I finally got a job!

[Acolyte]

It's just a cashier position but it's the first paycheck I've had in over a year so I'm really excited.
With strike getting a decent IT job, it looks like things are finally starting to look up.

[haloOfTheSun]

Something is better than nothing! Glad things are going well

[Irock]

yay

[EvilM00s]

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?

[Jules]

YAY!  *does a happy dance* 

[IAMFORTE]

Hooray!

[tSwitch]

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[Acolyte]

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.

[bluntsword]

Congrats!

Hope things go well at the new place of employment. What type of place is it?

[Acolyte]

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.

[Dwarra?]

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

[Ryosis]

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?

[Acolyte]

21 stores across two states. So yeah, not nearly as big as walmart or anything, but still fairly big.

[Sophist]

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

[yuyu!]

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.

[EvilM00s]

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...

[Acolyte]

Thanks for all the encouraging words guys. It means a lot.   

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.