The return of the Parking Lot Monitor

I just wanted to note that the PLM personally visited my cubical-neighbor to inform him that he was parked in a non-spot. Except it wasn't my neighbor's car. So, PLM sallied forth to find the true culprit.

Did I mention PLM has a real job here that ISN'T monitoring the parking lot? I think it's great to volunteer for extra assignments at work, but this is... strange. Still, for the sake of being a team player, I wish PLM the best of luck with the quest.

(I'm still parking in the non-spots, though. Bwa ha ha.)

The Parking Lot Monitor (a typical moment in my life)

I work in an office that’s a warehouse converted into a cubical farm. Since it was build to house wares and not people, there are a limited number of parking spaces.

The portion of the parking lot closest to my desk has maaaaaaybe 20 “real” spaces and several loading zones that aren’t technically spaces, but since a car can fit in them, we park our cars in them when the other spaces are full. (There’s another 15 or so “reserved” spaces that we aren’t allowed to park in, even though no one ever parks in them.) Did I mention that 200+ people work in this building? Yeah. Most have to park in another company’s lot out back and walk around the building. This is intimidating if it’s dark out, since we work in a sketchy area.

Anyhoo, one of my coworkers is our self-appointed Parking Lot Monitor. Whenever someone parks in a reserved space or loading zone, PLM ensures that justice is served.

Yesterday was recycling day, so all the bins were out in the parking lot. They're conveniently placed on the ramp so as to (mostly) not impede the walkway or block anyone from parking.

Around noon, I went out to get lunch. Not unsurprisingly, when I returned a mere 10 minutes later with my food, there were no “real” parking spaces open (someone snagged mine really quickly!).

(CRAP!)

So, I parked in a loading zone, since it was the only space I could find.

When I left the office two hours later, this is what I found:

Yes. PLM saw my car parked in the ONLY AVAILABLE SPACE in the ENTIRE parking lot, got pissed that I was in a loading zone, and took the time to move the recycling bins so they blocked my car in.

It wasn’t hard to move them back out of the way, but WTF?

Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!

I lowered prices in the shop by $5/item. I was planning to do it last month, but then I sold an item, and I didn't want to make the buyer feel like I ripped him off. He still hasn't left feedback, which worries me--did he not like the kitteh? I hope he did.

But yeah. I need to move some product, so fleece kittehs are $20, and furry kittehs are $25 (cuz the materials are more expensive).

I have several in-process kittyloaves, so look for those in the next couple of days.

New items in the shop!

I added three new varieties of fleece kittens to the shop!

Berry-pink! 

In 11 different eye colors!

Grapey-purple!

In 5 different eye colors!

Aaaaand two more black kittens!

These eyes were listed as "amber" on the site that sold them. I think they look wonderfully creepy with this black cat. I'll have to make a batch of these around Halloween with demon wings or something.

Gooooo! Buy my stuff! Help me buy a lawnmower!

Yay! I sold something!

Yay! Yay!

Thank you, birdratm, for your purchase!

You know how some people frame the first dollar they make through their new business? Well...

I'm a giant dork.

Also, all I have is Paint. But that's ok.