Work, School, & Hobbies

[Squire]

In essence what this thread is about is getting to know one another better, but use broad things like "I'm a sophomore in college" or "I work for Target as a cashier."

In an attempt to get the ball rolling I shall start.

I do in fact work for Target at present but cashiering is not my primary job. I'm actually a Fitting Room attendant/ Operator. Although that may be my primary job I am trained as a cashier and on the Sales Floor for both Hardlines and Softlines, but to make it simple I can go wherever and do whatever is needed. I can even do electronics, although I'm not the biggest fan of that area because I know very little about the cell phones, laptops, stereos, DVD players, cameras, video recorders, and accessories of such items so when I'm asked a question while I'm there I'm often lost. Thankfully I'm only over there to cover for breaks and help out with backup.

I am in college and am starting my sophomore year. I started college in spring of 2010 and attended for two semesters part time before I had to leave to help take care of my grandparents. I started back again as a full time student in spring 2012. I plan on staying in college this time if I can help it. Math is my favorite Subject and is also my best subject. Science has also always been a strong point for me and I never have liked History or English, but I'm not bad with English however both are easily set, in my mind, as my two weakest subjects.

As for hobbies, I have a lot of them. My favorites are drawing, writing (go figure), reading, playing chess, and playing videogames. I have more that I do but those are the ones that I do the most.

Also, for those who have jobs, feel free to tell interesting stories because believe me I have some interesting ones but I think I've rambled on enough tonight.

[Silver]

Oh man, as for stories, you've opened a can of worms for me. I work at Walmart as a cashier. I love my job and mostly people are friendly to me, but sometimes you get the occasional customer who is rude, or an old man ranting about polotics, people insulting me for no reason and even teenagers who come and make fun of me for no reason. It's crazy!
And then there are those families that don't watch or dicipline their kids. One day I ended up with a toddler standing beside me behind my counter, messing with things, and the mother not caring one bit.
It's funny that Squire and I have almost the same job but at rival stores. Although I am not trained to work at the fitting rooms. I would love to move to electronics or pets, but Im surely not the only cashier who wants to do so.
I am married young at 20, which some people in this area frown upon, but in my opinion it is worth it, because I married my bestfriend (a guy of course, I did not marry Squire lol).
As for college I wasted some years trying to figure out my major, and I ended up using all the money I had set back, so for now I have to wait to go back ajd get my degree.
I have two amazing gerbils, and they're the most well behaved pets I have owned. I plan to breed one of them one day. I also have a cat who is currently in the care of my younger sister. He's got more personality than some humans I have come across.
I spend most of my time playing video games. I love The Elder Scrolls seriese as well as the Fable seriese. Fallout is huge on my list too, Im a big rpg buff. I am a huge fan of anything Bethesda made, but I also have a taste for old fashioned strategy games.
Art is the reason I am on this earth, as it gives me a purpose to my life. Maybe someday soon I'll post some of my stuff. Art has been with me since I could hold a pencil and wilk continue to be my remedy until I die or go blind.
Well dang, that's me.

[Squire]

Now that the can of worms has been opened I'll dig out a few stories of my own, but before I start I'd like to poke fun at Rienna for a moment. Yeah.. No offense to myself but you did well picking your husband. I love ya Rienna but I don't go that way. Lol.

Anyways, stories stories stories, I have tons, but I'll limit myself to just a few for now. You know the old saying "The customer is always right" yeah that's a load of crap. In fact the customer is rarely right in my experience. Moving on though, I promised stories so let me start off with how disgusting people can be. I have found poopy diapers on shelves in the store where people have tossed them randomly on top of various forms of merchandise.

Want another example? Alright. Remember I said I'm a Fitting Room attendant so I see a lot of things and deal with some interesting people back there but I'll never forget the day I walked back there to check the rooms and found this particular surprise. First I'd like to mention that my store sales bathing suits year round and that some of the bikini tops have straps that you have to attach yourself so the straps are kept in a small ziplock bag attached to the top along with the price tag. Back there in one of the rooms just laying in the middle of the floor is one of said ziplock baggies except instead of holding the bikini strap someone had peed in it and zipped it back up. To beat it all, I found the baggie of pee on the women's side. Not sure if it was a really determined and ingenuitive woman or a small child but either way its still nasty.

