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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Diversion’
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
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: [...]
21 Mar
Cack-handed
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Tagged: being left handed, cack handed, ciotógach, day off, Diversion, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, left handed, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting. 1 Comment
Today is my day off, after what feels like a long week at work. That isn’t to say that work is dull, but having 5 days of work and little time to fit everything in, means that I now have one day off in which I have to cram all of my volunteering, driving lessons [...]
17 Mar
An unexpected hi-5
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Tagged: applications, career options, Diversion, Downing Street, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, graduate, hospital radio, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, ooooh! distracting, volunteering, working. Leave a Comment
How did I celebrate St Patrick’s Day? I worked and had a driving lesson. That counts, right? I have not been in my new job long enough to describe a typical Monday, or even a typical day just yet, but I am getting there. In truth, having days of the week where I know what [...]
7 Mar
Workin’ 9-5
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: 9-5, career options, 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, update, working, working as a saturday girl. Leave a Comment
So, apart from the disappointment of being a failure, life has been busy. My job needed me to come in throughout the week, but thankfully I was able to fit into a trip to London before I was caught in 9-5ness a the opticians. Needless to say, I had a great time in the bright [...]
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: [...]
10 Feb
The reading habits of those who have too much time on their hands…
Posted by graduatecalling in list, Not actually employment related. Tagged: A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle, book reviews, books, Cherub, Dave Eggers, day off, Diversion, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, having a cold, Ian Mortimer, Medieval England, Muriel Spark, ooooh! distracting, que sera sera, reviews, Robert Muchamore, Sherlock Holmes, the pride of Miss Jean Brodie, The Recruit, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Time travel, ugh, volunteering, Watson, Zeitoun. 3 Comments
Ugh… I’m not good at feeling under the weather. It’s my first cold for a few months, and while it isn’t the worst thing I have ever experienced (indeed, I have one friend who is really rather ill), I hate how tired it makes me feel. I can breathe, but all of my senses feel [...]
1 Feb
Interview-tastic shenanigans and getting up on my high horse
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: Andrew Hankinson, career options, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, shop assistant, shop work, the economy, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
Well, I had the interview on friday and a follow up on monday, and once again I am being all cautious about it. This is out of habit and a semi-superstition that I have. I am scared that if I turn round from the interviews, particularly a second stage interview, and say ’actually, that went [...]
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 [...]
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