My Last Shift at McDonald's

This is a true story, and it’s disgusting. It was my last day of work at McDonald’s and I just wanted to get out of there. I had a lobby shift, which meant I had to keep the tables, floors, and the playplace (indoor playground) all nice and clean. Generally, lobby shifts are given to new hires as a form of initiation, so something told me this shift was given to me as a form of revenge for quitting. Ironically enough this one particular shift provided me with the most disgusting cleaning jobs ever. You see, the playplace is pretty much a kid infestation. There are literally 50 or 60 kids at all times yelling, screaming, fighting, and peeing. Yes, peeing. For some reason, the red slides, yellow tunnels, and loud noises, made kids want to pee.

So as you might have already guessed one kid decided to pee while I was working, and guess who had to clean it up. The proud mom broke out the bad news by saying “sorry, but my son peed in the tunnel.” At that point I was going to leave the job and just head home, but I really wanted the reference, so I decided to do my job and get it over with. So, armed with plastic gloves, a garbage bag (used as a protective suit), paper towels, and spray bottle of sanitizer, I headed over to the playplace looking like a hero about to save the world. I was greeted by a bunch of kids, who happily informed me of where my job needed to be done. Apparently the kid was afraid of heights, because he decided to take a leak in the highest tunnel in the playplace.

So I climbed up, and got my first glimpse of the crime scene, a small puddle of pee lying in the middle of the tunnel, 16 feet up in the air. So I cursed the day I applied for this damn job, and decided to take a different approach to cleaning the mess. I recalled a lesson in chemistry class where we learned about concentration, and how to dilute solutions. So, I put my education up to the test, and sprayed large of amounts of sanitizer to…how do I put it…neutralize the solution. I figured, the new mixture was less harmful now, and I finished the cleanup by placing large amounts of paper towels over the large puddle, to help soak up the mess. Thing is, I left the towels behind… on purpose. I thought the soaked up towels will serve as a reminder for the kids not to pee in the tunnel again. To hide my poor cleaning job, I told the parents to tell their kids not to go into the tunnel for “safety reasons.”

About half an hour later another mom comes up to me and says “my son puked on the floor.” I wanted to pass the mop over to her, but then I realized that she wanted me to clean it up. Unlike my response to the previous accident, my response to this matter was slow. You know, maybe if I waited long enough the problem would disappear. I guess the mom was displeased with my slow response and told my manager. The manager and I had a little talk, and I decided to clean the mess up, Omar style. So I filled a bucket with clean soap water and headed over to the playplace, where the puke was located. It’s interesting to note here that the puked hamburger, had a very close resemblance to a normal hamburger, which makes you think… Anyway, for this clean up job I used the classic “dispersion theory.” All of us have used dispersion theory before, it’s when you take any localized mess and spread it over a large area, making the mess appear…. Less messy. So I took the mop, and placed it over the puke, and went ahead moving the mess around in circular motion, almost tracing an infinity sign. So instead of having all the puke concentrated on one tile, it was now spread over 10 tiles. During the cleaning job, the mom was giving me the dirtiest look, almost saying “You won’t get away with this cleanup.” But I got away, after the cleanup I had ten minutes left in my shift, and I thought it was time to leave the place for good. That was 4 years ago, and I never stepped into that restaurant ever again.

I don't belong here

Apparently..

The Canadian home to a high-tech hub of companies and think-tanks housing some of the world’s brightest minds has been shortlisted in a contest to be named the world’s most intelligent community.

Waterloo, Ont., is running against Cleveland, Ohio; the Gangnam District in Seoul, South Korea; Ichikawa, Japan; Manchester, U.K.; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tianjin, China, to be recognized by the Intelligent Communities Forum, which will declare a winner in June.

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Meanwhile I'm up at 1:30 working away on my lab, only to find out that Cd Experimental = 2.2 while Cd Calculated = 0.74 !! Ya jama3a do I even belong to this community?

Has Arabic music gone mad? 2al "Farfoora Ana" 2al

Rrrrrr... gotta love those all natural girls

Arabic music nowadays and I are in what you call a love/hate relationship. Every male and female singer is an exact replica of the other, in looks and style. Do all female singers go to the same plastics sergeant? Their nose and lips are almost identical!

The songs have no substance, and their mainly a display of the singer in sexy clothes. That sentence sums why I love/hate Arabic music. While I like what I’m looking at, I don’t necessarily like what I'm hearing. And this whole play the video on mute business isn’t all that entertaining, I tried it.

Another thing that I noticed was the cheesiness of the videos. Some of them don’t make sense… wait, most of them make no sense. In one video, the singer steals a girl’s handbag, and then…I changed the channel.

