Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — chapter A1 soundtrackedThis is a fun little collaboration I did with Venezuelan rock band El Globo Oscuro. It was their idea, actually, and I was more than happy…Jan 17, 2024Jan 17, 2024
Jason McGathey“Tales” the podcast — chapter B1Here’s the first installment of a series, offering you a visual/audio experience of my forthcoming novel. I’m super stoked about the…Jan 9, 2024Jan 9, 2024
Jason McGathey“Tales” the podcast — Chapter A1Here’s the first installment of a series, offering you a visual/audio experience of my forthcoming novel. I’m super stoked about the…Jan 8, 2024Jan 8, 2024
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot”- The AftermathAs a half defeated, half liberated Edgar returns to his house that early afternoon, he opens the front door and strides across the foyer…Dec 14, 2023Dec 14, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — Exit Notes-the old scales at Lorena need either replaced or to have someone manually input all of our current PLUs. Ken & I couldn’t figure out any…Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — G21A couple minutes after Felix breezes back out of the room, Fred materializes, telling Edgar he’s ready now. And as the two of them venture…Dec 12, 2023Dec 12, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — F21On Thursday the 23rd, Fred emails Edgar to request his presence at the Central office, at noon on Friday. The stated purpose of this…Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — E21But if neither he nor presumably anybody else is getting much response on those various bullet points, perhaps something a little less…Dec 9, 2023Dec 9, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — D21They don’t have to wait too terribly long for their answers, however, as the weights and measures fellow shows up a week later, pretty…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — C21Progress, or what some might prefer to simply call “activity” instead, continues on other fronts, however. As they enter the month of…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — B21But at least Ben’s trying, one might say. The lowest rung on this ladder concerns the tiny band of holdouts who refuse to play ball with…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — A21One significant inflection point arrives during Edgar’s next trip up to Lorena. Like many other spark inducing events, this one begins by…Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — L20As January draws to a close, Edgar receives a card from Rob and the Locke sisters, thanking him for 10 years of service. This is a welcome…Dec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — K20This mindset is a problem in itself, yet it’s also beginning to have a snowball effect. Once the complainers realize that this is a…Dec 3, 2023Dec 3, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — J20Failing the price audit up in Lorena, though, now this is Edgar’s responsibility. However, even in this instance, he feels the bosses’…Dec 2, 2023Dec 2, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — I20The end of January finds Edgar back at his actual desk — or for that matter, anywhere else but Lorena — for the first time in a couple…Dec 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — H20For some reason you simply cannot disabuse most upper managers of the notion that they know your job’s finer points better than you do…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — G20Fortunately, there’s a buffer period of about a day before people truly begin freaking out about the pricing oddities. Edgar’s mostly able…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — F20The upper managerial mindset is truly a wondrous phenomenon to behold. More than anything else it’s a mass hysteria that has swept through…Nov 28, 2023Nov 28, 2023
Jason McGathey“Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” — E20The ride home takes just under an hour, the first half of which is a state route bearing due south. One that passes through no towns…Nov 27, 2023Nov 27, 2023
