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Jason McGathey
by Jason McGathey
podcast hub for this least-selling author
Episodes
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Typing Video Series: December, 1989 (part three): a hunting trip to Maine
All about a hunting trip to Maine. To read the online version instead:https://aknownhistory.com/1989-december-a-hunting-trip-to-maine-part-one-c2696fbf5e68
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Typing Video Series: December, 1989 (part two): a hunting trip to Maine
All about a hunting trip to Maine and the first time I ever get to fire a real gun. To read the online version instead:https://aknownhistory.com/1989-december-a-hunting-trip-to-maine-part-one-c2696fbf5e68
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Typing Video Series: December, 1989 (part one): a hunting trip to Maine
All about a hunting trip to Maine and the first time I ever get to fire a real gun. To read the online version instead:https://aknownhistory.com/1989-december-a-hunting-trip-to-maine-part-one-c2696fbf5e68
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Typing Video Series: April 1991, part two - eyeglass intrigue over spring break
In which I continue this adventure about trying to get my learner's permit for driving, over spring break, despite having no clue where my glasses are. To read the print version online instead: https://aknownhistory.com/1991-april-eyeglass-intrigue-during-spring-break-part-two-a23e8754b8dc
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Typing Video Series: April 1991, part one - eyeglass intrigue over spring break
In which a parent mandated trip to the DMV, without my prescription eyeglasses, pretty much goes as I'd feared it would. To read it online instead: https://aknownhistory.com/1991-april-eyeglass-intrigue-during-spring-break-part-one-5adff0af9397
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - L1
Well, the book is finally out, and like a proud papa, I couldn’t be happier! This is the first time I ever tried an actual semi-legit, planned out release strategy, i.e. scheduling it 3 months in advance and promoting the thing for a change. I’m not sure this worked any better, but it certainly...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - K1
Print book now available! Get it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQRQ6BJK
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - J1
Edgar wouldn’t say he’s gotten to know Christie extremely well just yet. They are on friendly enough terms, however, to chat briefly in passing about even non-business related matters. Or for him to become her desperation last resort when, as the day of an event at Liberty Avenue approaches, to…
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - I1
Even though rumors are swirling that Palmyra’s butcher, Nick, is on the hot seat, for some reason they hire one of his closest friends, Scott, as Southside’s meat cutter. Nick has been talking him up for months and they finally decided to pull the trigger on the guy. Part of the wait is that he…
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - H1
The fourth column in the new items spreadsheet is dedicated to brand name. A seemingly straightforward concept which is nonetheless much more labor intensive than he ever would have guessed. Having uniform brand names for every product in a line is a huge help, for searching items in the system,...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - G1
“He’s almost eighty now, but he’s got a mind like a calculator,” Duane tells Edgar, en route to the Bellwether Snacks headquarters, “and he still works, too: two days a week, like clockwork. You can count on it.” This trip across town was Duane’s idea. He’d stuck his head into Edgar’s office and...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F1
Though its weekly sales amount to roughly half of what each of the other two are pulling in, one oddly colored feather in Liberty’s cap is that it is nonetheless the most profitable store. Palmyra and Southside both appear to be rising ships, with slow and steady upticks in volume, but money is...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E1
One of Teri’s first key lessons for him concerns the addition of new items to their computer system. Months earlier, when they first began installing this Orchestra software, she arranged a blank Excel template twelve columns wide, sent this to all department managers, merchandisers, and store...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D1
Both in size and appearance, Liberty Avenue more closely resembles your average, single proprietor owned, charming little convenience store more than it does an all-natural market. And moving in the complete opposite direction as its Southside cousin across town, this location finds itself…
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - C1
Southside opened almost exactly three years ago, and is without question the current prize jewel of this operation. The previous occupant was apparently a Harris Teeter where, reputable sources insist, a store manager was shot to death in his office. Bellwether Snacks/Healthy Hippie Market were...
