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[recollecters]

Maurice was going to do this, but Maurice sucks so I sent him home before he could. Anyway, some of you may have noticed our new poll feature! We just don't have the time and resources to cater to all your "where is x item, what the fuck" complaints, so we had to streamline. The polls were the result of that! Coded them myself. I mean, Maurice did some of it, but I did most of it. So basically we're democratically crowd-sourcing what we're going to bother to fix for you! You can send thank you notes to the building, HR doesn't mind. So far it seems like you all care about the color blue most, so we fixed it! A little, anyway. I suggest a bracing walk through the woods if you particularly missed the color and don't feel like gazing deeply into a hobo's eyes. You've all been reading up on QR codes, right? You might also want to learn to start a fire. Just a tip. Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated As per the World Regains tracker, fruits and flowers that were once blue are once again blue. This includes the echo flowers in the Recollé woods! NPCs seem to be incapable of seeing this color still, however, and will not note any differences. The color does not seem capable of being transferred to anything else, either, and any attempts to do so will simply fade the color of the thing you were trying to use to do that. Furthermore, one thread of at least 10 comments from you from this post may be supplied for one untriggered memory by linking the thread and in explanation putting "June Freebie". This may only be claimed through the rest of June, and may not be claimed after the month ends. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

Comments

[arahoushi]

not that often, but every now and then someone comes in looking for a "lost phone" that they can't describe but "i'll know it when i see it"
you get pretty used to it

[surprising]

still, dealing with that seems pretty rough
i don't imagine they're too polite when you see through their ruse, either

[arahoushi]

ah, it's not that bad
and they're usually sober when they try it
sober people are a lot less likely to take down the bouncer than drunk people

[surprising]

being sober probably makes them smarter
like choosing not to pick fights that they'll lose
makes things easier for both you and them ೕ(•̀ㅂ•́ )

[arahoushi]

you'd think! and usually you'd be right!
but drunk people don't demand to see the manager all that often
so it's kind of a 50/50 on the annoying scale (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))

[surprising]

the manager can't give them a phone that doesn't exist...
but yeah, those kinds of demands are pretty annoying
i only work as a barista at a smaller shop, so i don't get those cases often
i've heard horror stories about them, though

[arahoushi]

a barista, though
i bet you get a ton of people doing the whole half caf two pumps of amaretto no fat full fat thing though

[surprising]

yep.... rip
but the people who ask for that convoluted stuff order it pretty consistently
so i just end up memorizing it after a while

[arahoushi]

man, baristas and bartenders. how you remember things like that i'll never know, but it's impressive as all hell

[surprising]

it's just rout memory after a while! if they change up their order one day, i'd be in trouble
but being a bouncer doesn't sound bad either, given that you're strong enough to deal with tough people
in a fight i'd probably go down in a heartbeat haha

[arahoushi]

[insert obnoxious selfie of Toshi flexing here. Welcome to the gunshow, Rindou]

sometimes people say they won't leave unless i make them. i like to think i'm pretty good at making them! (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))

[surprising]

[ look we all know his muscles are just there for show, he truly fights people with argh's!! luckily, rindou didn't learn his name back then, so toshi's reputation is safe for now... ]

seems like you'd have to be pretty built to work there (☆▽☆)
i don't think i've ever had a case of having to make someone leave...
unless they haven't finished writing their paper or something by closing time

[arahoushi]

[FOR NOW.]

nah, it's mostly about presence. the boss is a pretty small guy but he can toss out the rowdy assholes with the best of them when he needs to!

and can't people write their papers at home....?

[surprising]

[ soon he will learn ]

wow, then it must be about charisma!
and see, that's what i also think. but the whole coffeeshop atmosphere lets them be more productive...
if they need white noise, though, why not go to the library?

[arahoushi]

that's where i did all my work in college!
then again i guess that's mostly because i never had money for coffee and not buying anything made me feel guilty....

[surprising]

the college budget is pretty rough...
but i usually don't mind if people buy one tiny thing and then stay for hours
as long as they aren't being noisy or anything

[arahoushi]

a blessing for us both:
may all your customers buy at least one drink
and may all of mine be sober!

[surprising]

that's a pretty wise blessing!
but i doubt there'll be a lot of sober people at a bar... they're there to get drunk, right?
at least we can call the manager to kick out people who haven't bought anything

[ he doesn't usually do that, though, as long as they're not disruptive... ]

[arahoushi]

lol good point
lemme add to that blessing:
may all our managers back us up!

[surprising]

haha, of course! i've been lucky so far
most of my managers have been pretty kind and understanding
but i know there are some bad ones out there

i hope i never meet them