Day 91: Does Anyone Even Read These?

I’m liking my new job at this hardware warehouse so far. It doesn’t stress me out near as much as my old job at the college. Mainly because at this job, I don’t have someone constantly breathing down my neck.

Speaking of which, I recently found out the dickhead chef that I used to work for there, ended up quitting shortly after I did. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one who quit on him. During the meeting that I walked out of, he lost another 60% of his other cooks. Never in my life have I known someone that an ENTIRE TOWN hated. He was literally ran out of town. He moved to Texas or something. Good riddance.

Anyways… So my job is broken up into zones. There are like 8 that I know of and I am qualified to work like 5 of the 8. I like just about all of the zones except zone 4. Zone 4 is filled with all of the painting tools, door thresholds, galvanized and plastic pipes, etc. There are also a lot of metal bars and tubes that are really sharp around the edges. Some of them are so long, that they hang over the edge of the shelf. I am pretty sure that this zone was made and stocked by Vlad The Impaler.

Apart from that, my job is super simple. It can get a bit exhausting at times though because there are a lot of heavy boxes to lift is zones 3 and 5. 3 has all of the shovels, ladders, water heaters, and glass. 5 has a lot of miscellaneous items along with different paints and paint thinner. All I have to do is scan the item, put a ticket on it and take it to its appropriate area to be sent out for delivery. I get paid 12.84 an hour and I get paid WEEKLY. I love that so much because it helps me save money better, since I’m usually too tired to go out and spend money after work anyway. Getting paid weekly is a bit of a rarity where I live.

It’s been a great month working there so far. I do have to keep an eye on things like my speed and accuracy there, but they are pretty reasonable with the numbers you have to beat. I work Monday through Friday and get the weekends off.  I usually work from 6 to 3:30 Monday through Wednesday. Thursdays and Friday are our short days. We get off at 12:30 both days. This week will be awesome because I get Christmas Eve and Christmas off, so you know what that means…. FOUR DAY WEEKEND! I have no idea what I am gonna do this weekend, or Christmas. I hope all of you have a merry Christmas! I will now be posting every Friday, so look for my next post next week. Merry Christmas everyone!

 

 

-Valken

Working Out The Kinks

Starting over sucks, but sometimes it’s necessary. I just wish I didn’t cause myself to have start over so many times. A lot of people think this is a bad thing. I don’t think so.

I have yet ANOTHER new job. I now work as a cook at a college. Monetarily it’s a lateral move, but it’s still a step up to me when it comes to my stress level. This is actually funny to me because this job requires to be way more on top of my game than Walmart did. I quit Walmart. I quit before I even had this new job. My dad called it a childish move. It’s not childish to take a gamble. ESPECIALLY when I knew for a FACT that I would be able to find a better job than Walmart. At least I put in my two weeks.

Conversation really isn’t my strong point. I decide in the first few seconds if the conversation interests me or not. Most of the time people bore me. If I’m still talking to you after a few days, then chances are I will still be talking to you long after that. I have a very small circle of people that I talk to/hang out with.

I should probably make more of an effort to remember people’s names. Its like they tell it to me and I immediately forget it when they walk away. Is that really a bad thing though? Maybe it would be if I saw them on a regular basis. Most people I don’t feel are worth remembering their names. I usually only remember the names of people who made a big impact on my life by showing me kindness. No… Remembering my name, or saying hi to me don’t really count.

For example there’s this guy named Matt. I was walking to Walmart to go cash my check from work. It’s a bit of a long walk ESPECIALLY when I walk there from my job that is 15 minutes from my house. I was coming back and he saw me and slowed down to ask if I needed a ride. Several other cars passed me before him and either just waved, or stared at me like “who’s this loser walking?”

I understand why most people passed me. I mean.. Its not like I expected them to or anything. It’s just a nice gesture. He stopped despite how risky it is to pick up random strangers. I solute people like this and the LEAST I can do is remember their name. Right?

-Valken