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Hella busy day

Author: Gill | Filed under: Day in the Life Of, Retail Therapy, University, Workplace Thursday Aug 21,2008

Feeling : giggly

giggly Listening : Saved by the Bell on The N Reading : The Mind Reader, Claudia and the Bad Joke, and Indian in the Cupboard

Yesterday was hectic. I had worked 8 days straight to get Wednesday/Thursday off, but that’s because we needed coverage at work on Tuesday. I’m used to having Tuesday/Wednesday off. Because I worked so early on Tuesday, I had a v. funny feeling they were gonna give me a taste of what our leads go through. And boy, did I!

I was also unofficially christened one of my supervisor’s adminstrative assistants. English is his second language, so when he sends emails, he writes the way he speaks, rofl. When he heard that English was my major, his eyes lit up and he said I have to interpret his emails. So all the emails he allowed me to read (in between calls and stuff), were hilarious to try and make it sound like readable English, bless him.

It was actually kinda fun to learn the crap our leads go through. I hope they don’t offer me the relief lead position that my supe was emailing our head cheese about. I mean, yeah, I’d be very good at it, because I take pride in my work, but I don’t want that responsibility. Or maybe I do and just don’t know it, haha.

My supe was also saying I could be a CEO someday. My work ethic is impeccable, so he says. I guess that’s true. Then I got to thinking, “Maybe I could.” Maybe that’s why I’m floundering where I am now. I like being in charge. I like taking control of things. I’m very ambitious in that sense. But when I’m hindered by anything because of my role as a corporate peon (rofl), I feel stilted. Like there are certain things I simply cannot do because I am only an agent. If I was a supe, or manager, I would do anything to please my guests. Period.

I dunno. It just made me think.

Then my supe also said something very sweet. He said that guys are afraid of smart and pretty girls, which he said I was. I blushed, because nobody has ever really told me that, you know. Girls have such low self-esteem that when compliments like that come out of the blue, it really boosts their ego.

Also, I tweeted that I got busted for being on the Internet. Turns out that head cheese called my supe, and I got called out on it. I was so ashamed because it makes everyone look bad when somebody does something they’re not supposed to do. It’s like the one time I space out on the internetz, during a lull in business, they walk by! Ugh. Luckily, I’m not working at that desk anymore, rofl. But I learned my lesson. You always have to be on your toes, ’cause you never know who’s watching.

On Wednesday, I was so ready to not do anything, even though I had a bunch of errands to do (which I didn’t even really finish). I had to drop off some packages to ship, went to the ATM, to the library (got some goodies at the used bookstore there, they’re in my Goodreads account), and then we spent almost 2.5 hours at Ross. I had only wanted to buy a few things, but I had taken my nieces along and since school starts next week for us, I agreed to buy them a few new things. It’s kinda funny; I went to the fitting room a ton of times, but towards the end, I didn’t like any of the shirts and pants I was trying on. The first few I tried on, I fell in love with and bought. Isn’t that weird?

I bought a new bra (that is uber comfy, my other ones are only marginally comfy, rofl, and would’ve bought more in the same style, but they didn’t have any in my size), 3 new tops, new Dickies, and leather boots (that C said remind her of Ryan Ross, which is why I fully bought them!). They got some really cute shirts between them too. I wanted more unmentionables, but alas, I did not have the cash. I’ll have to budget for them soon.

I checked the bookstore to see what books I needed for my classes, and thank GODDESS, most of them I can put on hold at the library. The rest I’m gonna have to shell out a pretty penny. One class has a book that’s $100+. I found it on Amazon for maybe $90.