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Ya know what I just realized? I haven't been updating much... since... oh say... February. I have NOOOOOOOOOOO idea why that might be. Oh, wait, yes I do... its because I've been working full time at Home Depot and when I come home I no longer think about - oh that would make a good blog entry... I used to think about things that would make for an interesting blog entry once in a while. Now I barely have time to think and that's only if I'm awake enough to think it. Sometimes I wish for more than just two days off... cause really those days are spent *when not visiting Ken* catching up on lost sleep and relaxation and if I decide to get something done instead *like patching, sanding or painting that guest room I've been trying to remodel* I don't feel relaxed and rested.
I had an awful case of some intestinal bug last week.... it lasted for almost a week if you include the stomach aches and cramps for four days before everything began... it was awful. I missed three days of work and spent several hours in the fetal position watching too much tv cause it was the only thing I could seem to do without feeling nausiated... that and I could conscentrate on NOTHING... if I tried to read or play a game I'd get confused, tired or lost. It really was a wasted week. Thankfull I am 100% over that awfulness now. I am still pretty tired but hopefully these next two days off will fix that so I can be rested for my Berh paint sale this weekend. AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Work is kinda stressful since there is only two of us in the department and there seems to be a lot more expected of us than we can handle. I rarely finish the packdown list *a list the signing assosciates make every morning so we make sure that products are filled on the shelf* and if I finish the packdown I don't finish cleaning out the tint canisters... last weekend we had a line-up of over 30 tint canisters on the counter... Jeremy and I spent all day Saturday (when not innundated with customers) cleaning them... and we never finished them all. I think there are a couple left over to be honest. I enjoy the job though - I always have something to do so the days go by faster and I am rarely bored *and I never SHOULD be*. The people are nice *cept management is backwards like most places*... and most of the time customers are pretty nice too. I do get the occasional customer who comes up to my desk, points to a color and if I ask them a question about their order *oh say what sheen they want cause I have to know to make it* they act like I'm wasting their time or that its obvious/I should already know they want FLAT paint and they dictate it to me like I'm deaf/stupid.
I have had days where I just am not in a people mood... today was one of them. It probably means I'm burned out from this past week... 7 days since my last day off... time for a recharge. I was having issues keeping myself on task and in line. I told one customer I couldn't help her cause she couldn't seem to describe to me what she wanted. Finally my behr rep came over and within seconds he had figured out what she wanted when I had spent over 5 minutes trying to pull out of her what she had been looking for. She kept saying "Plaster" so I showed her plaster... nope that's not what she wanted. GARG.... she wanted textured paint... THAT IS NOT PLASTER.
Anyway... I also have the customers who tell me I should get a raise, or that I did an excellent sales job. I also have those who have told me that I am a terrible sales-lady... I guess it depends on when you catch me and what mood the customer is in as well. I try, but I honestly don't know everything about all of the products in the department. Sometimes you have to guess or just come out and say "I honestly don't know" It always pains me to say that and then have the customer snap back at me and say "is there anyone who DOES know?" Normally if I don't know the answer and Cheryl is there I will automatically ask her... so if it comes down to me admitting that I don't know it means that Cheryl isn't there to ask and therefore there is no one else in the building to ask cause no one else knows more about my department than me unless Cheryl *or maybe the asst. Manager Wil* is there. Its sad. I've been there two months and I know more about my department than anyone else in the store whos been there for years. I guess its not terribly pathetic though since they don't cross-train us most of the time. ANNNNNNNNNNNNYWay... I should go to bed.
TWO DAYS OFF!!!!!!!!!! yay
Ps. Pray for those who are greiving the loss of the students/professors at VT.
I had an awful case of some intestinal bug last week.... it lasted for almost a week if you include the stomach aches and cramps for four days before everything began... it was awful. I missed three days of work and spent several hours in the fetal position watching too much tv cause it was the only thing I could seem to do without feeling nausiated... that and I could conscentrate on NOTHING... if I tried to read or play a game I'd get confused, tired or lost. It really was a wasted week. Thankfull I am 100% over that awfulness now. I am still pretty tired but hopefully these next two days off will fix that so I can be rested for my Berh paint sale this weekend. AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Work is kinda stressful since there is only two of us in the department and there seems to be a lot more expected of us than we can handle. I rarely finish the packdown list *a list the signing assosciates make every morning so we make sure that products are filled on the shelf* and if I finish the packdown I don't finish cleaning out the tint canisters... last weekend we had a line-up of over 30 tint canisters on the counter... Jeremy and I spent all day Saturday (when not innundated with customers) cleaning them... and we never finished them all. I think there are a couple left over to be honest. I enjoy the job though - I always have something to do so the days go by faster and I am rarely bored *and I never SHOULD be*. The people are nice *cept management is backwards like most places*... and most of the time customers are pretty nice too. I do get the occasional customer who comes up to my desk, points to a color and if I ask them a question about their order *oh say what sheen they want cause I have to know to make it* they act like I'm wasting their time or that its obvious/I should already know they want FLAT paint and they dictate it to me like I'm deaf/stupid.
I have had days where I just am not in a people mood... today was one of them. It probably means I'm burned out from this past week... 7 days since my last day off... time for a recharge. I was having issues keeping myself on task and in line. I told one customer I couldn't help her cause she couldn't seem to describe to me what she wanted. Finally my behr rep came over and within seconds he had figured out what she wanted when I had spent over 5 minutes trying to pull out of her what she had been looking for. She kept saying "Plaster" so I showed her plaster... nope that's not what she wanted. GARG.... she wanted textured paint... THAT IS NOT PLASTER.
Anyway... I also have the customers who tell me I should get a raise, or that I did an excellent sales job. I also have those who have told me that I am a terrible sales-lady... I guess it depends on when you catch me and what mood the customer is in as well. I try, but I honestly don't know everything about all of the products in the department. Sometimes you have to guess or just come out and say "I honestly don't know" It always pains me to say that and then have the customer snap back at me and say "is there anyone who DOES know?" Normally if I don't know the answer and Cheryl is there I will automatically ask her... so if it comes down to me admitting that I don't know it means that Cheryl isn't there to ask and therefore there is no one else in the building to ask cause no one else knows more about my department than me unless Cheryl *or maybe the asst. Manager Wil* is there. Its sad. I've been there two months and I know more about my department than anyone else in the store whos been there for years. I guess its not terribly pathetic though since they don't cross-train us most of the time. ANNNNNNNNNNNNYWay... I should go to bed.
TWO DAYS OFF!!!!!!!!!! yay
Ps. Pray for those who are greiving the loss of the students/professors at VT.