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I no longer work on the front end. Everything there was so stressful and drama-filled (personality conflicts that I was afraid would end in fist-fights, money missing from tills, new policies that were frankly personally insulting in addition to being just plain stoopid) I got to a point where I started to dread going to work. So, when the new manager of our Deli department, who was one of my CSM’s until she became manager of the Deli, specifically requested that I transfer to her... oh, hell yeah! After all, when a former manager asks for you by name, it’s kind of a validating thing :)
Speaking of new departments, we will officially be a Supercenter on 3 October and I cannot wait. I am getting so sick of construction noises, random power cuts, complaining customers, and general chaos. And it’ll be brilliant to have a fully functional Supercenter less than two miles from home. Everything is so cheap (and, despite the general reputation of Walmart, the food’s quite good, kthxbai).
Also nice, I’ll be making 50 cents more an hour at the Deli. I’ll be earning every cent of it because it’s a LOT of hard work, but it won’t be boring if my first day of training was any indication. Because we don’t have a working Deli yet, they had to send me to another store to train and, because my manager adores the way it’s run, I’m going to Medina, about 25 miles from home. They started me off (unintentionally) with the Hot Case (prepared foods). My trainer was just going to show me the ropes, but we suddenly had a rush and, in ten minutes, I had learned how to serve food, all the meal deal options, how to print register tags, the difference between Wingdings and Wingzings, lol (wingzings have a spicy coating), how many mozzarella sticks there are to a pound, and that my glasses fog up every single time I open one of the cases.
Then I learned how to make rotisserie chickens, how to log out food that has to be discarded because it’s expired/damaged/returned, etc., spent some time in the coolers and freezer, washed some dishes, started to learn how to operate the fryers, and then spent some time on the front counter (meats and cheeses). And I just have one thing to say about the front counter.
The slicers are effing TERRIFYING...
As Eric put it, “this is designed to slice meat. Try to remember that your hands are made of meat.” ... zomg, it’s nuts. The blade spins so fast that you can’t SEE it spinning, you have to listen for the sound of it. Or, you know, watch it cut through a ham or block of hard cheese like it’s not even there. (Which brings me to my only mistake of the day. In a hurry, I forgot which slicer was which and used the cheese slicer to cut a log of pepperoni. Cue frantic scrubbing.) The slicer is hand-operated and you have to hold your off hand underneath the blade to catch the meat or cheese as it comes out. Omg, talk about a good way to lose a finger when you’re jumpy the way Kat is jumpy. More than once, I felt my finger connect with the blade mechanism (fortunately not the sharp bit, lol). I don’t see it happening, exactly, but it would not entirely surprise me if I one day lost part of my finger to the damned thing.
To back up just a little, my car started to give me problems on the drive to the nice store 25 miles away from my house. First it was just kind of a general “I don’t wanna go to school today!” sluggishness. Then it was more like “look at this neat trick! I can make blue smoke come outta my tailpipe!!!” ... I’m sure you can all see where this is going, lol. When I got out of work, there were some puddles under my car and... yeah.
My sister and brother-in-law, bless their hearts, came and picked me up and I told the Medina store managers that my car would probably be there until Tuesday (stupid holiday weekend). My brother-in-law (again, bless his heart) will be driving me to and from work for the next two days and, after looking at my car (he suspects a head gasket, whatever that is), probably helping me shop for a new one on Tuesday. He points out that a new one will be years without worrying or paying minor maintenance fees. Yay, I guess, and bye bye savings, lol.
Ah, well. What a way to start my training period ;p
I was in serious need of comfort food after work and had a surprisingly not!unsatisfying gluten-free grilled cheese sandwich. I wanted another one after despite being full, which marks the first time I’ve craved gluten-free food, lol.
Heather recently had her birthday and I made her a necklace/bracelet set with some of the beads I got at the TeacHaiti event I attended. Went with a nice, earthy theme for her:
Working on some other bits and bobs and will post pics when they’re done
And that’s about it from Kat’s corner of the universe now. Hope everyone’s doing well. Bye for now :) *hugs*
Speaking of new departments, we will officially be a Supercenter on 3 October and I cannot wait. I am getting so sick of construction noises, random power cuts, complaining customers, and general chaos. And it’ll be brilliant to have a fully functional Supercenter less than two miles from home. Everything is so cheap (and, despite the general reputation of Walmart, the food’s quite good, kthxbai).
Also nice, I’ll be making 50 cents more an hour at the Deli. I’ll be earning every cent of it because it’s a LOT of hard work, but it won’t be boring if my first day of training was any indication. Because we don’t have a working Deli yet, they had to send me to another store to train and, because my manager adores the way it’s run, I’m going to Medina, about 25 miles from home. They started me off (unintentionally) with the Hot Case (prepared foods). My trainer was just going to show me the ropes, but we suddenly had a rush and, in ten minutes, I had learned how to serve food, all the meal deal options, how to print register tags, the difference between Wingdings and Wingzings, lol (wingzings have a spicy coating), how many mozzarella sticks there are to a pound, and that my glasses fog up every single time I open one of the cases.
Then I learned how to make rotisserie chickens, how to log out food that has to be discarded because it’s expired/damaged/returned, etc., spent some time in the coolers and freezer, washed some dishes, started to learn how to operate the fryers, and then spent some time on the front counter (meats and cheeses). And I just have one thing to say about the front counter.
The slicers are effing TERRIFYING...
As Eric put it, “this is designed to slice meat. Try to remember that your hands are made of meat.” ... zomg, it’s nuts. The blade spins so fast that you can’t SEE it spinning, you have to listen for the sound of it. Or, you know, watch it cut through a ham or block of hard cheese like it’s not even there. (Which brings me to my only mistake of the day. In a hurry, I forgot which slicer was which and used the cheese slicer to cut a log of pepperoni. Cue frantic scrubbing.) The slicer is hand-operated and you have to hold your off hand underneath the blade to catch the meat or cheese as it comes out. Omg, talk about a good way to lose a finger when you’re jumpy the way Kat is jumpy. More than once, I felt my finger connect with the blade mechanism (fortunately not the sharp bit, lol). I don’t see it happening, exactly, but it would not entirely surprise me if I one day lost part of my finger to the damned thing.
To back up just a little, my car started to give me problems on the drive to the nice store 25 miles away from my house. First it was just kind of a general “I don’t wanna go to school today!” sluggishness. Then it was more like “look at this neat trick! I can make blue smoke come outta my tailpipe!!!” ... I’m sure you can all see where this is going, lol. When I got out of work, there were some puddles under my car and... yeah.
My sister and brother-in-law, bless their hearts, came and picked me up and I told the Medina store managers that my car would probably be there until Tuesday (stupid holiday weekend). My brother-in-law (again, bless his heart) will be driving me to and from work for the next two days and, after looking at my car (he suspects a head gasket, whatever that is), probably helping me shop for a new one on Tuesday. He points out that a new one will be years without worrying or paying minor maintenance fees. Yay, I guess, and bye bye savings, lol.
Ah, well. What a way to start my training period ;p
I was in serious need of comfort food after work and had a surprisingly not!unsatisfying gluten-free grilled cheese sandwich. I wanted another one after despite being full, which marks the first time I’ve craved gluten-free food, lol.
Heather recently had her birthday and I made her a necklace/bracelet set with some of the beads I got at the TeacHaiti event I attended. Went with a nice, earthy theme for her:
Working on some other bits and bobs and will post pics when they’re done
And that’s about it from Kat’s corner of the universe now. Hope everyone’s doing well. Bye for now :) *hugs*