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The job isn't looking good :| sales jobs never work out for me, and they're starting to make my resume look pretty damn bad.
i have about 3 jobs on there (soon) that i will only have worked at from 1 day up to 2 weeks at a time.
that's NOT something I want to be putting on my Resume.
went in for my first day of work yesterday, got a sunburn, didn't sell jack shit, started bleeding (and cramping bad) so I was told to come back in Monday and try again. so i'll be finishing up some commissions while i'm home.... something tells me i won't be getting much done regardless. not enough time in the day.
I only have to work for about a week to get my paycheck for $300 though (which I'm pretty sure i'm going to be getting only $300 cause i'm NOT a good sales person)
and after that, maybe another week to see if i sell anything, if not? i'm out, and i'm NEVER accepting a sales job again. I can't deal with the mental stress it causes me.
this wouldn't have been nearly as bad if they hadn't made themselves out to be "Customer Service" on their job posting. that's false fucking advertising tyvm.
I was expecting to HELP people with problems, not BECOME one of their problems of the day.
"oh fucking great, these mother fuckers in front of this gas station are going to try and sell me shit. just what i need"
that's the LOOK i get from EVERY SINGLE PERSON who walks into the gas station. (granted i've only worked for one day) but i'm already pretty certain this won't end well. If i can't sell 2 cans of spray wax shit for $25 on my first day? this is not the job for me. It never will be. I never planned on making this a long term career.
-SIGH-.
rant aside, i should be able to get a few more commissions at least worked on today T-T got a ref sheet that's almost done, going to possibly work on my painting too, but still will be going to bed at about 9-10 p.m.
gotta keep my schedule decent, cause, orite, i forgot to mention, the workplace? an hour long bus ride away. we start at 7:30 apparently. which means?
I have to be up at 5 in the fucking morning. IDK how long i can do this, tbh. I may not even make it a week. I don' have the mental capacity to go day after day after day from 5 a.m to 9 p.m of consciousness. putting aside that i have to work til 5 p.m, which leaves me tired as all hell and having only about 3 hours to work on commissions cause, OGUESSWUT. another hour long bus ride to get home, so, 6-7 anyone? fml.
Super tempted to try my luck at the adult club that's trying to hire waitress's :V doubt highly that i'm 'slutty' enough for it though, i'd end up stabbing all my customers OH HO HOHO.
do a better job than in sales still though >3>~
-rolls off to art instead of making myself angry-
i have about 3 jobs on there (soon) that i will only have worked at from 1 day up to 2 weeks at a time.
that's NOT something I want to be putting on my Resume.
went in for my first day of work yesterday, got a sunburn, didn't sell jack shit, started bleeding (and cramping bad) so I was told to come back in Monday and try again. so i'll be finishing up some commissions while i'm home.... something tells me i won't be getting much done regardless. not enough time in the day.
I only have to work for about a week to get my paycheck for $300 though (which I'm pretty sure i'm going to be getting only $300 cause i'm NOT a good sales person)
and after that, maybe another week to see if i sell anything, if not? i'm out, and i'm NEVER accepting a sales job again. I can't deal with the mental stress it causes me.
this wouldn't have been nearly as bad if they hadn't made themselves out to be "Customer Service" on their job posting. that's false fucking advertising tyvm.
I was expecting to HELP people with problems, not BECOME one of their problems of the day.
"oh fucking great, these mother fuckers in front of this gas station are going to try and sell me shit. just what i need"
that's the LOOK i get from EVERY SINGLE PERSON who walks into the gas station. (granted i've only worked for one day) but i'm already pretty certain this won't end well. If i can't sell 2 cans of spray wax shit for $25 on my first day? this is not the job for me. It never will be. I never planned on making this a long term career.
-SIGH-.
rant aside, i should be able to get a few more commissions at least worked on today T-T got a ref sheet that's almost done, going to possibly work on my painting too, but still will be going to bed at about 9-10 p.m.
gotta keep my schedule decent, cause, orite, i forgot to mention, the workplace? an hour long bus ride away. we start at 7:30 apparently. which means?
I have to be up at 5 in the fucking morning. IDK how long i can do this, tbh. I may not even make it a week. I don' have the mental capacity to go day after day after day from 5 a.m to 9 p.m of consciousness. putting aside that i have to work til 5 p.m, which leaves me tired as all hell and having only about 3 hours to work on commissions cause, OGUESSWUT. another hour long bus ride to get home, so, 6-7 anyone? fml.
