Job hunting

I had two interviews this last Saturday. One was with CVS and the other Victoria's Secret.

CVS: The manager was very standoffish, just like on the phone when I scheduled the interview. Basically, she sat me down, told me she could give me $9 an hour (what I asked for), 10-15 hours a week, and I could probably start as early as next week. Oh, and I could walk there in 15 minutes.

Victoria's Secret: No $9 an hour, most likely I'll get $8. No 10 hours a week, they base scheduling on sales and credit cards. But the manager was really nice and well, IT'S MY MECCA!!!!!!

Seriously. I talked with mama and she thinks that my part-time job should be something that I really enjoy while making money. But can I keep pushing the card? From what I hear, you don't really have to push it like they did at ATL. ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!! I don't know what to do!

There are two things I forgot to ask each place: What are the discounts and how early does the schedule come out? Perhaps I can work both. VS may not have that many hours to give, so I can do two part time jobs? That would sure help out my finances and debt issue...

Mother Nature

I can't help it, everytime I see one of these commercials, I laugh.

Here is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3kugHmbNgQ

Perhaps this shall be my Halloween costume.

And made them cry

So Thursday we had our second safety committee meeting at work. They are very disorganized and I asked many questions in regard to why they don't have set policies and people harp on things they can't change. I asked the toughies like "Why don't we determine what the report is supposed to measure and then redo it?" and "Since none of us are certified to determine what is ergonomically correct, why are we trying to check this as a committee?"

I'm so mean. Seriously. Well, he had no answers, and for some of them he tried to outright lie. Too bad I had a whole barrage of questions waiting to catch him in the lie.

The next day, my super got a note that I am no longer on the team. Huh. Today I found out it was because I embarrassed him. Oh for Pete's sake. He's like 60. He should have known better than to do a half-cocked job on the report and then no problems would have arisen.

The funny thing is, my predecessor begged and tried to get off the committee for almost a year. I managed to do it in 2 hours. I rock.

people, people everywhere!

Last night I got a call from my friend John and his wife Jamie. They are flying in to FL today! Yeah! We are meeting up on Sunday and I think we are heading to Seaworld. Then, they are off to the night launch of the shuttle on the space coast. Good thing mom, dad and I went last fall, I am able to actually give a few tips. Like: view it from as far from the coast as you can if you want to get home in less than 2.5 hours. Also, I know that you need to know which launch pad to stare at.

Also, Rob booked his ticket. He will be here from Monday through Sunday. However, he is spending the first few days in Tampa hanging with some other friends. Then, a weekend trip!! (Somewhere.)

I just think it will be fun to hang with some people out of the ordinary. Yeah!

Oh, and happy birthday Brett!

The new girl said What?

I am making enemies at work. I supervise the girls that audit the files. We got a not so good state audit so guess what? I am kicking butt and taking names. Tomorrow I have set up a meeting with the trainer of the counselors (we audit their work.)

Here is a preview:

Me: "So the state said we can't take files like this anymore."

Him: "We are working on a policy to fix that."

Me: "But the state told us to fix it three weeks ago. How do we fix it in the meantime."

Him: "Well, I can't retrain everyone yet."

Me: "Okay, well I guess they will learn through the process of elimination then. The ladies are going to start auditing according to state guidelines that we were penalized for three weeks ago."

I might even add a "Bitch" on the end of that. It makes me sound much more serious...

:)

ATL SUCKS!

I quit. literally.

Ann Taylor Loft is a joke to work for. They talk about helping the customers and such, but I decided that the constant pushing of the credit cards and the hourly sales updates were not conducive to a positive state of mind. (Okay ladies, items per transaction are down so lets push accessories this hour!)

My last day is Sunday. Hey, I have a closet full of nice clothes (Seriously, they don't even fit in there now.) Not to mention about 5 clutches and several pairs of shoes. I'm just over the stress. Hopefully, I hear back from one of the apps that I put out to other places. My manager wasn't even questioning why I left. She just assumed that it was due to the low hours and I let her believe it. Meh. Now I don't have to request time off for when OM is in town in April! Yeah!