This is long, I doubt you'll read it, but I'm so excited.
I've been working at Aeropostale a little over a year now. It's a little ironic me having this job considering I prly had only set foot into that store a handful of times, I have a hard time following the dress code considering now I have to take out my plugs for work and other body jewelry except for my new lip ring which I have to put a bandaid over my face to cover [preferably spiderman], and when I applied I was just desperately seeking a job outside of my Perkins hostessing job [which I dreaded] & I didn't even have a single item of clothing from there.
I can honestly say that I love my job. I know I should go to college, which I prly will for gen eds to get through with it, but people go to college to not only further their learning but to work towards a job they want right? Why do I have to go when I already have the job I want? I know you shouldn't work in the mall forever but there's nothing else at the moment I can think that I want to do.
I like dealing with stupid customers, talking to the weird ones, and watching little kids roll around on their rollerskate shoes and thinking about what if I pulled a Big Daddy move and threw a stick out in front of them in the store? I love our friends and family contests and having to be at work from 6am-10 am and again from 7pm-1am in one day for a floorsets. But what really keeps me there are the people I work with. I can't stress enough how much I love working with all of them.
As of late tension has been rising in my house, as it has been since I started highschool, and in a little over a month I will be 18. I may not move out right then because Jesi's lease is up in May and we're, plus another person or 2, are going to be searching for a house to rent. So until then I need a higher paying job to save up money for future bills like: rent, utilities, car payments, car insurance, etcetc. Plus it's a little hard to move out with no means of transportation [last month I drove through a foot of water and flooded my engine.]
&Aero this year decided that no one is allowed to be a manager until they're 21 and you don't get a full time at Aero unless you are management. But today my store manager, Victoria who you will hear me call Vickie --she hates that nickname, called to tell me today, since she had heard from Jesi [my assistant manager who I spend prly well over 50% of my time with] that I was searcing for a new job, although I didn't want to quit, and said that if I stayed I would be getting another raise.
I currently make 7.30 which I don't think is bad and she's bumping it up to 8. i know its not the best but it's a lot better than 7.30! and in May we get our yearly raise as well. The other part is that during "holiday" [which is nov. dec. and maybe jan. --aka our busiest time of the year] I will be the "cash wrap specialist" or w.e Which means I will be training all 15 new people that we hire on the cashwrap, teach em how to deal with returns, how to add on, I will be telling the cashiers during holiday when to take their breaks, i may be doing post voids?, and I'll be answering all telephone calls as well &dealing with them.
There's more to it. But I'm excited and nervous as well. Just another step up in my five years of manager in training. &If things don't work out maybe I'll just apply to be a suicide girl. ha!
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I can honestly say that I love my job. I know I should go to college, which I prly will for gen eds to get through with it, but people go to college to not only further their learning but to work towards a job they want right? Why do I have to go when I already have the job I want? I know you shouldn't work in the mall forever but there's nothing else at the moment I can think that I want to do.
I like dealing with stupid customers, talking to the weird ones, and watching little kids roll around on their rollerskate shoes and thinking about what if I pulled a Big Daddy move and threw a stick out in front of them in the store? I love our friends and family contests and having to be at work from 6am-10 am and again from 7pm-1am in one day for a floorsets. But what really keeps me there are the people I work with. I can't stress enough how much I love working with all of them.
As of late tension has been rising in my house, as it has been since I started highschool, and in a little over a month I will be 18. I may not move out right then because Jesi's lease is up in May and we're, plus another person or 2, are going to be searching for a house to rent. So until then I need a higher paying job to save up money for future bills like: rent, utilities, car payments, car insurance, etcetc. Plus it's a little hard to move out with no means of transportation [last month I drove through a foot of water and flooded my engine.]
&Aero this year decided that no one is allowed to be a manager until they're 21 and you don't get a full time at Aero unless you are management. But today my store manager, Victoria who you will hear me call Vickie --she hates that nickname, called to tell me today, since she had heard from Jesi [my assistant manager who I spend prly well over 50% of my time with] that I was searcing for a new job, although I didn't want to quit, and said that if I stayed I would be getting another raise.
I currently make 7.30 which I don't think is bad and she's bumping it up to 8. i know its not the best but it's a lot better than 7.30! and in May we get our yearly raise as well. The other part is that during "holiday" [which is nov. dec. and maybe jan. --aka our busiest time of the year] I will be the "cash wrap specialist" or w.e Which means I will be training all 15 new people that we hire on the cashwrap, teach em how to deal with returns, how to add on, I will be telling the cashiers during holiday when to take their breaks, i may be doing post voids?, and I'll be answering all telephone calls as well &dealing with them.
There's more to it. But I'm excited and nervous as well. Just another step up in my five years of manager in training. &If things don't work out maybe I'll just apply to be a suicide girl. ha!
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