Well, I might well lose my job for some such stunts. But I actually *like* my job, as opposed to those who might be tempted by such shenanigans. It's not that I define myself by my job -- it's that I finally have a job that fits who I am. Except for the minimum wage part *sigh* My fave record for those last few minutes of the night is our sampler from the Sesame Street "Sounds From the Street" box set. Though there have been times that I've been sorely tempted to crack open the "Rude Noises" sound effects disk, with its 40 flavors of farts. As I may have mentioned before, we used to have "room clearing" contests in college. But they stopped when no one could top Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" and Yoko Ono's "Fly", both of which I picked up in a chance encounter in a record store when visiting Pittsburgh. On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 13:30, Craig Lieske wrote:

Herb, I never once lost a job for doing the things I essayed a couple days ago on this list. The record store job I walked away from because they were screwing me left and right, and I graduated college and left the convenience store in good graces. For what they were paying me at either job, I had to have some amusement! I manage a rock club now, so I get to experiment in a safer, more conducive environment. Want to know how to get rid of customers when you have to have them out at the end of the night to avoid fines from the local constabulatory? Just play "Venereology" by Merzbow. That holds our record for quickest clearance. 200 people in 5 minutes! The people in this world take their "jobs" too seriously. Too many people define themselves by the jobs they hold. Not enough people think to define themselves by their own terms. Herb, lighten up! "People of the world, relax!" -Tom Robbins