Work, work, and more work
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lillian13So I have Debt.
Said Debt has been hanging fire over my head for many years now. I have finally come to the realization that Something Must Be Done, as my current job will never give me a large enough bump in pay to substantially pay the Debt down.
So I have taken a part-time job. At a large electronics/DVD/appliance/computer store. No, not that one. Not that one either. The cool one, with the themes? Anyway, they advertise their pay rate as $11-$13 an hour. Not to be sneezed at. So I applied.
Reality Check: I actually start at $8 an hour, and after a probationary period, will make $8/hour plus a percentage of what I run through my register, with a max rate of $13 an hour. Ohhh-kay. The discount is smokin' and my fellow employees seem like a decent bunch. Since I was training last week, I left not long after the store closed at 9.
Last night was my first "real" shift.
I was not in the computer yet. Therefore I got to hang around and watch one of the cashiers and then be the person at the head of the line who shows you which cashier you go to (yes, that store). No breaks, 3+ hours on concrete. Then we had to clean up, restock the cokes, etc. Did I mention the annoying pep talk (complete with cheer, OMG) afterwards? I left a little before 11pm, making my day very, very long, as I get up at 6:30 to go to the Main Job.
I am now rethinking my part-time job at the store. I have to be awake at my regular job. I'm going to talk to my fellow employees today (assuming I have actually been added to the database) and see how common of an occurance this leaving at 11 thing is. 'Cause 6 hours of sleep do not cut it in my world.
So, a poll.
[Poll #1035133]
Said Debt has been hanging fire over my head for many years now. I have finally come to the realization that Something Must Be Done, as my current job will never give me a large enough bump in pay to substantially pay the Debt down.
So I have taken a part-time job. At a large electronics/DVD/appliance/computer store. No, not that one. Not that one either. The cool one, with the themes? Anyway, they advertise their pay rate as $11-$13 an hour. Not to be sneezed at. So I applied.
Reality Check: I actually start at $8 an hour, and after a probationary period, will make $8/hour plus a percentage of what I run through my register, with a max rate of $13 an hour. Ohhh-kay. The discount is smokin' and my fellow employees seem like a decent bunch. Since I was training last week, I left not long after the store closed at 9.
Last night was my first "real" shift.
I was not in the computer yet. Therefore I got to hang around and watch one of the cashiers and then be the person at the head of the line who shows you which cashier you go to (yes, that store). No breaks, 3+ hours on concrete. Then we had to clean up, restock the cokes, etc. Did I mention the annoying pep talk (complete with cheer, OMG) afterwards? I left a little before 11pm, making my day very, very long, as I get up at 6:30 to go to the Main Job.
I am now rethinking my part-time job at the store. I have to be awake at my regular job. I'm going to talk to my fellow employees today (assuming I have actually been added to the database) and see how common of an occurance this leaving at 11 thing is. 'Cause 6 hours of sleep do not cut it in my world.
So, a poll.
[Poll #1035133]
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Date: 2007-08-07 11:15 pm (UTC)BTW We're back!
BTW It's freaking summer here now!
BTW Of course, it was 96 in Maine last week but sine I was kayaking in 68 degree water it didn't seem so bad.
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Date: 2007-08-08 04:26 am (UTC)ArmadilloCon this weekend, BTW.
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Date: 2007-08-08 01:05 am (UTC)Oh, jeeze, I hate that kind of stuff. It just takes up time where you could be a) getting something done or b) on break or leaving.
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Date: 2007-08-08 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-08 05:26 am (UTC)I find myself wishing you'd declared bankrupcy before they tightened the screws on it. It's very hard to get out from under debt, because of user-ous debt. That's what congress forgot -- if bankrupcy is no longer an option, then usery laws to protect the public must appear again.
Third choice -- work toward a masters in something needed -- health industry, true engineering degrees (NI would be delighted to hire you. They desperately need more women engineers!) I don't think I am engineer material, and my hands won't hold up to health industry stuff.
Or check into working for the state in some capacity?