rambling
I have become a whiner. UGH, lol.
Things have been rough. I'm a little burnt out, but I'm trying to fix that, slowly. I was at Target working today from 4:30 in the morning till 2pm because I volunteered to help out, then lost track of time and just stayed that long. It wasn't bad. I learned how to put an end cap together, which was awesome. Robert asked me if I wanted to start it when I went on lunch, Chris asked me if I knew what I was doing, I said no and laughed but that if he could run through it with me really quick I'm sure I could pick it up. I did a pretty good job on it. ^_^ I was proud of myself, lol. It wasn't bad and actually turned out to be pretty calming for me, which is exactly what I need.
I came home and slept for a little bit. Then went to BW's, which was incredibly slow tonight. So i got sent home almost an hour and a half early, which I wasn't complaining, since I worked so long this morning at Target. I went over my training stuff with Andrea and all the stuff that I have to do. I start that this week. It should be interesting and I'm excited. In order to do the training I have to complete a certain amount of projects, my project is going to be to completely retrain this girl that works there named Ashley who is totally lost and getting frustrated. So I'm going to completely retrain her the right way, taking all the tests, going through everything with her, etc. Then after that's done I'm going to revamp the training program in order to make sure that all new people coming in get trained properly. Next week I start in the kitchen, so I'll be learning how to do everything back there, which means by next Wednesday I have to know everything on the menu and what goes into everything, lol. It won't be bad. I just have to remember all the wraps and everything. I'm going to make flash cards with Ashley so that I can test her on all of that and help her learn it all and pass all of her tests. I think it'll be rough but awesome, because she's a bit of an airhead and kind of bitchy. I'm sure that's just because she's frustrated with the lack of training and just kind of being thrown in with a bunch of people who know what they are doing and kind of treat her rudly during rushes when she gets in the way. That will change soon though. I'm excited to be able to help out with it. ^_^
I have a bunch of tests to take in order to get certified for training, but I don't think it'll be a problem. It'll give me something else to focus on, rather than all the things that don't really matter that are plaguing my thoughts.
I'm really looking forward to starting school in March. I've decided that I'm going to get a degree in Education and work towards teaching and if I end up going up in the management of either job then I'll stay with that and at least have a back-up plan, and if I don't move up and enjoy it then I'll just attempt to teach. I think I'd be good at it. I love kids. I'm debating on whether or not I want to work with Special Education department or just stick with general education.
I'm trying to work on not worrying about things that I can't change, things that I have no influence over. That's been one of my problems I think, other than not thinking about the concequences before I act. I just try to control everything. I've been so wrapped up in all these things that I can't control and can't change that I'm stressing myself out more. All I can do is give 110% to my jobs, school, friends, and family and do my best to just stay focused and worrying about the things I do have an influence over, like myself.
Today was such a long day, it started out to be a rough morning. Everyone at Target has the "I" mentality... instead of the "team" mentality. I understand both sides and I think, that perhaps, other than Chris, I'm the only one who sees things that way. When we came into work this morning I guess there were three or four flats of POG's, which is esstentually merch. that needs to go on an end cap. However, those endcaps had not been set, so they were just sitting on the line, in our way. Plus there were five carts/flats of Clearance Domestics. In the morning huddle Chris talked about us working them because we had a walk today, so Melvin and Jason started bitching hard core, when they thought Chris wasn't listening to them the just walked away from the huddle, which kind of pissed Chris off. So that started the day off horribly, 'cause all everyone did was bitch about how they were doing things that weren't in their job description and how they weren't being paid to do someone elses work. What I think they fail to realize is that if this stuff doesn't get done then it's only going to get in our way and it's only going to give us more work to do. We're the only team in the store whose hours can't be cut because we have to get the merch out onto the floor. The floor staff has been incredibly cut on their hours, which means that they have the same amount of work with less people to do it. -sighs- We're a team, the entire store is a team, we can't function without one another. I don't think some people realize how rough it is to work on the floor in a retail store and just how much shit we all have to do.
-sighs- Anyways, I'm going to go sleep. I talked to Daniel for a little bit today, twice actually... it was nice.
