1. Everyone should read the Twilight series JUST so they can read the parody written by the Harvard Lampoon, "Nightlight". It's absolutely hysterical! I was in my doctors office the other day reading it and I started laughing out loud...it was the lady doctor so it was probably really weird for someone walking by the room I was in if they could hear me giggling.
2. If you work at Wal-Mart, try not to get the later shifts. It gets quiet for long periods of time and there's NOTHING to do but walk around your station trying to organize the gum. Then, once you're off and you have your own grocery shopping to do, there's HUGE lines so it takes 3 hours to get home once you clock out.
3. "Book of Eli" is one of the best movies I've seen in 2010. Watch it.
4. Go to Target for the CUTEST picture frames in the world. I always walk down that aisle just to look at what they're coming up with...someday soon I want to get this silver/green one that you can put 5 pictures in. It's like 30 dollars though :(
5. Before you take a nap in the middle of the day (I have to in order to function at work), clean your room before falling asleep. I'm sitting here now with a messy room wondering why I didn't clean it earlier but I'm now too tired to do anything about it.
6. This isn't a recommendation, but I've been watching the Bachelorette and I really want Roberto to win. He's so handsome and nice!
7. When you shop at Wal-Mart, don't be THAT customer that puts every single heavy item on the belt. As a cashier, I can say I LOVE it when customers leave the heavy stuff in the cart. I will gladly walk around the register to scan the items. I would rather walk 2 feet than pinch a nerve in my neck lifting thousands of 24 packs of coke in 8 hours. THANKS.
8. Also, if you're going to be picky about how you want your items bagged, do a better freaking job at organizing them on the belt. Ex. if you want your cans all together, put them on the belt at the same time. Don't put 2 cans here, then some cheese and milk, then another can, then your tampons, then 10 cans of beans, then some eggs....it's really annoying.
9. Wal-Mart advice cont'd., don't get pissy with your cashier if YOUR card doesn't work because its all scratched up.
10. Don't roll your eyes at the cashier if the line is taking forever to move. If the cashier is slow, it's because the customer is being picky. Ex. you scan all 100 items that they wanted to check out and they want to know the price of every thing they bought so the cashier prints out a slip, gives the customer the slip, and then they decide they don't want the first 5 things that you scanned...which is now at the bottom of the bag in the bag you bagged first, at the bottom of their cart. See where I'm going with this?
11. So You Think You Can Dance is really good this year. FOX every Wed/Thurs. night at 8. Check it out!
12. Read my blog regularly...I'm interesting.
13. DON'T ASSUME THAT I SPEAK SPANISH JUST BECAUSE I HAVE TAN SKIN. I had, literally, 20 people since I started working (2 1/2 weeks) start talking to me in spanish in a frantic tone, NOT EVEN ASKING if I spoke that language!!!!! One lady, after I explained that I didn't speak spanish, rolled her eyes and made a "pfff" sound. Seriously?
i'm tired. night!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
C'est terrible!
I just killed about 8 wasps that were getting a little too comfortable on my porch. It was such an adrenaline rush! I think they're such scary bugs. I was stung by one once when I was a little kid and I remember my entire finger swelled up. Haven't been stung since and Lord willing, I never will again!
Now that I'm a working woman ;) I haven't been blogging. I hate that! I'm supposed to be writing my midterm paper for my lit class that will be over in about 2 weeks, but I've only blogged once so far this month and I thought it was important to write a little something.
This past week I've realized just how spoiled I've been my whole life. I've had summer jobs before but they were never huge companies where I was meeting 10 new people every day. Wal-Mart is HUGE and honestly, I'm enjoying my time there. I doubt I'll be a cashier my whole life but I'm learning alot about an honest day of hard work. I worked a 9 hour shift yesterday and when I woke up this morning I could barely move. I was on my feet from 11-8pm and though it went fast, it really wore me out. There are so many people I work with now that are mid-aged, and older, and they're there every day working hard to make a living. Not only are the people there working hard, but they're nice too. There's over 400 employees and every single person that I've come in contact has either 1. acknowledged that I was new and welcomed me to "the family" or at least 2. smiled and greeted me. It's awesome! I never thought I'd be this happy about being a cashier. I know I'm going to have days where I'll say I hate it. But I feel much better now that I have a job and I'm actually working for it.
While working 30+ hours a week, I'm also taking 2 classes. I really feel for all the people I've known at USF who went to school full time and worked too. I don't know what I'm going to do come fall but as of right now, I'm registered for 4 classes.
Speaking of classes, that essay isn't getting any longer by me writing on here.
Au revoir.
