will there be a new post from me. But I do have an excuse.....not a good one but an excuse non the less. Yesterday I did some things that have been neglected around the house this week, like laundry, dishes, you know important stuff. Then I had to work at Chunky's last night. This was the first night that the Mgr. let me do the closing paperwork all by myself. I think I did OK, I did somethings out of the normal order but she said whatever I was comfortable with was fine. I didn't tell her that I didn't mean to do it out of order I just forgot a couple of steps along the way...although, I am sure she noticed the dazed and confused look on my face but she chose not to say anything. *G*
Today was technically my day off but here it is 6:30 and I am exhausted. I left the house this morning at 10am to get my check from Job #1, go by the bank, then I had to come home pick up the pooch for her day at the puppy spa (more on that later) Then, I went to get my hair done.....shhhh don't tell anybody but I changed the color of my hair today! And Sugarbritches didn't even notice! *L* Well, he did notice that it was cut differently and his exact words were.."Something's different right?" Bless him! I also had to go by the grocery store before I
finally went back to pick up the pooch and even after 4 1/2 hours she STILL was not ready! I was kinda ticked off!! I mean I was told it would take 2 hours when I dropped her off at 1pm!! I won't be taking her back there. It was a new place, actually the same girl who had been grooming her just opened her new shop and asked that we give her a try. She told me that she would be cheaper than I was paying now since I would be driving about 10 more miles to her shop. Well, when I dropped her off she asked me how much I had paid at shop #1. Thinking she just wanted to know so she could be lower, I said "$40" She said OK and I left. Well, when I pick her up she tells me that she will MATCH their price for her old customers but the new customers would pay more. Well, I won't be paying more and I won't be going back. Pooch does look fabulous in her little yellow bows but her cut was almost as much as mine today!
Oh well, live and learn I guess. I still need to price things for the Yard Sale and fix something to eat for Supper.
Feel sorry for me yet?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Top Ten Tuesday
In keeping with the whole "Posting everyday until something exciting happens" Theme I give you the Top Ten Blogs I read almost daily! These are in no particular order...please don't be offended if you aren't listed at #1! *G*
1. Boobs, Injuries & Dr. Pepper
2. Dooce
3. Dad Gone Mad
4. Zooreturns
5. Ramblings of a Redneck Diva
6. Pink is the New Blog
7. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
8. Thrifty Mommy
9. Bits & Pieces
10. But first...
If you are at all interested you can check out their links on the right!
Have a great day everybody!
1. Boobs, Injuries & Dr. Pepper
2. Dooce
3. Dad Gone Mad
4. Zooreturns
5. Ramblings of a Redneck Diva
6. Pink is the New Blog
7. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
8. Thrifty Mommy
9. Bits & Pieces
10. But first...
If you are at all interested you can check out their links on the right!
Have a great day everybody!
Monday, May 28, 2007
New Job
Back in Jan. I decided that the only way I was going to be able to get out of this credit card hole I had dug for myself was to get a second job. I only worked part-time as it was and I have had 2 jobs several times during the last 10 years so it wasn't that hard to think about. I only applied at one place. A women's store very close to my first job. The rationale was that since it was so close I could leave job 1 & go to job 2 on my way home. I went in for an interview a few days after applying and started that week. I'll call the store "Chunky's" which is close to the real name but not so close as to get me in trouble (HOPEFULLY) I really like working there! For the most part everyone I work with is very nice and the management team all seem to like me. I was told that I would only get about 10 hours a week.....that lasted a few weeks. I started slowly picking up shifts when people called out and soon I was working 20-25 hours a week.
