground

// August 15th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

It’s only 8:00pm, but today has already been a somewhat interesting day here at the campground. We’ve actually had a lot of very nice campers check-in which makes the time go a little more pleasantly. Of course, I’m working Amanada so it’s the Age and Amanada Fantasical Seven Hour Show {whoo!}.

We had a guy delivering Chinese who nearly had a break down here in the store. You know, it was realy important. That Chiense was going to get there no matter what he did. If he gets lost in the park I won’t be surprised because I told him the very easy to follow instructions about ten times but he still did not seem to grasp it. I mean, make a left on Spring and a left on Butterfly are of course, massively confusing and hard to follow directions. Even moreso when you have a map.

To the person who googled “how can i make myself sick enough to go to the hospital for a week” and somehow ended up on my site (it’s actually because of the entry I wrote when I was sick)…

The fact you searched for that, made me smile. Thank you.

Centipedes are super gross.

// August 10th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // Blog

Last night I went downstairs to make some tea. Everything was going great, but when I went to go to the fridge to get the cream, I noticed a HUGE centipede on the wall.

TOTALLY. GROSS.

Luckily my dad was still awake and downstairs watching TV so I made him come to kill the bugger. At first I just said, DAD! COME HERE PLEASE! So he came and then I said there is a huge gross centipede on the wall. Can you kill it?

So he comes over, and goes EWW. I HATE THOSE THINGS. Which for some reason really made me laugh. But he killed it with the broom and then threw the body outside.

Which makes us sound like we’re committing some horrible violent crime, but it was amusing.

Now because I know how much everyone just loves my paint art, I drew a life-size illustration of the centipede in all it’s nastiness.

Notice the centipede’s red eyes of evilness.

I got pnwed by a six year old.

// August 5th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Blog

Today there were a few kids in the store pretty much all evening long. They were mostly playing in the arcade, but would emerge every now and then to buy candy or to get some of their money changed.

One of the boys had apparently run home and his dad gave him twelve dollars.

He returned ecstatic.

He wanted to know what he could buy, and after buying some gum, he said to me “I don’t know what else I want… maybe nerds. Noo, I don’t like nerds.”

Being a fan of the crunchy, sugary candy I replied, “I like nerds!”

To which the boy replied, “If you like nerds, then you are a nerd“.