Things have been rough. I'm a little burnt out, but I'm trying to fix that, slowly. I was at Target working today from 4:30 in the morning till 2pm because I volunteered to help out, then lost track of time and just stayed that long. It wasn't bad. I learned how to put an end cap together, which was awesome. Robert asked me if I wanted to start it when I went on lunch, Chris asked me if I knew what I was doing, I said no and laughed but that if he could run through it with me really quick I'm sure I could pick it up. I did a pretty good job on it. ^_^ I was proud of myself, lol. It wasn't bad and actually turned out to be pretty calming for me, which is exactly what I need.
I came home and slept for a little bit. Then went to BW's, which was incredibly slow tonight. So i got sent home almost an hour and a half early, which I wasn't complaining, since I worked so long this morning at Target. I went over my training stuff with Andrea and all the stuff that I have to do. I start that this week. It should be interesting and I'm excited. In order to do the training I have to complete a certain amount of projects, my project is going to be to completely retrain this girl that works there named Ashley who is totally lost and getting frustrated. So I'm going to completely retrain her the right way, taking all the tests, going through everything with her, etc. Then after that's done I'm going to revamp the training program in order to make sure that all new people coming in get trained properly. Next week I start in the kitchen, so I'll be learning how to do everything back there, which means by next Wednesday I have to know everything on the menu and what goes into everything, lol. It won't be bad. I just have to remember all the wraps and everything. I'm going to make flash cards with Ashley so that I can test her on all of that and help her learn it all and pass all of her tests. I think it'll be rough but awesome, because she's a bit of an airhead and kind of bitchy. I'm sure that's just because she's frustrated with the lack of training and just kind of being thrown in with a bunch of people who know what they are doing and kind of treat her rudly during rushes when she gets in the way. That will change soon though. I'm excited to be able to help out with it. ^_^
I have a bunch of tests to take in order to get certified for training, but I don't think it'll be a problem. It'll give me something else to focus on, rather than all the things that don't really matter that are plaguing my thoughts.
I'm really looking forward to starting school in March. I've decided that I'm going to get a degree in Education and work towards teaching and if I end up going up in the management of either job then I'll stay with that and at least have a back-up plan, and if I don't move up and enjoy it then I'll just attempt to teach. I think I'd be good at it. I love kids. I'm debating on whether or not I want to work with Special Education department or just stick with general education.
I'm trying to work on not worrying about things that I can't change, things that I have no influence over. That's been one of my problems I think, other than not thinking about the concequences before I act. I just try to control everything. I've been so wrapped up in all these things that I can't control and can't change that I'm stressing myself out more. All I can do is give 110% to my jobs, school, friends, and family and do my best to just stay focused and worrying about the things I do have an influence over, like myself.
Today was such a long day, it started out to be a rough morning. Everyone at Target has the "I" mentality... instead of the "team" mentality. I understand both sides and I think, that perhaps, other than Chris, I'm the only one who sees things that way. When we came into work this morning I guess there were three or four flats of POG's, which is esstentually merch. that needs to go on an end cap. However, those endcaps had not been set, so they were just sitting on the line, in our way. Plus there were five carts/flats of Clearance Domestics. In the morning huddle Chris talked about us working them because we had a walk today, so Melvin and Jason started bitching hard core, when they thought Chris wasn't listening to them the just walked away from the huddle, which kind of pissed Chris off. So that started the day off horribly, 'cause all everyone did was bitch about how they were doing things that weren't in their job description and how they weren't being paid to do someone elses work. What I think they fail to realize is that if this stuff doesn't get done then it's only going to get in our way and it's only going to give us more work to do. We're the only team in the store whose hours can't be cut because we have to get the merch out onto the floor. The floor staff has been incredibly cut on their hours, which means that they have the same amount of work with less people to do it. -sighs- We're a team, the entire store is a team, we can't function without one another. I don't think some people realize how rough it is to work on the floor in a retail store and just how much shit we all have to do.
-sighs- Anyways, I'm going to go sleep. I talked to Daniel for a little bit today, twice actually... it was nice.