This doesn’t make any sense to me. When I worked for Home Depot corporate in the 90’s, you were required to work on a store for one week. I thought it was an annual thing. Did they drop the requirement?

I should point out that by the end, I hated my job and the culture, and was so ready to leave. After Bernie and Arthur left, the place really went down hill

I grew up reading his early works in the 80’s and beyond. Well written, novel themes, sometimes fucked up beyond belief. It’s obvious he did lots of drugs.

Recommended.

Could you provide a source on the adrenaline thing?

I spent entirely too long trying to figure out what “rental duds” was…

Got a friend who got his CDL and drives a school bus in the morning and afternoon. It came with benefits and mediocre pay. And lots of unruly kids!

When I visited Italy for the first (and last) time a few years back, I kept thinking the same!

Lol. Yes, people do still build systems and store plain text passwords. I regularly get scammers sending me my throwaway passwords from crappy sites. Good thing I never reuse passwords, or email addresses.