it’s starting to feel a bit like winter
Yesterday, as I was leaving for work I stepped outside and was hit with the gust of cold air. Immediately goose bumps ran up my arms and a chill snaked its way through my back and a grinchish grin covered my face. YES! I thought. It’s finally coming. No more tired heat. Winter is on the way. With it beautiful chilly weather, sweaters, camping and all the other glorious happenings.
This morning I am laying here with my patio door wide open, cool air streaming in. Both kitties are out on the patio enjoying the weather too and, I am sure, the fact that the door is open and they can come in at their own will.
This week I was offered a position at a high end retail establishment. Part time, of course. Which is great for me because it helps me get one step closer to my dream apartment - the two bedroom, ginormous kitchen apartment with amenities up the wazoo. The job, I think, will be great. The people there are way friendly and the customers are the type that come in and just want you to pick stuff out for them, converse with them and typically money is no object. For me, this is usually fun like shopping with friends. I am good at letting the easy friendliness come out and just flitter around discussing topics while tossing clothes their way. I am also stoked to be working somewhere I can wear real clothes, not a uniform. I’m talking heels, skirts and whatever else I want. I am lucky because they offered me way more than I wrote down on the application. I am pretty sure that doesn’t happen often.
My full time job this week I am basically glad the week is over. My boss has been riding my ass and I can’t seem to figure out why. I do a damn good job, but for some reason he has decided to be nitpicky. And I gotta say, we are stretched as far as we are gonna go. With our skeletal employees, limited resources and more work as the holiday season approaches, it doesn’t seem like the best idea to me to run your people into the ground. But I am doing my best to ignore it and just continue doing my job.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
It seems every industry is squeezing the life out of their workers. They’re saving money by cutting jobs and the “lucky” ones who keep their jobs are expected to do the job of 2 or more people without making any more money for their trouble. And what happens when those workers burn out? They replace them with the desperate, fresh ones standing in line. People have become interchangeable parts in a machine. Sad.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
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October 12th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Yay! Congrats on the new job!