May 2011
2 posts
Culture Clash
Ritzel: Beta! It's your favorite: rap music.
Beta: Oh yeah, right.
("New York" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys plays in the background....)
Beta: Feel it!
Ritzel: That is the whitest thing you could say.
(laughter ensues)
Beta: You know, I hate this song. What is this? The Black Eyed Peas?
Ritzel: No, THAT is the whitest thing you could've said.
“I’m going to get married and make ppl like you buy me wedding presents...”
– Ritzel to Beta
March 2011
1 post
November 2010
1 post
Happy (belated) Halloween!
Beta: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
Ritz: Why?
Beta: Because he didn't have the guts.
BA DUM DUM!
September 2010
1 post
“No, I’m sorry, we do not carry stock shaped shotgun pins.”
– Beta
August 2010
1 post
Passing the Time
Ritzel: Isn't it weird how you say "GABY" and how it's different from "BABY." Like, the first consonant changes the way you say the word.
Lindsey: Yeah, I've totally thought that before...
Ritzel: No way!
Lindsey: Looks like somebody's biological clock is ticking.
Ritzel: Not even. I was just writing a note for Gaby on my pink heart shaped Post-it. Uhhhh....
June 2010
2 posts
When we're not discussing pins...
Ritz: Was that one of my favorite ladies in shipping?
Beta: How many favorite ladies do you have in shipping??
Ritz: Two.
Beta: Slut.
November 2009
3 posts
The Button Factory’s take of the timeless...
Michael Jackson vs Deniece Williams
Ritzel: And if I stop...then tell me just what will I dooooo....
Lindsey: Let's hear it for the boooyyyyy...!
Ritzel: Hey, you totally messed up my Michael Jackson song.
Lindsey: It's called a mash up, bro.
October 2009
5 posts
“Life is already hard. Don’t make it harder by having a bad attitude.”
– —Bethany’s interpretation of the meaning behind the feature film Where The Wild Things Are
This is in honor of Monday, having the “case of the Mondays” and turning it right round, baby, right round.
September 2009
1 post
August 2009
2 posts
Kai, What A Guy!
Beta: Kai can print on Employee Recognition Pins, right?
Ritz: Yes.
Beta: But can he print on RECTANGULAR Employee Recognition Pins?
Ritz: Um. Yeah. He can.
Ritz: Kai can pretty much do anything.
Beta: So he can poop green?
June 2009
2 posts
“Is anybody as into post-apocalyptic stuff as I am?”
– Bethany, of course
May 2009
3 posts
Telephone
Ritzel: Did I tell you I started smoking again?
Bethany: You found Paris Hilton again??
April 2009
2 posts
A Tribute to Kai
This is long overdue. The world must know that while it is a delight to work with the ladies at The Button Factory, we are that much luckier to work alongside Kai. He takes amazing photos of some of our pins among a list of other things.
But the best part is when he sneaks in random photos, like this, into our files.
Just because. Or…
Maybe it’s to break up the...
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
2 posts
Sometimes Beta Happens
And thank goodness, too. Laughter was provided and much needed today. First it came by way of a hat.
Further hysterics ensued when she showed the inside tag:
Then, if you were lucky, you received an e-card for Valentine’s Day from her.
Thanks for making coming to work so fun, Beta!
“Wow, the word “torn” is in the word “tornado.”
– Beta
January 2009
3 posts
Spelling B
Beta: Sporadically?
Ritz: S-P-O-R-A-D-I-C-A-L-L-Y. Sporadically.
Beta: There's no "t" in "sporadically?"
Ritz: No, baby girl, there is no "t" in "sporadically."
Beta: But there is a "t" in "team!"
December 2008
1 post
Morning Conversation
Ritzel: why do I feel so badly?
Beta: because you're Catholic?
November 2008
3 posts
“I eat your 7 dollars for breakfast.”
– Lindsey (in response to a customer’s gripe over shipping fees after being waived of them)
October 2008
6 posts
WatchSometimes you need to take time and enjoy the work that you do.
Labor
Beta: I can't believe she’s having a baby right now. Can you believe how much pain she must be in??
Ritz: No, but maybe it feels like having your arm sawed off?
Beta: It's like...her poonanny is spreading!
Ritz: ...
“GRAND THEFT BAILOUT! I want my tax money back, bitches!”
– Beta’s status message
“I think of…Julia Roberts…from ‘My Best Friend’s...”
– Beta in response to the question “Who do you think of when singing The Carpenters’ Close To You”
September 2008
10 posts
“Look, if the US economy sneezes, Mexico catches pneumonia.”
– Beta (in response to Ritzel’s rising concern over the US financial crisis)
Conflict Resolution: Punctuality (Abridged)
Lindz: i hear you but i'm not listening
Ritz: haha, well, ok. but yeah, it does blow
Linz: i hear you
Ritz: i can't lie. i'm just saying...
Linz: but i'm not listening
Ritz: you're a dork. i know but it makes me feel better telling you i think it sucks
Linz: i'm just letting you know, that your words were heard. i'm not ignoring you so please, share your feelings
Ritz: i know it's not in you and we're gonna clash on this but it's cool we can be honest
Lindz: i mean, seriously.. i've spent my entire life, from.. and I SWEAR ON MY LIFE, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING..since pre-school, trying to be ontime
Linz: it's really just not in me
Ritz: i know, it's your chronic prob
Linz: it'll last a week and then that's it
Ritz: you leveled with us from the beginning
Linz: and then it's sporadic
Ritz: no, i know
Linz: and honestly, i think it's unfair too. I'd totally be ticked if I were you guys without a doubt. I just dont want to lie
Ritz: i know. well, yeah
Linz: about what I know is possible.. but I'm done feeling badly about myself about it
(few minutes pass)
Linz: yo, are you mad now
Ritz: no, i WAS mad in the morning and know
Linz: i love you
Ritz: i will always be mad in the morning. serious.
Linz: i know
Ritz: so you need to be super nice
Linz: you guys always ignore me when I get here I get it
Ritz: if you're gonna be chronically late
Linz: I catch on. ok, but if i'm on time you can be nice to me right? it's not gonna be, every morning. just maybe 3 out of 4 days
Ritz: heh yes. i will be nice when you're on time. i promise.
Getting Edumacated
The three ladies are enrolling in this.
We are so going to rule the school.
Mixtape
If we got a nickel each time any of us busted out to any of these songs, the three ladies of the button factory might be able to go into early retirement.