Darlene was really worked up during the drive home hour yesterday. Normally her tirades are limited to a particular vendor who is notorious for showing up during lunch hours or a less than stellar employee who went MIA again. Yesterday’s issue de jour involved changing over her POS controllers for PCI compliance and, to make sure nothing got mucked up, she was planning to spend the night with the POS vendors.

Yes, our favorite supervisor, and self-diagnosed control freak, was planning on spending the next 12 hours at the store just to be sure all went well with the equipment jocks.

To prepare for the long night ahead, Darlene had reached for the new $3.99 twin pack of “Stacker2 6-HourPower” shots just before I had arrived. Anticipating the long 12 hours ahead, you guessed it, she downed both 6-hr shots at once. The tag line on the bottle says “Feel it Fast, Energy that Lasts, No Crash”. They aren’t lying. It’s true. Darlene was as jittery as Tiger Woods leaving a voice mail for his bimbo(s) while ducking his golf-club wielding wife.

What lessons did we learn this week, folks?

1. You don’t have to work 24/7 when you trust and surround yourself with reliable equipment vendors and sound software solution providers (like CMIsolutions…cough, cough.).

2. Sometimes a 5 hour energy boost just won’t cut it. However, don’t be gluttonous. One shot at a time, people. One shot at a time.

3. Keep your golf clubs locked up with your fire arms.