Golly goodness me, where has that semi-properly-employed wench got to? (re: the rant below. This followed a below average day in the ongoing war between retail and customers. Thankfully, there was no blood, as glasses are suprisingly sharp. I’m also annoyed at the sensation of boldly going nowhere. Now, an hour out of my mood, [...]
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19 Apr
Not hiding
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, A Small Plea, better luck next time, list, Uncategorized. Tagged: career options, Diversion, driving, feeling angry, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, interview, judgemental, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, schools, self esteem, shop assistant, shop work, whining, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
10 Apr
Induction for the Inductee, and being only 13 months late
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: 13 months late, 2 day courses, cup of tea, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, induction, induction courses, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, unemployed, unemployment. Leave a Comment
Today there was a customer that learnt that if you are going to shout at me down the phone, I might not be motivated to work harder. I also took part in an office pool for the Grand National (it’s not a good sign if the five horses you chose at random do not appear [...]
28 Mar
Work Experience
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, Stunned. Tagged: 14, bad economy, classroom assistant, day off, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting, school, schools, the economy, volunteering, work experience. Leave a Comment
Child at School: “Miss! Miss! You look, re-ealllllly tired.” Moi: “Uh… Thanks.” *is secretly embarrassed that make up does not hide the fact that she got up earlier than usual, on her day off, and she has already had a driving lesson before turning up in the class today* Child: “I’m tired too, Miss.” Moi: [...]
16 Mar
Sod that, find me a TARDIS!
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Academia, better luck next time, Not actually employment related, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: and now for something completely different, The onion. Leave a Comment
Oh, the Onion, how I love thee…
2 Mar
Drat, drat and quadruple drat!
Posted by graduatecalling in better luck next time, Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: career options, day off, driving, driving test, failing 3rd time, failing 4th time, failing driving test, ooooh! distracting. 3 Comments
1st: 4 majors, 13 minors. 2nd: 2 minors… and I can’t remember how many minors (for some reason, that entire test has become a mental blank to me, bar the drive home and moments of panic in the manouvers) 3rd: 1 major, 7 minors, 4th: 4 majors, 3(?) minors! The words, ‘I am so pissed [...]
15 Feb
Stupid stuff wot customers said, innit.
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, list. Tagged: being vulgar, career options, Checkout, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, day off, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, unemployed, unemployment, working, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
This is a small collection of quotes, questions and general enquiries that I heard while working over Christmas, at other jobs, and just recently. However, I will probably end up updating this as more occur to me. I submit these to the jury, only to show that the customer is not always right: *** Customer: [...]
26 Jan
Out of recession
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Academia, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: applications, career options, end of the recession, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, playground, playtime, recess, schools, the economy, the recession, unemployed, unemployed rabbit, unemployment, working in a shop. 2 Comments
Today, the British government announced that we are now not out/almost out/out of recession now/by as much as we should be/yet. How does this make me feel? Plain. Neutral. Nothing. Nothing at all. I know that, with the announcement of the recession being over, I should be happy as things will get easier. Theoretically, I’ll [...]
24 Jan
Aw, Bless
Posted by graduatecalling in Academia, better luck next time, Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: career options, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, classroom assistant, day off, Diversion, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, looking for a proper job, school, schools, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering, working as a christmas temp. 2 Comments
Today, I am happy. Having a few days of nothing to speak of meant that I was able to move on to the hellish medium level of Guitar Hero (suddenly, having to use my little finger to press the blue means that my hands are even more painful), catch up on the epic Pratchett season [...]
15 Jan
Heaven knows I’m mildly annoyed now…
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: career options, christmas, Diversion, employment, facebook, Finding a job, finding a proper job, guitar hero, hospital radio, internships, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, social networking is poo, volunteering, working as a christmas temp, working as a temp, Working over Christmas. 2 Comments
I would by lying if I said that this week had been easy for me. Firstly, I have now properly left my Christmas job. Once again, they could not take on after Christmas, but I know they will be in touch if anything changes. It was only weird in that my leaving felt like the [...]
5 Jan
Que Sera Sera…
Posted by graduatecalling in better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: career options, Checkout, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, day off, Diversion, employment, finding a proper job, graduate, graduate employment, karma, luck, ooooh! distracting, que sera sera, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be. The future’s not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera So, it looks like that my time at my Christmas job will be ending this week. While it’s a shame to have to leave the job that I rather enjoyed, what I will miss is the friends that [...]
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