That night, since most of my friends are mormon, everyone was having their New Years Eve parties. I hang out with VERY different groups of people, so I was invited to three separate parties. I made it to two of them, and then just got too tired to party anymore! I also had to be to work the next morning.
New Years Eve was a very un-eventful work day. Although, there was one homeless guy who kept coming in. The first time he came in, he said that the ice cream was too expensive and left. He appeared again about five minutes later and bought some. I said "appeared" because I didn't hear him come in the store. He scared the shit out of me when he started ordering. He left for probably about half an hour and then came back for another kid scoop of ice cream. He was raving about how Jesus is coming back because he is angry with everyone. Another car with two ladies pulled up and as they were coming into the store, he said, "That is another reason Jesus is angry. I am surrounded by ugly women." I didn't know what to say to that since he seemed to be including me in that too, so I just looked at him. He then apologized and left. He showed up again probably an hour later and got another scoop and a pepsi. He then asked me if I read the Bible and knew what the Bible code was. I said no, and he left me alone. He was sitting at a table, randomly started laughing, and left. I haven't seen him since, and I really can't say I am sorry about that.
After work on New Years, I just came home, ate and went to bed. Mom invited me to go hang out at with the rest of my family, but I had just been up so late and was so tired that I stayed home.
I saw three new movies this week. One was given to me for Christmas, called All the King's Men. I really wanted to see it, but I am still thinking about whether or not I liked it... The second movie was DreamGirls. I thought the acting and singing was very good, but the story actually made me kind of sad. It is one of those movies that you have to think about for a while. Then the third movie was The Good Sheperd. I wanted to cry through about half of this movie beacuse I thought it was so depressing! All three movies were acted wonderfully, but the stories were definately not uplifting to me at all.
The only other new thing that I have to report about, is that I finally talked to the girl at work that doesn't do anything! Justin had asked me to stop by and talk to her about turning down all of the freezers. (Two of the freezers had ice cream so soft it would barley balance on a cone. The freezer with the sherbets was so soft that you could barely get it into a cup!!) When I got there, she hadn't done tubs or partials, the store was a mess and she had only finished one cake. Her sales were only at $175 for the day, so basically she just didn't do anything. I called Justin and told him about it, and he asked me to talk to her about it. I didn't want to do it at first. He said that he could do it, but then she would know that I had ratted her out since I was there. Plus, since I am there more, I also knew better what to talk to her about then he did. So, I did, and it actually went pretty good, I think. She knew that it had been coming since she hasn't really worked for about three weeks. She was very apologetic and listened to me about what I said she needed to improve on. So, HOPEFULLY, know that I have talked to her, she will get something done.
Oh! One last thing, I might be starting school next week. So far, that is the plan, but I haven't gotten my letter yet, so I can't offically sign up for any classes. I have gotten work off just in case I can get into the class that I want though! Everyone wish me luck!!
3 comments:
I'm proud of you for talking to that girl, I know you don't like to do that and wish people could just do what they are supposed to. Have fun at work, you're awesome! sometimes we have to be the "boss" even when we wish we didn't, so congrats! Feeling grown up from the experience? I'm teasing!
Whenever myAmanda has to do something hard that she doesn't want to do, she says to herself, "Just be a grown-up!" I can totally picture you, not wanting to talk to the girl, and then saying that to yourself. It's kind of empowering, you know--and also I like the idea that we don't have to be grown ups all the time--just when there is a need.
I'm really glad that you're going back to school. I know that you just really needed a break and to figure things out on your own time. Congrats on taking that next step. (Being a grown-up x2).
I've had some experience with homeless people last month working at the VA in the mental health department. In my experience, most of those people are a little weird, but definately not dangerous. I think that they are a very misunderstood minority in our country, and I think that when people are afraid of them, it's actually more of a fear of what they represent to us. Most Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and if something went wrong, in one instant most of us could be homeless too. A lot of the stories I heard last month went just like that. Anyway, I'm sure the guy who came to your store had some mental illness that also led to his homelessness, and mental illness is another thing that is misunderstood and feared in our country. I won't continue to bore you with my thoughts on that. I think you dealt with him well though--you served him when he asked it of you, and you weren't rude and didn't ridicule him. Maybe he made you uncomfortable, but you still treated him like a human being. That's cool.
Cheers.
Good luck with your schooling, Chelsee! I am proud of you for going back... I know it was hard for me after taking a break. But, I promise it will pay off in the end. :)
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