A Week In the Life

They have started cutting hours at work. They have started having only 2 girls on register throughout the day. This is difficult enough, but with finishing up my Landmark courses and fitting job interviews, it is really bad. I cannot work Monday and Thursday nights as well as one full Saturday a month. While I normally have Saturdays off, I don't think they're too happy about me actually requesting them. Then there is the addition of Monday night when it was only Thursday before. The owner who does scheduling has severely cut my hours when I actually can work due to these needs.

I had an interview with a company yesterday and am going for a second on November 3rd. I am greatly looking forward to this 2nd interview as I am thinking it to be a good thing, even if they did ask everyone from the group to come to the 2nd interview. It still gives me a decent shot as it will be one-on-one and I'll prepare better for this one. I was unfortunately a little lax in preparation for this 1, which makes it a good thing that it was a group thing with only a short one-on-one at the end (meaning it didn't matter as much that I was ill-prepared).

On another note I'm trying to get things organized for my EBAY business. I have found some of the things I want to sell. If I can't get them bought separately, I'll try bulk, if I still have no luck I'll donate them for the tax write-off. I also need to do the same with the clothes I have - I'm sure some of them can be scrap material for other projects. I'm thinking of cutting some up and selling them as bolts on Amazon, EBAY, or Etsy. I also need to mend/ alter the things I have. My plate is full and I'm ready to eat.

Taking Initiative

I have been having a hard time at work. Several of my co-workers are extremely negative and one very actively bullies me. I am also stuck at a register all day long, in a very small box. I am not used to this having just come off about a year of unemployment and before that jobs that involved cashiering, stocking, assisting customers, etc. I am not used to being stuck.

This was driving me nuts one day and I felt myself getting to the breaking point. I asked my manager if I could do something else. He offered to speak to one of the owners who was not in that day and about 10 minutes later offered to allow me to go cover housewares. I was in housewares for about 30 minutes, which may seem small, but it saved me. I managed to finish out the day without a complete melt-down.

Jobs That Allow For Blogging

I'm working between 30 - 35 hours a week. However, as just a cashier, there is quite a bit of down-time. Some of us bring word games, LSAT studying, etc. I catch up on email, Facebook, etc. I just want a job where I don't have time to blog, but instead am enthralled by the job.

Week One

Working a job you never wanted is by no means fun, but very necessary in this day and age. I have no other option as my mother has made it clear, without actually saying it, that I cannot move back in with her. Working for a hardware store ought to give me time to do my own thing, including job hunt and pack for my impending move, but it really doesn't. By the time I get home from whatever hours I worked, I tend to be beat.

I have found that there are too many women at this store. Unfortunately, I tend to have issues with females and I do not know why. One already clearly dislikes me and is constantly rude to me and talks about me when she "thinks I am not listening". There is one girl who I am pretty sure likes me, another who may like me all right but is not going out of her way, which is fine with me. The other girls I have no real idea how they feel and I think I may rather just leave it at that.

Where It All Began

I graduated with a BS this May from a four year college. In the old days I would have already had a job in my field at graduation, or shortly after. Instead I found myself interning, without pay, for my stepfather in the sign/ construction business. As I was doing this I was attempting to network with people I had worked with before while reworking my resume several times and making two separate copies. Copy number one was for the "hold me over job". Copy number two was for my "dream job".

Several months later (the very tail-end of August) I finally had a successful interview. At the end the woman asked me when I could start. I couldn't have been happier. Wait a minute, I just excitedly, nay giddily, accepted a cashier job at a hardware store. Isn't that what I did for a summer job between junior and senior year? How did I manage to get stuck in that position again? Well, it's a paycheck and will be relatively regular scheduling.

Now I'm looking for my dream job, or at least the stepping stone to it.