Christian Camp Bus

Came into work one day, and was going through the usual routine. Making sure the bathrooms and dining area were stocked and clean, taking customers' orders, that sort of thing. It was summer, so it wasn't very busy like it is on school days.

At one point, I noticed one of the trash cans seemed full. Shoved the trash down, just to make sure, but it didn't make much difference. All right, time to take this out. I pulled the bag out of the trash can, twisted the top and tied it. Around that time, people started coming in. Great. It was fairly slow, but the instant I started taking the trash out, that's when customers start showing up. I'll have to serve them here in a moment...

Cashier Pet Peeves

After working as a cashier, you start to notice common themes, some of which eventually take the form of pet peeves. The vague descriptions or wrong names so you can't figure out what they're trying to order, or the gust of wind through the drive-thru window that makes a five-dollar bill try to fly away from you.

Who Needs Coats?

Recently, I went to a Mexican restaurant with some of my family. During the meal, my aunt was talking about how she stopped by her church the other day, and saw a jacket in one of the rooms.

"Huh, that's interesting." she thought. "It looks just like mine."

Then she began to wonder, "Wait, is it mine? I don't recall if I brought it home with me the other day."

As it turned out, the jacket was hers. She had left it there two weeks ago, and it had been sitting there, lonely and forgotten, for all that time. She hadn't even realized she had lost it until that moment.

We finished eating, and left the restaurant. Mom was going to my aunt's house to play card games and hang out, and I had an appointment later that day, so we went our separate ways.

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.