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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - B1
The job sounds straightforward enough. They are a tiny chain of three retail outlets, specializing in natural and locally sourced products, for health minded individuals. Though Bellwether Snacks owns them, these stores have relatively complete autonomy, so long as they are profitable. Healthy...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – A1
Everything was cool up until the summer that Liberty Avenue closed. More specifically the morning where it first occurred to many of them that maybe this company was no longer on the upswing. Their acting owner has just called a meeting, to announce the shuttering of their original location…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 43
The structure of the deli here is unique as far as grocery stores are concerned, and each of the stores in turn remains totally different. Beyond pitching in a little to get Walnut up and running, for example, there’s almost no need for Christie to make that hour drive once a week, and she’s…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 42
Though Craig Willis was able to successfully deflect Pierre’s attempts at forcing him to work weekends, he is nonetheless cajoled into driving up to Palmyra and helping that grocery department, for one full day, at time and a half. He returns to Southside the following Monday, flopping into…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 41
They begin moving into the Walnut location on the first, which gives them a month to get this operation up and running. Under normal circumstances, this would be nowhere near enough time, but unlike the last store opening – Southside, some seven years ago – occupying a corner space of this indoor...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 40
As they begin moving into the Walnut location, it makes perfect sense to roll this into a company-wide rearrangement. Palmyra’s produce manager, Johnny, has requested a transfer to work in Walnut, as he lives nearer there, and some laidback, seemingly rational and middle aged mom type, Charlene…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 39
The little blurb people put beside their name in Twitter is usually far more comical than anything they ever post. This is one thing Jack Lincoln has noticed, scrolling through that social media time suck in his down time. But then again, these sites all have their winning attributes. With...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 38
Well okay, now she has officially seen just about everything. As Glenda Jackson is opening the latest manila folder from Liberty Avenue, what tumbles out is not only the expected modest stack of invoices, but also a clipped together bundle of…word search answers? From the latest Healthy Shopper...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 37
Some conspiracy theory type cashier, a thirtysomething dude that’s been with the company for maybe three weeks, sticks a post-it note to the monitor up in Palmyra’s office which reads, Friends: be careful what you’re doing on here! “They” are watching!! He has drawn some eyeballs up above the...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 36
It’s strange how certain topics get lofted into the air, and begin to catch fire due to their momentum, when you’ve mentioned your own recent preoccupation with them to no one. Of course, skeptics will claim that it’s only because you are currently paying attention to this subject, that these...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 35
Walnut is a city of approximately 40,000, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The interstate neatly cleaves into two distinct sections, one of which is modern and heavy with strip malls, the other considerably older, with very few developments over the past decade or two. The...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 34
Out here in the wild and woolly retail landscape, it’s often unclear whether keeping these incidents to oneself is the right thing to do. You could certainly advance a valid argument that sweeping something like this under the rug is not in the company’s best interests. Yet to run and complain to...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 33
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jasonmcgathey.wordpress.com/2021/04/14/tales-of-a-scorched-coffee-pot-chapter-33/
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 32
This isn’t to suggest that Palmyra has cornered the market on personnel – or personality – struggles. Naturally, after months of relative calm, many of these bombshells just so happen to arrive during the busiest months of the year, when they can least afford to deal with such distractions. The...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 31
Getting a handle on this bulk madness is presumably one of the reasons Duane asked Harry to come up with a list of what each store is carrying. The results were evidently not quite what he had in mind, though, for he asks Corey to do it all over again. When Edgar hears about this, apart from...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 30
The eighth column in the new items spreadsheet is dedicated to a simple flag, to mark whether the product in question is packaged or random weight. The number 1 is placed in this column if so, to trip a function in the system that will weigh this item at the cash register, but is otherwise left...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 29
Nearly two months after that lone time hanging out together, the night of Dave’s band performance, Brady randomly asks Edgar if he wants to go grab some beers. It’s a Friday at the end of October, and while refraining from dressing up themselves, they figure there are bound to be a few Halloween...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 28
Edgar is also able to take advantage of Corey’s predictable schedule, albeit not quite in the same manner as the recently busted loafers. Rather, frustrated already with his Corey related dealings on the beer-wine front, this has given him a great opportunity to secretly shift into Plan C. After...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 27
