Hired sight unseen...

[Dreamstalker]

I've been talking with the 2IC of our local supermarket ("Pause and Browse") for a few weeks. He told me to call today about setting up an interview; I decided to just pop over there because mom had just come from the store earlier this morning and said things were starting to get crazy what with a religious holiday starting tonight and all.

So I catch him (poor guy was on a register and completely frazzled, I had to rein in my instinct to jump in and help bag) and before I can tell him that I'm free all day today he tells me this:

Manager asked him "Who is she again?" (2IC thinks I'm awesome and has been talking me up trying to squeeze me in)
2IC: "She's Jo's daughter, you must know her, she's in here all the time buying food for a family."
Manager: "The Jo that cooks for the Jesuits? If she's anything like her mom we need her here now!"

Even he was a bit surprised as he told me that sort of thing NEVER happens. So I'm supposed to talk to him on Monday to do the paperwork.

*squee*

[Lyse]

Woohoo!!! Congrats on the job - and it's pretty awesome that your family has such a great reputation.

[Andara Bledin]

Hey, grats on getting picked up!

And, once again, it's not what you know but who you know that ends up mattering.

^-.-^

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Wonderful news! Congratulations and best wishes with the job!!

[Kristev]

Incredible. You're so lucky.

[Dreamstalker]

That was the absolute last thing I was expecting, believe me. When I get some money under my belt I'm planning to get mom something nice for Christmas.

I start in just about an hour; not sure exactly what I'll be doing yet but it's probably training for the first few shifts at least.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

How did it go, Dreamstalker? Well, I hope!

[Dreamstalker]

Yeah; a few crazies (I have a few threads in Sucky Customers already) but overall I enjoy bagging and cart/returns wrangling. I get bored easily if I'm doing the exact same thing for too long, and I also get to practice my Tetris skills with boxed items (a customer did ask if I ever played Tetris upon seeing that I had in fact managed to get everything in 2 tote bags and have them still be reasonably easy to carry).

[dragon_wings]

I get bored easily if I'm doing the exact same thing for too long, and I also get to practice my Tetris skills with boxed items (a customer did ask if I ever played Tetris upon seeing that I had in fact managed to get everything in 2 tote bags and have them still be reasonably easy to carry).

Omg! That's what I always say! Lol. A good Tetris player can bag a bunch of stuff into a few bags and do it well without crushing anything.

[Dreamstalker]

The manager is fretting about how he hasn't gotten a chance to officially train me yet; it's the start of crazy season in the store so I think the only problem there is time (I'd be willing to come in and do some training when I'm not actually on the clock, we only live 3 minutes from the store).