Happy Wednesday...

It's a sleepy one. I've been working quite a bit. I would rather do three four-hour shifts than four three-hour shifts (I don't get a break for shifts less than four hours), but I can't complain. Grocery is surprisingly complex. Ah, Pick 'n Save.

Good things about my new job:

1. It's reliable: people always need groceries, carts always need to be put back, etc. It's completely unlikely I'll get sent home, and restaurant wasn't like that.

2. Great peoplewatching: you can tell so much about a person by looking at their groceries, and I get to stand there and observe each item as I put it in the bag.

3. Union benefits: I get overtime pay for working Sundays, breaks are regulated, etc.

4. Minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Thank you, pseudo(American)-socialism!

Bad things about my new job:

1. People are jerks: they get angry about different things and start yelling at us. Also, I have to watch people come through and just scream at their kids the whole time. It's so frustrating. They're always the kind of people who wonder where their kids learned to swear, too...what a mystery! If you tell you kid to "sit your ass down, right there, RIGHT NOW!" they're going to start talking like that too. Also, I've seen people with six kids who were way calmer than those with two kids.

2. Pushing carts: I'm not that great at manual labor, but I do okay. It's just really tedious, and sometimes one cart will break off from the line and get away, since we don't have the magnetic things like Target.

3. Comments because I'm a girl: Especially when I'm doing carts. Traditionally, girls are always cashiers, and boys are always utility clerks. I've had a few people say "You're not supposed to be doing that, you're a girl!" I think the first guy was kidding, but the other ones seemed pretty serious. I would rather be a cashier, but I can physically be a UC, even though I'm a girl!

Well, I'm off! I wish I had more time to blog. I have a moderate amount of homework tonight, but Glee is on and reading Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour has made me crave feminist literature, so I'm going to try and get some reading in!