Away from here but not from there.
-Hello fans. Sorry it's been so long since the last time I wrote. Oi. What can I say. Yesterday was Tom's birthday. Haven't spoken to him since last Thanksgiving. Course, that's because he never calls me. I usually only call him on Thanksgiving(why, I don't know) and his birthday, which was yesterday. Nicholas and Jennifer came by work last night, which was great. I miss them. I rarely take the opportunity to go see them. McKinzie and I are doing well. I'd write more here, but that's stuff for me and her. Not you, no offense. Heh heh.
-Work has gone straight to hell. I'm no longer on register 8. They have me on self checkout now all night. Now I'm sure some of you may think this is a great idea, right? Wrong! First off, you have to consider my customers. Bless their hearts. Then you have to consider the traffic. I'm so much faster than the machine. More efficient...and 1 billion times more friendly and entertaining. If I screw up, they can laugh at me. If the machine screws up they get frustrated and just leave their groceries and walk out. I mean, what am I to do? I use to love my job so much(or at least maintained a standard of contentment) now, I'm hating it more and more every day. My management team(save for the store manager) has treated the situation with nothing but apathy. It's like they don't care if my customers are happy or not. They just say that "oh, they'll get use to it." They should have to get use to it. They shouldn't have to do the work that I'm suppose to be getting paid for. People use to come to my store for the personal enter-action I am able to give them. It makes them laugh. Smile. Makes them forget their problems for a brief moment while they are at my register. But now, they get a robot! A robot I tell you! I know some people say, "Michael, why don't you just get another job? Change is good." ...first off, I'm the poster boy for stability..and to some extent stagnation. I am as a tree. A mountain. I am as I am today as I was tomorrow as I will be tomorrow. Is that a bad thing? Some folks say yes. Most of these people(you guys out there) are younger than I am. Not too long out of high school or college. Haven't been out on their own very long compared. It's easy to say just find a new job when you've only been at it a year or so. I've been working where I am now for 10 years. 10 years! Think about that. Now I know that's 1/3 of my life. How much of your life is it? That's a long time to be at one job...and I probably should find something better. But what? Any ideas? Where can I go, with the qualifications I have and make money and hours that are similar or better than what I have now? Oi...advice cheerfully welcome!
-So...probably gonna need a new car soon. Anyone happen to know where I can get one...and a fairly cheap price? Please let me know.
-There are other things to report, but I'll go with this for now. Love to you all...except self-checkout.
-Work has gone straight to hell. I'm no longer on register 8. They have me on self checkout now all night. Now I'm sure some of you may think this is a great idea, right? Wrong! First off, you have to consider my customers. Bless their hearts. Then you have to consider the traffic. I'm so much faster than the machine. More efficient...and 1 billion times more friendly and entertaining. If I screw up, they can laugh at me. If the machine screws up they get frustrated and just leave their groceries and walk out. I mean, what am I to do? I use to love my job so much(or at least maintained a standard of contentment) now, I'm hating it more and more every day. My management team(save for the store manager) has treated the situation with nothing but apathy. It's like they don't care if my customers are happy or not. They just say that "oh, they'll get use to it." They should have to get use to it. They shouldn't have to do the work that I'm suppose to be getting paid for. People use to come to my store for the personal enter-action I am able to give them. It makes them laugh. Smile. Makes them forget their problems for a brief moment while they are at my register. But now, they get a robot! A robot I tell you! I know some people say, "Michael, why don't you just get another job? Change is good." ...first off, I'm the poster boy for stability..and to some extent stagnation. I am as a tree. A mountain. I am as I am today as I was tomorrow as I will be tomorrow. Is that a bad thing? Some folks say yes. Most of these people(you guys out there) are younger than I am. Not too long out of high school or college. Haven't been out on their own very long compared. It's easy to say just find a new job when you've only been at it a year or so. I've been working where I am now for 10 years. 10 years! Think about that. Now I know that's 1/3 of my life. How much of your life is it? That's a long time to be at one job...and I probably should find something better. But what? Any ideas? Where can I go, with the qualifications I have and make money and hours that are similar or better than what I have now? Oi...advice cheerfully welcome!
-So...probably gonna need a new car soon. Anyone happen to know where I can get one...and a fairly cheap price? Please let me know.
-There are other things to report, but I'll go with this for now. Love to you all...except self-checkout.