TGIF!

Work was good today. Super happy I got put on tills for the full four hours. No issues. No paper cuts. A few struggles with bags but besides that nothing. Everything went smoothly. Well it did start out raining in the morning and stayed pretty miserable for most of the morning but I made it to work alright with my umbrella and rain jacket.

After getting off work I was lucky enough to get the lift up to the fifth floor. Changing quickly I headed out of work and found Jamie to start our adventure in Liverpool One. We headed over to where Coke had set up a Share A Coke event and we got in line to wait to get our own free personalized bottle of coke.  After getting the bottles, we headed to the roof of the thing and enjoyed a small mini can of coke.

Heading for Odeon, we quickly purchased tickets to Guardians of the Galaxy before going to Maccies for dinner. After our bellies were full we headed back to the Odeon where we watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Not going to give away spoilers but it was awesome and I really enjoyed Chris Pratt in it.

After the film we went to Superdrug where I picked up some nail polish essentials. Nail polish remover, top coat, cotton pads and two new nail polishes. Saying goodbye to Jamie at the bus stop I headed to Lime Street and caught the train home to Mossley Hill.

Now I've finished painting my nails in the new colours I got as well as enjoyed Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and an A&W Rootbeer. So good.

Before 

After

Verdict on the new nail polish is that its not that great. It was the cheaper one in the store but it went on with a bit of difficulty. Will keep painting my nails now that I've spent the money on all the things for it. At least thats the plan. I am telling myself I won't get a million polishes I will never use. 

Just one more day left.

Glad this week has been passing quite quickly. I have been trying to find the perfect time to wake up in order for me to get dressed and ready to go. I am sure I will iron out the wrinkles of timing soon enough. Todays work went by quickly. Putting out stock on the floors before being called to tills. Folding shirts and then being called to tills, rinse and repeat.

After work I popped over to the store near my work and got a cold can of A&W rootbeer to enjoy while I waited for the train. It was so nice and refreshing.

Can it be the weekend yet please?

We got a bleeder!

Well workday started as everyday has this week. Wake up, dress, eat, get on train, walk to Primark, stairs. I've been sneaking the elevator a little bit when I can.  Everyone seems to do it.

I started on the floor like I had everyday so far. Attempting to put out new stock and answer questions from customers. The layout of the department seems to change every night so its a bit of a struggle to remember where some items are in just my corner. The place is so big. Every floor has its own staff, managers and supervisors. Then the floor is split into sections and they have their own supervisors. My supervisor is really nice but then again everyone has been really nice and helpful to me.

I got put on tills for an hour or so and I managed to get myself a nice paper cut. I think it was from a tag or the cardboard packaging but I ended up  gushing blood everywhere. Apologising profusely to the customer I was currently serving. They were more than patient as I finally got a plaster on my finger to stop the blood and was able to keep going. I finished up and got kicked off my till and sent back onto the floor after 1 pm. 2 hours left to go I learned how to fold the stupid folded shirts. They are difficult to fold and then difficult to stack and then the customers just make a mess of the pile you just folded. I tried to do as best as I could as fast as I could because I know that we are supposed to do them within a certain time frame.

New vocab:
plasters = bandaids
vest = tank top

I met a really nice guy that was in shopping. He asked if I worked there which may not be so obvious as I do not have a name badge yet. He asked about the floral crowns and then asked me where I was from and shook my hand after we exchanged names. He was very nice. Hope he found ones he was looking for.

Two more days and then its the weekend!

Another day, another dollar...I mean pound.

Tuesday at work was just as fast as Monday. Even faster I would say.  I started on the floor, folding shorts and more shorts and more shorts. Trying to help as much as I could with putting out stock. Customers questions were still as confusing as anything. I got pulled off the floor and put onto tills for about half an hour before going back to the floor.   I got put back onto tills shortly after so out of my four hour shift I think about three of the hours were spent just on tills.  The time goes really fast when you're constantly serving people. The only think about tills I don't like is bagging hangers cause they can get really annoying going in sometimes. Also don't like mucking about with the paper bags before packing the things. Hoping I will get better and faster at packing. Hate making people wait but they always say it's fine and they don't mind.

After work I headed over to St. John's to get a bite to eat for dinner and ended up talking to this nice Welsh man for a little bit. He told me he was heading to Vancouver in September and I told him about a few things.  It was nice to have a conversation just from sitting next to someone. I told him about my wish to climb Mount Snowdon and he talked about ways to get there. Might plan myself a weekend trip soon to Wales and climb me a mountain.

First day of Work

I had my first full day of work on Friday. My schedule for work will be Monday to Friday 11am till 3 pm but since I needed to be till trained I would be working an additional four hours on my first day.  I caught the train into town at 8:06 am to be able to be there for a little before 9 am.

I went to the HR office as instructed and one of the ladies led me down by elevator and introduced me to my supervisor. She was super nice and trained me on the tills. She did a really good job as I did not feel confused about it at all. Of course there is a learning curve and remembering everything is a bit hard when you get so much information.

