Full Time III
One Day at a Time
"Full Time" is kicking my ass, man. I get up at 6AM after only 4 hrs of sleep, work a full day, get off at 4PM, and by the time I come home and chill for an hour or two, then take a nap, I wake up and grab a little dinner, and now it’s 9PM, have to be up in 9 hrs to do it all over again. Wow. Time moves too fast. The day moves too fast. It’s a blessing and a curse. The blessing is, the workday passes by fast. The curse is, my evenings are fast too, and before I know it, have to turn around and do it all over again. Today was day 1 of 6 full shift days in a row for me. Tomorrow is day 2, and I won’t be off again until Wednesday of next week, which will be day 7, my day of rest.
If today was any indication, it may be a difficult week. Freight and customers were light today, but we’ve got a lot going on lately with the TVs. I had to rearrange/shrinkwrap/shelve three TV pallets today, which I guess isn’t so bad, it’s just that I’m all of 155lb and I struggle to lift 50+ inch TV’s that probably weigh almost as much as I do. But I do it, somehow, and I get sweaty and stinky, and it kind of sucks. But, good workout, right? Gotta look at the positives. If I don’t I’ll just go insane. Also, I’ve been getting some interest in the display TVs we are selling, and it’s a real bitch to find the right stand, paperwork, and remotes that go with them, not to mention a bitch to take off the TV wall (for the big ones, anyway). I sold a 47 inch LG today, off the wall (deleted/discontinued item, there are a lot of those since we will be redoing the TV wall very soon). Also, some people get mad when we tell them that we don’t have the boxes (there are probably 30 or so TVs on the TV wall, at least, we don’t have room in the back to store that many TV boxes). This whole process of finding the accessories that come with the TV, as well as getting it down, well, just for this one TV alone it took up about an entire hour of my time today. And it pisses me off to no end because one day this week, it’s going to happen right as I’m approaching my clock out time, and I’ll have to end up working late that day. In fact, I almost didn’t get off on time today, and well, I don’t know, I’m just really pissed off when I can’t get off on time, probably that’s my biggest pet peeve about work. Sometimes I don’t mind working late (for example, if I need extra hours or if I’m off the next day). But I’m full time! I no longer need the extra hours AND I don’t have another off day for a while (so I want to make the most of my off time after work, rather than being stuck at work late). One more thing about the TVs, the whole TV wall will be changing very soon, and I’m going to have a large role in redoing it. It’s our bi-annual TV wall reset. Occurs once every Spring and Once Every fall.
Also, there’s a truck every damn day until Sunday, so I’ve got two more days of freight to do when I come in the mornings (Friday and Saturday). I don’t know. Do I expect to just go to work and stand around behind the desk every day, and do nothing, perhaps only leisurely help customers or run the register? No, no, no. I don’t like feeling overwhelmed though. I know I place it on myself. Nobody tells me (usually) that you have to get A, B, C done or else. It does happen, but not every day. Not usually on day shift. Most deadlines like that are at the end of the day. There’s always someone who can pick things up when they come on for the afternoon/evening shift. I still place it on myself though, I place the burden on myself, because honestly, I feel like if I don’t do it, perhaps no one will, it just won’t get done, and then things will just get ugly for everyone (including me) because we will get behind. I have a strong work ethic. I work my ASS off, even though I complain about it (on here).
Alright, that’s enough writing for now. I’m off to enjoy the last hour or two of waking relaxation before I have to endure another day.
-AR
PS: On the bright side . . . higher pay checks, right? That’s true, although they are deducting a good bit for my insurance premiums, so I seriously doubt I will see much higher than $500 for any two week pay period even with 80 hours of work. It’s been around $400 though. That’s essentially going to be the difference between what I used to make and what I will make now ($500 vs $400). An extra hundred a paycheck, or a couple extra hundred a month.
PPS: The personnel lady told me today that there was a new Electronics Department hire and they were going to mirror his schedule to mine for the first couple of weeks. So I’m going to be his trainer. Fun stuff I guess, but I’m sure our Merchandise Supervisor in Electronics will butt-in where that’s concerned and end up essentially training him. Also, I don’t know why they are hiring guys. I wish they’d hire more females. Attractive ones. We have only a couple at our store and are in need of more. And I’m in need of a date. And pussy (sorry ladies if this phrasing offends you). Since I live at Walmart now, I may as well find love there too, LOL (since I don’t have time to find it anywhere else). They need to give me some options, hire more attractive women. Although, there’s the old saying, "Don’t get your honey where you make your money." Not a good combo really. It would be a distraction, honestly. I need to find a way to have a social life but it just became one notch more difficult with the "Full Time" deal.