Starting Work

Okay, I said I was gonna return to writing stuff for my blog, then lost motivation and neglected this for a zillion years, so let's try this again. So, my first day of work... wasn't quite what I expected.

Basically, I got there, and the manager said, "Well, we'll start you off with some orientation videos." So I started doing those, and was thinking, So, I just do a few videos, and then I start the actual on-the-job training?

And the others informed me, "No, you have to do all of these." The entire big long list. A million bajillion videos and quizzes and such. I had to finish all of them before I started actually working. And they were saying they did a million of them when they started, too. 

Imagine being in school, doing five hours of independent study courses online. Except there's no other students or teachers, you're just mostly sitting alone unless someone pops in briefly, or you leave the room for a short time for something. That was pretty much my day. Just sitting in the back office, doing stuff on that computer. Forever.

On the plus side, I did eventually complete all the training courses, and finally got to do actual hands-on stuff. Which brings me to my next point of interest.

Returning From Hiatus Again

Take two! (snaps director's block) I must say, that's rather satisfying. (snaps block repeatedly)

Anyway, I'm going to try this again. I sort of petered out on everything, including my blog. I had started losing traction in 2019, and I think the disaster that was 2020 only worsened things. I took a hiatus for a while, then decided I would try to get back to blogging. Wrote a few blog posts, then just... disappeared again. Which I can't say I'm proud of, especially since I claimed my hiatus was over, and I started discussing something and never finished. I hope you weren't too curious about my new job, because I've left you in suspense for so long that you're probably old and grey by now.

This time, I've decided to take a different approach. I wrote a bunch of blog posts in advance, which will be published every two weeks. At the time I'm posting this, I'm scheduled up to May. That way, I have a large time cushion to fall back on, and won't feel so rushed or pressured.

New Job

So, back in late June, I had an interview with Taco Bell. Seemed to go okay.

The next day, I was going about my day, and at some point checked my phone to discover I had a missed call from Taco Bell. Called them back, and they said they were going to offer me the job.

Me? Actually getting a job? This must be a parallel universe.

Anyway, the manager said she was going to e-mail me some forms and such to fill out. I followed the link in the e-mail, and spent a while going through things. Then, remembering she said during the interview that I'd need a food handlers card, I looked up the website and went through a bunch of videos and quizzes, followed by the final test. Then I got the actual card, or rather, a pretty file for me to print out. We don't have a printer, so I figured I'd get that done later.

Reasons to Be Jealous of Your Characters

Let's face it, sometimes your characters just lead awesome lives. Meanwhile, you're about as thrilling as dry toast in comparison. Even the most minor characters are more interesting than you, the dry toast writer. We often find that we envy our characters, who are shooting arrows with uncanny accuracy, and riding off into the sunset on a dragon. Today's post is about those characters we so dearly want to be, and the reasons we long to trade places with them.

Things to Do at Work

Ah, the workplace. A realm filled with people, tasks to do, and the mystery of where that puddle in the corner came from. A spill, perhaps? Did someone mop, and somehow the excess liquid collected in a dip in the floor? Is there an invisible crack in the wall that leaked water?

But I digress. Today's post is about the many things that a person may experience during a work day.