Posted by TexasChic on October 6, 2004, at 19:38:37
In reply to Re: Second interview!, posted by Catgirl on October 3, 2004, at 20:21:42
My second interview went GREAT! They talked like I already have it. Its sounds like such a cool job. I've been wanting something that was more creative and artistic, but I seemed to have gotten pigeon-holed into production work. This job is exactly what I had in mind. I don't know what I'll do if I don't get it. The pet supply store job is killing me! We stayed until 3am last night dragging 40lb bags of dog food to the shelves (I'm covered in bruises). And that was after an insanely busy night (I'd forgotten what slave labor retail is!). I did nothing for 8 hours straight but get fish & crickets for people (break? what's a break?). Oh! And I had an incident with a scorpion! A guy wanted to see one so I figured I could just scoop it up in a box or something. I've been approaching these sort of things like, okay, I can do this. But when I opened the cage it came straight for me! Fast too! I was yelling and said something like "Oh God no!" The customer ran back to where I was and got me to calm down, then caught it for me. I was so freaked out! From now on customers will have to get those scary-@ss things themselves.
I've done so many things at this job I never would have dreamed I'd be doing: grabbing big white rats by their tale so I can put them in a box for people, separating girl mice from boy mice, filling bags up with crickets (crickets freak me out), getting snakes out of cages and bringing them to customers, dealing with dead stinky animals, cleaning up poop of all kinds, trying to catch an escaped Finch, Gerbil, Hamster, SCORPION, ect. I'll tell you, I've got a whole new appreciation for a cushy desk job! When I think of all the trivial things that bothered me at past jobs, its almost funny. This has certainly been a learning experience for me. I think I will be a better, happier person for all this.
I better go, I need to soak my feet or something. I hurt all over!
poster:TexasChic
thread:396783
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20041001/msgs/399778.html