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Title: I finally got a job!
Post by: Acolyte on January 23, 2014, 06:44:43 AM
It's just a cashier position but it's the first paycheck I've had in over a year so I'm really excited. :tpg:
With strike getting a decent IT job, it looks like things are finally starting to look up.
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: haloOfTheSun on January 23, 2014, 06:48:48 AM
Something is better than nothing! Glad things are going well
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Irock on January 23, 2014, 06:56:22 AM
yay :)
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: EvilM00s on January 23, 2014, 07:44:36 AM
Rock on, dude! It's honest work, and just your paycheck can buy a lot of food if you know where to shop.

And now that I think of it, wasn't there another obstacle to you getting a public job? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Jules on January 23, 2014, 12:13:09 PM
YAY!  *does a happy dance*  ^_^
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: IAMFORTE on January 23, 2014, 01:28:55 PM
Hooray!
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: tSwitch on January 23, 2014, 02:02:52 PM
+Like
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Acolyte on January 23, 2014, 03:44:31 PM
Quote from: EvilM00s on January 23, 2014, 07:44:36 AM
Rock on, dude! It's honest work, and just your paycheck can buy a lot of food if you know where to shop.

And now that I think of it, wasn't there another obstacle to you getting a public job? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Yeah, I have a social phobia. But it's much better after getting some counseling and medicine.
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: bluntsword on January 23, 2014, 04:04:08 PM
Congrats!

Hope things go well at the new place of employment. What type of place is it?
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Acolyte on January 23, 2014, 06:33:23 PM
Festival foods. It's a grocery store franchise up in the midwest area. Strike actually works there so he gave me a referral. Probably helped quite a bit with the hiring process. :P
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Dwarra? on January 23, 2014, 07:07:17 PM
Dope! I think working as a cashier might actually help you out with your social phobia a lot!
I don't think I was ever afraid of talking to people, but I couldn't ever think of anything to say so I didn't either way. Once I got a job where I was forced to interact with people it got way easier and it was a confidence booster.

Good luck aco! ;o
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Ryosis on January 23, 2014, 08:01:26 PM
Nice! I was a cashier once upon a time, back when I first moved out on my own. It's not glamorous, but it's honest pay, and it's pretty easy to get the hang of. :)

Is it a national chain, or more of a small business?
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Acolyte on January 23, 2014, 08:34:12 PM
21 stores across two states. So yeah, not nearly as big as walmart or anything, but still fairly big.
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Sophist on January 23, 2014, 10:30:54 PM
Good job Aco, you two are turning into sophisticated adults

soon you'll have a house and a dog and a kid and a mortgage and eventually a boat
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: yuyu! on January 23, 2014, 10:39:47 PM
Right on, Aco! :) Is this your first cashiering job?

Being a cashier is pretty nice. There's always going to be that occasional douchebag, but those ones are quickly replaced by the cool customers. ;o Basically the worst thing you have to worry about is people that try to short change you. I've had people try to pull that one on me a couple times (along with a couple other obvious and awful scams), but it doesn't happen very often now that there's more awareness around it.
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: EvilM00s on January 24, 2014, 04:26:13 AM
Quote from: Acolyte on January 23, 2014, 08:34:12 PM
21 stores across two states. So yeah, not nearly as big as walmart or anything, but still fairly big.

I was gonna say... I'm only 300 miles* south of you and I've never heard of Festival Foods. However, the next time I visit my relatives in Pepin County I'll look for one, just because you both work there!

I'm glad to hear you're breaking your barriers!

*268, actually...
Title: Re: I finally got a job!
Post by: Acolyte on January 24, 2014, 05:00:59 AM
Thanks for all the encouraging words guys. It means a lot.   :)

Quote from: Queen yuyubabe on January 23, 2014, 10:39:47 PM
Right on, Aco! :) Is this your first cashiering job?

Being a cashier is pretty nice. There's always going to be that occasional douchebag, but those ones are quickly replaced by the cool customers. ;o Basically the worst thing you have to worry about is people that try to short change you. I've had people try to pull that one on me a couple times (along with a couple other obvious and awful scams), but it doesn't happen very often now that there's more awareness around it.

I worked for a month at kohls in the kids department. They'd make me run the register sporadically. They weren't very well organized. It was a terrible place to work. ;9