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 over 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
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 [...]
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. [...]
18 Nov
Speaking as a bookseller…
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Black Books, books, Bookstore, Christmas job, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, The Guardian and Waterstones, unemployed, waterstones, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
Okay, I may or may-not be a part-time bookseller for the company described in this article by the Guardian (which should really know better, especially when it sells a lot of its books). I admit it. Therefore, this article explaining why my company is supposedly destroying an industry does not make much sense [...]
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 [...]
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