Super tempted to try my luck at the adult club that's trying to hire waitress's :V doubt highly that i'm 'slutty' enough for it though, i'd end up stabbing all my customers OH HO HOHO.
do a better job than in sales still though >3>~
-rolls off to art instead of making myself angry-
In the end I may just quit this job and raise prices here for a while. -sigh-.
we'll see what happens :V
but I ain't got jack shit cause i can't afford any of that stuff.... and i'm not on anyones insurance anymore so using someone elses car is out of the question.
good luck getting it renewed~
Having done serving jobs and worked in restaurants, if you are a good server, you can make some serious money, and places where you can serve alcohol normally mean that you can make even better tips just because after people have their drinks with their chow, it normally helps them to relax and feel like you deserve more money for what you have done.
Also, sales jobs like that are always really hard, regardless of what you are selling or the hours. Regardless of your decision though, you should always strive to try to be happy with what you are doing first, and then work to impress others secondly. Hang in there though, because I'm sure that things will get better from here
as much as i'd like to have ANY other job right now? its not my decision, its the decision of whomever is looking over my resume at any given time. and i've had no calls back from anyone but the sales jobs.
I know how hard they are, i know regardless, trust me, i know, i've had 3 of these jobs and i've hated every single one of them, but if i get guaranteed, at least for the first week, a paycheck of $300? and if i can manage to make more in a week doing this, than i did on the last two? i may stay.
if not? no.
fuck them.
I'm looking into other shit on my current time off, but the hours are just way too early because of the distance i have to travel, and i don't know if taking the bus to and from work every day for an hour long ride is worth it. doesn't matter at all, i'll still be exhausted and won't be able to fit in any time for art unless i'm on the bus working (which i can't work digitally on the bus.)
As far as the body image stuff goes, I wouldn't worry that much about those either. Folks at an adult club are normally there to oogle the dancers and to be treated like celebrities by the wait staff. So long as you can do that, you should be golden.
But I know how you feel about the resume thing. I have been having issues finding work myself after my health problems of the past. Unfortunately you just have to pick yourself up by your bootstraps and keep pushing on.
However, the guaranteed money is always nice, so I can understand taking the position.
But good luck with the job search and balancing art and everything with it. I know that it can be difficult balancing everything with a job that you hate. I'm sure that some good time with your gal and good night's sleep can help wonders though, so that is what I would suggest. Just don't overdo the sleep part, since its hard to overdo the other ;3 lol
no thanks still.
as for 'time' with Tox, we're only going to have about 4 hours of it (at the very most) together at any given time because i have to sleep so early and leave so early. It wouldn't be so bad if the employers didn't want me in at 7:30 (i was going in at 8:30 then they told me i had to be in earlier than that).
I'm really worried about sleep cause if i over think i can't sleep T-T and i get all sorts of insomnia despite how tired i am.
either way, neither of those jobs are something i'll be working in.
i've got standards and i stick to them.
Good for you about standards though. Too few people are willing to hold themselves to their standards when it doesn't suit them.
With the time thing, I can understand your trepidation about it, but you should always count the time that you can spend just being together. Even if it is just sleeping together, I have learned that when you have found someone truly special to you, then every bit of time you get with that person is special.
Insomnia stinks though. I know firsthand that it can be bad, but you just have to try and lay back and relax with someone that loves you. I know that's easier said than done, but sometimes you just have to try anyway.
I assume you have gone down to local retailers or restaurants and turned in an app? You wouldn't believe how fast you can go through employees in either of those fields.
and no ride to said retailers, i'd have to spend a lot of bus fare just to do that. and i don't have that kind of money laying around T-T
If you need any help with a resume though, just let me know, as I happen to be fairly good at writing and composing them.
they're so blah.... like... ugh. xD
Just have to buckle down and focus on them. My offer of help still stands if you ever want to take me up on it though.
they're ALL sales, every last one of them (minus the single day job i had this year that paid more than most of those jobs did in a week)
I'm not sure how you can possibly make that sound like something i'd be proud of since i couldn't sell jack shit while i was there because i'm not so aggressive that i'm going to shove products down peoples throats. hate hate hate those jobs.