<3
Now that I'm a working woman ;) I haven't been blogging. I hate that! I'm supposed to be writing my midterm paper for my lit class that will be over in about 2 weeks, but I've only blogged once so far this month and I thought it was important to write a little something.
This past week I've realized just how spoiled I've been my whole life. I've had summer jobs before but they were never huge companies where I was meeting 10 new people every day. Wal-Mart is HUGE and honestly, I'm enjoying my time there. I doubt I'll be a cashier my whole life but I'm learning alot about an honest day of hard work. I worked a 9 hour shift yesterday and when I woke up this morning I could barely move. I was on my feet from 11-8pm and though it went fast, it really wore me out. There are so many people I work with now that are mid-aged, and older, and they're there every day working hard to make a living. Not only are the people there working hard, but they're nice too. There's over 400 employees and every single person that I've come in contact has either 1. acknowledged that I was new and welcomed me to "the family" or at least 2. smiled and greeted me. It's awesome! I never thought I'd be this happy about being a cashier. I know I'm going to have days where I'll say I hate it. But I feel much better now that I have a job and I'm actually working for it.
While working 30+ hours a week, I'm also taking 2 classes. I really feel for all the people I've known at USF who went to school full time and worked too. I don't know what I'm going to do come fall but as of right now, I'm registered for 4 classes.
Speaking of classes, that essay isn't getting any longer by me writing on here.
Au revoir.
<3
Friday, June 4, 2010
Success
I've been dying to blog for days and days but I didn't because I hadn't really read any more of Wuthering Heights. I mean, a few chapters but not enough to really write anything about it.
In my last blog I talked about a short story I had to read and what I thought it was about...yeah. TOTALLY didn't get that they were talking about virgins losing their virginity. That part seemed to fly right over my head haha. Not complaining though, it was kind of graphic once it was all explained in class.
I just want to say, my room is SO clean right now. A clean room is the pallet for a clean mind. This may sound corny, but it is. I cleaned my room last night because I felt like I couldn't breathe in my own room. Once I did, I had more energy and I slept better.
This morning I woke up early and had to go to the Occupational Heath Center for drug screening. Why? BECAUSE I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise be to GOD because I was truly giving up hope of finding once since I've been looking since spring break. I'm going to be a cashier at Wal-Mart on Bruce B. Downs. It's located in New Tampa, and it's a super Wal-Mart. I would never work at the one closest to my apartment because it's not even safe to go there during the day. Multiple times I've been there in the afternoon and people have walked up to me asking me for money, or I felt like people were roaming around the parking lot aimlessly. I avoid the Fletcher Wal-Mart at all costs.
So when I went to the drug test, I knew I had to pee in a cup. I was dreading it all last night before I fell asleep...it's always something I've hated doing when I've had to do it. I have a shy bladder. I ended up being there for over an hour because I couldn't go on my first attempt, even though I hadn't peed since I got up this morning on purpose because I knew I had to go when I got there. After alot of waiting and drinking their water, I finally did it (go me!).
That's all I have to say for now. Screw Wuthering Heights...I'll read it eventually. I've missed blogging too much to punish myself that way!
night! <3
In my last blog I talked about a short story I had to read and what I thought it was about...yeah. TOTALLY didn't get that they were talking about virgins losing their virginity. That part seemed to fly right over my head haha. Not complaining though, it was kind of graphic once it was all explained in class.
I just want to say, my room is SO clean right now. A clean room is the pallet for a clean mind. This may sound corny, but it is. I cleaned my room last night because I felt like I couldn't breathe in my own room. Once I did, I had more energy and I slept better.
This morning I woke up early and had to go to the Occupational Heath Center for drug screening. Why? BECAUSE I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise be to GOD because I was truly giving up hope of finding once since I've been looking since spring break. I'm going to be a cashier at Wal-Mart on Bruce B. Downs. It's located in New Tampa, and it's a super Wal-Mart. I would never work at the one closest to my apartment because it's not even safe to go there during the day. Multiple times I've been there in the afternoon and people have walked up to me asking me for money, or I felt like people were roaming around the parking lot aimlessly. I avoid the Fletcher Wal-Mart at all costs.
So when I went to the drug test, I knew I had to pee in a cup. I was dreading it all last night before I fell asleep...it's always something I've hated doing when I've had to do it. I have a shy bladder. I ended up being there for over an hour because I couldn't go on my first attempt, even though I hadn't peed since I got up this morning on purpose because I knew I had to go when I got there. After alot of waiting and drinking their water, I finally did it (go me!).
That's all I have to say for now. Screw Wuthering Heights...I'll read it eventually. I've missed blogging too much to punish myself that way!
night! <3
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