2000-09-14 - 22:56

of course who could possibly resist the thought of making tea on a hot summer night in montreal? right, i'm sick. i don't really understand this whole concept of being sick in the summer, having only to be miserable in the sun exuding phlegm and various other nastiness and drinking hot tea in scorching weather. it just doesn't bode well for me and especially since i'm starting this new job. that, in itself, is turning into a political nightmare. so much infighting and plus the manager wants me to sign my name to a declaration saying that if i don't back him up on something, that i'll quit! ("but adam, you can bluff on it"). it's insane, he's temporarily off his rocker and i can't deal with him right now while he's being presumptuous and exclusionary with the staff and with the board of directors. all this in a nice little organic food store, didja ever think? en tous cas, it will work out without the help of the staff and perhaps without the help of * in any case. that's fine if it happens although i do support him in some ways-- rearranging the store and carrying a wider selection of products but ordering over packaged, consumer-market-driven products such as meal replacement shakes just piss me off. i really do believe le frigo vert should exist as a service and not a business. the business ethic is so invasive especially in an urban centre that if we can simply exist than i don't see what the problem could be. expansion is meritable as long as it isn't grown with hormonal aspirations and superficial goals.