As I said, I really enjoy working there and almost everyone there is great. ALMOST. There are 2 Co-Managers and an Asst. Mgr. Asst. Mgr is 25, lives at home and will tell you all about her life...even if you ask her not to. *G* She is incredibly lazy and seems to work very hard to get out of work. Just a few examples, one day she was re-stocking our jewelry counter (which sits in front of the registers) and I was on the other end of the store putting out that week's shipment. She called me 4 times to come check out customers. The last guy asked why she wouldn't wait on him since she was standing right there! I told him I didn't know. He had been in the store long enough to see her call me over at least 2 times before him though so I hope he didn't think it was personal. On the first night I closed with her, I worked 4.5 hours. In that length of time she took 4 15 min. breaks and I only really saw her check out 1 customer. I didn't say anything to the other managers because I still think I am new and maybe they are close friends and who wants to rock the boat ya know? But then I start hearing that the store manager is having problems getting anyone to work w/ her because she is so lazy. Apparently she was doing this to everyone...and this also explained how I was getting so many hours, if she was the Mgr. on Duty (MOD for short) then most people just called in or tried to switch w/ someone so they wouldn't have to work w/ her. Well, when people started speaking up, the Mgr. started looking into it and she was given a written warning. Fast forward a few months, Asst. Mgr is sent to help out a store in another state. She doesn't know anyone there but proceeds to tell them things about her personal life that...let's just say were pretty shocking to those ladies and again our Mgr. had to write her up. Basically the company has a 3 strike and your out kind of rule. So she was on her last leg the beginning of May... the Mgr. called me at home one Sat. afternoon and asked me to consider going into management. (I gotta say that the second week I worked there Sugarbritches told me I would be in management within 6 months. I laughed but told Mgr. what he said!) Evidently she had remembered what I told her and wanted to know if I would seriously consider it. She gave me a little info about the job, pay and benefits and told me to let her know...no rush but she was trying to replace asst.mgr before she lost all her other associates. I talked to SB and then I told her I would do it. Fast forward a few weeks, all this time Mgr. has been looking for something, anything to give the girl her 3rd strike. She finally gets it last week while I was on vacation & I was officially offered the position last Weds. I started training yesterday and I gotta say if I get the paperwork aspect down I think I am really going to like it!
As a special bonus, I can get health ins. in 90 days...so in 91 days I am going to call about having the gastric bypass surgery! I am very excited!
As I said, I really enjoy working there and almost everyone there is great. ALMOST. There are 2 Co-Managers and an Asst. Mgr. Asst. Mgr is 25, lives at home and will tell you all about her life...even if you ask her not to. *G* She is incredibly lazy and seems to work very hard to get out of work. Just a few examples, one day she was re-stocking our jewelry counter (which sits in front of the registers) and I was on the other end of the store putting out that week's shipment. She called me 4 times to come check out customers. The last guy asked why she wouldn't wait on him since she was standing right there! I told him I didn't know. He had been in the store long enough to see her call me over at least 2 times before him though so I hope he didn't think it was personal. On the first night I closed with her, I worked 4.5 hours. In that length of time she took 4 15 min. breaks and I only really saw her check out 1 customer. I didn't say anything to the other managers because I still think I am new and maybe they are close friends and who wants to rock the boat ya know? But then I start hearing that the store manager is having problems getting anyone to work w/ her because she is so lazy. Apparently she was doing this to everyone...and this also explained how I was getting so many hours, if she was the Mgr. on Duty (MOD for short) then most people just called in or tried to switch w/ someone so they wouldn't have to work w/ her. Well, when people started speaking up, the Mgr. started looking into it and she was given a written warning. Fast forward a few months, Asst. Mgr is sent to help out a store in another state. She doesn't know anyone there but proceeds to tell them things about her personal life that...let's just say were pretty shocking to those ladies and again our Mgr. had to write her up. Basically the company has a 3 strike and your out kind of rule. So she was on her last leg the beginning of May... the Mgr. called me at home one Sat. afternoon and asked me to consider going into management. (I gotta say that the second week I worked there Sugarbritches told me I would be in management within 6 months. I laughed but told Mgr. what he said!) Evidently she had remembered what I told her and wanted to know if I would seriously consider it. She gave me a little info about the job, pay and benefits and told me to let her know...no rush but she was trying to replace asst.mgr before she lost all her other associates. I talked to SB and then I told her I would do it. Fast forward a few weeks, all this time Mgr. has been looking for something, anything to give the girl her 3rd strike. She finally gets it last week while I was on vacation & I was officially offered the position last Weds. I started training yesterday and I gotta say if I get the paperwork aspect down I think I am really going to like it!
As a special bonus, I can get health ins. in 90 days...so in 91 days I am going to call about having the gastric bypass surgery! I am very excited!
Has it ever...
been so long between posts that you just don't know how to catch everyone up? It gets that way for me here. I want to tell you all about the stepmonster drama, my new job and our adventures at bike week but I really don't know where to begin. I think I'll leave out the stepmonster drama because it's just too pathetic really; but, I'm going to make myself post something everyday even if it's just a "To-Do" list until I get back in the groove of posting.
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