J to the ER to the muthafuckin OME

On one of those great days when I belled...I had the pleasure of witnessing the following:

Ring Ring Ring-
Jen G: "Lance could you get that? LANCE GET THE PHONE."
Lance: "No, I can't obviously you can't see that my name is Jerome."
Jen G: "LANCE GET THE PHONE"
Lance: "FINE!"
Lance: "Hello, Circuit City, how may I help you? (Pause)No m'am there is a mandatory 15% restocking fee for all computer related merchandise. (Pause) Yes m'am, I understand you spent $3699 plus tax on the lap top, that's not my fault that you got a piece of crap. (Pause) Yes I understand that's a lot of money. No M'am, there are no exceptions, that's what mandatory means. Yes you have to get another one. No, I can't recomend one...Fine, I recomend you don't get one here. (Pause) Yes, m'am, you can have my name. My Name is Jerome. It's spelled J-E-R-O-M-E, no I can not give you my last name, that's against company policy. I can give you my id number? 867530"

(Now keep in mind that I heard all of this and am totally lauging my ass off at the fact that hes being a dick, that he referenced the Jenny song...and just cause he always made me laugh in general.)

two hours after his shift ends...Different manager on duty...
Irate lady from Phone: stomps up to the CSA desk "I DEMAND TO SEE JEROME."
Kristin: "M'am there is no Jerome who works here."
Irate Lady from Phone: "NO THERE IS, I TALKED TO HIM 2 HOURS AGO."
Kristin (getting angry that she's being yelled at): "I'm very sorry m'am, we don't have a Jerome who works here."
Irate Lady from Phone: "YES YOU DO. HES RUDE AND BLACK."
Kristen walks away and comes back with the store schedule in hand. Throwing it at Irate Lady, she yells at her "THERE IS THE STORE SCHEDULE, THERE IS NO JEROME ON IT."

Irate lady gets mad and leaves the store and I come around the corner and ask Kristin what was going on. Shes all pissy about crazy people being assholes and I ask her what happened so she tells me about how Irate lady was insisting that Jerome was being rude to her and wouldn't help her and I start to laugh...

Now she's mad that I'm laughing at her, so I tell her "Duh, Kristin, it was Lance being an ass."

Then it was all ok. Like the fact that it was him was the magical serum to erase all wrongs...works for me too.

Jerome was the side of Lance who didn't care what others thought and who would do whatever he wanted to amuse himself and others. He was so bored all of the time that he often amused himself at the expense of an innocent bystander...But it was to make everyeone else smile so I'm ok with it. Jerome did lots and lots to get in trouble. He also had the greatest laugh...his whole body laughed...including his eyes. You knew it was a good one when he started coughing till he couldn't breath. That's when you knew you had him.

Do you have a Jerome story? Well, don't just stand there! Share it with the rest of us...

Random piece of trivia I learned a few months before Lance left us...



His Dad's name is Jerome. (For those of you who don't know, Lance's dad passed away when he was like 12.) I guess we all carry something of those who we love in our hearts...or in his case - right over it.

Miss you babe. Matt's having a hard time these days. Would you send him some of the mental hugs you usually send me? There are times that I can't be there for Matt cause of work or whatever...keep an eye on him when I can't and we will take care of each other, don't you worry.

Oompa Loompa's send their regards.

XOXOXO,
Cour

Like a puppy who peed on the carpet

Ok, be honest...who here remembers some of the one liner's he came up with? I remember one night way back when... Before things turned into more than friends between us - the first time he kissed me, the feelings he envoked were too much for me to handle so I walked away. He IMed me with the following:

LNHOCKEY: Court, whats wrong?
CRYP2N1TE: Nothing. I just had to go.
LNHOCKEY: Please tell me what's wrong.
CRYP2N1TE: No, I don't want to talk about it
LNHOCKEY: Court, please tell me. I feel like a puppy who peed on the carpet.
LNHOCKEY: I know I did something wrong, but I don 't know what.

The rest of the conversation was between him and I, but I'll always think of him when I know I did something wrong, but I'm not sure what.

Oddly enough, I use that phrase occasionally, now Matt uses it too. Feel free to use it. We know Lance would want you to. Use it on the condition that you think of him when you use it.

Do you have a one liner that you want to share? Email Matt or me and we will add you to the members so you can share too!

Miss you babe. While not entirely accurate to meaning - it's fitting to say "I think about you all the time, but I don't need to sing...It's lonely where you are come back down..."

Hugs to you we'll never have...
<3 Court