The Icon Faerie

My brother just left for school for the first time in... oh. A week and a half. He better plan on coming home right after class, I work tonight.

I didn't get the bank job. It was just to be a teller, but I am going to phrase it that way because it sounds especially badass, like I was applying to perform a heist or something.

This icon still makes me happy. Hello, Ben Whishaw. ♥

A couple of weeks ago I sent my resume to one of the banks here in town because they were looking to fill a part time teller position. They just called to set up an interview.

This would be nice because a) it is even closer to my house than Movie Gallery was, by about a block \o/ b) it is 25 hours a week and c) it shouldn't interfere too heavily with the schedule I keep at Lane Bryant. \o/!!! Of course, I don't have the job yet by a longshot and I hate interviews so I hope I don't blow it, but it would be really nice. Since I'm probably not going back to school next year either.

Anyway. Yeah, anxiety pile, heyoooo.

So when I went in to Movie Gallery I was only planning on giving my schedule at Lane Bryant for next week just in case they decided they wanted to put me on the schedule next week, and Linda told me our DM got fired. Over Power Play. This fucking Power Play is screwing up people's lives, shit. She asked me if I wanted to be on the schedule and I told her no, so I gave her my key and quit. It was all very cordial but seriously. That job went to shit pretty quickly.

I am officially in over my head.

My big shock about this article should not be SHE IS MARRIED TO LIAM NEESON?

>_>

I should go to bed because I have to go back to work in the morning but I am wound. o_o I helped with inventory -- it was supposedly a partial inventory, except it was basically everything in the store except for tops. And the guys from the scanning company (go with me on this one) scanned 6800 units, and Michelle said the full inventory last year was around 7000.

Grr.

I should flock this, you know, in case anyone at corporate at the Movie Gallery is cruising LJ looking for bitching employees to fire or some crazy stalker is going to come shoot me in the face. And even if they were, they would be doing me a favor.

Today I missed the Big Cheese, but according to J he was pleased with how the store looks which is apparently something -- not to mention a good something since we have all been cleaning like freaks. But they guy, turns out, is the manager's boss's boss, and so then I saw my manager's boss, which makes me nervous enough.

You know what, fuck it, I don't want to go through the details. I am just going to bitch. We started selling ~*POWER PLAY*~ also known as ~*LET'S FUCK OVER EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN A SMALL STORE*~. It's supposed to work like Netflix where you buy a package monthly (as in it is a MONTHLY CHARGE, this is important) and for each package you get a certain number of points which then you use to rent movies and games at a discounted rate. Except it's not like Netflix. Because with Netflix, it comes to your house, it really is unlimited, and Netflix probably doesn't face the problem of "What if the customers NEVER EVER BRING THESE BACK?" which is less of a big deal for New Release DVDs if we have 24503968 copies of them, but games? Generally speaking, the most copies of those we have at a time are three or four. And that's if it's going to be a really popular game.

So we have to sell these packages, and when I came in at two none had been sold. So I had three and a half hours, fine. Except Thursday afternoons are dead. I handed out the pamphlets and explained the program fees etc to a lot of people and just about everyone LIKED the idea but they said, "Not today" or "I have to talk it over with my husband/wife" and I said okay, that's fine, we'd be happy to sign them up whenever they were ready! *SMILESMILESMILE*

Well five rolls around and I have to call the DM and leave her a voicemail that we hadn't sold any. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, but short of selling one to myself I didn't know what I was supposed to do. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO.

So she called back and reamed me out and said to push that, and presales as well. I told her that I had pushed, and offered presales, but nobody's buying. And then about ten minutes later (not even) I got a call from Linda saying WE NEED TO PUSH.

I AM WORKING ON IT I PROMISE YOU.

And then Linda came in because apparently if we don't have one by the end of the day, hours are going to be cut. I don't know how they plan to do that, but a good place to start would be having REALISTIC GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PRODUCT. People are not going to want to start putting a monthly charge on their credit card or account without talking to their spouse about it, and also, I am not going to sell the Power Play to a ten year old who is renting it on their parent's account. It's just not going to happen. I can give them the literature and say to talk to their parent about it (wait, what? OH I DID THAT ALREADY THANK YOU). This is not going to catch on, not right away, and probably not here in DeWitt. Yes there are savings on rentals involved but if they aren't sure if they're going to have the money month-to-month, they would rather pay that extra money in cash. And if they're going to ream people who aren't responsible, honestly, that just pisses me off.

I am so over this job.

I didn't mention this because it ended up falling through but at Lane Bryant one of the assistant managers was applying for a job elsewhere and if she got it and took it then my manager there wanted to know if I was interested in maybe filling the position. And honestly, I would have had to say yes.

I need to get into grad school. NEED.

And now I am going to go mix myself a drink and look for something to eat before SPN comes on.

It is RAINING/THUNDERING and I am going to have to walk to work.

;___;

So I remember what one thing I wanted to rant and rail about last night was when I went to the bank. (I bet you can already see where this is going.) Yes. Today was pay day. And I already typed this out once when Firefox decided to crash and not save a draft. So I will give you the teal deer version.

It is hard to save money when you are barely making enough to cover your student loans. Just saying.


ASTRONAUT

Sooo I haven't written for ages, but thinkatory was here for a week (okay, weather and roads were bad on Saturday so it was really eight days) and we were being lazy sods, so it's all good.

Yesterday I was supposed to work in Davenport, but they called about two o'clock and said that they didn't need me. Of course, they couldn't call before I'd straightened my hair. *SIGH*

So instead of working, I spent my day catching up on my TV, and then I ended up watching the entire first season of Traveler. Which wasn't hard, there are only eight episodes in the entire season, but I digress. It was awesome, I get bummed out when awesome shows are cancelled. Then again, when I read the closing interview with the creator talking about how the entire thing would end, I'm kind of glad it didn't end, because it ended up with my two favorites dead and the other main character I was kind of eh about the whole time alive.

See? Characters I like are immediately doomed. Doomed doomed doomed.

I don't work today either, unless someone calls, but I don't foresee that. Blah. I know I was working crazy hours before Christmas, but I hope the hours don't drop back too much.

My mom was home yesterday sick, and she called me early this morning to come get her because apparently she wasn't as recovered as she thought she was. But now she is moving about, taking down Christmas decorations. Then again, considering how many days of high school I missed because I just didn't want to go, I'm probably not good to judge.

Two more schools to apply to and freak out about.

Why is it that every time I have to work in Davenport, there is ~*winter weather*~ on the way?

PATRICK JANE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE ANSWERS.

So at Lane Bryant, our 'Right Fit' pants are sized somewhat differently. There are three colors, red, blue, and yellow to denote different cuts based on body type. Red is average, blue cinches in at the waist for women who have larger hips than they do waist, and yellow (me!) is for people who are smaller in the butt and thighs and have sagging issues with regular jeans. And they go by numbers, 1-8, corresponding with 1 as a 14, 2 as a 16, 3 as an 18, etc. I am ALWAYS happy to tell people about the sizing and help them find the right style for them, because I love my Right Fit jeans and pants. BUT me giving you the schpiel, help, and smiles is not going to do you any good if you don't LISTEN TO ME. I know I've only worked here about six weeks, but I do know some things!

Also, to the one lady I had today, why did you ask me to explain, and then answer your cell phone in the middle of my speech, and then proceed to indicate for me to keep going (which I awkwardly did) and hold a conversation with the person on the other side? Seriously.