Everything has been on hold the last few weeks while I transitioned to a new job. Of course, I'm a little down in the dumps, but that's to be expected. First and foremost, I haven't been doing any writing, and that ALWAYS makes me blue (I literally HAVE to write to be happy). Second, change is always a little "rattling."
I haven't been working at the new job long, so I don't know if it's going to work out or not. I LOVE being on day shift. It's weird to be watching my prime time tv shows toward the end of my day rather than at the beginning (I'm used to having a bowl of breakfast cereal while I watch House; now I can have a beer instead, and it's very foreign, lol).
And the job itself is almost as different as night and day from my old job; this job is VERY customer service oriented. At my last job, the whole point was to get people in the door and then get them out as quickly as possible (volume, volume, volume). At this job, it's not only perfectly acceptable to spend two hours helping a customer pick out color-coordinated merchandise, it's actually encouraged. Instead of "hurry, hurry, hurry and don't stop to talk to anyone," it's "engage the customer, make them feel welcome." Again, it's all very foreign.
But I have to wear dress clothes, and I can't stand dress clothes!
The most amusing thing about this new job is some of the people who work there. I've already met some awesome, friendly, helpful associates that are going to be a joy to work with . . . but a few people (a minority, thankfully) are actually snobby. It tickles me. I mean, sure, we work in a preppy store, but really! It's still just retail. It's not like we're working New York's fashion week or designing interiors for mansions . . . it's just retail in a preppy store in small-town middle America. I don't see any valid grounds for snobbery.
So we'll see how it all works out. I've only worked a week so far (two-and-a-half days training, two-and-a-half on the salesfloor). I'm not even sure what my regular schedule is going to be like (during the interview, we discussed 8 to 3; but this week I worked a lot of 10 to 3 shifts). So there's still a lot of uknowns.
Change is good (hopefully).
