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: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
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
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 [...]
23 Jan
“Can I hear a ‘Wa-hey!’ from this corner of the room?”
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: books, career options, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, discworld, driving, driving test, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, guitar hero, Huzzah!, New Year's resolutions, ooooh! distracting, overdraft, PGCE, working as a christmas temp, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
Because of the Christmas work that I did, and despite all of the necessary, tedious ‘only being able to get a part time job’ stuff… I have officially made it out of my overdraft! Yay! Of course, it’s not by much, and I’m not saying how much, and all of that malarky (largely as my [...]
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 [...]
23 Dec
Happy Christmas, and other seasonal tidings.
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: career options, Checkout, christmas, Christmas job, employment, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, happy new year, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, seasonal greetings, the economy, unemployment, university, working, working as a christmas temp, Working over Christmas, youtube. Leave a Comment
I wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable Christmas, with a swanky and healthy New Year. If you are of a different faith/full of seasonal cheer for an entirely different reason, then please substitute the name of your celebration where ‘Christmas’ should be. To all of those who are jobless and applying, part timing, sort [...]
20 Dec
Sheep Behaviour
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: Bob Dylan, Charity, christmas, Christmas No 1, Cowell, graduate, Joe, Jon and Tracy Morter, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, Must be Santa, Rage Against the Machine, RATM, Shelter, X Factor. Leave a Comment
So, Congrats with a big pile of Awesome Sauce to Rage Against the Machine for creating the song that was my shouty song of choice when I was 13, and also Congrats to Jon and Tracy Morter that started the whole shebang in the first place. I think it’s superb that the charts have suddenly [...]
10 Nov
Waiting for Scampi
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: applications, christmas, Christmas Temp, Diversion, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Radio 2, scampi, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
Waiting for Scampi is like waiting for Godot, but with more breadcrumbs. I have quite a few things to wait for at the moment. For one thing, I’m now an applicant for teacher training, as I sent in my form a few weeks ago. This means I am now waiting for them to respond, and [...]
6 Nov
All work and no play makes me… feel pretty productive.
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, list, Stunned. Tagged: books, Bookstore, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Na, NaNoWriMo, Oprah, The View, Working over Christmas. 2 Comments
“What have you been doing to wile away the hours, Graduatecalling?” 1. Work. This past fortnight has largely consisted of me jumping feet first into the explored yet still unchartered world of Christmas employment, but in an entirely positive and confidence building way. I deliberately state this-seemly obvious-fact as I have been part of [...]
29 Oct
So you know…
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, Stunned. Tagged: applications, career options, Checkout, christmas, Christmas Temp, Civil Service, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, holidays, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting. Leave a Comment
I am actually over the jetlag now. I am now working overtime at the Christmas job, and honest to God I have not had the time to sit down and just type. I’m taking the fact that I have no spare time and struggle to not fall asleep on the bus as a good thing, [...]
23 Sep
As requested, this is my notice, ending my employment.
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job. Tagged: christmas, Christmas job, ending employment, feeling happy, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, handing in a notice, new job!, over the hump, resigning, work. Leave a Comment
Right, after numerous hints (some more obvious than others) that something big was going to happen to me, I can now tell peeps that: I am going back to work for Christmas! At the place I worked for Christmas last year! Huzzah! If the exclamations do not give it away, I am awfully chuffed about [...]
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