I stood back and watched one of the lovely ladies serve customers for a while before switching to another lady. I hung some shirts for a little while before observing some more.  After a while they got me started on my own till serving customers with the help of another woman bagging the items for me. I got the hang of doing the process and was able to go solo on the tills for about four or so hours. I lost track of time with the fast pace of serving and the amount of customers that were in the store. Before I knew it it was 6:30 pm and time to go home.

I am super happy with my first day. All my coworkers were super nice and very helpful if I had any questions. The supervisors were very quick to help in situations where I needed a hand. The customers were great too. Everyone was in a good mood despite the heat and how busy it was because of the Giants Spectacular happening in town.

After work I headed towards the train station stopping in the Lobster Pot to get some fish for dinner. By fish I mean like fish and chips kind of fish. Heading up to the train I never had a thought about how much of a nightmare getting home would be. Reaching the train station I came across a massive queue winding outside the station and down the stairs. It was crazy.

I thought the queue was just to the side doors but I was wrong it passed the side entrance before winding around the car park where they had signs splitting you off into the direction you were heading. I found Mossley Hill and slid into the queue. I knew the train was going in ten minutes so was getting quite nervous. They called for the train on the loud speaker but my line did not budge. The next train was in an hour and I did not know if I would even move in an hour. The guy behind me was also going to Mossley Hill but he seemed a lot less stressed than me. 

Giving up on being polite, I managed to work my way out of the barriers and slid between three queues and ran past all the police lined up outside them. Giving them wild crazed looks I told them "I'm going to Mossley Hill" as I ran past them. I said it to whoever I had the chance to before running unstopped into the train station and hurried onto the train. I made it with a few minutes to spare squeezing onto the door. I happily stood sweating with the rest of them for the two stops it takes to get to Mossley Hill. I was so relieved to catch the train home and not be stuck in that queue going nowhere. 

Could not have been happier to see this sign as I got off the train and headed home just as it started to rain. I enjoyed the Smarties I had picked up at work after finally relaxing at home. My feet hurt after a long day on them and I was looking forward to Saturday for a sleep in and the Giants.

A cold and tired Thursday

When I was in Powell River last weekend I was asked by the local paper which charity I support and found myself in this Wednesday's paper.

Work last night was good, hard to adjust to the schedule again but will have to get into it. One more night and then 3 days off. Perogie night tomorrow. Always excited about that.

I paid my last Rogers bill today. Feels weird. I still have to cancel but will be doing that on the 12th. Will have to give everyone my sister's number or just tell them to message me on facebook as I won't be answering their calls.

I've paid my last rent for this apartment which also feels strange.  21 more days left in this place. I'm going to miss Leola and her cats. I was so fortunate to find such an awesome roommate. I miss Alyssa too, she was a lot of fun.

14 more work days till I'm free and 38 days until Europe.

Letting work know...

Handing in my letter of resignation went a lot better then I thought it would. I have enjoyed my work for 4 years and to think that I only have 16 more working days is crazy. I gave my verbal resignation on Wednesday and this morning I handed in my formal letter.

I know people will miss me but they will slowly get over the fact that I am leaving and I'll fade into the background and become one of the ones that once worked for the Hub.

The manager has asked that I keep in touch and Beth will keep everyone updated with a board of my travels so I guess it gives me something to look forward to writing a mini-newsletter with some photos to share with those that are not having super awesome great adventures like I will be having.

It is also a relief now to have this formalized as now I don't have to worry about everyone finding out that I am leaving.

We leave to pick my mom up from the airport soon and we're heading to Powell River tomorrow morning on the first ferry so I'll post again soon. Taking my camera. Hope the weather is good.

44 days.

Applied for my visa!

This day of glorious days I have applied for my visa. I was so nervous filling it out. I did it a few days earlier than I was planning to but I have a really good feeling about today. Now I'm a bundle of nerves.  I have booked my biometrics for Tuesday the 17th for 10:15. It is downtown so I will need to take the skytrain after work. Oh man I am so nervous!

I am also very excited.

Very excited.

Their is a new visa application process and I found it very vague and a bit difficult. It requested a UK address and I have none, I just inputted the hostel I plan to stay at in London's address. Hopefully that will work or else I am screwed royally.

I am so happy it is the weekend. Such a long drag of a week. On Monday, I meet the new supervisor Ebineezer. I hope he's nice. He better be nice.

Planning to go to my sisters for dinner. Yum yum.

Hard stuff

I had a phone interview with HR from work today about the Supervisor role. I currently am acting supervisor so know how to run the shift in order to get work done but I find out later this week whether or not I can keep it.

If I dont get it then I guess I would be demoted back to my prior position of production coordinator.

I made up my resume yesterday. Had to purchase pages just to make the damn thing. I needed resume editing capabilities anyways, with the whole planning to move abroad and work dealio.

Man I really hope I get it.