Oh, and I actually saw a video today where the male singer, actually makes out with the model. GASP! My sister noted that this video is controversial because of the kiss, and that he was just seeking attention. I explained “he was only trying to get his money’s worth.” Do you guys know how much these models cost?

Anyway I’ll leave you with this piece of news from Al-Sharq Al-Awsat

لعل ما حصل أخيراً بين الفنانتين هيفاء وهبي ودومينيك حوراني هو خير دليل على هذه الظاهرة، التي باتت بمثابة عادة سيئة لمطربين صاعدين يسعون للوصول الى الشهرة بأي وسيلة. فأغنية «واوا آح» التي كتبت لهيفاء وهبي ولحنها وسام الأمير ووزعها روجيه خوري طرحت فجأة في الاسواق بعدما رافقتها حملة ترويجية لدعمها في الاذاعات والمرابع الليلية. وسبب استعمال هيفاء يعود الى معرفتها ان دومينيك حوراني صاحبة اغنية «فرفورة انا» علمت من حيث لا تدري هيفاء بعنوان الاغنية الجديدة بعدما تسربت الى مسمعها عبر صديق مشترك لها وللملحن. وقامت الدنيا ولم تقعد الا بعد ان انزلت هيفاء الأغنية الاصل ولحقت بها دومينيك بالأغنية النسخة تحمل العنوان نفسه وان بفكرة مختلفة. واخذ كل طرف يدعي ان الآخر سرقها منه. ولم تهدأ الامور الا بعدما صرّح الملحن وسام الأمير بأنه اعطاها لهيفاء قبل اكثر من سنة.

I hate when people steal intellectual property. Wait, does the song Wawa 2a7 qualify as intellectual property?

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Ontario Bans Smoking in Trucks

Ontario is getting a bit harsh on smokers, but at the end of the day everybody benefits. This is an article from the local newspaper about a new Ontario law which bans smoking in the workplace, including trucks. The law will be enforced on a complaints basis, but it's better than nothing. The less smokers we have in Ontario, the less healthcare will cost, the more room there's in hospitals for everybody. So if you smoke and thinking of moving to Ontario, think again.

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Smokers... stop complaining and take it outside!

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WARNING! Only for Real Nerds

I laughed my ass off when I read this...


UWS wrote earlier this week about the Math mascot, the “Natural Log” being kidnapped from it’s display case in MC.

The lock that previously sealed the display case appears forced open and the chain holding the log has been cut.

The log was last stolen in the Winter term of 2003 by a group of engineers and after being the subject of many pictures, was held hostage in the engineering lounge, POETS. The log was recovered in the summer of the same year and finally in the fall of 2004 it was again put on display with the addition of increased security measures.

The engineers are at it again, and they replaced the log with a piece of lawn, with anonymous photos sent to this week’s Iron Warrior, the UW Engineering newspaper with the following message:

Dear Iron Warrior Staff, we have some information that you might be interested in. Last night while the Waterloo Mathies were busy not showering, their mascot “The Natural Log” was stolen from its display case. This massive piece of wood was replaced by a clump on ln (lawn), and of course a sign denoting ERTW, proving that Engineers truly do Rule The World. We have attached some pictures of the log enjoying its newly found freedom, Engineering style. Sincerely the Anonymous Engineer.

More disrespectful photos after the jump. What cha gunna do ’bout it math? Huh?

Thanks Dan!

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need a new idea to waste time?

Crazy busy. School is already keeping me busy. As usual we made a soccer team made majority of Arabs, which means we’re going to kick some ass. The team name is FC Tartoor, after a little guy we recruited for the team who we nicknamed Tartoor. Other than that I decided to join the Arab Student Association, just to experience something different. To add to that, we’ve also officially begun working on the green building competition, which should keep us busy for the next month or so. Meanwhile, I’m trying to fit in social life by going out at least once a week.

Anyone else excited about the Da Vinci Code movie?

And just to leave you with something interesting in this boring post, check this picture out. This is the main library on campus. A bunch students decided to procrastinate during exam time to create this masterpiece. They used the curtains and the light inside the library to illuminate the F word. Sweet idea isn’t it?

It's about time!

I’m finally back. The trip was amazing in many ways, and very eye-opening actually. I have much to talk about, but I’ll let my stories and observations trickle slowly over the months to come. I’ll upload some pictures to Flickr in the near future, I took over 400 pictures so I’m going to have to screen through them and pick the best ones.

School started for me, and today marked the second day of lectures. I’m still not in the mood for studying yet, but I don’t have much choice, do I? Some of my Profs are going nuts already, making the adjustment process a bit hard. I even have a project due on the 16^th!

Thanks to those who kept coming by and leaving comments. It’s good to be back…