Saturday, December 01, 2007
for those people who really have nothing to do and feel like stalking me , that's the one and only hint i've got . (:
anyway , i'm attached to Watsons at Hougang Mall for the whole of this month , and i really take pride in this job cause it's my first time working .
the invaluable experience gained from serving customers simply cannot be learnt in the classroom .
i'll be updating you readers on my Watsons journey as best as possible , cause my work shifts are not fixed (alternates between morning and afternoon) .
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* day 1 . 301107 .
this was a very VERY long day indeed .
i woke up at six in the morning and reached the destination half an hour before the given time of 8.30 .
after nearly an hour of waiting and sorting out admin stuff like attire , the entire group of over 50 fresh new workers like me moved on to SMU where training on gift wrapping took place .
everybody was then given two hours to have their lunch , return home and change into the appropriate attire and transit to their respective Watsons outlets where they have been attached to beforehand .
for me i'm quite fortunate to have been attached to Hougang Mall , which is within close proximity of my house .
so i took my time to get there , have lunch , and finally report to the Watsons store there 20 minutes before time .
it happened that the staff there was rather busy at that particular moment and i had to wait for this same amount of time before the admin work was completed . (staff declaration record , etc .)
the next eight hours were exceptionally stressful .
Watsons had a wide range of products from lipstick and foundation to snacks , hair products and even large teddy bears .
being the first day here , i wasn't familiar with the location of the various products .
so i had to frequently ask the staff there and i really feel bad interrupting time and again , for instance , when they're at the cashier area . =/
fortunately , the customers that i encountered were mostly not the demanding type .
ended work at 10pm today .
therefore , i was outdoors for virtually the whole day .
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* day 2 . today (011207) .
allocated to morning shift today . 10am-6pm .
arrived early again , as i'd reached even before the elevators from level 1 to 5 were in operation .
work went on as usual until around 12.30+ when the Area Manager dropped by the store .
the follow-up action afterwards was simply chaotic and i shan't elaborate .
today's customers were generally more demanding than the previous day .
perhaps it's because today's a weekend ?
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tomorrow's gonna be afternoon shift . 2-10 .
so the next update will be done the day after . (:
those memories. 21:08
