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Working at Toys R Us - Saturday, December 17, 2005
Today was my first day of real work. Aaron got me a job working at his Toys R Us for my three weeks of winter break. They haven't assigned me to any particular thing, so I did a little bit of everything: learning the cash register, stocking, retrieving shopping carts, walking through aisles making sure things were in order, and helping Aaron assemble bikes. Basically whatever I felt like doing.
I also haven't received any official training. It was frustrating because customers asked me a lot of questions and I didn't know the answer to any. All the "training" I've had has been finding out how to do things by observing other people and trying to repeat it. Learning by falling.
Altogether I worked ten hours. My feet, legs, and head were killing me when I got home, and I cut myself on a cardboard box. I just hope they pay me correctly, because I'm not in the time system so I had to write my hours on paper. Man, I'm hating working already.
I also haven't received any official training. It was frustrating because customers asked me a lot of questions and I didn't know the answer to any. All the "training" I've had has been finding out how to do things by observing other people and trying to repeat it. Learning by falling.
Altogether I worked ten hours. My feet, legs, and head were killing me when I got home, and I cut myself on a cardboard box. I just hope they pay me correctly, because I'm not in the time system so I had to write my hours on paper. Man, I'm hating working already.