Unfortunately those are not the only nasty things we find in the store, but I'll stop for now.

[Silver]

Im sure I would be in for a lot of nasty suprises if I were to work the floor, lol. But that is rediculous! Atleast no one has defacated in the aisles... yet.

[Squire]

Jun 7, 2012 12:16:39 GMT -5 Silver said:

Atleast no one has defacated in the aisles... yet.

Wrong you are my friend. A team lead found a urin trail in one of the market isles several months ago and I have heard other stories.

[Silver]

It's ironic that we should talk about this and that I even brought it up. I believe about a week or so after I posted this, a small child pooped in Walmart. Right in front of everyone, on the floor. Not just hidden in an aisle or behind a shelf, but near the front of the store, right in front of the bank inside the store. He just squatted down, pulled down his pants and pooped.
Not only that but the mother saw it, and simply picked up the child and left.
It was hillarious and petrifying at the same time. My supervisor ended up having to clean it up with paper towels. She used a whole roll and I don't blame her.

[Squire]

In an attempt to get the ball rolling again I am going to make a post. Not only that but I'm rather bored or looking at the same messages over and over, so here's one more to the list. Let's see....I'll talk about school for a bit.

This semester I am taking British Literature 1, Biology 1 with lab, Calculus, and Public Speaking. Let me elaborate some on the classes.

British Literature 1: It's a literature survey class focusing on early British Literature starting as early as 700 CE and going to 1700's. I may be off on the last date. I'll look at my notes from class later to see, and if I am I'll edit the post.

Biology 1: This class has a once a week lab that meets for two hours. The lab's are sometimes fun but a lot of times rather annoying. The class itself is focusing on the cellular level of biology. We're covering atoms, acids, bases, buffers, bonds, viruses, bacteria, and a bunch of other stuff. Last semester I took biology 2 and now 1. I was stupid and switched the order of the classes, and let me tell you I don't recommend switching the order. You learn a lot of vocabulary in biology 1 and it carries over to biology 2, so if you switch the order...yeah, it can get really confusing.

Calculus: I'm a math person so this subject isn't giving me any problems. It's enjoyable really. I'll just hope that it stays that way.

Public Speaking: My teacher is a spaz. We give five speeches during the semester only four of which I can think of off the top of my head, three of which I already have planned out for the most part. This is my least favorite class this semester because I don't like giving speeches and also because the teacher is even less organized than I am, and that is saying something.

Alright, so...fourteen credit hours altogether plus working part time. Not easy, but doable. Prioritizing is key. Umm...I got nothin' else other than I hope people start posting soon. I'm kinda lonely by myself.

[Silver]

Woah, that's quite a workload. I attempted work + school a few semesters ago and couldn't do it, I kinda had a breakdown. Not a mental one, but one where I just... kinda stopped doing everything, and I just slept for like 3 days straight.

Yeah, it wasn't all that great.

I kind of miss school, and I want to go back, but I honestly have no idea what I would go back for. The only thing I'm somewhat good at is art, and I couldn't survive graphic design. I'm pretty much a failure.

I'm basically like that old guy who lives in his mom's basement working a horrible job, but instead I live in my husband's room working a decent job for someone with no degree...?

[Squire]

Like I said, you could always go back to school to become a vet tech that way when I graduate vet school, somewhere around 7 years or 8 years from now, I can hire you as my tech.

[Silver]

I wonder what schools around here do vet tech training?

EDIT: I would do it online, but I would much much much rather have hands-on experience.

[Squire]

UT may, but I'm not a hundred percent on that. Other than that ETSU I believe also has a vet tech program. I'll check around and see what I can find out.

[renardsage]

Well as for me I have been employed at a company that handles tech support for other companies.
I've worked on HP printers, Norton antivirus, AT&T Uverse, and Blackberry smartphones.
I've done remote login 1000s of times, restored settings and done maintenance on customers computers, and as with all customer support I have had my own "experiences" with "interesting" people.
Sadly I now find myself with out a job (due to the companys dislike on people being sick more then 10 days in a year) I find myself at cross roads on what new adventure my life will be heading next.
In the mean time I would love to get a good story going and get some creative juices going again.

[Silver]

Working at Walmart makes me want to bleed out my eyeballs.