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 ‘shop work’
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 [...]
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 [...]
21 Feb
Me: 1, Boredom: 0
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, hospital radio, interviewing your MP, mp, Not actually employment related, not employment related, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, update, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
It’s always nice when plans. no matter how vague, come together. However, it would have been nice to interview my MP on my hospital radio show, without covering myself in mud 5 minutes beforehand. I had actually gone out of my way to dress like a professional (skirt and all), and just as I went [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
15 Dec
You know when you are working over Christmas when…
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, list, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Christmas job, Christmas Temp, customers, customers being right, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, full time work, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, selling, shop work, the economy, tills, working, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. 1 Comment
You can go to work, walk past a busy shop floor full of people whilst wearing your work top, and never get asked a question. However, the moment that one person queries you for something, you have 4 or 5 people try to interrupt you. You develop a personal relationship with the till.In fact, you [...]
6 Sep
Dear Rude Customer
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Checkout, Finding a job, finding a proper job, graduate, shop assistant, shop work, till, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
Hello there, It’s that chirpy girl behind the till, who served you five minutes ago. Unfortunately, it was a bit of a struggle, and after a hard day for you, the last thing you needed was for me to make life just that little bit harder for you. Of course, you were the one who [...]
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