The personnel nightmares continue at Palmyra, anyway, which demand far greater attention than anywhere else. As much as can ever be the case in this high overturn industry, the other two locations remain stable – and in fact, it’s not uncommon for Liberty to go months without a single change.…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 26
“I like Christie, don’t get me wrong. But…” It’s amazing how many conversations start out this way, Edgar’s thinking. As Arnie begins to rant in what amounts to a slightly elevated whisper, up here in his office. With the other computer in here unoccupied, though the Orchestra server is connected...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 25
Though Microsoft’s cloud storage OneDrive platform uses a few different icons for its “Something Went Wrong!” message, there’s one that cracks Jack Lincoln up, every time, which would be the one which resembles a pile of doodie, wearing a birthday hat. Allegedly this is supposed to be a piece of...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 24
Modern efficiencies can be great, if that saved time is put to good use. This is one of the things Glenda thinks about often, as she’s humming along entering invoices, in her island of a cubicle at the Bellwether HQ. If you are banking that time to get better at your job, be it by catching up on...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 23
The emails continue between Edgar and Tonya on a frequent if not daily basis. At no point does he ever mention doing anything socially with her again, nor does she. Until a handful of weeks have gone by and out of the blue it’s 2:30 in the afternoon on a Friday, and she dials his office for...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 22
Well, Tonya Flaherty never called him that Friday. Or at any other point. However, the highly entertaining email exchange continues unfettered, such as when Edgar inquires about this line of incense which mysteriously appears in expected fashion, upon the shelves of Liberty Avenue. Attempting to...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 21
Well, Edgar thinks with a wry smirk, it’s funny how the technology is bullshit to certain people, most of the time…except when maybe they want a project knocked out in lightning fast speed, last thing on a Friday afternoon. But whatever. He’s just here to facilitate whatever goofy ideas a guy…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 20
With the promotion of Edgar’s mom to deli manager, this means that the part time fuckup Steve is now into his fourth administration. Having arrived on the scene before Dolly, even, and outlasting not only her but everyone who’d been around in the deli prior to his arrival, including the previous...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 19
The sixth and seventh columns of the new items spreadsheet are dedicated to cost and retail, respectively. Cost obviously doesn’t appear on their shelf tags, and there’s nothing they are doing within the Orchestra system that involves these numbers – the monthly margins are calculated at the...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 18
Liberty Avenue remains his least investigated outpost thus far, for obvious, business related reasons. Even if in many respects still his favorite to visit, because it is so chill, there’s not enough going on to justify driving over there more than once or twice a month. Even regarding the price...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 17
Still, there is one aspect missing thus far from his repertoire with the Healthy Hippie Market, somehow, even eight months into this experience. And it will take the Palmyra crew to begin resolving this oversight, however indirectly. When word begins to circulate that the newest guy in the deli,...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 16
He hates to see Dolly go. She was one of his earliest and most vocal champions, and this isn’t something he takes lightly, or will ever forget. Also, as a sidebar, it’s worth noting that she was continually trying to hook Edgar up with her daughter, and while this didn’t happen, he appreciates…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 15
Once a week, after going through the invoices, Edgar emails the department managers, spelling out what they could have ordered cheaper elsewhere, and/or should have for possible some other reason, like quality. The vendor and the item number are after all listed on their shelf tags, are two of…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 14
The Hobart Scalemaster program is Edgar’s clunky if just barely passable portal into adding and editing items on the deli and produce scales, at Southside and Palmyra both. While Liberty does have one all purpose scale in back that everyone uses, it has never been online, and this is considered…
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter 13
The fifth column on the new items spreadsheet is dedicated to package size. While not nearly the headache represented by brand names, these also need to be uniform. You couldn’t spell out ounce half the time but abbreviate it to oz the rest; similarly, you couldn’t put a period behind lb on...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter Twelve
As such, while yes, maybe she is partial to Edgar, Glenda feels there is at least one major reason to be: his experience almost always neatly matches her own. He’s the kind of guy that would keep his lips zipped about these individuals — but if you asked, as a confidential, business-related...
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“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” – Chapter Eleven
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jasonmcgathey.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/tales-of-a-scorched-coffee-pot-chapter-eleven/
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