Hungry like the wolf
So, I had orientation today. Had to be up at 7:30 AM to be up at Sam's by 8:30 AM. Robbie didn't get to sleep until just after 4 AM and it took me about an hour to go to sleep. So I'm going on maybe two and a half hours of sleep, so bear with me if this doesn't make sense.
Orientation was basically sitting through six hours of signing forms, listening to explanations of things I already know and watching two DVD's of policies that are out of date. I asked several questions about how things were before when I worked there and that reminded Melissa to explain that area to the other people in the orientation.
And then I got my schedule. I start tomorrow. 3 to close. The store closes at 8:30 PM, so working 'til close is anywhere between then and 9:30.
That's not the big part. The big part is, Misti is off tomorrow and Dolores only works from 8 to 4. From 4 until at least 9, I will be by myself.
So, I have one hour with my supervisor to fill me in on everything that has changed since I last worked there two and a half years ago. Dad knows quite a bit about jewelery, so I can always call him if a COS can't answer my questions, but still.
My first day and they are throwing me to the wolves. I take this as a complement and a insult.
An insult because so much has changed since I last worked there and I won't have any help from any other jewelry associate. Then again, now including me, there are only three of us for the time being. There is a lot I don't know now due to Wal-Mart's ever changing policies.
A compliment because if it was anybody else, I don't think they would be throwing them out there so soon. They must have real confidence in my abilities to trust me to close by myself on the first day.
I am expecting it to be hell. There was no one in jewelry today, so Lesa (a Check Out Supervisor [COS]) was having to work jewelry for a while. She said within the first hour or so she was in there, she sold two watches, two necklaces and a couple of bottles of cologne and perfume.
That's on a Friday.
My first day is a Saturday. A Saturday before the holidays.
Oy.
I fully expect tomorrow to be a living hell. I know what to expect from jewelry from the holidays, so maybe I am more prepared than what I think. But the thought still makes me shudder.
Orientation was basically sitting through six hours of signing forms, listening to explanations of things I already know and watching two DVD's of policies that are out of date. I asked several questions about how things were before when I worked there and that reminded Melissa to explain that area to the other people in the orientation.
And then I got my schedule. I start tomorrow. 3 to close. The store closes at 8:30 PM, so working 'til close is anywhere between then and 9:30.
That's not the big part. The big part is, Misti is off tomorrow and Dolores only works from 8 to 4. From 4 until at least 9, I will be by myself.
So, I have one hour with my supervisor to fill me in on everything that has changed since I last worked there two and a half years ago. Dad knows quite a bit about jewelery, so I can always call him if a COS can't answer my questions, but still.
My first day and they are throwing me to the wolves. I take this as a complement and a insult.
An insult because so much has changed since I last worked there and I won't have any help from any other jewelry associate. Then again, now including me, there are only three of us for the time being. There is a lot I don't know now due to Wal-Mart's ever changing policies.
A compliment because if it was anybody else, I don't think they would be throwing them out there so soon. They must have real confidence in my abilities to trust me to close by myself on the first day.
I am expecting it to be hell. There was no one in jewelry today, so Lesa (a Check Out Supervisor [COS]) was having to work jewelry for a while. She said within the first hour or so she was in there, she sold two watches, two necklaces and a couple of bottles of cologne and perfume.
That's on a Friday.
My first day is a Saturday. A Saturday before the holidays.
Oy.
I fully expect tomorrow to be a living hell. I know what to expect from jewelry from the holidays, so maybe I am more prepared than what I think. But the thought still makes me shudder.