Manic Monday in Current Events

Monday poisoning anyone? Feels like Mercury really is stationing retrograde. I had my first shift at the location by my place today. It didn’t go smoothly, naturally. It went well though. Just everything with technology was failing me. Failing me hard I might add. I work through the phones and it was blended with the other location which I didn’t notice until the end of the day. Some of it I caught but the big one… I did not. My new supervisor will sort that out. She really liked me though. She was impressed.

I was given something I never had to really do before. I followed directions a little too well, it would seem. My supervisor coached me on what her expectations are. Her feedback was very constructive. I was content with the work. It was new, I got to work with minimal supervision. It would seem that this will be a thing. I’ll be way out of my comfort zone and actually be merchandising.

I had first-day jitters. Their bathroom situation was menacing. They are renovating their bathrooms so we have to use a trailer out front. It’s awful. The new bathrooms are going to be great. It’s a single-room situation. I can duece at work! lol. The water fountain is blocked off because of that so I didn’t have enough water today.

I didn’t get to work with the team until the end of the day. It’s going to be alright. There are, of course, a lot of differences between stores but I’m adaptable. I feel weird about having to e-mail my old supervisor to let her know what happened. Everything I did was logged into her team. It’s not going to be my problem tomorrow but… yeah.

My supervisor actually works the floor with us. My last one did not. I’ve never witnessed her do anything. Our HR used to be an ASM at my old location. It was nice to see a familiar face. A few people from the store side introduced themselves to me. I hope I make an impression on them so they will be helpful when I need them to be.

It was so weird to be at work so fast and then come home so fast. It’s barely a five-minute drive. I would walk, and I actually considered walking, but I could hear people walking around drunk outside at 4:30 this morning. They are why I have a car. My locker is a little cubby. I hate it. It’s better than nothing. I just won’t be able to store extra food in there. I’ll make it work. I didn’t think I was going to get through eating all of my lunch today because of my jitters but I managed.

I had a dream about my roommate last night. I woke up to a huge mess in the kitchen. Just like old times. I was talking about it so I dreamt it. Then my dream came true! Ok, she made herself popcorn for dinner and didn’t clean it up. She’s done worse. She must be going through it with the liquor stores being closed. That’s why she was pacing around the apartment. I ended up hiding in my room because I couldn’t tell if she was in a mood or not. I didn’t need her to go off about something stupid like she used to when we first moved in.

Last updated August 15, 2023