Thank you, I know I look like shit.
This Norfolk Florist job just isn't what I thought it would be...
Although I've worked with the flowers for a time, I'm mostly used for manual labor with the other colored people (no joke). I unpack vases, refill huge tubs of water, fill vases with water, load completed arrangements into the trucks, sweep the back room, etc. After crouching down and standing up for so long yesterday (keeping in mind the correct way to lift one's weight from the ground), I pulled a muscle in my right thigh halfway through the day, and just grit my teeth through the rest of it. My back is killing me, despite my efforts to lift/carry heavy loads correctly.
I get up at 6am, go to class until 11am, go to the sweatshop/work right after until 6pm, and go home, where I have three hours (the record so far) to eat with the fam, shower, and get in some free time before my body finally just gives out. (Yes, I go to bed around 9:30pm. I'm that tired.)
I've worked the past five days straight. Six hours after classes on weekdays, nine hours on the weekends. No day off yet, and I won't get a day off before the job ends on Saturday. When I applied for the job, the contract said that anyone who would have to miss even a single day of work shouldn't bother to apply for the job, yet I've seen people who were "scheduled" not to come in on certain days, who called out, or left early because they just weren't feeling good. Yet, when I had to leave a little early on Monday to renew my military ID, my boss wouldn't let me go! I had to tell him that I would come back at the end of the day, even if it was just for a few minutes.
My body is completely spent... I was falling asleep on the road this morning to class, slept through half of my sociology class, and would have slept through my astronomy class, if it hadn't been for the maggot-assed bitch behind me who kept smacking on her gum. >.< Yeah, I'm in a foul mood... I've been pumping myself full of energy drinks every day in an attempt to keep myself revved and energetic, but my performance in class today was me after a cup of coffee. -.-
To make matters worse, the pressure was really put on us yesterday after my boss chewed out a lady who was cleaning roses. She was cranking them out pretty quickly, but she put down her knife and leaned onto the table to rest for just a few seconds before my boss went over and chastised her in front of everyone. I know we have daily quotas to meet, but, 1) He really should have pulled her aside and spared her the embarassment, and 2) Now I have to kill myself double-time (along with everyone else) just to keep him off my back.
I'm very, very close to calling out today... I caught my reflection in the glass door before I went into astronomy class; I look like the living dead today with huuuge bags under my eyes. I may get fired if I try to call out, though... Would it be worth it? If I try to go into work today anyway, would I even be useful? If I get fired, it would look bad on my resume, but what employer would consider an 8-day long job a valuable experience, unless I'm applying for another flower shop? <.
Although I've worked with the flowers for a time, I'm mostly used for manual labor with the other colored people (no joke). I unpack vases, refill huge tubs of water, fill vases with water, load completed arrangements into the trucks, sweep the back room, etc. After crouching down and standing up for so long yesterday (keeping in mind the correct way to lift one's weight from the ground), I pulled a muscle in my right thigh halfway through the day, and just grit my teeth through the rest of it. My back is killing me, despite my efforts to lift/carry heavy loads correctly.
I get up at 6am, go to class until 11am, go to the sweatshop/work right after until 6pm, and go home, where I have three hours (the record so far) to eat with the fam, shower, and get in some free time before my body finally just gives out. (Yes, I go to bed around 9:30pm. I'm that tired.)
I've worked the past five days straight. Six hours after classes on weekdays, nine hours on the weekends. No day off yet, and I won't get a day off before the job ends on Saturday. When I applied for the job, the contract said that anyone who would have to miss even a single day of work shouldn't bother to apply for the job, yet I've seen people who were "scheduled" not to come in on certain days, who called out, or left early because they just weren't feeling good. Yet, when I had to leave a little early on Monday to renew my military ID, my boss wouldn't let me go! I had to tell him that I would come back at the end of the day, even if it was just for a few minutes.
My body is completely spent... I was falling asleep on the road this morning to class, slept through half of my sociology class, and would have slept through my astronomy class, if it hadn't been for the maggot-assed bitch behind me who kept smacking on her gum. >.< Yeah, I'm in a foul mood... I've been pumping myself full of energy drinks every day in an attempt to keep myself revved and energetic, but my performance in class today was me after a cup of coffee. -.-
To make matters worse, the pressure was really put on us yesterday after my boss chewed out a lady who was cleaning roses. She was cranking them out pretty quickly, but she put down her knife and leaned onto the table to rest for just a few seconds before my boss went over and chastised her in front of everyone. I know we have daily quotas to meet, but, 1) He really should have pulled her aside and spared her the embarassment, and 2) Now I have to kill myself double-time (along with everyone else) just to keep him off my back.
I'm very, very close to calling out today... I caught my reflection in the glass door before I went into astronomy class; I look like the living dead today with huuuge bags under my eyes. I may get fired if I try to call out, though... Would it be worth it? If I try to go into work today anyway, would I even be useful? If I get fired, it would look bad on my resume, but what employer would consider an 8-day long job a valuable experience, unless I'm applying for another flower shop? <.