Kate’s Rants

so hey, i’ve been working at this department store for about 2 weeks now. i’ve gotten the hang of it. i got “till trained” which means i can now work the cash register. i have learned how inefficient some of they systems are here (like when a customer wants to know how much something is, and it turns out that item costs more than they thought and they don’t want it anymore, in order for me to continue the sale, i have to page a manager to come over to void out the transaction. how dumb is that? because managers are never right there, so it takes them like 5 minutes to get there. and by then there’s a huge line of angry waiting customers. silly silly irish.) i’ve been working in the boy’s section for most of the time, and i know where mostly everything is and i can direct people to the shoes or the underwear and tell them whether or not we have khaki pants in size 11.

however, starting next week i’m getting moved to the women’s section. this is both good and bad. this is good because they told me i’d be getting more hours. this is bad because the women’s section is always huge and messy. also the girls who work in the women’s section seem slightly snobbier and very cliquey. sooo i’ll just have to break into their little group or keep to myself. whatever, i’ll be making more money so that’s all that matters.

i think i got paid today, but there’s really no way for me to find out. tomorrow i’m going to work and then sunday the bank is closed so i can’t find out if i got paid. i THINK i did, but i know i got emergency taxed (which means they took 40% of my paycheck!) i’ll get most of that back though, once i file my tax forms, once they come in the mail. all in good time.

anyway, it’s not the greatest job in the world, but it will allow me to stay a bit longer and see a bit more of the world, so it’s worth it.