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 ‘working as a christmas temp’
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 [...]
10 Jan
It is an ex-dole folder, it has ceased to be.
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job. Tagged: dennis, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, lots of snow, ooooh! distracting, Snow, snow in the UK, snowman, unemployed, unemployment, working, working as a christmas temp. 1 Comment
Today, because my mum finally lost patience with the fact that my stuff was piled up in every room of the house, I was made to do the annual trawl. This largely requires me to argue that ‘it might come in useful’ at my parents, sulk, and then throw t all into bin bags. I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
13 Dec
Alive!
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: career options, Checkout, Diversion, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, maybe, ooooh! distracting, possibly possibly, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
In case you have been racking your brains with worry, I am still not dead. I have just been working full time, and haven’t been able to update. I took on a few extra shifts to help out a few members of staff, and so haven’t been able to sit down and write as usual. [...]
20 Nov
Fourth time to prove successful?
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: Christmas Temp, driving, driving test, extra hours, failing 3rd time, failing driving test, graduate, I hate Twilight, majors, minors, Twilight, working, working as a christmas temp. 2 Comments
1st Test: 13 Minors, 2 Serious (Which stank, no matter what way you choose to look at it) 2nd Test: 6 Minors, 4 Serious (Which is better, but likely equals out the same in the scheme of things) 3rd Test: 11 minors, 1 Serious (Which just makes me ever-so-slightly annoyed) What is getting [...]
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